This is just a terrible class!!!!!!!!! Too much workload and really tense time for midterm and final. Only 1h30 mins for 10questions which involve subquestions on most of the questions on the final. Sounds like an impossible mission to most of the students. Reallyyyyy hard grading policy and soooo much work to do!!!!! NOT RECOMMEND AT ALL!!!!

THE FINAL FOR THIS CLASS IS 2 FAST

She's a nice person and her class was organized well since she started using printed notes in lectures instead of her handwritten ones, but everything dropped from a cliff when the final hit: it's not even about how hard it was, it's simply that we've been tested on things we've not learned in class, ever, in anything we've done. Defines impossible

firstly, quizzes were cancelled and was replaced with homework. Her lectures aren't too bad altho she tends to go over the designated 2hr and 45mins ish. midterm was hard and we weren't prepared. THE TIME CRUNCH. 50minutes for the midterm and only 1 hour and 30mins for final. no exam or extra practices prepared us for the final questions.

Gives Audio only lectures. Problems on the final are totally unrelated to lecture. Avoid if you can. But you can't avoid since she teach PSTAT120A every quarter.

This class is competitive and people get letter grade based on the average of the class, where only top 20% of the class can get an A. Her teaching style was easy to follow and helpful, but her final was too hard. She purposely made the test hard to down curve everyone's grade

You will enjoy this class if you like being under pressure to go fast. Treats the syllabus like a bible and offers no flexibility on deadlines. Internet slow that day? Too bad. I don't think anyone saw that hard final coming either. Gave us too little time, and threw curveballs which we've never seen before. Inconsistent vibes.

Great explanation on lectures! Homework assignments not heavy! Accent is not not a big deal! Attendance not mandatory! Lecture material is not extremely hard overall! Everything seems just so nice except that if you expect to see something that you have learned on the final, Im so sorry its going to LET YOU DOWN.

During these hard times of the pandemic, she was not willing to work and be flexible with her students. I was dealing with Covid-19 for one month and she did not allow any excuses. On the final exam, she made it very difficult so that our grading distribution was "even." She also lies about Stats Department policies and comes up with her own policy

She is great lecturer, with a very long lecture. Her lecture video is about 2 hours each time and the normal lecture slot is just 1h 15mins. The midterm is straightforward but final is awful. The grading policy is tough, and she always say write you steps, write your steps.... Wo xie ni ma ne sha bi. You will get an 0 if you didn't show steps.

extremely horrible!!

horrible experience.

Not necessarily the most honest person, her practice exams for her final were nothing like her actual final and then says she is disappointed in us, and during her first few lectures she got really lazy and put little effort in.

Ended up with an A, but that doesnt change my opinion on the class and Ravat, as a professor. Kept flip flopping on the grading scale, changed the homework format 4 times throughout the class, and was very unclear about certain final/midterm policies. Not to mention having most of final exam practice that wasnt on the final exam.

Although the homework assignments and lecture material were very straightforward, the highly difficult final and strict grading curve (top 20% get As, next 30% get Bs, etc.) makes this class extremely frustrating. I did learn a lot from this class about the foundations of stats/probability, but the final doesn't accurately reflect what I learned.

Unreasonably long and useless lectures not explaining important pointsAlso the quality of her lecture videos ar really bad and extremely hard to understand. Difficulty level throughout the course is not consistentNo grading record showed clearly on Gradescope for the final do not know where I received the score I have right now.

Horrible professor. Thick accent and talks too slow. Records way too much lecture than needed. She has the worst gauchospace I've ever seen. Grading is trash, for the first few assignments I got many points taken off even having the right answer at the end. Tests are not hard tho.

Horrible lecture with an accent and bad handwriting, lecture was recorded too long, bored, she often stops speaking and thinks how to explain concepts. HW load is fair but deduct points in tiny details. The final exam was worst, not enough time and lot's of problems not even taught before, absolutely not recommend to take her class.

Never been compelled to write a review for a prof before, but my god, is Ravat bad. She's the kind of professor that doesn't give a crap about helping her students if it's any inconvenience to her. Excuse to everything is "go to office hours." You literally can't absorb anything she says in her lectures. I've never hated a prof before until her

Ravat is easily the worst professor I've ever had. Her class is graded on an actual curve, so only the top 20% of the class of 300 people will get an A. Her homework is incredibly difficult and the graders will mark you down for little to no reason. She's inflexible and hard to understand. Do not take this professor under any circumstances.

Lectures are unorganized and don't cover enough material, homework is so difficult without collaboration, quizzes are questions you have never seen before, you don't get feedback on quizzes so you don't know what you're doing wrong, she curves downward SO harshly, she won't take any criticism and has no consideration for you outside of your work.

