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Tolerable through one semester, really cares and tries to help.
writing intensive - that's all i have to say..just get ready to type type type. i think most students would prefer another 250 prof, although prof. ren is quite flexible and helpful. - just a lot of hw/projects.
he sucks he is not clear in his sapeaking and is not very helpful. No one should take him
hE SUCKS HE NEEDS TO TAKE ESL AND LEARN HOW TO SPEAK ENGLISH
He was unclear when teaching.touch right out of the textbook. Did many different projects and assignments. Had really hard tests. Can't understand when speaking to class.
he is very nice if u nice to he first. if u have anything don't understand go to his office he will help u very kind.
THIS IS THE MOST INCOMPETENT TEACHER I HAVE EVER HAD. HE CAN NOT SPEAK ENGLISH OR WRITE CLEARLY ON THE BLACKBOARD. WHEN HE GIVES TEST HE GIVES FIVE LONG ANSWER PROBKEMS WITH NO PARTIAL CREDIT. HE IS UNHELPFUL AND CURT. THIS IS THE WORST TEACHER I HAVE EVER HAD.
Tian Ren is not a nice person. He is on a power trip. He is not a good teacher, and csn not speak clearly. He can not write clearly. Also his tests are extremly difficult and he gives no partial credit. It seems like Giving his students bad grades makes him feels powerful. A bad teacher and a bad person. Do not take any classes with this man.
he is very critical to the point where it can be taken as mean. All he does is talk about himself. Even though he doesn't directly call you stupid very often he implies it. I think he should really retire because I don not think he has patience anymore for teaching. Only 1/5 people passed
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He is the Worst teacher ever. He is not helpful at all. He can't speak English, he can't write.
I ask myself: How can anyone hire a person who dosen't know how to speak nore write proper english? Don't they realize that the only people they hurt are the students. Why make it so difficult on us? He is horrible as a professor. he goes over the same problems in the book and does not explain it profoundly.He has an attitude problem,should be fire
This guy is by far the worst teacher I have ever had.He cannot speak English clearly and his hand writing looks like chicken scratches.He does not give partial credit and makes the test very hard for you to pass.He just totally sucks.
he is a bad professor. i made the mistake of taking him for ma 250, i didnt understand anything , he wanted us to type the homework so he can collect it.also write an essay , now who writes essays in MATH. I dropped his class or would of got an F.
Horrible professor. He doesn't help the kids who really need help and his tests are really hard. He can't speak proper English. I failed his class with a WU. There goes $800. If you do get him, make sure you get tutoring which is what I SHOULD have done but didn't. Worst professor I've ever had in my life.
I don't know where they found this man !!! HE IS HORRIBLE !!! he marks people late when they were there before him !! He can't teach 2 save his life !! I didnt even choose him as a professor they switched the one i chose ! they need 2 FIRE HIM !!
I was in a class with a lot of idiots. Nobody likes to read the textbook. Nobody likes to do the homework. They think being 5-10 mins late should be acceptable for an afternoon class. You gotta put in the work if you take this prof. But he's a fair a grader to THOSE WHO WORK. I got my B.
this was the by far the worst proffesor i eva had. I HADDD to drop him! hes hard to understand, and he goes soooo fast. his tests are extremly hard. and he collects the homework. i had to drop it cuz i culdnt risk gettin a low gpa! if ur smart, find sum1 else!
Very helpful prof. but not easy. A lot of homework.If you are not good in math don't take him , only for good students.
Its an introductory course, if u learn the stuff, u will be fine! He is a fair grader, i would think he keeps scores to 5 significant figures in his book. Hard to understand in the beginning, accent. Overall A.
He is the worst professor ever. The way he explains is very confusing he realy sucks. He don't really care if you understand or not, he just keeps going with the class. Believe me you don't want to take this professor, you are better off along.
if you follow his gudline, you will got A, he always give up review sheet befor quize.
If you want to get A, follow his ways, he always give us review sheet befor test and he explaint very clearly in class, take his class, he is very good professor.
