Reviews of professor Weitao Chen

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She does not curve the class at all. We were stuck with a very difficult online final, but showed no mercy. Her homework is not like the exams and she goes very fast during lecture. It is also very hard to understand what she is saying.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Made class way more difficult than it needed to be, did not understand the difference in SI units between lbf and lb. Lectures were rushed and often did not make sense and glossed over content too fast.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I don't know why Dr. Chen has this many negative ratings. Although she does have her flaws, the class wasn't that bad. The midterm was very similar to the practice midterm but the final wasn't similar to the practice final. I feel like she does waste a lot of time in class reviewing material from the previous lecture that was already covered.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lectures were often times hard to understand and did not reflect the material that was on the hw. She skips steps in her solutions/explanations which makes them confusing. Practice tests were near identical to exams which was good. But there was such a small curve (abt 3%) so if you weren't already doing well, chances of passing were very slim.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Though her methods of teaching are not the best, she breaks the class down in a way that everything is easy to learn online through The Organic Chem Tutor. Midterm and final are identical to the practice exams, study those thoroughly. If you spend even 90 min a day after each class to review, it is very doable. Last 3 weeks of the class are harder

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
- Lectures are confusing, and I cannot follow them

- Disconnect between HW and lectures. Plus they are usually harder.
I had to find resources online, and that was limited in the 2nd half of the quarter.

- Final test everything

I wish her lectures followed the hw and was more clear.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Low-key it was hard to understand what she was saying during lectures. The materials we had to cover were lengthy and a bit hard to understand, but she tried her best to help. Exams were pretty hard and we weren't allowed a cheat sheet except for the one she gave for Fourier and Laplace equations. But we did get a curve which helped.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This class is hard and Dr. Chen makes it harder. She goes extremely fast in lecture and is aggressive and disrespectful of student questions. The homework assignments are all way more difficult than any class examples. Of those examples, she would often not finish them or not teach the concept on top of being unable to clearly communicate the idea.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Chen gives us review slides but didn't give any practice midterm or final to try out. In lectures, she kinda just keeps repeating the same stuff over and over again. We got no curve and she has no grading rubric. The only good thing about this class is that the quizzes are based off the HW. Avoid at all costs!!!!!