Reviews of professor Xuan Anna Li

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
wouldn't recommend. tests are difficult. lecture slides are somewhat confusing and don't explain things well.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
There was rarely any homework assigned to help your grade so your only hope is doing well on exams. Tests are VERY hard. Attend lecture, theres A LOT of material. Its hard to follow her during lecture and slides posted dont help as much. There are only pictures, no helpful information. She does recordings but you can barely hear her.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
she is a great person and is so knowledgeable about neuroscience, but is the kind of professor who should stick to research rather than teaching. it's hard to follow her train of thought and the slides don't help. tests are hard and worth 90% of the grade.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Students this semester have mentioned the exams are hard. They are very close to the slides she posts. The short answer questions on exams are also predictable as she spends more time explaining certain topics. Point being if you go to class, fill out the study guide days prior to the exam, meet with the TA's, and study the slides, you'll do fine.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She was such a difficult professor to have. The exams were very test heavy and such a BIG portion of the grading. She would drop 1 exam and a few quizzes but it still wasn't enough to pass the class

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I loved the topic of the class but it was difficult!!! The exams are heavy hard! If you want to pass this class go to office hours but this class will take a lot of your time to study

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Her English is not good and her powerpoints are mostly diagrams/pictures, which makes it extremely hard to learn and understand the material. This was the hardest class I have ever taken in my life and she was not very helpful. I am lucky that I got a C- in the class, I almost failed like a lot of people did. She grades harshly + exams are hard.