DON'T TAKE HIS CLASS IT'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HE SAY. EVEN YOU FOLLOW HIS GUIDLINE, IT DOESNT MEAN U GET THE HIGHER'S GRADE !~ TRUST ME , DON'T LOW GRADE AND DON'T LISTEN TO HIM. IF HE SAID YOU WOULD PASS, DON'T TRUST HIM. HE WOULD FAIL YOU BECAUSE HE DOES NOT WANT ALL THE STUDENTS DROP HISCLASS,IF ALL THE STUDENT DROP HIS CLASS, u know what
He is the worst teacher. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. you can't understand what he is saying, and if you do a problem your own way, even if you get the answer right he will give you no creidt. He is terriable, drop the course now
Get real - QCC loves him!
He's not a nice professor.I think he should take speech classes coz his accent is incomprehensible.His explanations are very vague and he doesnt answer student's questions correctly.I got an A+ in his class because I had prior knowledge about the subject.Tests are'nt that hard.Take him ONLY if you are mad excellent in math.Overall he is not nice.
Why would a tenured professor care about his speech?
Worst accent ever. Never knew what he was talking about at all. If you solve a problem in your way, hes not going to mark it correct. Drop his class.
The guy has some teaching problem BUT!!! he knows what he's doing. He works by the books . He has a really thick chinese accent but after a few classes ull start to understand it it not that big of a problem. Main thing is doing HW and Exam just like every other math teacher
He cannot explain details in English
Almost impossible to understand what he is saying because of his thick accent. He does not formulate questions clearly. Class lectures right from the text, easier to take notes from there than from him. Tests are all open book, so it was easy to get a good grade, as long as the questions were written properly; he often left out necessary details.
this man is really sweet and i really like him BUT these things dont help when your failing every test! the class is all failing and he is not helping his accent is very thick and does not like to stop if a few students are lost. try to look for another professor
LISTEN TO ME IF YOU DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS!!! Worst experience ever this man just cannot teach and he expects you to do good.If you have a good gpa and want to get good grades he is not the professor for you.WARNING!!
So he has an accent, big deal. Maybe if you would pay attention to the class and get a textbook, you could follow along with him. In the beginning, his accent gets in the way, its true. But you get used to it. And its not always the prof's fault, you have to put your part into it too. If you slack, obviously your grades will reflect that!
At first you feel helpless and overwhelmed because it is difficult to understand him.. but then you realize that you can learn on your own with your textbook/online help. Its not "easy" but definitely not as bad as what these other people said. They're straight bashing him. He's honestly not that bad. You do get used to him!
Well first i think this guy is kinda easy (looks can be deceiving) this guy can't speak english, i'm comparing to a guy who doesn't know how to take pictures because he can't teach well, he assumes you know the stuff already so he keeps moving on this is the first time i failed a Math class ever in whole life... he's not helpful and he won't curve
All you have to do is your Homework. Sometimes he can be hard to understand but as long you study you'll do fine. I don't get why students don't get good grades he gives reviews and plus he allows u to correct your exams to get better grade. So people stop being lazy and study.
He is not a bad professor. His english is no good but he is understandable. He gives everyone a fair chance with extra credit for passing tests if you haven't done well the first time around. I did attend tutoring for a few topics but he can overall teach the material.
Don't take him for MA128. His exams are nothing like the review sheets. He gives the hardest questions on the exams and there's some of them that i never seen or learned before. It's a waste of time to go to his class other than for the quizzes and exams because he teaches you the hardest way to solve a simple problem. Tutoring helped me pass.
Professor Ren is not a bad professor. Even though his english is not the best, he is still understandable. He will give review sheets that would help you out for his exams. He gives a lot of quizzes that are opened book, but he'll drop 3 of the lowest quiz grade. Make sure you do your homework because they are very useful for the open book quizzes.
don't take his class, his accent is bad. Moreover i'm not really good in English also. So you can imagine how confusing I was. with this teacher I lose my time and I had to change the teacher for another one because I would failed his class.
I've deal with a lot of accent but at first I thought he is speaking chines. I've got such a hard time. Students, do yourself a big favor, do not take him. He will make you forget what you've learned so far.
Professor Ren is not a bad professor at all. He's easy if you are good in math, PERIOD. He's very helpful. Always lets you revise your work and he will ask you to see him before class in his office and he will help you. You have to care about getting your grade. He has a heavy accent but he's very intelligent.
This is the worse class I've ever taken in my life. Such easy explanations he makes real hard. He thinks we already know every terms of math and he is just reviewing them. I got a decent grade because my basic was good. I wonder any student who wants to learn math will never get anything.
