Reviews of professor Mihaela Ifrim

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
TAKE A DIFFERENT PROFESSOR! Save your grade and money! She is confusing with a thick accent, she isn't organized at all. (She doesn't even title lectures with the correct topics) Makes mistakes in lectures. AND key detail is that she makes her lectures on the spot with a tablet, and writes in cursive. (Has office hours only one time a week)

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Initially, the professor was difficult to understand, but after a week it became very easy. She cares an incredible amount and spends tons of time on examples if the class doesn't seem confident. She has been my favorite math teacher I've ever had. The tests can be quite difficult, but that's because of freshmen who haven't taken a hard math class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The professor is extremely nice, and the class was a helpful introduction to PDE. Homework was easy and deadlines were very generous. The exams were hard but not out of the ordinary.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The tests are hard but don't worry she is generous! Do participate in class, office hours, and Piazza. It really pays off!! My advice is to form study groups as soon as possible because she can be hard to get ahold of at times but she does her best to make up for it. Be patient with her-it is worth it and Mihaela always comes through.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Lectures are all over the place and don't give good examples. There are 6 whiteboards full of sporadic content at any given time. I stopped going to lecture and Patrick JMT became my professor. I guess she expects you to teach yourself? This is hard because she's such a nice person - but absolute not a good teacher. Don't do this to yourself.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lectures were way too confusing to understand, she often used an average of 4 chalkboards per problem which would confuse the class about what the original question was about. Lectures rarely mimic the homework and tests. The tests are extremely hard.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Go to office hours! She is super helpful and willing to break things down and give more examples. I did NOT think her exams were fair, all material other than lectures is made by other profs or the head TA so the reviews were not helpful. Overall a nice lady and is willing to help you succeed if you put in the effort.