Reviews of professor Yin Xu

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Teaches off the slides. Online homework. Not very good at explaining. Hard to understand. Very fast paced.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
A very sweet professor who wants everyone to do well. Show up to class, take notes, and re-do the practice problems at home and you'll get a good grade on the exams. Bonus points for attendance but really worth showing up to watch her go through the problems step by step in class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Literally hated her. The worst teacher ever. Please save your GPA and never take her.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She is a very sweet professor, but this course is somewhat difficult. You will need to study and do the homework to receive points towards your grades. She does not lecture live only records lectures. I would take again, but be ready to work and study hard.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She's the worst professor I've had. She doesn't know how to teach. Financial accounting isn't supposed to be THAT difficult, but she made it hell for us. In class, all she would do is solve practice problems on excel, but the test questions did not reflect the material. Plus connect hw bi-weekly. Take someone else if you can.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Do not take, she does not teach you the reason behind why things are done she just tells you what goes where with no explanation. Out of a 50-student class, I would say half dropped out. . If you have a full-time job she will not make any accommodations for you. In her eyes, your only responsibility is to come to class go home and study for 8 hours

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Xu will come off as stern at first but will open up. When it comes to studying for the test, everything on the ppt is laid out perfectly for you to succeed. Do the examples in your notes just as she does them in class and go over the ppt material. She appreciates office visits and if you go she will like you.