He's hard to understand. His class is difficult if you don't pay attention. He writes really small on the board it's basically illegible at some points. You really need to stay on top of your game for his class and study study study. Can't skip a class or anything because you would just be lost and confused if you do.
He's very difficult to understand and the tutoring center doesn't help. His review sheets have nothing to do with the test at all. Take the class with another professor that will be more helpful.
Honestly I just took him I can't say he was such a bad prof but I think I will avoid him if I was to be looking for a math prof. He lowered my gpa. His reviews sheets are just like the exams, I dislike is that one simple thing he does like 8 steps. Don't take him because I lived in tutoring for the whole semester
It doesn't matter if your good in math or not he does not teach clearly he is in a rush and all over the place. He makes it hard to understand math period! And he only teaches his way which makes it harder to understand avoid this professor
He is not bad, but if your math is not very good before, don't take him. I suggest you take him as long as you at least got a B+ on MA440
I'm usually not one to blame the teacher for a tough class, but this professor should not be teaching such an attention-to-detail class. HUGE language barrier. out of a class of 25, more than half stopped attending half way through the semester. Mr. Ren seems like a nice enough guy, he just should not be a professor. Avoid this Professor!
Just don't take it!
Professor Tian Ren is a very smart and good guy. With that being said I don't think he is a very good educator. He really knows his stuff BUT when he teaches he is always all over the place and disorganized. He lets all the student raise their grade on HW and tests so that was a plus. I recommend him if you're good in math and don't mind HW.
Even though he's a smart professor, he has a very strict grading policy. His exams are challenging and some of the questions he gives us on the test don't even make sense. I passed his class though but still got a D. If you are planning to take MA 119 or MA 121, do not pick this guy as your professor.
overall he's a good teacher. I just have my first class last thursday. I think it all really depends on you. If you study well youll do well but if you dont then it will be the exct opposite
Don't ever choose this professor, you have to read and learn by your own, don't review the review question he gave you, because every test's questions are different from review questions, so if you in his class please please please learn more, try hard, suffer.
WARNING: DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR! He shouldn't be teaching at all. Difficult to understand. Not helpful. Disorganized lectures. It's a waste of your time and money.
He just messed up my GPA . Don't take his class
I decided to pick him over the others cause my friend told me he was this hot Asian dude. She's not my friend anymore.
Pay attention in class and you'll be fine.
highly not recommended. Don't !!!!!!!
If you have better understanding on pre calculus or calculus you will not suffer. If you are average person, I won't recommend him. His lecture is so confusing but if you do homework properly then you could do better. He gives point on test correction and quiz correction that could lead you help a lot. Remind that if you are not good at math No
Please, please, please do not take this professor. He is extremely hard to understand, his lectures are confusing, and he is very disorganized. I too tried my best in this class but he unfairly gave me an F. Now my graduation date is being pushed back and I risk losing my financial aid all because of this class. I would rate him a zero if I could.
Awful. Just awful. I'd rather learn from a homeless man
He is the worst teacher ever, he can barely speak English. If you are a person that do not dominate the English language, you won't be able to understand anything. He is very irrational, only wants to teach his method,
He is nice.
counts exams for so much of the grade. if you miss a test you cant make it up. im delayed graduation bc of this class, i asked for extra credit, he said no
This professor is awful. The notes that he provides are difficult to understand. He further complicates the lesson. When it comes to reviewing for the test you pretty much review on your own not as a class. He sits down tapping away on his tablet as we review for our exam ourselves. He only comes to you if you ask him a question first.
He will give you chance to improve your exam grades.
I don't understand why he has so many negative reviews here. He was really a master in the subject and organized the materials so it was easier to follow. Yet students don't take the time to take advantage of it. I can see the professor frustrated by the lack of effort in the classroom, however, he does really try hard to get the materials through
Heavy accent combined with unclear explanations. Doesn't address doubts in a clear concise way.
You can barely understand him. DO NO TAKE HIM!!! he teaches horribly he teaches you two examples and that's it.
