Reviews of professor Elena Garcia

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I took this class over 5 weeks on the Limerick study abroad program. Dr. Garcia was very nice and easy to talk to, but the condensed nature of the class (2 hour lectures, 4 days a week for 5 weeks) led to a lot of information overload when it came to lectures. Reasonable homework.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
If I am being honest the material for this class can be quite boring, but that is minimized by taking the class with Professor Garcia. The lectures are very engaging and helpful, and most of the homework is quite intuitive.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
She was a nice teacher; I visited her during office hours. She knows what she's talking about, and she has a lot to offer, but you need to reach out. The class isn't offered anymore (took the last one), but the class was simple. Two units, one for design methods and one for math-based optimization (not hard hw, but tough to understand). Take her.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
While Professor Garcia is a nice person, her approach to teaching and problem solving is hand-wavy. On exams she will expect you to make asinine, often unstated assumptions, and then mark the problem as incorrect despite admitting it was solved correctly. Expectations are unclear and you will not learn much.