Reviews of professor Xiaodan Dong

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I liked that we worked with a real company and learned a lot from her experience. The simulation was practical but a lot of work and you'll be ranked. You can get a couple of certificates. The class provides the honor contract. She's a nice person and cares about the success of her students.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Super cool teacher. Sort of hard to understand but always super willing to take the extra step to make sure you know what to do. Tests are hard, but if you take notes of her lectures you should be fine. Two presentations. Super easy grader, always willing to extend deadlines.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Very funny, such an easy grader. Heavy on group projects.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Really kind professor. I enjoyed this class. There is a semester long group project but I didn't find it too challenging. Dr. Dong helps you succeed and is a fair, if not easy, grader. Take her for this class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She's a very kind person. She makes the class funny and engaging, while covering so many materials. The workload is heavy. I learned a lot. She's fair and reasonable.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Don't take this class if you want an A. This class had no homework so you were only graded on a 60 page paper and her very specific exams which you needed photographic memory to get more than a B on. Further, her grade distribution is super small; everyone got a final paper grade within 3 points of one another with the highest grade being an A-.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
MKT303 is definitely worth it. Professor Dong is extremely nice and approachable but it isn't necessarily an easy class. Just be honest with her and study hard for the exams and you'll be fine. Make sure you find a good group for the 60 page paper and go in for extra help and you'll be fine. She curves the class slightly also.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The grading isn't very clear, and a lot of your grade relies on a group paper and presentation that you work on the whole semester, but Professor Dong is very understanding and relaxed about grading. As long as you make an effort you will be totally fine. She also gives a study guide with page numbers to find information which makes her exams easy.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor is well organized, structured and detail oriented while provising consistent clear communication channel and periodic assessment while focussing on team building and generating new creative ideas and concepts, thank you ! Jay

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
A heinous experience. Unclear instructions and grading criteria is super frustrating. Awkward and boring lectures. Forced to do simulation that is extremely time consuming and useless. Lots of mind-numbing busy work. I learned nothing, probably more from scrolling TikTok. Weird test format. Sitting in class felt like eating glass. Takes attendance.