Would *NEVER* take him again. He doesn't explain topics well, goes over the same example 100 times in 100 different ways, which confuses people. When someone asked him to slow down because he was going too fast, his response- well, duh. I'm the professor I'm supposed to be ahead of students. (?!) Very rude, doesn't respect & incomprehensible. 0/10!
couldnt understand what he was saying half the time. before taking this class please find a better teacher than him
I have never seen a bad professor like him. He has no idea what he's saying! He feels like he's giving his money when he grade! very tough grader! I wish i could give him - (-infinity) rate!
Best professor ever.
Not a good professor he marks you wrong for right answer he cares more about "mathematical notation" rather the answer you got. On top of that his exam questions are way harder than the homework questions. So if you study by doing homework, don't bother the questions on the homework are not very similar to the ones that are given on the exam.
I would highly advise any student that isn't slightly proficient in Calculus before hand to avoid taking Prof Ren. He moves extremely fast as well as a strong accent which only adds to the struggle. Also he is Deputy Chair of the math department so clearly failing the majority of class doesn't really faze him. If possible take Kenneth Schmidt.
There aren't enough words to explain how bad he is. He is a TERRIBLE processor and person. He is extremely rude and disrespectful.
The worst professor Ive ever had in my life. Ive never written a review for anything but I just had to share my disgust about this professor. He can not teach to save his life, you have to teach yourself everything on your own. He deserves to be fired. I wish I could rate him less than 1.
At first I didn't quite like him and yes it is extremely difficult to understand at times. He literally gives you everything you need to pass the class, and is well organized on the material. He is actually a very good professor, he knows what hes teaching. He can be a bit mean sometimes but he seems to respond to attentive hard working students
Worst professor . Very rude and unwilling to answer questions. Unprofessional and didnt explain the material at all. Tests are nothing like lectures
Don't take this professor !! He is the worst professor !!!
I took Calculus with him and failed the following semester I took at Baruch College which is much harder and got a B+. Use you judgement but I personally would avoid this dude at all costs.
Actually, I don't even know what is he taught for entire semester. Heavy accent, many ways to solve the questions that make me confused. I think I'll fail.
I am not given enough characters to elaborate correctly what i want to say but basically do not take this professor. I passed because i worked really hard and taught myself entirely all the material for the course. Do ALL the homework and show you care and you can pass. If you get the chance, pick anyone else. Nice guy but cant teach.
Terrible teacher honestly one of the worst professors I've ever had. He is hard to understand and doesn't even speak good english. He probably know how to do the math himself but doesn't teach it well to students so they can grasp the concept. I don't even know how he is a professor!
I took professor Ren for MA 336 (Statistics) and he made the subject really easy and engaging. There is a writing assignment, 3 tests and a final. Very caring, take him there is no way you will fail.
His accent is horrible, the way he teaches is unclear at all. Lectures are extremely difficult to understand. Exams are nothing like lectures or homework, and are EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. His class is not even challenging or hard, it's almost impossible and senseless and I am not the type of student who exaggerates, I am one of those who works hard.
There would be a great term to describe the teaching and attitude Prof. Tian Ren, wasted or spoiled food and other refuse, as from a kitchen or household.
I took this professor twice now. He is still the same. Heavy accent. Heavy material. He basically teaches to himself and not to the students. Unfortunelty, I recommend not to take him.
Very nice professor, will be willing to help you understand problems thoroughly.
He's a great professor. He prepared the course thoroughly and he would explain to you until you understand the question you ask him. He's also a good grader and willing to help you outside the class hour. But he would give you lots of homework which help you with your study anyway. I would definitely take this professor again!
Pros- available during office hours or even beyond, encourages questions, really walks you through labs and makes Excel calculations easy and straighforward, allows you to try quizzes & tests multiple times so you can improve your score. Cons- thick accent, can't explain the material more than one way, also wrote the textbook, so no help there.
Prof. Ren is a very good professor but his accent is sometimes difficult to follow the course. However, his labs are very easy and he works with you. He is very willing to help anyone you just have to work hard to get a good grade like any class.
took his class in fall19, it was a nightmare becuz i didnt understand clearly most of the things he taught and i always went to tutoring for help, but thank god at least i passed
Professor Ran is a very caring professor. if you get all the assignments done, you will get the grade you want.
I failed the class because the review sheet was not related to the final, when i took the final, my life was gone
The professor does not make sense and he wrote the textbook. Leaves too many assignments every week. If you do bad on one test there is no way your grade will go up. Please do not take this class save you'r self the headache. Worst professor I have ever had.
