Qendrim Gashi

This professor has taught: MATH120, MATH403

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Qendrim Gashi MATH403 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/27/2024	Prof. Gashi is an excellent teacher. Very nice and always willing to offer help and work around students' availability. The class followed the textbook given closely, although I don't think there was much room for this to change due to the course's large volume of content. Exams were intense but reasonable.
Qendrim Gashi MATH120 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/25/2024	Qendrim was a great professor! He was always willing to explain concepts further, and his assignments closely followed what was covered in class. Studying for his exams was super easy by reviewing old homework assignments and attending class before the exam which was always a review session! It is calc so you can't put in zero effort but I didn't find myself overworked with his material. He tried to keep class light-hearted too by wanting to be called his first name and making jokes. Take Math120 with him if you can!
Qendrim Gashi MATH403 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/22/2024	I can't say enough good things about Qendrim. He has such a great teaching philosophy, emphasizing learning at every opportunity. I have never felt like I could just relax and focus on holistically learning the material in any other class quite like I have in this class. He is a difficult and sometimes unpredictable professor, but he is incredibly forgiving in his grading. He is very accessible with lots of office hours and the ability to schedule personal meeting times with him by email. The homeworks were very reasonable and very beneficial and his lectures were always well delivered. There will not be many more opportunities to take Qendrim, since he is a visiting professor, but if you can, please do!
Qendrim Gashi Expecting a B Anonymous 12/21/2024	I don't want to see ANY reviews below a 5. I suck at math. But Qendrim is truly an amazing professor who will make sure you have the foundations to understand the material. Engage in his class, laugh at his jokes (which are funny) ask questions, and advocate for yourself! And you will be fine. The midterms are based on the practice tests and he will teach you all of the relevant knowledge. I would take this course again 100%. 10/10 professor. No notes.
Qendrim Gashi MATH403 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/18/2024	Qendrim has a very fun class format for 403 (and I assume by extension 400 levels). The coursework, especially tests, are quite difficult, but there is no need to obsess over grades, since the grading and overall curve are very forgiving. There was oftentimes at least one question on a test where no one (or almost no one) got a correct solution; however, partial credit is awarded very generously and great exam scores can be achieved even if a fully correct solution is not reached. I found his presentation of material during lectures to be pretty solid and quite elucidating. He was incredibly accessible, having many office hours, and overall, he made it very clear that he cares a lot about the success of students in his course no matter their mathematical background. Homeworks were incredibly reasonable time-wise, and he selected very instructive problems that helped build our knowledge of the subject. I would strongly recommend taking Qendrim for a course if given the opportunity. Although, he is only a visiting professor, so there might not be many more opportunities to take a course with him.
Qendrim Gashi MATH120 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/17/2024	Professor Gashi is a funny and down-to-earth guy. He always started off his lectures with some witty comment while half of the class would shadow a half smile. He is very good about grading and getting back to emails. He was also the Kosovo ambassador to France lol; look it up, it's true. He dropped the lowest test and the lowest couple of quizzes and assignments, which boosted all of our grades. I took off one star because he, in my opinion, wasn't the best explainer. What I learned in this course was, in large part from the TA (Ritvik is a legend: one quiz a week, so discussion is mandatory), homework, and studying before tests. I found that a lot of his methods of teaching are superfluous and could have been explained in different ways. When things got complicated, I would just give up until I studied for the tests. This doesn't couple so well with the fact that the lecture was from 12:30 until 1:45, a difficult time to focus without lunch in your system, although he tries to keep us engaged. At the end of the course, I kinda stopped going to lectures because the course is easy enough to not go to lectures and it was just at such a bad time of the day. I don't think he'll be teaching the course again, but if he does, it's fine to take him, although I wouldn't recommend him first; there are better MATH120 professors out there.
Qendrim Gashi MATH120 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/16/2024	Professor Gashi is a decent professor, but I would not recommend taking him over other professors. My friends in other MATH120 classes were given many more resources than our class was, which I found unfair. Their teachers provided them with multiple practice exams before every test, and they had GSS review sessions, while my class did not. We also had weekly quizzes during discussion, which lowered my average, while my friends in other classes did not. Overall, I did not feel like Professor Gashi actually cared about his students and didn't go out of his way to help us succeed. Also, oftentimes during lectures, he would start a problem and stop halfway, telling us to finish it at home, which I obviously did not know how to complete! I learned basically everything from ChatGPT and the TA during discussions. I still think that Professor Gashi is a nice guy and tried to make the lecture engaging. Also, with sufficient studying, the tests aren't too bad, and you can succeed in the class.
