Reviews of professor Paul Lu

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The class was all lecture and while I like the professor, he spent a lot of class time on stories and was frequently off-topic. The midterm and final are based entirely on the lecture slides (which are provided) and the textbook reading. I found the material to be boring and was caught off guard by the difficulty of the midterm and final.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Class consisted of homework, mid-term, final, and two group projects. Homework was pretty easy. Mid-term and final were both pretty difficult. Study guides were not helpful. Multiple choice and fill in math problems. 1st group project was easy. 2nd project was long and more difficult. Stay on top of your work and you should be fine. Passable class

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Graded by only midterms, and a group project. Tests out of very little points and are made to be extremely difficult. Blasts through a 100 slide lecture every class and goes off topic a lot. Also does not curve even though the highest grade was low. If you want to save your mental health, don't take this class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
STAY AWAY! 95 for an A and he makes it very hard to achieve. 50% of the exam material is not covered in lecture or his book. His book has grammar mistakes, incomplete mandatory HW problems, and unfinished sentences. Gives no feedback on how to score well on the term project. Spends more time talking about his career than what is going to be tested

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
At first I was frustrated with the structure of the exams, however, he truly cares about his students and meeting with him outside of class was extremely helpful. You can fail all the exams and still pass his class with group projects as well as the participation is very important. Overall he is very experienced and a nice guy:)

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
You should join a good group early in the semester. The coursework is simple, but the examinations are very very difficult. Professor spent a lot of time sharing his personal experiences; if you actively participate in class, you can learn a lot.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I liked his class. The lectures can be a bit dull but he has a very interesting past and the class is super straight forward and interesting.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
lectures are very boring and too much info

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Boring class in general, but lectures are unbearable. Very hard exams and study guide doesn't help you. All memorization based and expected to read hundreds of pages of material that is SO DRY. Class bombed first midterm and he wouldn't curve or tell us the class averages. Feels impossible to do well in this class. Would not recommend.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Not sure if this is because it was an online class, but I found it very hard to focus on his lectures. The course material was semi-interesting, but he made it as bland as it could be. For the test study guide, he provides a list of each topic we covered, not giving any insight into practice problems or anything specific to study. (not helpful.)