Chengxi Wang
Department of Mathematics
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4.0
Overall Rating
Based on 36 Users
Easiness 4.8 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 3.2 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 4.8 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 3.1 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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GRADE DISTRIBUTIONS
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44.2%
33.2%
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11.1%
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Grade distributions are collected using data from the UCLA Registrar’s Office.

80.4%
67.0%
53.6%
40.2%
26.8%
13.4%
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A
A-
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Grade distributions are collected using data from the UCLA Registrar’s Office.

76.6%
63.8%
51.0%
38.3%
25.5%
12.8%
0.0%
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A
A-
B+
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Grade distributions are collected using data from the UCLA Registrar’s Office.

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Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: A
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Dec. 25, 2020

Super easy A. The material was pretty easy to learn even without watching the lectures. She uploads the lecture notes which mirrors her lecture videos exactly. I would recommend this class since the tests and quizzes were extremely easy and chill.

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Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: A+
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Dec. 21, 2020

Its more helpful to just read the textbook and treat this class as an asynchronous one

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Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: A
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Dec. 20, 2020

This was probably the easiest math class I have taken at UCLA. It helped that it was during COVID and that the professor was accommodating - she gave at least 24 hours for quizzes, midterms, and finals, which were all open note. The homework, quizzes, and exams were all pretty easy, and the lectures were pretty straight-forward and not overly confusing. My main gripe with the class was that it was almost too easy and surface-level. I kinda felt that I didn't really have a full understanding of the material since most of the emphasis was on application, with little focus on the actual intuition or reasoning behind a lot of what we did. TLDR: If you want an easy class you don't want to worry too much about, take this prof. If you want an interesting prof that challenges you so you can have a full understanding about class concepts, look for someone else.

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Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: A
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Dec. 6, 2020

33B with Prof Wang is definitely an extremely easy class, but you really don't learn anything. She doesn't give any intuition whatsoever, but rather puts a bunch of information on the table for you to jot down.

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Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: A
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April 27, 2022

I took this class Fall Quarter my freshman year, so wasn’t really sure what to expect. The class ended up being pretty alright! The professor doesn’t really help you understand the material conceptually, but the TAs and Prof literally tell you the problems that are going to be on the midterms and finals. Lectures are very optional, discussion are decently helpful, and the lecture notes (pre-typed) are absolutely incredible.

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Quarter: Winter 2022
Grade: A
March 25, 2022

This course is basically a free A course. Professor Wang basically went through the notes she posted and that's pretty much it. Tests are in the similar format as weekly quizzes and homework.

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Quarter: Winter 2022
Grade: N/A
March 18, 2022

This professor's teaching ability is equivalent to that of a second grader. As long as you can read out loud and copy down things word for word, you would be able to teach this class at the same level as she does, maybe even better. If you want to learn anything, just read the textbook. There is no point in going to lecture because she zooms through the material while explaining the bare minimum, using confusing notation that seems very complicated at first with no explanation, and throwing random proofs and theorems at you with no logical sequential order. Half of the things discussed in class just come out of no where and make no sense when they're introduced because they just don't fit into the bigger picture of what was previously discussed, or at least the professor fails to show the class how new material is relevant until the point where you're too bored or lost to care. The tests are very easy (at least in online format) and the homework doesn't take longer than an hour (if that) to complete each week. Discussion sections could be useful as the TAs will probably be able to explain things better than her. Would greatly discourage from taking diff eqs with this professor, especially if being able to understand and use diff eqs is important for your major.

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Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: A
Jan. 6, 2022

Super easy A. The lectures are basically the prof copying down the lecture notes (which are posted). Just find the example problems in the lecture notes that you need for exams and hw and you're set. She always tells what topics are on exams too.

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Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: A
Dec. 28, 2021

As everybody says, this is an easy class. There's hardly any work involved, and it's easy to check your homework or quiz answers. She tells you EXACTLY what will be on the midterms and final, so don't study for anything that she didn't explicitly say. She's a pretty bad lecturer, and everything she says is basically from the textbook. I have one friend who would just look up the topic of each class and find a video online explaining it, and she did better than me in the class (I attended every lecture). Zehan Chao was a terrible TA—most discussions he would either not be prepared, talk about a topic not relevant to the current week's material, or just not even know how to solve his own problems (multiple times there were students who had to go up and help him). I just went to discussions to meet up with my friends. That being said, the discussions really don't even matter because of how easy the class is. I'm not sure how well I understood the material, but I did at least have a basic enough understanding to apply it to my other classes.

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Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: A+
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Dec. 22, 2021

This was the easiest math class I've taken at UCLA. The homework and quizzes are pretty straightforward and your 2 lowest assignments for each (i.e., 2 HW and 2 quizzes) are dropped at the end. The exams are just like the homework. Professor Wang covers all of the content very well during lecture and you don't really need the textbook unless you want to look at more example problems (you don't need it for homework).

