Reviews of professor Ling Zhang

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
AVOID. Literally no consideration for students during COVID-19, should be a red flag!! She is insane about attendance and will mark you absent even if youre there if you arent careful, and shell threaten to drop you for it. You wont learn a thing. Freshman level course treated like a senior seminar. Nothing nice to say. Avoid at all costs.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
 Her lectures were so long and boring. She would use every second of class time she had. Every other class period she would randomly call on a student to answer a reading question from the textbook. She gave me a zero on two of the reading questions when I wasn't there. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS because I definitely regretted it, I learned nothing.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Zhang was good at conveying the information we needed to know, but the lectures can be very boring. During lectures, she reads almost directly from the slides, which come straight from the book. The homework comes straight from the slides, and 90% of the test come directly from the homework. Go to class, take notes, and study the homework.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
All the information from the slide, be careful with the pop quizzes at the end of class. Grading very clear, a bit tough if you did not put any effort in

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I believe Professor Zhang as a professor is very overlooked because of her accent, but she is a very good and concise teacher who actually gives in depth lectures. She has a mid-way check in with her students and I really appreciate her input. She is easy to contact and will answer any question, would take again.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This class was way too much work for what it is, and it didn't help that I ended up hating the content. She assigns a lot of busy work. The homework does prepare you for the exams so its easy to get an A if you put in the work, but there are a lot of due dates. She wasn't too hard to understand, but I hated this class. Worst class I've had so far.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Language barrier is strong in her teaching. Do not buy the book. Everything you need to know is explained in her long lectures. I had several emergencies and she was lenient. She does not put up with late stuff otherwise though. Pop quizzes are random so always show up. Lot of homework and she grades them super tough!! Would never take again.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I have one thing to say. My grandpa died the morning of the midterm. I wanted to go home to see my family and asked her if I could take the midterm that Friday.. and she said no. She told me I needed to take the midterm that day or I'd get a 0%.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Gave us the textbook in pdf form for free, Instant 5/5 in my book. He has an accent but it isn't difficult to understand him. He seems very laid back and super helpful!