Sara Soffer

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  • 3.3Overall Quality
  • 3.4Helpfulness
  • 3.1Clarity
  • 2.6Easiness
  • 0Hottness

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Date
Class
Rating
Comment
5/11/12
Calc135

Poor Quality

Easiness2

Helpfulness2

Clarity1

Rater Interest1

She's okay. Nothing special. She's very egotistic. Also, you might wanna avoid her if you're not used to learning math via powerpoints. I learned more from the TA (who barely spoke English)

5/10/12
Calc135

Poor Quality

Easiness2

Helpfulness1

Clarity1

Rater Interest2

Worst professor I've ever had. She was rude and unhelpful, and her incredibly inflated ego often got in the way of her teaching. She does curve her exams, but I'd rather learn the material than depend on everyone failing. The entire class was taught like a review, when it was Calc1 and most people had never seen the material before. Don't take her.

5/5/12
CALC135

Good Quality

Easiness3

Helpfulness5

Clarity5

Rater Interest3

Best teacher I've had so far.

4/2/12
math135

Good Quality

Easiness3

Helpfulness5

Clarity5

Rater Interest4

Very clear lectures/powerpoints. very helpful clinics. She is very direct. If you are doing something wrong (phone/laptop/walk in late) in class, she will call you out on it. She cares a lot about her students. In my experience, her methods for doing problems are generally better then methods taught in books or other classes. Definitely a good prof

3/27/12
Calc2

Good Quality

Easiness2

Helpfulness5

Clarity3

Rater Interest3

Lecture notes are detailed, are shown in steps, and she holds many clinics so she is helpful. However she doesn't like the book's methods (why make us buy the book then?) and shows her methods. On tests, even if you do it using a correct method, she will take off points for not using the Soffer way. Rushes in class even though there is extra time.

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