Reviews of professor Di Gao

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I absolutely loved Dr. Gao and this class (I hate statistics, so this is a big compliment). He is so nice and truly cares about his students. He drops 2 quiz grades and all homework has unlimited attempts. DO NOT MISS CLASS, you will cry and be very lost. He lets you have cheat sheets on all tests(3), so use those wisely.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I was dreading taking this class. Im TERRIBLE at math. I thought I would have to retake this class. But Gao is so helpful and teaches well. My savior was that he lets you take in cheat sheets to all the tests. Otherwise I for sure would have failed. Make sure you attend class or get the notes from someone if you miss.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Takes forever to grade assignments, takes forever to respond to emails. His notes and lectures are not helpful you have to teach yourself and he is not much help in clarifying any questions.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This professor allowed to use open book or note for the exams. After the 1st exam was taken he changed the syllabus and required the rest of the exams to be taken using a Lockdown website with camera.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
If you do not absolutely have to take biomedical statistics with this man, DO NOT! Im sure he was great at teaching these other classes mentioned in these reviews, but he teaches like we are statistic majors and have seen this material before. He goes super fast and expects you to keep up. If you have to take this course, study literally everyday.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He is very understanding,and going through not so quick.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He does not really teach the class, most of the information I had to teach myself outside of class. He does not really care if you grasp the content he is teaching. If you don't have to take this professor don't.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The best stats professor! he explains the concepts well and reviews the material to ensure you understand it too. Exams arent so difficult but you have to put in the work to understand the material. He gives a review sheet and will go over it during class, and he allows you to bring a cheat sheet. Take him!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Gao will definitely fail you if you skip his class too much but he also gives extra credit if you don't miss more than 2 classes. I will say that even showing up in his course was not easy to keep up with he went at a fast pace and can make you feel dumb when asking a question. Class is definitely passable but extra work outside of class!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Gao is my new favorite professor! He was very understanding and always went above and beyond to answer questions and make the material easy to understand. I failed Stats the first time... like a 40% and then took it with Dr. Gao and made a A+. This class isn't super easy, but Dr. Gao makes it possible to learn and make a great grade!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Extremely difficult, the lectures and quizzes completely differ from what's on the exam.