Reviews of professor Ling Li

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Had him for mech design. He's alright I guess. If you see him outside of class he is willing to help but can be difficult to understand. The workload of this class is extremely huge. Youll spend most of your time some weeks just on homework for this one class. The design project this guy assigns during the end of the year is god awful.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I have him for mech design when everything is online. His connections usually not great but other than that hes a pretty good professor. Homework usually helps you understand stuff as well. If I was ever confused or had questions he was also helpful in his office hours. Def have to understand concepts for the test, not just memorize.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Mech Design. Mediocre internet, some problems. He is ok with OneNote but scrolls around a lot, gets confusing. Did most of my learning on the homeworks and still had trouble finishing the tests. Unorganized but caring. Had to put concepts together myself and was difficult to keep up. He was alright. To do well you need more practice than provided.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
TBH I think he is the only professor at VT who knows what he was teaching and who actually cares about the students. Most other profs dont. I feel that I did learn quite a lot from him. His test is based on concept, so if you dont understand the concept well, you will feel the test hard. Otherwise the test is really easy.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Very difficult professor. He does not speak English well. You will be very lost. Tests are all theory, barely any problem solving, but he curves them. If you like numbers get a different professor. His class is doable, but it'll be much harder than other professors. Overall he's a nice guy who seems to care, but his teaching isn't too great.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof. Li is the best professor I have ever met in VT who looks highly upon whether students master the knowledge behind the terms and equations. He conveys an advanced scientific mindset in class inspiring a lot when solving research or engineering problems in my other courses and projects. His course is for those who truly want to learn something.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Confusing and hard to understand. I retook this with someone else and did much better.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I think he's a decent professor. He came prepared to lectures, explained the material reasonably clearly, and graded things quickly. The lectures were kind of boring. He gave extra credit on the tests, and let us rework test 1 for some extra points. We didn't have to do FEA for the project, so it wasn't too hard (though a bit open-ended).

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
TBH, he is not one of my favorite profs at Tech. I found his lectures hard to stay awake during. It was hard to listen and understand. His homework was really long and tricky. I gave two quality points instead of one because he gave us extra credits and made the project easier than last semesters class he taught.