Reviews of professor Xinyi Li

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very chill professor but classes were mainly discussions about readings. Xinyi cares about students and gives a lot of feedback, but it can be confusing what she wants from students. Assignments were also really confusing and difficult to complete properly.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Xinyi responded within the hour to most of my emails and is very organized. She always had a written description of what the homework was, which was helpful because things could be slightly unclear in class. She was very clear, understanding, and flexible and I'm very glad that she was my professor though out the corona outbreak/online classes.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The worst professor I have ever had! Her homework requirements are very unclear. Her critique is very bad! The advice she gave was not constructive and confusing. She barely said the merits of the project on critique, and almost just pointed out the shortcomings! If you are a vulnerable person, well, be prepared.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Xinyi is knowledgeable and a great professor, she definitely knows what shes talking about. Her critiques are very helpful, although she rarely gives you compliments for your work. That doesn't mean she thinks it's bad though. however her assignments can be kind of hard to understand, and it takes multiple explainations to figure out what she wants

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Taken in FA21, Xinyi is a good professor and person but the class was not. I found it was not as structured in comparison to my other classes but the projects were interesting. Grading is fair and based on effort and participation rather than outcome. Very understanding about mental health and other difficulties outside the classroom.