Dr. Vajiac is a pretty fair teacher. Besides the fact that she has poor handwriting skills, lectures are very hard to follow because she talks way too fast. But the good side to her is that she seems genuinely interested in helping students..

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She is hard to follow but interested in helping out everyone. The book will become your teacher.

she is ok .. uses too much terms and not enough examples in the first half of class .. but the test are only 7 questions at the most .. lets you do test correction on 2 of those to get all the points back ... and lets you drop your losest test of 3

She's really willing to help you. She isn't the best teacher though. Can't read her handwriting and since she goes fast in general that doesn't help. She does let you drop a lot of stuff to get a descent grade. She's okay i guess.

Very easy to get an A. Test corrections are the best:) She always is willing to help after class, and dont listen to the guy who dropped out the 2nd day, how would he know, he only was in her class for a day. Best teacher i had this semester.

Calculus has never been so easy. She's a pretty good teacher, and the tests are pretty easy themselves. If you don't find the tests easy, then you will love the test corrections. She also teaches Calc2, so look forward to that.

She is very nice, very helpful, gives tons of x-tra credit and test corrections she tries really hard to get you to understand and is always willing to answer questions...also she did not teach stats this semester so whoever put that did not take it now..

Very good teacher. always has alot of energy and passion about the subjects she teaches. open for office hours when she has time. plus the test corrections and extra credit make it an easy A.

The best class I have ever taken. I know it's math, and I usually hate it, but she makes it so enjoyable. If you ever have a questions just stop by her office. It seems like she is always there. Pushes back due dates and makes more office hours if anyone needs it. Easy to work with and encouraging

Great teacher. Very funny. She does teach a little fast sometimes which loses some students in her class. Test corrects made tests easy, and always gave us as much time on webwork as we needed. No homework was required for a grade only webwork.

Shes very helpful when you go into her office hours, but not very clear. She does your homework for you. You just have to tell her to slow down. She tries to give everyone as many points a possible. I got C's on all the tests and got an A in the class!

She is always willing to help and explain things over and over if you ask. Test Corrections and Test Reviews make this an easy A especially with her always being available for office hours. If you make an effort you will do really well!

She's a great person, just not always the greatest teacher. She gets into talking really fast and it can get a bit confusing. With test corrections and extra credit it isn't hard to get an A though.

She moves very quickly, but is also extremely precise and is available for further explanations and help outside of class. She also has a positive, energetic, and engaging personality that helped love the hell out of her classes.

Test correction rock! Although you do have to actually do them and then be able to explain them to her.

great guy

Mihaela is very helpful. She's a little fast paced, but the class is interesting, coming from a math major.

From a non math major, I can say that you should take her for this class. She offers a lot of extra credit, and you can learn a lot from her. Honestly, I never studied outside class, and I got an A. Plus, she is a really nice person.

For a calculus one class, it was the easiest advanced math class I have ever had. She never moved on without most of the class understanding something and she allowed us to have cheat sheets on our test (and final) and to redo 2 problems per test (out of 10 problems). Very good class because you learn by correcting your own mistakes.

She's not super easy nor is she super hard. Multivariable with her was interesting and fun, but sometimes she just tries to teach too much in too little time. I would recomend taking at least one class with her, you may hate her but if you don't you will get a lot out of the class.

Dr. Vajiac is really cool. She is a little vague with her lectures and she goes at a rapid pace, but she understands that most of the students in the class are not math majors so she's really helpful outside of class and is really fair. You have to take Calc as a GE, and Vajiac I would say is one of the better math teachers at Chapman.

Great teacher, motivating, a bit fast in class, but very helpful

She is a very fun teacher. She's friendly and interested in her students doing well. It was easy to do well in the class if you came and payed attention. She allowed test corrections too, and was always available for office hours.

Class is hard, duh its calculus. But she really understands most of us arent taking it for our major and she is really helpful. GO TO OFFICE HOURS AND STUDY SESSIONS!! Seriously! She will go over stuff that will be on the test! Like exact problems!!

She is a great teacher. Sheis open-minded and will extend deadlines. She dedicates many office hours and study sessions for her students. If you do the webwork plus the extra credit homework you are guaranted to do well. Her tests include 1 page notes. Recommend for as a GE teacher.

Vajiac is a very nice and caring teacher. She tries really hard to get you to understand the material and excel in her class. She is almost always available for questions during office hours. However, she has a very thick Romanian accent and moves very very fast during lectures. This makes it really difficult to follow and learn the new material.

Great Teacher! Super Helpful :)

She is very animated and excited about math, and it shows when she teaches. She may move a little fast because she gets too excited, but you just need to ask her to slow down. Her office hours are EXTREMELY helpful because she will take the time to do step-by-step problems for you. She likes to get to know her students, too.

VERY helpful and enthusiastic. She may seem intimidating and a little strict when explaining things to you; but her tests are very straight forward and off the study guide, and is lenient about test correctioins/getting points back. I ended up with 100+% in this class.

Dr. Vajiac is the most adorable woman. She's SO helpful and she goes out of her way to make sure she has enough study sessions before her exams. She allows test corrections and lets your bring in a page of notes for each exam. TAKE HER!

You will either love her or hate her. I found her very sweet and a good teacher. She cares about her students and if she goes through things too fast, you just have to ask her to clear things up. Even if calc isn't your strong suit, you should be able to do very well in the class since she allows you to do test corrections for a lot of points.

Her being passionate in the course she was teaching made the class more enjoyable. She will drop two or so quizzes if they are your worst. She really tries to help you achieve the grade you want.

Best math teacher I've ever had. She is very enthousiastic and helpfull. Take her class!!

Do the homework, and study hard, it worked for me and may work for you! Go to her office hours, and if you slip up, just let her know, she's very understanding.

She's a great Professor. However, she goes a bit too fast.

Dr. Vajiac's style is fast paced and sometimes hard to follow. Her lectures often don't line up with the homework, so you have to learn how to do the homework problems on the fly. Homework often doesn't prepare you for tests, so go to her study sessions and SI. Grades with a curve luckily, and there is opportunity for extra credit.

She's a really nice lady, and definitely wants everyone to pass. Sometimes her lectures are a bit confusing - be sure to do all the MyMathLab homework. She's great to talk to about any problems outside of class.

A LOT of homework. Can seem very tedious but it'll help your grade to do well on the online homework and quizzes! Weekly in class "pop" quizzes, as long as you do the homework though they should be a non-issue. Dr. Vajiac is incredibly nice and wants her students to do well. Curves tests generously.

Amazing professor, great lectures and classes are very interactive

Dr. Vajiac's class was amazing! I enjoyed her lectures and learned so much about the "why's" and not the "how's." Not only she taught us different methods on solving calculus problems, she taught us why those methods worked using proofs. If you are looking for an engaging, challenging, and fun math class, this is the class to take.

She has very good energy. Math115 is a hard class, but I think it would have been much harder if she didnt have her energy. She got me to participate and held my attention for most of the 1.5 hour class. There was a lot of material to cover, and she talked at a mile a minute for the whole class, and was able to cover it all. I was very impressed!