She tells us false information multiple times in a class that our TAs have sent multiple emails to correct her mistakes, and she multiplied number of frqs compared to other professors who taught this class. Later can be fine, but when u cannot trust what your professor tells you, it is problematic.

It was hard to keep track of the textbook content, her lecture content, and the stuff on the test because they all varied. I think she means well but it comes out wrong a lot. It made me question my entire career path many times tbh.

Save yourself and transfer to SBCC, thank me later

Sweet and kind person. Mediocre teacher at best. Exams cover topics never taught and are far more difficult that homework assignments. Took her during her first quarter at UCSB, she seemed to be winging the course as she went along. There was a disconnect between what was taught and what was covered in exams. Only take if you can learn CS yourself.

Just dont

She almost gave 1/3 of our class a C- which would prevent us from moving on to CS 24. A TA had to argue long with her to prevent that. Didn't give enough time on midterms and finals, doesn't teach you what you're tested on. Please at least know the C++ basics before this class or else it wil be hell. Good luck, and godspeed.

Do not take her class. The course material in of itself is not difficult, but Professor Majedi does not know how to make an exam corresponding to the course material. They are much harder than anything that we go over in and out of class, and there is an extreme time crunch - on the final for some reason she gave us 2/3 of the time we should have.

One of the worst teachers I've ever had. Her lectures were extremely unhelpful and barely covered the content that we had to know for tests, and she gave wrong information on multiple occassions. Throughout the course, she changed the grading policy three times and never announced any of these changes to the class. Tests were also very difficult.

The worst professor I have had. Avoid her! Her lectures are terrible and aren't in line with the homework at all. Her exams are extremely difficult and she doesn't give enough time to complete them. Her grading policy was also so unfair until the TA's talked to her. The homework and labs are doable. Only take her if you already know C++.

Her lesson is hard to understand, testing is very very hard with no curves. Homework worth a lot but have no relevance wit the tests. Prepare yourself to the weirdest CS course in the country.

The syllabus was changed multiple times throughout the semester without any notice or even mention of in class. The course material felt like an after thought, and the exams definitely was outside the scope of just her lectures. The syllabus made it so my grade is literally decided by my finals grade despite doing pretty well on the midterm.

Lectures were shallow and boring, and the textbook homework was tedious. Midterm and final were not only exponentially harder, but also had an impossible time limit. An utterly bizarre grading scale nearly resulted in 35% of the class failing, but thankfully a TA got that changed. A very disorganized course spearheaded by an incompetent professor.

shes a nice person and has good intentions but.... she assigned wayy too much homework, lectures were boring/useless, and the tests were impossibly hard to the point where about a third of a class was going to fail by the end of the quarter (not to mention the syllabus and grading system was changed multiple times throughout the quarter)

her original grading policy was that if u get below a 70 on the final, u automatically fail the class. this wasn't made clear until AFTER we took the final and had approximately half the class panicking while waiting for scores to release. 1/3rd of the class would've failed with it, so THANKS TO THE TA THAT FOUGHT FOR US

Egregiously incompetent professor. The lectures were basic, of poor quality, and full of mistakes. She would change the grading policy on a whim, without any warning or explanation. Expect to teach yourself everything.

Extremely incompetent lecturer. Both the midterm and the final were ridiculously hard relative to the very surface level lectures and homework. Her original grading policy had u fail the class if you get under an 70 on the final. Lost ab 98 hair follicles and 2 years off my lifespan waiting for final exam grade. Save yourself.

Her lectures are boring and she doesn't seem to understand the material herself. Her research is about data ethics, not sure if she ever goes lower level than SQL. Tests are evil and she doesn't curve or provide any leniency towards late hw. You can be a CS god and Majedi will still find some way to ensure you don't get an A.

She changed her grading scale (otherwise 1/3 of the class would fail) because of a TA arguing for us. if you cannot score high on her tests (which covers content she never goes over or only mentions very briefly during lectures and is not on her slides/content/textbook), she blames it on you. she calls you lazy and that you don't work hard enough.

One of the worst professors at UCSB. Lectures are bad because of mistakes and questions. Exams are extremely hard while times are tight. She expects you to learn everything yourself.

exactly what other ppl said

Run, run, run.

trust me dont. wait the extra quarter or 2 (only if your EE this class is not a prereq to any other class) Otherwise good luck dude. zybooks labs and lecture teaches but she expects you to be the goat at c++. 9 question midterm 60 min (time crunch) (hand write code) (seating chart). (burk is prob better) midterm 30% final 35% (final idk not yet)

Definitely the worst professor I have ever had. Lectures are not helpful at all, so you almost need to learn all things from zyBooks, which costs you around 80 dollars to purchase. If you have some basic knowledge of CS, it will be easier to learn. If not, it's going to be a very torturous quarter.