If you arent amazing in math DO NOT TAKE HIM!! You will be teaching yourself ALL the material. Tests & projects are weighted so heavy that even if you do amazing on homework & quizzes you will still struggle severely. 4 quizzes, a lab & writing assignments will be due every single week. Very very hard.
Hes okay. If youre not good at math be prepared to work hard to earn your grades. During every class there will be atleast one pop quiz with 3 attempts. Just work hard and you will earn an decent/passing grade.
his teaching style is complicated. he was kind prof in you had any questions and confusions, he helped patiently. His hw and tests are OKAY but final review sheet was way too hard to understand. good thing he did explain one by one, but during the final, nothing was related to what we learned in class
Please do not take this class. I was good at math but this class takes it to another level. He has a heavy accent and does not truly explain the work. When you ask him to explain it, he shows you the answer and expects you to understand. The grading system is awful. Went to tutoring and they had no idea how to help me. PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS
I wish there was enough space to write about this professor. Tian Ren is THE WORST professor I have ever met in my life. He is incompetent, doesn't care about his students and worst of all he doesn't teach a thing. Please don't ever take this horrible professor, he literally will fail you and smile about it too. THE WORST PERSON EVER!
I don't know why so many people have bad grades, but you need to do your homework well and follow the material to study, and the professor will give you two chances to average your score in the exam. I took it in the summer.
Do not take this class, I am having such a hard time going through his class. He does not explain properly, he kind talks to himself acting like you already know everything. He is a kind person but his method of teaching is way to complicated unless you already know all the topics.
He seems like he's a pretty good guy, but he gives a lot of home work and does not have the best teaching style. He made his textbook and does not do a good review for exams. I would not take his class again.
I can say that this class has been a lesson learned. It was very hard because math is just not my thing and i could barely understand the lectures and it was very fast paced. However, i believe if you already love math and understand it or pick up easily, you will get through. Accessible outside of class within office hours.
He gives wayy to much pop quizzes, can't understand half the things he says because he doesn't explain material well and his accent is a bit thick. Only take this prof if you like torture.
1st thing 1st Cal is hard not a piece of cake like Pre-Cal. Ngl he literally give student's 65% for lab hw quiz which is online. If you have any issue he will reopen the quiz lab hw. 3 exams.He will give you 1 more attempt for your 1st 2 exams. He literally trying to make you pass this class. He's lecture will be lil boring. Bt its worth it to pass
NEVER TAKE THIS GUY!!!!!!!! He is the worst. I dropped his class before and got stuck with him again because our original professor was on sick leave. The lectures are just a page of reading and he gives no videos or examples of questions. It's definitely not fair to students.
He's not a bad prof. Had him for Calc1, Summer term. Always open to help you understand a question. Gives you multiple chances at quizzes (3 max -you can get 1 more if you're confident you can get it right). Unlimited chances for HW questions. HW+quizzes weigh more than midterm+final. Not the best lectures so study material on your own time.
So the professor has an extreme heavy accent, i can't understand much of what he's trying to say and his teaching method is horrible. he gives an overall sum of the lesson and doesn't go step by step, his way of teaching is more of a quick reminder rather than learning something totally new.
Had a hard time understanding him because his accent is a bit off, i didn't really communicate with him at all, i hate math with a burning passion i found the class very boring, the labs he assigned was one of the most confusing and hard thing to do he assigned at least 3 labs i had to go to tutor to get help for the labs.
What catches me off-guard is how heavy his accent is, difficult to understand during lectures so be please pay attention. Coursework was adequate, I despise the Excel labs he gave us (I did not know how to use Excel). Also I had trouble getting my hands on a $150 TEXTBOOK so be pdf-ready for this guy. Otherwise go ask upperclassmen for such book
Professor Tian Ren has a specific teaching style, but engaging with it pays off. Lots of quizzes, but multiple attempts allowed. The material can be challenging, so using resources like unstuckstudy along with the textbook helps a lot. Overall, a tough but manageable class.
His class is hard to follow and understand! Don't take his class
Do not take this professor! He is not helpful and sometimes refused to answer questions and even yelled at us once. He was very rude and lectures were impossible to follow
Class Info
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Attendance Mandatory
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Textbook Required
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250
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MATH010
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MAT321
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