If you've taken Math 33A before, then you'll have like a week or so of review around the 2nd half of the quarter. But you can just as easily take 33A concurrently.

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Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: A
Dec. 25, 2020

Super easy A. The material was pretty easy to learn even without watching the lectures. She uploads the lecture notes which mirrors her lecture videos exactly. I would recommend this class since the tests and quizzes were extremely easy and chill.

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Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: A+
Dec. 21, 2020

Its more helpful to just read the textbook and treat this class as an asynchronous one

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Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: A
Dec. 20, 2020

This was probably the easiest math class I have taken at UCLA. It helped that it was during COVID and that the professor was accommodating - she gave at least 24 hours for quizzes, midterms, and finals, which were all open note. The homework, quizzes, and exams were all pretty easy, and the lectures were pretty straight-forward and not overly confusing. My main gripe with the class was that it was almost too easy and surface-level. I kinda felt that I didn't really have a full understanding of the material since most of the emphasis was on application, with little focus on the actual intuition or reasoning behind a lot of what we did. TLDR: If you want an easy class you don't want to worry too much about, take this prof. If you want an interesting prof that challenges you so you can have a full understanding about class concepts, look for someone else.

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Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: A
Dec. 6, 2020

33B with Prof Wang is definitely an extremely easy class, but you really don't learn anything. She doesn't give any intuition whatsoever, but rather puts a bunch of information on the table for you to jot down.

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Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: A
April 27, 2022

I took this class Fall Quarter my freshman year, so wasn’t really sure what to expect. The class ended up being pretty alright! The professor doesn’t really help you understand the material conceptually, but the TAs and Prof literally tell you the problems that are going to be on the midterms and finals. Lectures are very optional, discussion are decently helpful, and the lecture notes (pre-typed) are absolutely incredible.

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Quarter: Winter 2022
Grade: A
March 25, 2022

This course is basically a free A course. Professor Wang basically went through the notes she posted and that's pretty much it. Tests are in the similar format as weekly quizzes and homework.

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Quarter: Winter 2022
Grade: N/A
March 18, 2022

This professor's teaching ability is equivalent to that of a second grader. As long as you can read out loud and copy down things word for word, you would be able to teach this class at the same level as she does, maybe even better. If you want to learn anything, just read the textbook. There is no point in going to lecture because she zooms through the material while explaining the bare minimum, using confusing notation that seems very complicated at first with no explanation, and throwing random proofs and theorems at you with no logical sequential order. Half of the things discussed in class just come out of no where and make no sense when they're introduced because they just don't fit into the bigger picture of what was previously discussed, or at least the professor fails to show the class how new material is relevant until the point where you're too bored or lost to care. The tests are very easy (at least in online format) and the homework doesn't take longer than an hour (if that) to complete each week. Discussion sections could be useful as the TAs will probably be able to explain things better than her. Would greatly discourage from taking diff eqs with this professor, especially if being able to understand and use diff eqs is important for your major.

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Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: A
Jan. 6, 2022

Super easy A. The lectures are basically the prof copying down the lecture notes (which are posted). Just find the example problems in the lecture notes that you need for exams and hw and you're set. She always tells what topics are on exams too.

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Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: A
Dec. 28, 2021

As everybody says, this is an easy class. There's hardly any work involved, and it's easy to check your homework or quiz answers. She tells you EXACTLY what will be on the midterms and final, so don't study for anything that she didn't explicitly say. She's a pretty bad lecturer, and everything she says is basically from the textbook. I have one friend who would just look up the topic of each class and find a video online explaining it, and she did better than me in the class (I attended every lecture). Zehan Chao was a terrible TA—most discussions he would either not be prepared, talk about a topic not relevant to the current week's material, or just not even know how to solve his own problems (multiple times there were students who had to go up and help him). I just went to discussions to meet up with my friends. That being said, the discussions really don't even matter because of how easy the class is. I'm not sure how well I understood the material, but I did at least have a basic enough understanding to apply it to my other classes.

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Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: A+
Dec. 22, 2021

This was the easiest math class I've taken at UCLA. The homework and quizzes are pretty straightforward and your 2 lowest assignments for each (i.e., 2 HW and 2 quizzes) are dropped at the end. The exams are just like the homework. Professor Wang covers all of the content very well during lecture and you don't really need the textbook unless you want to look at more example problems (you don't need it for homework).

If you've taken Math 33A before, then you'll have like a week or so of review around the 2nd half of the quarter. But you can just as easily take 33A concurrently.

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4.0
Overall Rating
Based on 36 Users
Easiness 4.8 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 3.2 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 4.8 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 3.1 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

TOP TAGS

  • Tolerates Tardiness
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  • Appropriately Priced Materials
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  • Would Take Again
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