Jimin Ding
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We never got our midterm projects (from March) OR our final project back. We never even got to see what score we got on them. I'm pretty sure she never graded them and then just gave everybody an A in the class because the deadline for submitting grades was approaching fast. If I wanted to learn with no feedback I would go to YouTube. 0/10
5/28/2024
The homework in this class is weekly with tons of math and programming that take 6-10 hours to complete. This class is tedious and hard, but it does an amazing job of teaching you useful and practical math and computer science methods to solve real-world data science problems. Biggest issue is the lack of feedback -- I got no comments on anything.
4/30/2024
Professor Ding is awesome! Her class is hard, don't get me wrong, but she gives you the best tools to succeed that she can. Exams are only 30% of her class and she allows a one-sided cheat sheet and gives you a study guide. It is a difficult class and you have to put in the work, but Professor Ding gives great lectures and grades with kindness.
3/5/2024
A lot of students really struggle in her classes. Never truly felt like I understood the homework, and never felt prepared for the exams but somehow managed to pull through with a fine grade.
10/3/2023
Professor Ding does have a slight accent, but it is not too bad to the point that you can't understand her. Her notes are pretty helpful and if you keep up with her lectures, the exams aren't that bad. She gives out a lot of extra points (gave an extra 5 points back on most exams this semester) which was very helpful.
5/6/2023
we conducted a small class attendance survey... students who attended classes at least once last week performed better in exams than those who did not attend the class by 6% in Exam 2 and became statistically significantnJiminnnFYI 5% is a single multiple choice question... She is disappointed by our low exam averages but can't figure out why...
4/25/2023
She is very enthusiastic but too hard to understand. I need to listen to her lecture recording twice to understand what she is saying.
4/13/2023
Very rough class. Probably the worst professor I've had at WashU. The homeworks ask for ridiculously advanced R knowledge that she doesn't teach in course, and her lectures are extremely hard to follow. Avoid if you can.
4/24/2020
Professor Ding is a VERY nice and funny person and she is accessible in her office hours, but those are unfortunately the only good things I can say about her course. The lectures are confusing and hard to follow, and the homeworks are very difficult. Also the computer problems she gives using R are far more advanced than they should be.
4/6/2020
Accent makes her extremely difficult to understand. Test questions are poorly worded, and tests are only out of 15 points, so if you get just a few points off your grade tanks. Worst class I've taken at WashU.
5/15/2017
Ding is a sweet person, but an overall mediocre lecturer, failing to explain already tough concepts. Students who work hard can usually attain an A (she gives great extra credit opportunities). Her exams can be tough and her homeworks are time consuming, but she is definitely fair overall. Sadly, she yet remains the best 3200 prof. at WashU.
5/13/2017
Ding Is The Best Math Professor At WashU. She Is So Nice And Accessible And Funny During Class. I Love Her.
4/28/2017
So she's hard to understand at first, and uses a lot of power points to teach (can be annoying), but overall is a decent professor. Attendance will give you 3% at the end, and she also offers extra credit, so if you give some effort and A is definitely attainable. Her tests resemble a lot of her old exams, so just look at those.
4/19/2017
Great professor. She is very engaging during lectures. Test are easy if you do the homework. Easy A class since she gives a lot of extra credits.
4/30/2015
I came into this class really wanting to like statistics. This did not happen. Ding is a very sweet, smart woman. However, her English is subpar and she isn't engaging. Her grading criteria for homework is arbitrary and not clear, and her tests are out of only 15 points, with 9 of those points being multiple choice that are poorly worded.
4/14/2015
I went in knowing quite a lot of stats and still did not do well. She does not present the material clearly (in part due to her accent). Her exams are largely controlled by a small amount of poorly worded multiple choice; in short, if you get a few wrong your grade suffers A LOT. The exams are not a good indicator if you know the material.
4/9/2015
Awful. Just plain awful. I went into this class loving statistics and now I'm unsure if I even want to continue with a math major.
2/27/2015
She writes everything important on the board, and is usually clear with examples. She seems to genuinely care whether the students are following her, and does her best to answer questions in class and office hours. Has reasonable expectations overall.
5/8/2013
She does not make the difficult subject matter enjoyable or easy to understand. Her accent is very strong and she does not explain things well. She usually just repeats what is in the textbook and does not help get you prepared for exams or SAS homeworks. Try to set up a study group for this class.
3/6/2012
Ding is a very sweet woman who tries very hard to be a good teacher... she really, really does. Sadly, however, she is still without question the single worst teacher I have yet to encounter in my academic career. She basically copies the book VERBATIM onto the chalkboard and then proceeds to read it super fast and explain NOTHING.
7/6/2010
The exams are easy, but the grading for the homework assignments was somewhat arbitrary and poorly explained. This wouldn't be a big problem if the homework wasn't a substantial portion of one's grade, but it is.
5/8/2010
Useless lectures. She literally reads from slides from time to time. Refuses to help outside class.
2/27/2010