Reviews of professor Shaodong Lin

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
HORRIBLE teacher! Despite my understanding of the math, his grading was unreasonable and his teaching is very hard to understand. DO NOT TAKE A CLASS FROM HIM!!!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Mr. Lin may be good at Math, but he sucks at teaching it. Shaodong's English is by far the worst I've come across and his default answer to all questions is, "it's in the syllabus." He isn't very helpful and you'll have to teach the course to yourself because his writing is chicken scratch. Avoid this instructor like the Coronavirus.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He was the embedded tutor for my 182 course over the summer. He was very helpful & encouraging, making sure I understood as he was explaining. I would take his class if he was teaching a course I needed.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I took Professor Lin's class because it was the only choice left. Let me just say: do not make the same mistake I did. I had already known precalculus and took this class for review. He is not very good at teaching and you have to go to tutoring or teach yourself the material if you do not know it.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Very hard to understand. Doesnt announce assignments properly. Skips important steps in math equations and says its okay to skip it but you need to know the answer by heart without proper explanation of the equations or steps of the problem

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Lin is excellent, he care about his students and wants everyone to understand and do well in class. His test are exactly like his test reviews which he posts month before the exam so you have plenty of time to study. Four tests total max twelve questions and final twenty questions. He would tutor the whole class on Sundays in library.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Does know the material but is terrible at teaching. He gives homework assignments that have nothing to do with the tests when he wants us to use it as study guides. His accent is a difficult to understand and a lot of the time he does not answer questions asked. After our class confronted him on problems we had, he said we just needed to study more

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This professor has to be the WORST I've had so far. Extremely hard to read handwriting and thick accent. Barely uses canvas to update grades and it is very hard to get help or information from him so you either have to DEPEND on the book or ask a student to help. Does NOT allow calculators even though the book does. AVOID THIS TEACHER!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I think he's alright. I am pretty good at math myself so that's why I do not have the same issue that all folks here have. He can be a little stubborn to answer ?'s and his handwriting is really bad. I always self-taught regardless of the teacher and that's pretty much with any math teacher. However, do pick someone else if you have the chance.