Huang Lin | PlanetTerp

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Huang Lin EPIB315 Expecting a C Anonymous 12/03/2024	Dr. Lin is clearly knowledgeable about statistics, but he is not a good teacher. Reads directly from the slides and does not make the content easy to digest and understand. If it weren't for my TA, Chiti, I would be completely lost. The grading scale is lenient as each midterm exam is only 10% of your grade, but no curves on exams. Unless you are excellent at math, avoid this professor.
Huang Lin EPIB315 Expecting a B- Anonymous 11/27/2024	Don’t take this professor, new and has absolutely zero clue what he’s doing.
Huang Lin EPIB315 Expecting a B Anonymous 11/25/2024	I am pretty sure Professor Huang Lin is new to teaching. He reads word-for-word from slides and lacks a teaching style suited for university students. Homework assignments are far more difficult and lengthy than the examples covered in class, and he only goes over one simple example per topic. The course is unnecessarily hard, with averages close to C’s. If you're not interested in heavy statistics and advanced formulas, avoid this course. The TA grades everything, and office hours are poorly set up— there is no desk to work with students, his desk is covered, and there was only one extra chair. The course lacks structure. The first exam was moved three days earlier due to a Jewish holiday with less than a week's notice, and the second exam was on Election Day. He set a makeup exam deadline, then allowed MANY students to contact him WAY past the deadline, which was frustrating and extremely unfair. That was the first time I have even seen a professor do that. Assignments are due randomly at 9 PM, and pop quizzes are frequent. Discussion participation is mandatory, and there are also random quizzes. This class is a nightmare—disorganized and unpredictable. I strongly advise against taking this course with Professor Huang Lin, it'll tank your GPA.
Huang Lin EPIB315 Expecting a C Anonymous 11/15/2024	Currently in his class. He reads directly from his slides, and discussion sections are mandatory. They assign a code, so you have to attend your sections. There are also lecture pop quizzes at random times with a code only shown in class. He reads off the slides, so it feels as if I am not really learning. Test 1 and test 2 averages around 72-73%. There is also homework that is graded fairly but can be time-consuming if you're behind. Besides the homework, discussion quizzes, and lecture quizzes, there is not much you can do to bring your grade up. The professor is nice and understanding with absences, but there probably won't be any curve, so the class average will end up with around a C+. If you miss any lecture or discussion quiz, your grade goes down by a lot. Take another professor; you'd have to be scoring well above average to even get a B-.
Huang Lin EPIB315 Expecting a C+ Anonymous 10/25/2024	Currently, in his class, he reads directly off his slides and his TA's are even worse. I have such a hard time concentration due to the monotone reading. Prof Lin has a thick accent but it isn't crazy bad... The TA (Iris) literally doesn't look up from the computer because SHES READING OFF THE SLIDES (like prof like TA) . Respectfully I can do that too, so why am I forced to sit here for almost 3 hours in discussion and a 2 hours in lecture for reading slides i can do at home. He also has pop quizzes randomly, and they are nice about extensions and absences.

Huang Lin
EPIB315

Expecting a C
Anonymous
12/03/2024

Dr. Lin is clearly knowledgeable about statistics, but he is not a good teacher. Reads directly from the slides and does not make the content easy to digest and understand. If it weren't for my TA, Chiti, I would be completely lost. The grading scale is lenient as each midterm exam is only 10% of your grade, but no curves on exams. Unless you are excellent at math, avoid this professor.

Huang Lin
EPIB315

Expecting a B-
Anonymous
11/27/2024

Don’t take this professor, new and has absolutely zero clue what he’s doing.

Huang Lin
EPIB315

Expecting a B
Anonymous
11/25/2024

I am pretty sure Professor Huang Lin is new to teaching. He reads word-for-word from slides and lacks a teaching style suited for university students. Homework assignments are far more difficult and lengthy than the examples covered in class, and he only goes over one simple example per topic. The course is unnecessarily hard, with averages close to C’s. If you're not interested in heavy statistics and advanced formulas, avoid this course. The TA grades everything, and office hours are poorly set up— there is no desk to work with students, his desk is covered, and there was only one extra chair. The course lacks structure. The first exam was moved three days earlier due to a Jewish holiday with less than a week's notice, and the second exam was on Election Day. He set a makeup exam deadline, then allowed MANY students to contact him WAY past the deadline, which was frustrating and extremely unfair. That was the first time I have even seen a professor do that. Assignments are due randomly at 9 PM, and pop quizzes are frequent. Discussion participation is mandatory, and there are also random quizzes. This class is a nightmare—disorganized and unpredictable. I strongly advise against taking this course with Professor Huang Lin, it'll tank your GPA.

Huang Lin
EPIB315

Expecting a C
Anonymous
11/15/2024

Currently in his class. He reads directly from his slides, and discussion sections are mandatory. They assign a code, so you have to attend your sections. There are also lecture pop quizzes at random times with a code only shown in class. He reads off the slides, so it feels as if I am not really learning. Test 1 and test 2 averages around 72-73%. There is also homework that is graded fairly but can be time-consuming if you're behind. Besides the homework, discussion quizzes, and lecture quizzes, there is not much you can do to bring your grade up. The professor is nice and understanding with absences, but there probably won't be any curve, so the class average will end up with around a C+. If you miss any lecture or discussion quiz, your grade goes down by a lot. Take another professor; you'd have to be scoring well above average to even get a B-.

Huang Lin
EPIB315

Expecting a C+
Anonymous
10/25/2024

Currently, in his class, he reads directly off his slides and his TA's are even worse. I have such a hard time concentration due to the monotone reading. Prof Lin has a thick accent but it isn't crazy bad... The TA (Iris) literally doesn't look up from the computer because SHES READING OFF THE SLIDES (like prof like TA) . Respectfully I can do that too, so why am I forced to sit here for almost 3 hours in discussion and a 2 hours in lecture for reading slides i can do at home. He also has pop quizzes randomly, and they are nice about extensions and absences.