Zhenghui Huo

Huo is a mixed bag. His lectures were confusing and straight out of the book. I would strongly recommend reading the textbook before coming to lecture so you won't be as confused. His tests were very difficult (and tedious as far as the algebra went) and the average was about 70, but he curved to an 85, so it wasn't that hard to get an A.

5/22/2018

He doesn't teach well. Straight from the textbook. Difficult to follow and understand. Unclear grading criteria. More than once, he switched a policy midway through the semester making things harder for students (changing test format and removing allowed materials).

5/6/2018

Very hard exams that focus a lot on conceptual content (so you have to really actually understand the material - not just plug and chug) and lectures derived directly from the book (so class attendance is at maybe a 40% at best). HOWEVER, seems like an extremely nice guy who wants everyone to do well and so far VERY generous with the curve.

4/6/2018

Do NOT take matrix with Huo. You're better off waiting to take it w/ Shapiro. Our "practice exams" are Shapiro's old exams but then Huo makes his tests more difficult/conceptual & no notecards. I keep acing the practice exams and failing the real exams, which makes me think I'd be acing matrix with Shapiro instead of being in the C+/B- range w Huo.

4/6/2018

Not a great professor. Accent can be hard to understand at time. His lectures are way too abstract/theoretical and delve into proofs more than we need to pass the exams. Does not do enough example problems. I learned infinitely more from WebWork, Crowdmark, and other online tools than I did from him.

3/31/2018

The lectures are just so boring. Its hard to pay attention to so you often find yourself just skipping class because you wont get anything out of it

3/5/2018

He's perfectly competent but lectures are dense & a bit boring. I felt confident in my math skills going into Exam 1 but did poorly because the test focused a lot on concepts/rules. Engineering students tend to prefer doing actual math/problem-solving questions rather than just memorizing "rules" and ideas. I'd recommend taking with another prof.

3/3/2018

While Professor Huo was at times not the best lecturer, he really cares about his students and was always extremely helpful in office hours. He was always ready and willing to clear things up outside of class and was great 1-on-1. The HW was manageable and the tests were written in such a way that I always felt prepared. 10/10 would recommend.

7/26/2017