Reviews of professor Francis Wham

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He has good intentions but is not a good teacher. Teaches strictly off R code which really does not teach much. Assignments are based off leaderboard standings which is not that bad but the assignments are tough. He is also impossible to reach outside of class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Make sure not to take his class. He is not available for any questions. Never answered to any of every classmate's emails. The instructions are vague and we don't get clear instruction until the due date of each assignment.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
best professor ever, very knowledgeable, prepare you for you future career with great patience.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
really hard to get in touch with him outside of class. this class made me rethink my major at many points. it's challenging and i'm hoping it's just the online environment, but his lectures are difficult to follow and it's hard to judge expectations for assignments

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Very knowledgeable about the material. Encourages students to push themselves and succeed. Always available to answer questions.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Assignments are based on Kaggle leaderboard positions. Submissions for assignments are restricted at most two per day. For a machine learning class, which is really for trying out different parameters/methods in achieving higher scores, the restriction is ridiculous. One assignment can be the difference between a whole letter grade.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Terrible teacher. Be ready to learn everything by yourself.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Drew is literally the professor you need but don't deserve! His classes are structured so that people who want to learn will learn and those who just want to pass will pass. This course is advanced R so he doesn't hold your hand through any of the assignments but is very very helpful if you go to him after class or in his office hours.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He definitely knows what he is doing with r but doesn't teach well. He has all the code already written out and quickly reads down the script which makes it hard to follow and learn.