Reviews of professor Elham Vaziripour

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Elham tries really hard and cares a lot about her students. It's not her fault that the course is a mess. The reviews on here aren't necessarily false, just very brutal. I would not recommend her for 2300 not because she is a bad teacher or person, only because another teacher may be better able to teach it. Otherwise, she's fine.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
You are graded on 3 things: zybooks participation, tests, and attendance. She is very smart, but has a hard time communicating the message to the students. Often times will fly through slides another professor put together while explaining little. Tests seemed to be more complicated than what was taught. She can be very hard to understand.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Awful teacher, cares nothing for students. Does not care to prepare students for any exam or give clear criteria for projects. Will likely make you feel stupid for asking questions, and brutually says it's all the students fault for not doing well in the course even with such obscure guidelines.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Very difficult to understand on top of not really knowing the topic. On almost every topic, she had to learn it while trying to teach it, with students frequently correcting her. Very unclear on how she wants us to solve problems which makes it difficult to do well in her eyes. Teaches off of slides and yet does not grade tests according to slides.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Little tough, but she knows her stuff! Ask questions, attend, and be ready to participate. Overall I recommend.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She can be difficult to understand at times and is soft-spoken. If you put in the effort to understand the material and participate you will do well. She didn't create the course material and hasn't taught this class before. This lead to some organizational issues. But, she is very approachable and wants you to succeed.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She gets a lot of flack, but she clearly tries hard to be a good teacher, and I respect that a lot. I think a lot of people dislike her because she teaches the unpopular courses. (It's hard to like a teacher when the course sucks.) She is very kind and helpful one-on-one. The negative reviews aren't false, but they are more harsh than she deserves.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She is a very smart person, but she is not the best teacher. It doesn't feel like she is prepared for each class and just flies through each slide without asking if anyone is lost(90% of the class). If you look like you're not listening and discussing the subject with others she will single you out and ask a question she knows you can't answer.