Reviews of professor Siman Zhao

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Zhao is definitely your best option for PSY 216. Her exams are open note and she understands that math is not for everyone. Super accessible outside of class and will answer any questions you have. Some people find her lectures hard to follow, but I had no trouble and enjoyed the class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Really nice professor! She is pretty accessible outside of class, and she gives you all the resources you need in the class, including stats tables and such. If you're taking statistics, I definitely recommend her as she's good at teaching it and is really sweet. 3 tests and 11 homework assignments with extra credit sprinkled in.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This class wasn't easy, but I honestly think she's a nice person who cares about her students. The material is challenging, but if you read the textbook chapters along with going to lectures it becomes easier to understand. Gives extra credit and her exams are open-note.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Zhao is really great and caring professor. She gives you all the tools you need to succeed herself, even printing out papers for our class before we transitioned all online. She gives extra credit opportunities, too.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dont take for stats. There are better options who present the material in a simpler way. Her final is cumulative, other stats professors are not.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She is a caring and fun person but as a professor, she is very difficult and she teaches very simple material in a very complex and complicated way. She is not understanding of outside circumstances and she is somebody who i would never take again.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Zhao is a good teacher, but the class content is very difficult. She uses powerpoints and writes out calculations on board. 11 homework assignments are difficult and big part of grade. 2 tests and final (non-cumulative). Tests are difficult but open book which helps. Make her re-explain stuff in class the material is pretty confusing.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
VERY EASY. Weekly online quizzes (not timed, easy). 2 papers on documentaries. 1 forum post/week. 1 respond to forum/week. Maybe took 30 mins each week. So easy. Just take this class!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Zhao is a total sweetie and very nice, but sometimes the lectures are a little boring. Open note exams, so take good notes and you should be fine

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She's very smart and helpful!