Reviews of professor Hailong Chen

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Does a decent job explaining things, but it's statics so it's pretty simple. Often continues teaching long after class is supposed to change, which is annoying if you have class right after. 5 to 10 bonus points on the exams, which are already super easy. Only 2 exams and a final. Would recommend for statics

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very example heavy in lecture. Doesn't really explain step-by-step process but instead does examples hoping you will get it. Homework definitely helps nail down solving. Only two midterms and each worth 25% of grade so little margin for error if you have an "off day". Available for office hours and very willing to go over work

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very nice guy. Class was based on 3 tests which were very fair plus a crib sheet. Questions were pulled directly from book. Very generous with partial points, he explicitly during states half of the points on tests come from a correct free body diagrams. A bit homework heavy, and WileyPlus is not a very good platform, but overall pretty good.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
One thing I like about this prof is that there is ALOT of partial credit on tests. If you understand the process and write out the steps he stresses in class, you will get a majority of points even if your final answers are wrong. Lectures are ok, pretty ex. heavy. I still recommend going so you know what to lookup later for further clarification.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Extremely mid professor. Everything taken out of the textbook for lessons and exams. He doesnt really teach that well he just kind of reads the textbook. The only reason I did good in this class was because he lets you have a crib sheet. Final was not cumulative, but he only gives you 3 exams all year. Prepare to grind if you want an A/B.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Great professor, lectures adequately cover material, tests are very straightforward, homework can be tedious but not terrible. If you can do the homework you should have no trouble getting an A. Most of the grade is in the exams (3).

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He was not the best lecturer, but most of statics is just a review of physics 1, so lectures aren't very important. Online homework due every 1 to 2 weeks. 2 exams, the first one was poorly written and the average was really low, but the second midterm and final were pretty easy. He curved the class because of the first exam.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Really don't know why he has such a high score here. Maybe it's because he grades relative to the class rather than hard percentage cutoffs and allows crib sheets? The professor does not explain things very well and uses buggy online homework which he seems to shill for. Statics should not be a hard class, but WileyPlus + Chen make it so.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very hard to follow what he's teaching and stay focused during his class. Tests are straightforward and there's usually a bonus question and we get a crib sheet. If you can learn some of the material on your own, you can def get an A.