Professor
Palina Salanevich
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Most Helpful Review
Winter 2019 - Allow me to be the voice of dissent for this professor: While she isn't herself a bad human being, and I actually rather liked the few interactions I had with her personally, this class was by far the least material I have understood coming out of any math class. I got a B, which was fine by my standards, it's actually exactly what I wanted to get, but I was about 90% self-taught. I went to all but one of her lectures during the first six weeks, and ultimately ended up getting a 51% on the first midterm. After discontinuing my attendance at lectures, I scored a 79% on the second midterm using basically just the textbook and Khan Academy (and while this doesn't sound high, the mean scores on our tests were VERY low). The previous reviews were correct; you are allowed a cheatsheet and calculator on the exams, but do not expect this to single-handedly give you an edge. Most of the material is based on mechanical reproductive skill, not memorization. To this end, I would not recommend taking this class with professor Salanevich. It isn't hard, but you absolutely will not understand the material in her lectures unless you teach yourself the material before the lectures and use them as a review (which are very unclear, disappointing reviews).
Winter 2019 - Allow me to be the voice of dissent for this professor: While she isn't herself a bad human being, and I actually rather liked the few interactions I had with her personally, this class was by far the least material I have understood coming out of any math class. I got a B, which was fine by my standards, it's actually exactly what I wanted to get, but I was about 90% self-taught. I went to all but one of her lectures during the first six weeks, and ultimately ended up getting a 51% on the first midterm. After discontinuing my attendance at lectures, I scored a 79% on the second midterm using basically just the textbook and Khan Academy (and while this doesn't sound high, the mean scores on our tests were VERY low). The previous reviews were correct; you are allowed a cheatsheet and calculator on the exams, but do not expect this to single-handedly give you an edge. Most of the material is based on mechanical reproductive skill, not memorization. To this end, I would not recommend taking this class with professor Salanevich. It isn't hard, but you absolutely will not understand the material in her lectures unless you teach yourself the material before the lectures and use them as a review (which are very unclear, disappointing reviews).
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