Reviews of professor Gergina Pencheva

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Lectures = pointless/stressful, often late/struggling with technology, hard to understand her (she mumbles), passive-aggressive. Good thing- extra credit, exam curves, also she listened to us and shortened hw and made exams easier. TA Eboni saved the class w/ her test reviews. Content NOT hard if u took Calc BC, but homework was too much.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
AVOID if possible, one of the worst professors I've taken at UT. Extremely unaccommodating of student circumstances despite being unprofessional and unreliable herself. Writes exams the night before, and very obviously so. Our TA wasted ~15 min of test taking time on the final correcting countless issues in the exam. NO partial credit on exams.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She's alright, but her class feels a bit painful. Be prepared to feel dumb—her idea of learning proofs is "sink or swim", likely akin to your first AP english essay.

That being said, her focus on precise rigor will definitely help for math majors looking to take further proof classes.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Mrs. Pencheva is an average professor. Her lectures are sometimes confusing, and you gotta look into them before figuring out what is important. She does provide extra credit. Gives 5 ish days to complete homework (about 20 problems each). Gives practice exams that reflect what is on the exam itself. Quizzes are weighted pretty heavily though (20%)

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The Pencheva Effect is real. Lectures glance over pre-prepared skeleton notes and I could barely catch up. Depend on the textbook and go if you plan to learn through osmosis. Despite being my largest time commitment in terms of self-learning, it was manageable. She is very receptive to feedback and gives huge bonuses on exams.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Fall '22. Dr. Pencheva was very kind and open to feedback. Her class was a lot of work, but she really wanted students to succeed. Attendance is not mandatory, but she cares about participation and had us complete worksheets that were only available during class time. She was always available outside of class and very willing to help.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The beginning was rough, but something I liked was that she adapted the class based on student feedback. After many students complaints, she changed the heavy HW load and increased test resources. At the end, there was enough reviews and extra credit to make up for the start
Note: TA you get matters A LOT bc they communicate student concerns to her

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Her lectures were tough to follow as she was not the most engaging. Her exams could be hard but she provided good practice problems that were very similar/exact to the multiple choice exam. She also provided various extra credit opportunities and good bonuses on midterms/finals. Though this class was mostly self-taught for me.