Elizabeth Qiu

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Elizabeth Qiu CMSC351 Anonymous 09/04/2024	Always prepared and very knowledgeable. I attended her office hours during the last two weeks of the summer semester and as long as you put in the work to solve the problem beforehand, the assistance she provides during her office hours is comparable or maybe even better than the professor at times. She does a great job of helping students come to an answer by themselves. Small detail, but during her zoom office hours she turns on her camera, which you may not think is a big deal, but makes her office hours very welcoming and eases tension if you find yourself finishing an assignment hours before it is due. You are very lucky if she is your TA for a semester. P.S. - She was also willing to go past your scheduled time for office hours if you needed more help or had additional questions. I jokingly called this experience, "Elizabeth After Dark" because this is where I learned the most.
Elizabeth Qiu Expecting an A Anonymous 08/01/2024	Elizabeth is a great TA who clearly stands out when it comes to putting in consistent efforts for her students and ensuring that things turn out to be as fair as possible for the students. She's a great TA who I would recommend to anyone taking this class in the future.
Elizabeth Qiu CMSC351 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 08/01/2024	Best TA UMD CS will have for a long time. She sacrificed a lot for us. Staying up to record problem guides for students. Staying past OH hours to help students. Very proactive on piazza. Blessed to have had her as a TA while taking this notoriously difficult course.
Elizabeth Qiu CMSC351 Expecting a B Anonymous 08/01/2024	bruh the only guy giving one star is the one of the very few guys who was posting hating comments throughout the semester. I thought there were parts of the course that were unfair, and throwing shade and hate at the TAs for something the instructors have the last word in is just diabolical. this girl left no question unanswered. is she even human? 351 did not deserve elizabeth...
Elizabeth Qiu CMSC351 Anonymous 06/18/2024	amazing TA, saved my grade in CMSC351 when I took it with max
Elizabeth Qiu CMSC351 Expecting a B Anonymous 05/25/2024	From what I'm seeing, this course was a hell of a mess this semester, and it's not Elizabeth's fault. She made it better, kept everyone together, and was the reason that I passed the class. In a co-taught class, the professors did not seem like they worked together and even taught algorithms differently like Floyd's algorithm, where Elizabeth subbed in and held office hours at midnight before the final exam to save our asses. Profs were unresponsive on Piazza or email, and didn't follow the syllabus, but Elizabeth was always reliable and responsive. One of the exams were always more difficult than the other, extra credit got added halfway through the semester for only a specific section, and we got very minimal communication from the profs. It was always Elizabeth and some other goated students who stepped in. Also, I get that students disliked the class this semester but Elizabeth seriously didn't deserve any of the hate she got. If you take a step back and observe what happened this semester, she simply made it better. She made it better by being a mediator and resolved tensions among students. She also has an incredible sense of humor and is a great teacher too (she recorded and subbed in supplementary materials and lectures when the professors ghosted or took days off). She was always very friendly and super professional throughout the semester regardless of the threats and complaints she received on behalf of instructors and just really crazy students on Piazza. She mentioned that she advocates for students and professors alike, and as a TA she doesn't share her opinions of professors or the class which I highly respect. She balanced all of it with dignity and I really respect her for that. Without the TAs, 351 would have been even worse than it already was.
Elizabeth Qiu Expecting an A Anonymous 05/25/2024	I don’t quite agree with other reviews. She’s a decent TA but often strays away from answering your question and onto answering an unrelated question.
Elizabeth Qiu CMSC351 Anonymous 05/22/2024	Bad TA who rips students that hold any views other than what the instructors demand. Non-receptive to student feedback and reports students to the instructor that raise concerns about the class.
Elizabeth Qiu CMSC351 Anonymous 05/22/2024	She got upset by a student's Piazza posts criticizing the class discrepancies. Then, wrote up an entire document of posts and reported it to the instructor. Hence, she does the opposite of advocate for the students.
Elizabeth Qiu CMSC351 Anonymous 05/19/2024	I don't even have Justin, but Elizabeth is probably the greatest TA I've ever seen. She answers every piazza question, makes extra material to explain questions and concepts, and has awesome office hours (it would be harder for me to find something she doesn't do). The reviews below already say enough, but really, she is legendary.
Elizabeth Qiu CMSC351 Expecting a B- Anonymous 05/17/2024	The best Head TA I've seen out of any class I've taken so far at UMD, will literally stay up all night before an exam (if she feels) to help students out! Even records full-length videos on questions that the class collectively has!
Elizabeth Qiu CMSC351 Expecting a C- Anonymous 05/16/2024	Elizabeth was such a great TA! I've never seen a TA put this much effort into helping their students before, but she was always on top of answering question on piazza, and would make videos and long explanations for us all the time. I was always going to piazza to see her response to students with the same questions as me, and it was an enormous help.
Elizabeth Qiu Anonymous 05/15/2024	Made CMSC351 with Morawski far more bearable due to the constant effort she put into organizing the class, answering questions and providing resources on Piazza. Unbelievable amount of work put in by her--thank you Elizabeth!
Elizabeth Qiu CMSC351 Anonymous 05/14/2024	Top tier amongst TA's and people in the CS department in general. She basically single-handedly carried the Piazza and would respond within minutes to pretty much everything. She would always go out of her way to provide nice in-depth explanations of concepts and clear up any doubts you have no matter what it was. The only person that might care more about your success is your own mother and even then, Elizabeth might still care more, she's just that good
Elizabeth Qiu CMSC351 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 05/14/2024	Awesome TA and even better person. A gem in the CS department!
Elizabeth Qiu CMSC351 Expecting a B Anonymous 05/13/2024	Answered literally every piazza question even throughout finals week. The GOAT fr.
Elizabeth Qiu Expecting a B- Anonymous 05/13/2024	1800 contributions on piazza... nuff said
Elizabeth Qiu CMSC351 Anonymous 05/11/2024	Best TA in the world, 351 did not deserve her and the amount of work she puts in.
Elizabeth Qiu CMSC351 Anonymous 05/08/2024	Single-handedly saving our GPAs in CMSC351, she's so cool.
Elizabeth Qiu CMSC351 Anonymous 04/09/2024	I don't usually review TAs, but Elizabeth easily stands out as one, if not the best I've ever seen. To say she goes out of her way to help nearly everyone she can is almost an understatement here. She's super helpful and responsive on Piazza, keeps up an astonishing level of communication between both the students and instructors, stays open to feedback at all times and forwards them to the instructors, and is just overall pleasant to interact with. A review like this could never really do her justice. She's awesome, and everyone in the class knows it.
Elizabeth Qiu CMSC351 Anonymous 03/28/2024	Elizabeth is the best TA I've ever had. She is organized, responsive, goes out of her way to help students, and so thoughtful. You can tell she really cares about students and their academic success. She is also so chill, approachable, fun to talk to, and explains concepts in just an easy digestable way. 351 is pretty hard this semester and I think I speak for my classmates as well when I say we are SO SO SO lucky that shes a TA. We love you Elizabeth!!!!!
Elizabeth Qiu CMSC351 Anonymous 02/16/2024	I had Elizabeth last semester and she helped me out with the homework and studying for exams very often. She was very active on piazza and answered all my questions during OH.
Elizabeth Qiu CMSC351 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 02/16/2024	OMG THIS GIRL IS A GOAT!!!!! SHE CARRIED ME THROUGH CMSC 351!!!!! THE ONLY REASON I GOT THE GRADE I DID WAS DUE TO HER HELP!!!!! I WISH SHE TA'D FOR OTHER COURSES I LOVE HER