Wei Cui - Purdue University - West Lafayette

Professor: Wei Cui

Department: TBD

College: Purdue University - West Lafayette

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PHYS221
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Professor doesn't like people asking questions during class and does not explain things clearly. Overall grade is balanced out by homework and lab grades, but he does not make exams easy. He curves weirdly, as he made an A a 90 this semester but an A- a 84. This class was more stressful than necessary, and I would avoid it if you can.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PHYS221
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Wei Cui is a very knowledgable professor, but can not get that knowledge to his class. Very difficult to follow and understand. Homework and Exams are very very difficult. Class was not curved even though the averages were very low on each exam. Would not recommend.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PHYS221
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I found the lecture is useless while mandatory. Prof himself can at least explain concept clearly, and that's all you can expect from him. The knowledge covered in lecture is so easy that you may think this is a high school phys class. However, the homework and exam are totally different stories. Professor DOES NOT curve, even if the average is low

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PHYS221
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

The average is 73% while he doesn't curve

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PHYS221
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Hard to understand and not very good at explanations

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PHYS221
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Wei cui's exams are very challenging. The midterm exams were 12 questions and the time allotted was 1 hour 30 minutes. The final exam was 17 questions and you still were only given 1 hour and 30 minutes to complete the exam. He doesn't take his students thought process into account for the exams. You end up rushing through the entire exam.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PHYS221
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

This professor used powerpoints as his main source of technology to teach this class and most of the time the students in the class were left very confused. Lectures really did not seem to be very beneficial to learning the material at times it made things more confusing.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ASTR364
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Fantastic professor. Explains topics clearly and prepares well for exams. The grading on exams is very lenient which helps with motivation. One if the best professors I've had.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PHYS563
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Best professor I've had here in my 3 years at Purdue.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: PHYS220
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Prof Cui may know physics, but he does not know how to direct a course. He has not responded to a single email all semester. The staff doesn't even know when the tests are let alone what is going to be on them. He explained things okay, but the class was so unorganized that you didn't know when you had to go to class and when you didn't!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ASTR500
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Great professor! Helpful and friendly.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: PHYS344
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Was very helpful outside of class. Kept lecture notes and homework answers on the web. Made an extremely difficult course like modern physics less difficult.