Reviews of professor Yutian Tan

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I don't know why Tan Laoshi is graded so badly but she definitely isn't as bad as they say. She's honesty as good as Li Laoshi, but she might go a bit faster. Pretty good, would take again. Standard chinese class if you have taken the previous classes.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Hard grader just because once you click next after answering a question there's no going back- loses you a lot of points to not be able to check your answers at the end. Really cares about participation but really awkward/bad at facilitating it. Otherwise very easy class, just show up and listen- no need to take notes.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The final is extremely hard. Professor mentions that all the answers can be found in PPT, with no need and not allow to search online, but when you take the exam you will know it's not true. There are so many multiple choices and fill-in-blanks are not found in the lecture PPT. Free-response questions are not based on PPT as well, very confusing.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
There is a pop quiz every week and the reading is extensive. Tan laoshi grades assignments ridiculously and it's unreasonable. She doesn't explain things well and is not too supportive. The midterm and final are both open note but she looks for specific answers which is stressful. It was cool to connect readings to our lives though.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Honestly not that bad. She really tries to prompt students to participate during class, which I really appreciate. Lots of reading, and occasional pop quizzes, but as long as you read the material you'll be fine. Advice on midterms and finals: basically reference class slideshows. They're open book too. Definitely open to questions about homework.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Never choose her class please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Awful at all!!!!!!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Yutian is a decent Chinese teacher overall. However, her grading criteria isn't clear sometimes and she doesn't have a grading rubric for group projects and skits. She's quite stingy on grades and won't make exceptions. Quizzes are every single day and point heavy. If you're looking to boost up your gpa with her class, DON'T.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Put in the effort and you'll pass! I loved taking her class!!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Never gave us the chance to check final grades and just report them without telling us. And in fact the grades were WRONG!!! She promised that those who attended every lecure would get 2% extra credit, but no one got that!