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Chenyu Yang ECON300 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 01/12/2025	I got an A+ in this class and didn't really study for the final. In fact, I never actually understood whatever statistics concepts he attempted to teach us at the end. Let it be known that the singular statistics unit he threw at us after Thanksgiving break made up a disproportionate amount of the final. I am giving this man a one-star rating because I truly believe he is that bad of a professor. He would often harshly single students out in front of the entire class for no apparent reason and was extremely rude if you went to ask him for help. I often couldn't tell if he was being purposefully obtuse or if he was genuinely that oblivious to his own arrogance and incompetence. Anyways, this class was easy for me to do well in because I have a relatively strong calculus background and the TA's were extremely helpful. Also, his exams and quizzes are basically plagiarized from his ungraded homework problem sets. Use this to your advantage. If you can do every problem assigned to you, you are basically guaranteed an A- at the very worst. This class was so painful to sit through that it genuinely made me wish that I had banged my head against a wall for 150 minutes a week instead of going to lecture. That genuinely would have been more enjoyable. Overall, if you put in the effort (i.e. making friends to study with and going in for office hours), you will be fine. You will be fine IN SPITE of Chenyu Yang, not because of him. Let it be clear that my rating is not reflective of the difficulty of this class. It is purely reflective of the quality of this professor.
Chenyu Yang ECON300 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/19/2024	Don't be too stressed about the class; the reviews are more about the professor than the actual material anyway, the professor does not really matter for this class if you can self-study. In terms of the material, I have a background in Calc 1, so I found this class pretty bearable, and I rarely went to the class. I found the TA more helpful than a professor. The only way to succeed in the class is if you practice doing the problem sets 3 times each for each exam and look at the slides. AGAIN, DO THE PROBLEM SETS. If you're anything like a procrastinator like me, here is a guide to study: Start 3 days before the exam (you will be set!). Look at the slides and understand the examples. Day 2: do all the problem sets look at the answers, and understand how they write and solve them. Then, on the last day, do the problem sets two more times! Structure : 3 quizzes(2/3 This helped my grade ideally you will do well on the first(if you study, easy) and the last one(very easy) , 3 exams(1st one (derivates and stationary points know the material and study), 2nd one(constrained optimization, if you don't understand just memorize the way to solve them, they're very similar or know the material A LOT) 3rd(matrix, easy peasy) and the final(everything combined). Have something answered, partial points are the reason I did not bad.
Chenyu Yang ECON300 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/18/2024	As long as you study his slides and problem sets over and over again, you are guaranteed to do well on the exams and quizzes. even though this class is only based on exams and quizzes and there is no curve, they give you a lot of partial credit. Many times the problems are the same or have slight variations from the problem sets or slides. I missed some lectures, but was able to catch up with his slides and still do very well.
Chenyu Yang ECON300 Expecting a C Anonymous 11/21/2024	Professor Yang has improved a bit since the other reviews. He's good at breaking down more complex concepts and has a "no stupid questions" attitude. Pretty good class overall. The constrained optimization unit will kill you if you don't go to lectures.
Chenyu Yang ECON300 Expecting an A Anonymous 04/09/2024	Terrible professor. Made lagrangian and other concepts way harder than they had to be.
Chenyu Yang ECON300 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/20/2023	Nice man and not too hard of a grader. He made a lot of mistakes in the class multiple times in the semester he would explain a problem for 10-20 minutes and then realize the problem was either written wrong or he made a mistake early, and he would just be like hmm, and move on. Some days he also seemed unprepared in class. Don't avoid him but don't seek him either.
Chenyu Yang ECON300 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/20/2023	Professor Yang is not a great teacher. I didn't find the class too hard and attended all the lectures, but his explanations were confusing and he would often get it wrong the first time and have to go back and correct himself, making it more confusing. In-class ungraded worksheets and homework helped me understand the material.
Chenyu Yang ECON300 Expecting an A- Anonymous 03/18/2023	He explains things really well. I wish there were more professors like him! The class doesn’t curve, but the grading is generous.
Chenyu Yang ECON300 Expecting a B- Anonymous 12/08/2022	explains things pretty poorly... acts like you should already know the answer when you have a question. TA was never there. pretty difficult course so I recommend making some friends to study with.

