Reviews of professor Rong (Ratchel) Zeng

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
just don't take intb 2200 with her

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Super bad

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Gives terrible or no feedback. English language is not her first language, and unfortunately it affects the learning experience. Assignment instructions, do not reflect grading criteria. Leaving for many questions to be answered, and of course they go unanswered. Her defence of the grading rubrics are tenuous at best.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Ratchel is quite organized in the syllabus, grading and etc. She uses games and exercises to encourage participation. Although sometimes not easy to understand, her encouraging style and detailed comments really show that she cares. A great professor!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Took INTB 2200 with her. Nice enough person but not clear on directions, did not get good (or any) feedback. I had a very hard time trying to understand what she expected out of us for projects. The course is very vocab heavy, needed to memorize the textbook buzzwords. Not really much to be gained from taking this class. Pretty miserable.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Lots of group work so ensure you pick a good group. Very boring and long lectures. In class activities are quite annoying and often could have been explained with a simple sentence. She required pop quizzes to be completed before every class, which required a lot of textbook reading to accomplish.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Really helpful especially if you consult her regarding on your assignements and project, she gives lots of recommendations on how you can further improve your grades. Personally, I feel that she is passionate and tries to help her students understand and pass the course. Remember to work on your assignments and you will be good!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof. Zeng should be the go-to for INTB 2200. Exams are mostly multiple choice and fill in the blanks. A large part of your mark is just showing up to class and participating in the discussion/exercises. The grading scale is pre-curved, but it's not any more difficult to get an A. She allows paper resubmissions if you do not like your first mark.