Reviews of professor Mihaela Ifrim

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Very confusing. Doesnt teach the material. We went over only half the stuff that was going to be on the exam before the exam came. Poor communication. Not structured very well.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
this class basically broke me. I can't tell you how many nights I spent crying over my WebAssign. She spends the entire hour and fifteen going over 3-6 really difficult example problems but doesn't really explain what she's doing. Or what the hell is going on. If Mihaela's name shows up on your student center, for the love of god switch classes.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
VERY DIFFICULT to understand her, she makes a lot of mistakes during lecture. You can tell she is trying her best with her language-barrier, and is actually trying , but she is beyond confusing at times, get a tutor.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof. Ifrim is a hilarious lady who makes going to a 75 minute math lecture bearable. She really cares about her students and does many examples of the class is not understanding the content. That being said, the exams are hard, but if the class does collectively bad she gives a pretty generous curve.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She puts in a lot of effort but doesn't have an organised style to teach. Makes too many small errors in the class.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I thought her exams were ridiculously hard for what we learned in lecture and in discussion.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Its a difficult class, I wont lie. I took 211 last semester and still have a lot of trouble with the class. That being said, shes a pretty good instructor whos more than willing to help you out if your confused. A tip that I learned from 211: if you have trouble during the lectures, follow along in the textbook (:

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Ifrim is hard and will challenge you by making you think about theory as well as the applications of a concept but she is one of the few professors in the UW Madison Math department that cares about actually teaching.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Don't take, very confusing

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Mihaela is a super sweet lady, and she's so genuinely funny in lecture. The class is hard though, but honestly, I expected it. Definitely get a tutor of some kind in the beginning, if you're struggling with material since falling behind is not an option. Exams are brutal, but the curve is generous if everyone does poorly.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Mihaela chooses to take up an entire hour and 15 min with 3-4 very hard and long problems which go much further into detail and make the material more confusing. Our class got so behind because of this we had optional class during the study day and homework after we took our final. Going to Mathlab was the only thing that saved my grade.