Chenyu Yang
ECON300

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
01/12/2025

I got an A+ in this class and didn't really study for the final. In fact, I never actually understood whatever statistics concepts he attempted to teach us at the end. Let it be known that the singular statistics unit he threw at us after Thanksgiving break made up a disproportionate amount of the final. I am giving this man a one-star rating because I truly believe he is that bad of a professor. He would often harshly single students out in front of the entire class for no apparent reason and was extremely rude if you went to ask him for help. I often couldn't tell if he was being purposefully obtuse or if he was genuinely that oblivious to his own arrogance and incompetence. Anyways, this class was easy for me to do well in because I have a relatively strong calculus background and the TA's were extremely helpful. Also, his exams and quizzes are basically plagiarized from his ungraded homework problem sets. Use this to your advantage. If you can do every problem assigned to you, you are basically guaranteed an A- at the very worst. This class was so painful to sit through that it genuinely made me wish that I had banged my head against a wall for 150 minutes a week instead of going to lecture. That genuinely would have been more enjoyable. Overall, if you put in the effort (i.e. making friends to study with and going in for office hours), you will be fine. You will be fine IN SPITE of Chenyu Yang, not because of him. Let it be clear that my rating is not reflective of the difficulty of this class. It is purely reflective of the quality of this professor.

Chenyu Yang
ECON300

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
12/19/2024

Don't be too stressed about the class; the reviews are more about the professor than the actual material anyway, the professor does not really matter for this class if you can self-study. In terms of the material, I have a background in Calc 1, so I found this class pretty bearable, and I rarely went to the class. I found the TA more helpful than a professor. The only way to succeed in the class is if you practice doing the problem sets 3 times each for each exam and look at the slides. AGAIN, DO THE PROBLEM SETS. If you're anything like a procrastinator like me, here is a guide to study: Start 3 days before the exam (you will be set!). Look at the slides and understand the examples. Day 2: do all the problem sets look at the answers, and understand how they write and solve them. Then, on the last day, do the problem sets two more times! Structure : 3 quizzes(2/3 This helped my grade ideally you will do well on the first(if you study, easy) and the last one(very easy) , 3 exams(1st one (derivates and stationary points know the material and study), 2nd one(constrained optimization, if you don't understand just memorize the way to solve them, they're very similar or know the material A LOT) 3rd(matrix, easy peasy) and the final(everything combined). Have something answered, partial points are the reason I did not bad.

Chenyu Yang
ECON300

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/18/2024

As long as you study his slides and problem sets over and over again, you are guaranteed to do well on the exams and quizzes. even though this class is only based on exams and quizzes and there is no curve, they give you a lot of partial credit. Many times the problems are the same or have slight variations from the problem sets or slides. I missed some lectures, but was able to catch up with his slides and still do very well.

Chenyu Yang
ECON300

Expecting a C
Anonymous
11/21/2024

Professor Yang has improved a bit since the other reviews. He's good at breaking down more complex concepts and has a "no stupid questions" attitude. Pretty good class overall. The constrained optimization unit will kill you if you don't go to lectures.

Chenyu Yang
ECON300

Expecting an A
Anonymous
04/09/2024

Terrible professor. Made lagrangian and other concepts way harder than they had to be.

Chenyu Yang
ECON300

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
12/20/2023

Nice man and not too hard of a grader. He made a lot of mistakes in the class multiple times in the semester he would explain a problem for 10-20 minutes and then realize the problem was either written wrong or he made a mistake early, and he would just be like hmm, and move on. Some days he also seemed unprepared in class. Don't avoid him but don't seek him either.

Chenyu Yang
ECON300

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
12/20/2023

Professor Yang is not a great teacher. I didn't find the class too hard and attended all the lectures, but his explanations were confusing and he would often get it wrong the first time and have to go back and correct himself, making it more confusing. In-class ungraded worksheets and homework helped me understand the material.

Chenyu Yang
ECON300

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
03/18/2023

He explains things really well. I wish there were more professors like him! The class doesn’t curve, but the grading is generous.

Chenyu Yang
ECON300

Expecting a B-
Anonymous
12/08/2022

explains things pretty poorly... acts like you should already know the answer when you have a question. TA was never there. pretty difficult course so I recommend making some friends to study with.