Reviews of professor Molly Goldstein

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Goldstein cares about her students a lot, and is clear and straightforward in her lectures. Would recommend.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Goldstein's class is fun, but your group can make or break both your experience and your grade. Her lectures were understandable, but not usually worth going to.Tests were based on the textbook that she wrote. Lots of assignments. I learned more by myself than from her lectures, but she is super helpful to students.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
SE101 is a useful class that will teach you a lot, but it comes with a lot of work. It's easy to feel overwhelmed by this class because of how time-consuming the assignments can be. That being said, Professor Goldstein is great to talk to for advice on any issues you are facing. She's understanding and makes sure grading is fair.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Overall a good professor. At the beginning, she couldn't really explain the concepts clearly, but after the first exam she got better at explaining them. Sketching and modeling assignments are a little bit hard. Modeling exams were okay, but written exams are harder than expected. A tough final project. She cares about you and every student.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Goldstein was extremely passionate and a great teacher. Many people do not succeed in the class if they don't put in the work, but she makes it so that if you want an A, you can get an A. Tests weren't easy, but weren't unfair either. Final project is rough.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Goldstein is genuinely caring and nice, and it's really made the course better. The Sketching assignments for the Fall 2020 semester were quite tough, but the quizzes were okay. The modelling assignments were tough for me, but there is ample support hours and the LAs are really helpful. The project takes long, but a good team helps.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
TAs are horrible. Do not teach us anything and are very harsh graders. Design project is very hard and takes a very long time, be ready to pull all-nighters right before it is due. The lecture sessions were pointless and could have used that time to work on design project. Overall, the class could be organized in a much better way.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Cares a lot about students so introduce yourself and ask questions. A lot of lectures seem kind of pointless while others are good practice. Guidelines and expectations were sometimes unclear or introduced pretty late. Be prepared for a LOT of late nights in the lab, especially the week before the Design Project is due.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Cared very much about all her students. Seemed to remember everyone's names even those of people who never interacted with her (in a class of 300). Definitely lots of work but not unmanageable at all. Overall loved the professor.