I think the professor is AMAZING. I really loved her and honestly I think she is one of the two best math professors I had so far. She was very kind, sweet, helpful, patient, and communicative, and her lectures were engaging and clear. Her office hours were very helpful as well.

BUT, I think the grading is kinda problematic. I had almost full scores for the quizzes and homework assignments, and had over 90% for my final, but still got an A-. My overall score was above 93 but still didn't receive an A?? It is my first time to see a math class that you couldn't get an A with an overall grade above 93. I paid so much effort throughout the whole quarter and did kinda well in everything I think, so I feel kinda unfair and sad. I have no idea why she curved our grades down/ move the cutoff up??

Anyway, overall I still think she is an extremely great professor and it was my great pleasure to take this class with her. She made it fun, enjoyable and manageable as it supposed to be a not-that-easy class. I appreciate it. But I think receiving an A depends on luck somehow even though you paid great effort and did well.

She is amazing! I agree that this class is kinda difficult, but that's not her problem. She tries her best to make sure we all understand the content. She constantly stops in class and asks: am I clear or have I lost you completely? The exams and homework are strictly content from class, but sometimes much much more tedious and long, but her grading is lenient.

Professor Kovacova is a super sweet professor that tries her damn best to accommodate to the needs and questions of her class. She knows her material well, is confident, and I found her to be an extremely engaging lecturer. Her homeworks are not difficult as long as you go to the office hours and ask questions for hints... some people said the homeworks were difficult but I didn't think so. The only thing she has to improve on, which I believe she will because Fall 2023 was I believe her first time teaching, is that her tests are very difficult. Most of the tests will have 1-2 problems that can't be solved by the average math student within the time given (they're like hard-ish homework problems that maybe take 20 min per question?). I get that she's trying to differentiate students, but that kind of flings a lot of hardworking students into low Bs and Cs if they can't crack that one problem (I'll self admit I couldn't do those questions), and she doesn't really curve. But I do think that you'll actually walk away educated and confident in the course material after you take her class.

One of the best professors I have had. I think the first few reviews are from the same person raging at doing poorly so don't be misled by her low average here. She is an excellent instructor. Her grading is very reasonable in my opinion. She has two grading schemes, drops homework and a quiz, allows cheat cheats, and the final was very friendly in my opinion. Would take a course with her again happily.

Great prof. Fantastic lecturer: always checking for understanding, will answer all questions with a lot of patience even if its kind of stupid question, very clear. She posts lecture notes on BruinLearn so I was fine skipping a few lectures. Sufficient office hours. Homework was reasonable and doable, office hours helpful. Biweekly quizzes which were also super doable and helpful for incentivizing you to keep up with the class. People were critical of the lack of curve but tbh that's just the UCLA math dept for you lol

I think the positive reviews are from lucky students or the professor. She is not bad at teaching but the level of difficulty in homework and class material is not close to that on midterms or final and even some quizzes are hard. A lot of people expected a curve and there was none. The few people who got an A- are defending her but most people got in C and B range. Her grading is quite harsh.

tough; bad at negotiate grade

tough exams, curve up grades. you will not learn what you expected and get the grades you expected

tough exams and curve up grades. you will not get there grades you expected