Qendrim Gashi MATH403 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 12/14/2024	Hands down on of my all time favorite professors. Great lecturer, makes the content easy to understand, very responsive to email, and genuinely cares about his students doing well. You can expect a weekly homework that takes about an hour max, 3 midterms, and a final. The exams tend to be tough, but he curves generously at the end of the semester.
Qendrim Gashi MATH120 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/11/2024	Professor Gashi was amazing. He genuinely wants you to succeed and do well in his class. He understands that math is not everyone's cup of tea but he tries to be as engaging as possible. He is very sweet and teaches the class very well. He had 4 midterms and dropped one at the end of the year (he did not say he was going to do this in the syllabus). Gives homework probably once every 10 days and they can be completed in a reasonable time and you get multiple attempts on most of the problems. Quizzes are given every discussion so you have to go to discussions to get those points, but if you miss he is very understanding and will most likely allow you to take it at a different time. But the quizzes are very easy and are good prep for the midterms. His lectures do not require attendance and you review what you learn in lecture in the discussions so its easy to skip a few lectures. Overall he is such a nice and genuine professor and actually cares about his students and the material he is teaching. So I would definitely recommend him.
Qendrim Gashi MATH120 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/10/2024	Professor Gashi is lowkey a chill guy. like bro teaches the subject good unlike other professors. 100% recommended him.
Qendrim Gashi MATH120 Expecting a B Anonymous 12/06/2024	Professor Gashi is a very good professor. He is very understanding and helpful as long as you communicate. He constantly makes jokes throughout the lectures and genuinely cares about his students. There are four midterms with a final along with weekly quizzes in the discussions. There is homework due on mingpress that also covers everything. The class before every midterm he reviews all the content on the midterm. At the end of the class he dropped your lowest midterm, two discussion quizzes, and two homework assignments. Heavily recommend.
Qendrim Gashi MATH120 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/05/2024	Professor Gashi was great! This was his first year here, but he has had experience teaching at other universities/schools. He really cares about his students and is willing to help anyone who is struggling. He is very flexible in finding times to meet with students if it is a time outside of office hours. If you have taken calculus before, this course will more than likely be easy for you, as you have already seen the concepts that are covered in this course. If this is the case for you, then you can definitely get by with not attending office hours. However, if you have not taken calculus, the concepts could be harder to grasp so I would definitely recommend going to ask for help if you need it. The only downside of this class was the TA. This was his first year being a TA and he would lead discussion sessions once a week. He would often speak too fast and not explain things very well. However, don't let that deter you from choosing Professor Gashi. If you find that you are confused about a topic, reach out to the professor directly. In terms of course work, you will get homework assignments every couple of lectures that you complete on your computer. The homework is relatively easy, and it asks similar questions to the ones that you go over during lecture. Another bonus is that you have multiple attempts for each question. For our midterm, he split it into four parts that were spread throughout the semester. Although it sounds like a lot it was actually very beneficial because it gave you multiple chances to do well and each part only covered a small amount of information. You also have quizzes at the end of every discussion session but they are only 2 questions about content that the TA discussed during the session. They take about 5 minutes to complete. Overall if you are needing to take Math120 I highly recommend Professor Gashi!!
Qendrim Gashi MATH120 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/05/2024	Just an amazing professor. I struggled with calculus in high school but Professor Gashi made calculus easy to understand. He takes time to make sure students understand the material and is very helpful when answering questions. I wish I could take another class under his instruction! If you are able to take him, do it!
Qendrim Gashi MATH120 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/03/2024	Professor Gashi is super understanding and good at teaching the concepts. The homework is on MingPress and covers basically everything taught in class. All of Professor Gashi's tests have the same problems from the MingPress and from the lecture classes. Take him if you can he is great!
Qendrim Gashi MATH120 Expecting an A Anonymous 11/29/2024	He is a really good and understanding professor. Occasionally makes jokes throughout the lecture. He makes sure that students understand the materials and grasp the concepts that are being taught. There are four midterms and a final, but if you attend class or self review, it is not difficult. Prior to a midterm, he will do a review session in class, covering all of the important concepts. There are homeworks that's done online on mingpress, but they are manageable and he gives a fair amount of time before it is due. Every Wednesday, during our discussion, there is a quiz at the end, but the TA spends majority of the time doing practice problems similar to the questions on the quiz, so it's hard not to pass. Overall, highly recommend this professor!