Reviews of professor Dong Chen

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The math department at osu makes all exams really difficult, but he does a really good job at preparing you for those exams. The accent is a lot at first but you get used to it quickly and I now think he is one of the best math teachers I've ever had. You can tell he really cares about teaching.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The professor is one of those unique professors with the ability to explain complicated concepts by using simple ideas and extreme clarity. The assignments are difficult but useful to learn with practical experience. Highly recommended especially if you are interested in this work

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Chen is a good teacher, he cares for his students and is very helpful. However, this course is difficult and is 80% percent exams. The exams aren't graded harshly but you will have to work efficiently as there is not a lot of time. Dong Chen does a good job teaching this hard material and I thought he was very funny as well. I recommend.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
No idea how the bad ratings here come up. Frankly, not hard class. I boosted my grade using the optional assignment. Indeed, it is much better than the other non-us professors. You may hesitate if you do not know how to program in C or C++.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lots of diagrams to show ideas, very good at explaining things in different ways. I wish there were more practice problems, ended up just using Paul's online math notes which was enough for everything

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Dong Chen is a nice enthusiastic teacher. The biggest issue with taking 2174 with Dr. Chen is that concepts are only explained by DENSE definition and examples. Linear is too conceptual for his style of teaching. Class is 500 pts total. 200 final, 100 each midterm and 100 HW. No curve. That's it. Notes are light speed, illegible. Use internet.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He simultaneously goes through notes super quick and slow making it hard to follow him. His thoughts are all over the place and he does not really answer questions. Avoid him for linear algebra, he is horrible at teaching it.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Got A- in Spring 2020.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This course involved way too much memorization without inducing any actual sense of practical purpose for anything we learned. The only grades are the 3 lab assignments (which are not related to the course material) and 2 exams. Since I'm already out of characters to type with, you can find a full review here: pastebin(dot)com/1zzNF4Ub

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Awesome class. TA recorded short videos to show you how to work on projects. I know many people got very nice grades, because professor was leaving from FIU and giving generous grades in last semester. He wrote very good support letters for graduate school admission. I was admitted to VT. He always encourages students to pursue graduate school.