The curve she uses is so damaging. You will FAIL: If you're a bad test taker, if you don't do the homework exactly how they want it, if you have a decent grade but not 100s, if you get at all behind, if you have mental health or other outside struggles, etc. No consideration for students at all. What happened to rewarding hardworking students?

Half the class is scared they will fail as I am writing this. The material itself isn't extremely difficult, however, your grade will hinge on 3 quizzes as they are 30 points and 30% of your grade. You better hope your grade is good enough ahead of time to keep you afloat because the final will screw you.

Bad lecturer, super unorganized, don't really care about students. But guess what, this is the only prof in this whole school year teaching this class, so you'll have to face her, LOVE PSTAT DEPT THAT'S HOW THEY TREAT UNDERGRAD STUDENTS

The way the class is graded is completely unfair. We have quizzes throughout the class which is heavily reflected in your grade. If you have never taken any stats class get ready to struggle. The homework is not that bad but they do mark points for every small detail you get wrong. Only 50% of students get A's and B's. Worst class yet.

I have never been compelled to write a review for a professor until now. She is knowledgeable in her field but is very unorganized and requires tedious procedures in order to submit assignments/exams. Her handwriting is hard to read, and her lectures are very long. She is mostly kind, but it is usually unwilling to compromise on her policies.

The worst professor I've ever met in UCSB!!!!!! If you do want to take Pstat 120A next quarter, DO NOT choose her. To be honest, I never gave any prof 1.0 before. The lectures were unclear and confusing. The concepts in Pstat 120a is not hard, but she made everything so confusing. The grading is tough, so DO skip her.

The structure of the class was simply abysmal. There was no point going to section, because the section covers material for next week while you are trying to finish this week's homework. Also around week 8 she started narrating her lecture over prewritten notes instead of writing out concepts as she's explaining them, which made it hard to learn.

Ravat always tells us not to worry about our grades and just try to focus on learning. However, the way her quizzes is formatted, along with our final being 50% of our grade with no curve makes it impossible to not worry about our grades. The material covered in the class isn't hard, but her methods of teaching make it needlessly difficult. Avoid.

To be honest, Prof. Ravat is trying her best to be caring, she always told us not to worry about our grade too much. The course content is not too hard, however, she is a really tough grader, she gave us little time to do quizzes and final exam. Quizzes are 30 percent and final is 50 percent. I was so frustrated when taking her class.

Run ASAP

Ravat has a kind demeanor but her actions and policies are strict. Quizzes and final are nothing like the homework or practice problems despite them being worth 80% of your grade. Her attempts to be accommodating came off as patronizing, and shes purposely vague about updates to course policy. Get ready for a monster final if you take her class.

The material itself is not very difficult but the way the class is graded/formatted makes it impossible to get an A. The final is 50% of our grade, which is way too much. Always preaches about mental health but continues to make her class extremely difficult for no reason. Practice what you preach at least.

Ravat does not care about her students, and would rather them fail than succeed. Her lectures are awful, so bad that TA's go out of their way to upload review videos so that anyone can know what is going on. More students fail in this class than any others, and not because of the difficulty of content, but due to her failure as an educator.

I put so much time into studying for this class. The class was mostly fine for me, until the final. Only 1.5 hours for the final, not nearly enough time. A lot of people bombed the final. If you see her name, do not take the class. She is so bad, people would rather take a TBA professor over her. Thank god for the TAs being so helpful.

Uma is simply not a good professor. She's a terrible and inarticulate lecturer and does not care very much for her students. I came into the final with a B+ quiz average, but our final was 50% of our grade. I spent upwards of 20 hours studying, as I'm sure many others did too. With only 1.5 hours for the final, the average was a D-.

She is a ridiculous professor with an average grade of 60 final. One and half hours to finish 10 probability questions and statistic questions. So rediculous. Taking her course was the most repentant decision I ever made in my university.

Simply avoid Ravat if you can. Disorganized lectures, seemed to confuse herself. Time constraints on exams were ridiculous, and HW was unnecessarily difficult.

we were told not to worry about grades which is hilarious considering the fact that our final was worth 50% of our grade, was very hard considering the time constraints, consisted mostly of week 9/10 material, and had a D average. This class has made me reevaluate whether I love statistics enough to deal with stuff like this for the next 2 years

Easily the worst class I have taken at UCSB. The homework takes days to complete and the quizzes are extremely derivative on what she has taught. The concepts arent difficult but Ravat somehow makes it basically impossible. TLDR: Run.

Worst professor everTake her class if you want your confidence to be destroyed. Her quizzes and exams are extremely challenging. JUST RUN!!!!!!!!!!!

Not a good teacher. Changes her grading scheme every freaking quarter because she has no idea what she is doing. Mumbles and stutters through lectures. Online was a horrible experience with her. