Reviews of professor Sun Kim

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The first half of the semester was only vocabulary. There was a quiz that opened and closed every Friday that was very difficult. The second half of the semester was only Excel. There are 3 exams and only one counts, but you only have 35 minutes to complete and 5 of those minutes are for turning it in. If you want to pass, DO NOT choose Sun Kim.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Checkups are 50% of your grade, and they are easy if you just READ! They are open book, so utilize that! You have unlimited tries on the excel practices and 3 attempts for the final exam. Take ADVANTAGE of that! Do the practices multiple times, and the final will be easy. BONUS opportunities too! Sun gives you every chance to get an A. Take them.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
You better hope you are a good guesser on the quizzes and the excel assignments often don't grade correctly. He also does not respond to emails so you are on your own.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Kim is a very thorough and organized instructor for ISDS. He is very knowledgable of the material and explains it all in an effective way. The Excel exams are challenging but if you do the practices a few times, it is certainly not impossible to get a good score. Professor Kim is also very laidback and will not make you really stress.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
As long as you read and prepare for the checkups and do the practices for ISDS you will succeed, and Mr. Sun is willing to help you whenever you need.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Real cool guy. Will make it his goal to give you simplest explanation of the material. I felt Kim to be genuinely interested in the success of his students. To be fair, I dont believe English is his first language but is still understandable. Also, quick at responding to slack messages, and his team of tas were great and knowledgeable.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This class is honestly a drag. You have to read and really understand what you are reading so definitely find a Quizlet. Attend the zoom sessions he has for review and screenshot the pp slides The quizzes are timed. You want to do well on the quizzes because the Excel part isn't easy and is very rigorous and is also timed.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Sun is great. This is an online class and he is very helpful-responds quickly and sends out weekly. The material is pretty easy overall (you will have to read the online material and do weekly quizzes on them) The 2 excel exams will sneak up on you but he is fair with grading (will replace the first exam grade with the 2nd if it's higher)

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
You will barely see Kim during this class. All you have is the materials.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Focus on the exams