Reviews of professor Cynthia Wei

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof. Wei is a great teacher and lecturer! The material was super interesting and I enjoyed going to class. She is a harsh but fair grader -- it is not an easy A, but it is doable if you do the readings/work which are actually interesting. All tests were open note and she provided a thorough study guide for them, which is really helpful.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Wei is amazing! This is a lower level course, but she made the content interesting. Her organization is unparalleled and the tests/quizzes were open-note. As long as you take notes in class and do the readings, it's almost a guaranteed A.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Super sweet and caring professor who is passionate about what she teaches. If you do the work and take good notes, you'll find HW and the open-notes quizzes a breeze. She is always willing to meet outside of class and gives good feedback. She's definitely eased up on the busywork compared to previous years and acknowledges student feedback.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Wei is really wonderful, but the class has so much busy work. The content was generally interesting, but for a SFA assignments felt a little bit needlessly frequent (usually 1-3 graded assignments a week plus readings). She does do a really good job of teaching you how to read scientific articles though, which is a helpful skill!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Professor herself is v sweet and smart, but if you're looking for an easy science req class RUN! She literally said in "some of you wrote in your midsemester review that the workload is overwhelming, but this isnt supposed to be an easy class, it's supposed to be challenging". 3 quizzes, 3 exams, 2 papers and 1 group project. And weekly stuff. RUN!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
STIA 3196 was the BEST class I took this semester. There's a lot of work but I improved so much as a writer, she gives really good feedback and the course is so well-structured and thought-out. Smart, organized, open to feedback and kind. Could not recommend highly enough

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Wei is very kind but her classes are a LOT of work. If it is something that you are genuinely interested in and you are prepared to do the work, definitely take her! But otherwise, be prepared to feel burnt out about halfway through. She does give great feedback though and helped improve my writing a lot!