Reviews of professor Jinyan Guo

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Gives a million things in lecture and only a fraction of it ends up being on the exam. Gives too much reading material and expects you to read 100 pages in one day when you have other classes and other work to do. Also in my class she only graded on 4 things so if you did bad on one thing you failed

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Does not give beneficial feedback whatsoever when asked again about her expectations. Does not care about her students at all. She teaches by showing other students' work as to what not to do. Her class didn't increase my knowledge, just made me super stressed out. Avoid her.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This class was very lecture heavy, however she would let you know what is on the exams (midterm and final) during class so you have to pay attention or you will miss key material. She is a great person but isn't very helpful when you don't understand content, she tells you you need to understand it not remember it!! Overall she is a good professor!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
contradicts a lot of what she says she wants you to do for your work. impossible to satisfy her, you can hand in the best work you have ever done and there is still a thousand things wrong with it. every other evolution class teachers evolution including the patterns and material we have learned for years, she wants only the most specific things.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Entire class is graded on 4 papers and a group project. She was basically no help to us in understanding the material. She highlights what she wants in the essay without explaining much, and then simply expects us to regurgitate the info back to her. Lenient with deadlines but her late policy is obnoxious: 10% per 12 hours after midnight. Avoid her

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Avoid this professor at all costs. Does not convey information or expectations well and was not willing to schedule a meeting outside of class to clarify expectations. Her advice to improve for the next paper was to "work harder". All essays from the semester totaled about 40 pages which was 3X more writing than other sections of the same class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
During COVID, she was an amazing online professor. She extended multiple deadlines and was always willing to cater to her students. I actually learned and she's very kind. She is very lecture heavy but she recorded everything and you didn't necessarily have to attend them live. She tells you everything she wants from her assignments, so listen!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This was an overview class, so not difficult. I enjoyed Dr. Guo, even if the class itself wasn't much fun. She knows her botany and is very accessible to conversation outside of class. Directions are specific, so you know exactly what she wants. I will be taking higher level courses with her for sure.