Reviews of professor Li Gao

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Homework will help, but make sure to do reviews. He is difficult to understand and not clear on explaining some topics. I read and did examples in the book and still was confused. The final is extremely difficult. Make sure to study and do reviews and extra practice.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Li Gao is the worst professor Ive ever taken. He writes on the board and lectures to the board. His accent is pretty thick took me all semester to get use to. Do not take him. He makes consistent mistakes on the board and his posted online notes are not similar to lectures in class at all.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Gao has really structured lectures and if you do the lectures the homework should be fine. I think it's the subject itself that was difficult for me to grasp rather than the test, although I think many agree the final was challenging. The three exams were very similar to the practice exams he gives out. Overall good prof.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is a decent professor who definitely does a good job drawing the 3D shapes that you are computing, and clearly has a good understanding of the subject. He tends to move homework dates around a lot, and questions on the test are worth a lot of points, which makes the grading a little tougher. Overall decent, but not that interesting to listen to.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Li was a very nice professor, but he was so dry in his lectures and had the hardest tests of all the calc 3 profs at A&M. Don't take if you can avoid. Studied so hard for his class and got straight Bs on everything. DO THE PRACTICE and HOMEWORK!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dont let the other ratings here dissuade you from taking 251 with professor gao. Hes very easy going and gives lots of partial credit on quizzes and exams. His lectures and exams are very straightforward and he wont make you learn anything in class that wont be on his exams.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Would rate him at a 5/5, but the only thing is, is that he's hard to understand at first (which takes a bit, but eventually gets easy). Exam reviews are harder than the actual exams. Attendance is counted for a grade AND CAN TAKE YOU A LONG WAY in his class. Very easy to reach out to. Can be intimidating to talk to at first but is very nice.