Jinsong Zhang
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Terrible lecturer and an extremely harsh grader. Will take 10 points off your quiz for a single notation.
10/29/2024
Terrible lecturer who does a horrible job at explaining concepts. Extremely harsh grader who will take points off based on grading criteria that were never specified.
10/15/2024
I can tell he really tried at the beginning, and it turned out that the first few lectures were great. Then he ended up literally reading off the slides.
9/12/2024
He just reads off slides. Is a tough grader, and really feels like he puts no effort into teaching at all. I have never been more bored in a class then his stats class and I learned absolutely nothing I feel like.
8/29/2024
So many unanswered Piazza posts. He put in some effort and tried to explain the concepts but just ended up reading from the slides. Open book/notes for quizzes and exams and you can get most answers from following the slides examples.
7/1/2024
2-4 hrs/week
Don't take this class with Zhang; take it with whoever else is teaching it. The class isn't a lot of work, but the lectures are pretty bad and the exams are actually pretty hard. Our final exam would have been a ~70 average if he didn't move it online because he forgot to reserve a room...
5/24/2024
Dr Zhang is a strict grader and all of his quizzes don't have any reference to what is taught in his class. His lectures can get boring because he reads off of the lecture slides.
5/18/2024
Seldom answer students questions on piazza Tough grader on quiz
5/15/2024
He simply doesn't care about his students. He rarely answers Piazza questions and assignment instructions are vague. TAs also aren't helpful. Programming sessions are useless.
5/14/2024
Seldom answer the students' questions on piazza. Give the marks according on his mood and distribution line. A liitle bit of stubborn on his teaching level. In summary, do not choose him except no choices.
5/12/2024
He is a decent lecturer, but it sometimes can be hard to understand what he is saying. His slides are amazing and are sometimes better at teaching than him. Assignments are graded very generously and all exams are open notes. I left this class learning a lot, but I recommend starting the homework earlier because they take time.
4/25/2024
Prof. Zhang needs to work on two things. \n1) Fixing his lecture slides so that they are readable and let alone understandable. You spend most of your time in class trying to decipher the information on slides rather than learning any ideas and connecting them. \n2) Figuring out more relevant ways to test us on machine learning concepts.
4/23/2024
Lectures left much to be desired as he read off slides, and if the projector died, he wouldn't fix it. Little to no examples were provided during the lectures, making the quizzes and homework challenging. There were sparse guidelines for the final project but a lot of expectations for style, content, etc.
12/19/2023
Fuzhong is not a honorable person. He does not respect your time. In his world, he is a tenured professor and he earns a pre-set salary anyway. So he would assume you are the same. He does not care whether you achieve anything beyond drifting and passing the time. He has a dark character. If you do not satisfy him in his way, he would sabotage.
9/19/2023
Overall, a good professor. Concepts are illustrated clearly in the lecture slides.
5/16/2022
Simply reads off of the slides. Gives very vague answers to piazza posts. Once class was over, he sent a random email at 9 am in the morning stating that you need to send in a proof that you completed course evaluations now as he is entering the grades, rather than giving students more time to send the proof. I saw the email only 2 hours late.
5/12/2022
The lectures are long by being a 4 credit class, but he is fantastic at teaching. His notes and lectures are well organized and easy to understand, and he makes it very clear what concepts are necessary both through the lectures and the homework. I was never shocked by an exam. Never miss a lecture, that's at least how to pass.
12/30/2021
I regret taking this class. He just doesn't know how to teach this. Running late on course content, pop quiz worth 30% of grade, exam before HW answer and right after class), the average for the final was around 75, but he does not do anything about it. I recommend taking 3200 or section 02.
12/28/2021
Throughout the entirety of this course I was very impressed with how clearly Professor Zhang was able to communicate his ideas. We did a ton of practice problems in class which were very helpful on the homework assignments.
12/22/2021
Jinsong Zhang is not only a bad teacher but is also incredibly not nice. His lecture notes are incredibly opaque, and his notation is often awful and inconsistent. It would be ok if he was willing to be more helpful out of class, but instead he is rude and unhelpful. I spent most of my time learning from other sources online. What a waste of time.
10/27/2021
The midterm was really bad... half of the material in the test was covered during the prior class, leaving us minimal time to do the homework for practice, prepare the cheat sheet, and review all the material. Only four multiple-part question on the test. If one does not know how to do the first part, one is screwed for the question...
10/23/2021
1. Does not permit the use of laptops in class. Totally a technophobe :( 2. Doesn't provide cheat sheet in exams. Wants you to make your own :( 3. Good Person tho. Lets you turn in hw late :)
11/6/2019
My goodness, I'm going to be honest here. Calling this class probstats is a lie. He teaches everything (including statistics) using probability, meaning that you leave the class slightly more useless than when you started. Also, don't expect to rely on any intuition that you might have gained in a high school stats class. Very, very theoretical.
12/5/2018
Though he has minor accent, his class is very well prepared and organized, and he tries to make student engeged. The homework and small tests are a lot, but they do focus on lecture materials and you'll be fine if you listen to the lecture carefully. I will recommend this professor.
5/7/2018
Pretty average professor, provides decent lectures but is pretty soft spoken. The PowerPoint slides are pretty succinct. Homework is pretty long and graded harshly. The exams were reasonable but not easy. Just keep up with the work and dont slack off. He likes quizzes.
2/12/2018
Zhang is a good professor overall. His slides are organized and you can find everything from the slides. He gives lots of proofswhich is also part of the tests and exams. Slides is the success to this class! Homework problems are long, but they really ensure you to understand the material. You can do well if you really spend time on it.
1/16/2018
Zhang knows his stuff pretty well, and his lecture PowerPoint slides are not bad. He synthesizes the textbook pretty well and is usually available for office hours. The homework grader is pretty picky, so do the homework carefully over the weekend. Keep up and study, lots of quizzes! You can get an A if you really work for it.
11/9/2017
Zhang is a very organized professor, and if you are able to understand his slides and examples you will be ok with the class. He does assign long weekly homework assignments, but doing these really ensures you understand and are learning the material. Cares for students and will make an effort to help you if you ask.
3/27/2017
The worst prof I had in college. Lectures are extremely hard to understand- his English is terrible which makes it hard for him to explain stuff clearly. Slides are just a copy of definitions/examples from textbook. He takes attendance so a lot of students just show up and sit in the last row. Tough grader, doesn't give curve. 8 exams in total.
1/22/2017
Lectures are very organized and clear, although can be boring at times. Prof. Zhang does give a lot of homework and has a lot of tests throughout the semester to make sure you are keeping up.
12/8/2016
Zhang makes the lecture so boring it is a pain to sit through the class. Worst part is he can't really explain things well and this is very bad for a math class with a lot of understanding involved. The weekly homework can be very challenging to do. He also gave an exceptionally hard final to separate the grades among students.
2/24/2016