You cannot learn anything from her lecture, and you will need to learn everything on your own. She would be the worest professor you may every have during your college life.

final exam was tooooooo hard and unreasonable grading policy (which she changed at the end) Nice person tho

not good no no no no no

Worst comp sci professor Ive had yet. Boring lectures that don't relate to homework and seemingly tries to make the class harder than it needs to be. avoid at all costs

Madeji's teaching is okay but doesn't cover enough much material and often has mistakes. She frequently runs out of time during lectures and confuses students. Test questions are somewhat difficult, but time is extremely tight and most students do not finish. There are no curves and she is definitely one of the hardest professors in the department.

Her lectures are not well prepared you are looking at hard quizzes every single class on topics that you she only talked very briefly about(10min). Homework and lectures are not in sync. Very hard exams, time pressing and no curve. Relying her TA and ula to set up the course entirely also shows her incompetence.

Do not take her if you can. She does not teach anything, and it feels like she doesn't even know what she's teaching half the time. She makes typos when lecturing and can't comprehend why the code doesn't run. The grading system is horrendous. Supposed to be intro class but she teaches it like we experts. Need to know more CS than her to get an A.

Lectures are confusing, disorganized, and sleep-inducing. I learned more from the 50 minute section than I learned in 2.5 weekly hours of lecture. Get ready to teach yourself most of the content because she won't. I will say her TAs are pretty good so definitely take advantage of that. But don't expect much from Majedi herself.

Very poor lectures that are full of mistakes and inconsistencies. She doesn't seem to understand the material well and it shows. Does not prepare you well and you will learn very little during lectures, even though most of the hw, slides, handouts are all taken from UCSD's CSE 20. The difficulty of the final was fair but expect to self study.

Don't take her class.

Taking CS16 with this professor was frustrating. Her lectures were disorganized, full of typos, and hard to follow. Her exams were way too long, had errors, and felt impossible to finish. If you have another option, take it. This class felt like a setup for failure rather than a chance to learn.

Tests are so difficult

terrible professor. i should've looked at the rmp reviews before taking it but i was dumb and now im likely going to get a C in her class due to lack of foresight. her lectures are boring, long, and unhelpful. on the midterm, when she asked if any of us ran out of time, almost the entire class raised their hands. she also didn't curve. don't take.

Terrible lectures, hard to understand, test heavy

I'm about to graduate and Majedi is the worst professor I have ever had. Even if you were a master in the subject, you would still not pass this class. The work she gives out is so difficult and obscure that the entire lecture hall finds it ridiculous when it's handed out. And she WILL walk by and ask why you're stuck on the problem. Just avoid.

Terrible Lectures, clearly not capable of explaining concepts. She has a pretty clear intention to make her class as difficult as possible. Gatekeeping studying materials, not fully filling out/explaining logic in lecture notes. If you can avoid her, AVOID HER. Do not take her class unless you have no other choice

Plays hard favorites Lectures are badly structured Don't take her if you can help it Go to class the day after the tests for correction credit

Do you want to learn C++ then get ready to teach yourself and sit through long lectures going through concepts you don't know on a "mandatory" handout, that is not graded but does something for your grade supposedly. Her exams are hard and go over things we have not gone over or she briefly rushed over in order to work on the handouts.

Her class is designed like she just wants you to fail. Super messy lectures and notes, easy homework but super hard tests, and the tests are like irrelevant with the homework. You see the contents of CS16 are easy? She can find so many trivial but tricky stuff that you would never concern about when you are actually coding and you get points off.

DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS IF YOU VALUE YOUR TIME OR MONEY OR GPA. Genuinely the hardest professor i've ever had. She made sure to make the homework and midterms impossible and lectures were so bad and useless. Taught us stuff that wasn't useful for the class and was mean and not at all helpful outside of class. SAVE YOURSELF AND DROP HER CLASS!

She doesn't have a syllabus. No guidelines for any of the assignments. You aren't allowed to miss more than one class or she will force you to drop the class by threatening that you will fail. A girl was in the emergency room for a bad injury and she literally forced her to show up for class...

Terrible teacher.