Reviews of professor Gabrielle Lam

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Exams are ridiculous and do not reflect content in class. Heavy focus on applying equations, memorization, "plug and chug" rather than actual applicable knowledge of materials. Enthusiastic teaching, but exam content needs to be changed.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
A typical APSC prof. The course material is easy, but the examination and quality of teaching leaves much to be desired. The tests are more about understanding the question than actually understanding the material. The teaching is shoddy and learning feedback is poor. Exam grading is terrible and not based on your knowledge of the material.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The course is content heavy, but Gabi reduces the midterm percentage by adding 2 quizzes and they are not cumulative. It does come down to memorization, but the materials are not hard it's just time consuming and knowing when to use the equations. Just follow along with the course material and study before each quiz and midterm.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Extremely organized person. Controls a massive class + lab class with ease. Flexible with lab errors and correcting your mark. Very good notes. Replies to emails very quickly. Course is horrible, if you get the wrong answer, the reason is usually "you answer is correct, but..." I wish this class can continue its hybrid form because it was helpful.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Lectures are great, she is a very good speaker and the content is interesting. The problem is that the problem sets & lectures don't prepare you AT ALL for the ridiculous exams she gives out. The worst part is that the midterm is 40% and the final is 50%, so 90% of your grade comes from exams which you have very few ways to prepare for. Good luck.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Always started her lectures by checking in on students and made sure she understood our midterm and exam schedules so she could see how we're doing. The most caring prof I've ever had. Lectures were super helpful for the corresponding labs. Lots of group participation ate up more class time than I thought necessary.