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Professor Yi-lin Tsai Reviews

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Class Ratings

2Bad Class
2Hard
1Very Boring
1Useless

Professor Rating

3OK Prof

Prof: Yi-lin Tsai / Fall 2024

Dec 13, 2024

Comments on the course

Despised this course. There's just no connection between everything they give, so success depends a lot on luck. Mark schemes show one thing, returned tests show something else even if you follow the mark scheme and they don't bother regrading. It felt like studying didn't mean anything since short-answer questions would be picked apart to the bone. Did super well on the quizzes, none of that was reflected in tests. Help desks are pretty true to their name though. Tutorials on the other hand, didn't find any value in them since it was all revisited content from the previous week.

Course Content

The kind of calculus you'd expect from university, basically an extension of Gr12 calculus. Content isn't that hard and it makes sense with enough studying but the way they expect you to apply things is nonsensical -- even if you follow the textbook's proposed method of solution, it's marked incorrectly. The assignments in this class were quizzes and labs. Former were fair, latter had no relevance whatsoever to the course, but both were easy to do well on. Wish there was more weight on them.

Comments on the professor

He's a nice guy who gives great analogies about the topics, but his explanations to solutions are quite convoluted. Didn't show up to many lectures since it felt fast-paced and a little disorganized. Ended up watching Clement's lecture recordings but I can't say that she was helpful in-person.

Advice

Good luck, lord knows you'll need it.

Course: MATH 1LS3Delivery: In personGrade: Not sure yetWorkload: ModerateTextbook Use: Yes
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