Reviews of professor Maitreya Dunham

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The exams were really difficult compared to the worksheets and quiz sections, even according to the TAs, and the lectures were very long and often dense. The worst part was the grading scale, instead of a curve or flat percent conversion, you are graded against the top 5% of the class, so even with a 90% you're barely scraping above a 3.0.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Good lecturer, I felt that Professor Dunham's questions in the slides were very helpful in practicing what we needed to know for exams. She is very willing to help and seemed to care about her students. Would definitely take her again.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Taking this class online was really tough. Exams were much more challenging than the problem sets, lecture questions, and previous exams as well. TAs told us that they were scoring in the 65-75 range which was shocking. The material is extremely interesting and fun to learn, tests just are way too difficult.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Professor moves very fast during lectures, can be hard to keep up. The exams were much more difficult than the problems discussed during lecture, quiz section, practice exams, and homework. Exams are also worth 65% of your grade, which is pretty typical, but it would be way better if the questions more accurately reflected all of the practice.