Xiaochun Rong - Rutgers - State University of New Jersey

Professor: Xiaochun Rong

Department: TBD

College: Rutgers - State University of New Jersey

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CALC251
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

If you try and are good at teaching yourself from the book, you can get a good grade.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CALC251
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

he has an accent but is very passionate about what he is doing. you should go over the text book and review the examples given in class before tests. tests are all things you have went over in class or on hw

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MATH244
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This guy seems like he doesn't care. He comes in, writes out his examples on the board and leaves. He never pauses to take questions. He also doesn't give practice exams, and it seems like he picked at random the problems he suggested we practice from the textbook. Many of them were tedious wastes of time compared to what he tested us on.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CALC244
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Takes a while to get used to his accent. Will often make mistakes while doing practice problems on the board and seems to have trouble understanding students' questions as well. Had to teach myself most of the material.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MATH251
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Strong Chinese accent, boring lectures, Straightforward Tests (mechanical)

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CALC251
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He does a lot of profs in class but doesn't test on them so that is good. If you do the homework and textbook examples you should be fine on the midterms and final, however, I wouldn't say they were easy. You definitely need to study for the class but you don't need to go to lectures to do well because he follows the textbook pretty closely.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MATH250
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

His accent is not that bad. If you do the homework, you can get a pretty good score on 2 midterms. The final is tough, but the curve is very friendly. Do the homework, you can get at least B+.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CALC251
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Pretty average teacher. His accent is really not that bad. I got way average on both midterms (78 and 88), and I though I did well on the final and I got a B. He also grades in a way that certain amount of kids in the class get A's

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MATH250
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

As others have said you do get used to the accent. He makes many mistakes during lecture (especially the practice problems) and it gets annoying often. Personally I taught myself more than he taught me. I never got the material until I sat down one day and read through the chapters word for word. His tests are really tough and borderline fair.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MATH251
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He runs a very straightforwards class: learn at lectures, do the (optional) homework and maple labs, take the quizzes and 2 midterms + a final. He doesn't push the theory too hard and spends a lot of time on helpful examples. His tests are very challenging, but never unfair. Has a habit of making mistakes in his examples though...

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MATH251
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

The test is easy, and grading criteria are lenient. He speaks clearly on the lecture, and when you ask for help, he's there.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CALC251
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Gotta get used to his accent, however, he goes much in depth to teach. Uses many proofs to verify equations,concepts. Doing the homework, really helps with quizzes and tests

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: 250
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Pretty brutal accent to accompany a completely trivial subject. Homeworks are stupidly easy, fostering a false sense of security while the exams are to prone to cause sensitive students to have emotional breakdowns. Would recommend dodging this dude at all costs.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MATH250
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

hardest final ive ever seen

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CALC250
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Bad accent. Final grade based on 2 exams + final exam and homework. Got A's on both first 2 exams, did some homework, I believe I did well on the final exam and got a C as my final grade. How is that possible I do not know.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CALC251
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He's really nice and helpful even though he uses the textbook, you can learn more if you do the work too. You get used to the accent. His tests are tough, but they're ok. Average tends to be ~55 so anything above that and you're good.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CALC151
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Excellent Calc teacher. Lecture is very organized and is responsive to students. He uses effective methods to help students clear the fog surrounding Calculus. Introduces a lecture with how a topic applies to the real world. Game me a strong foundation for Calc II

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MATH251
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He is a nice guy. Moves rather fast in the lectures. Once you get used to the Chinese accent, you'll be alright. I don't go to class much as he confuses me, so I heavily depend on recitation. Guess it depends on the person. Exams aren't too easy - make sure you do everything on the syllabus, even though he doesn't personally assign it for homework.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CALC251
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He's a pretty decent lecturer (once you get past the Engrish, count the times he says "Wector we"), but the fact that he takes attendance for the lecture and other silly things (like seating by name during exams, for example) will drive you up the wall.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CALC157
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

u get used to his accent. people said hes difficult but the review guide is a replica of the exam so its not that bad. he is pretty thorough and clear. you should do well with the final curve