Reviews of professor Xiaodan Xu

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Do not take this professor. Her teaching style is difficult, she writes on the board and its hard for students to see the whole-span horizontal notes on the board. She assigns quiz that is due  Saturday at 9am, I found it kinda frustrating, because some of us students have work on the weekends or busy with other school work.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Took GEL just as a GE to enhance my strength as a chemistry major, but it felt like she would assign things just to assign things. She would give work that detracted from my actual major prep class which felt very counterintuitive. Additionally, a bulk of the grade was attendance, so if you were sick a day or two, youd miss a lot of points.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Very fast paced class. I loved her energy and random stories she would share but her teaching style was not for me. If you are not familiar with the material then the class will be pretty difficult. Her extra study sessions were helpful as she went over problem examples. ALEKS homework, weekly quiz, 3 midterms, & 1 final exam that's cumulative.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Although she was very sweet she made this course extremely strenuous and took it far too seriously. Attendance is graded heavily and there is far too much assigned busy work for this course given what it is. Weirdly anal about using your phone and being completely on task when it came to allocated time in class. Wouldn't recommend for this course.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Great professor! Very scared coming in due to reviews but you just need to communicate. Prof Xu is always willing to help as long as you directly talk with her before or after class. Gives extra credit! Never makes you feel dumb when you ask for help. Exams are based off what you learn never puts surprises. Make your class ask for a study guide!