Maybe I'm the stupid one in the class as everyone in the class gets like As on their tests. Not the best lecturer, but also not the worse. The test are extremely long and definitely not 3 hours for the finals. The class is not curved so keep that in mind (45% midterm, 25% hw, 35% finals). I just pnp the class cuz I know I will not learn anything from the class. Take it with another professor if you can.

The worst class I have ever taken at UCLA, watching any of the lectures after week 3 is a waste of time. You'd be better off spending that time rereading the textbook and watching khan academy videos. The professor is hard to understand and barely explains the main concepts we need to cover. Although he doesn't give a lot of work, this means there is almost no structure to help you learn the material.

The whole class is a straight reiteration of the textbook. The teaching approach in general is just not really teaching. After the midterm I completely lost what we were doing. I am still not sure I internalized anything fundamental about distributions. And that is unfortunate 'cause I really need to understand the material well for my future CS class. Be sure to check the weights of the exams. In our midterm (there's one midterm and final) each point corresponded to 1% of the final grade. And of course this class is not an exception to the mockery that is the math department during pandemic: exams are twice as long and at least twice as hard as they would have been in person. The people who do not cheat are punished the most, so...