Reviews of professor Oana Tocoian

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The course is extremely hard, but she is a great instructor.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Do. T The worst professor(in the teaching area) I've ever met at UCSD. She is a nice person, care about her student. But she really really DON'T know how to teach materials. Unless you want to teach by yourself, otherwise, please never take her class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
4th course with Dr. T. Exams are not very easy but represents the course materials and you should have some math foundation before taking the course (but true for most of Econ courses anyway). Lecture explains the concepts well but does not caught my attention and some times not easy to take note. Dr. T is also a nice person besides lecture.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
BY THE GRACE OF GODS I PASSED! I attended all lectures, paid attention and the quizzes and midterms were very hard for me. I failed all the test/final, and passed because of her generous curve. Still try to do your best bc it was nerve-racking. Prof even recommend I drop bc I was struggling. She's nice but not the best at explaining concepts.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Just look at the ratings. 40 Awfuls compared to 8 Awesomes. On CAPES, her class average grade was a C.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. T is generous with exam curves and is always there to answer our questions on Discord. However, her lectures are not good at all and are virtually pointless. She cannot explain topics well and rushes. If you want to understand the content, you have to attend discussion sections and redo problem sets/practice exams multiple times.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Not a really good lecturer, but give fair test and exam

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Get ready to teach yourself everything. Terrible professor

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Just like all the other reviews suggest, she's not a good teacher at all. You watch pre-recorded videos by other professors to learn everything. If you have a question, she tells you to go back to those videos and figure it out. Very frustrating

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Took both Maxim Sinitsyn and Oana Tocoian for ECON100A. Comparing both Professors, Tocoain really helps guide students with what math to master for the concepts she has in class. Her lecture slides and lectures are way better than Sinistyn's and have a discord where she responds to questions in a timely matter.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I acknowledge that Economics at UCSD is harder, however- it felt almost cruel taking this class. Unfortunately the department weeds out by having harder professors for the major mandatory courses, so you don't really get options. Listen to the reviews- lectures make no sense, exam are EXTREMELY hard and grading is tough. Get external tutoring, GL.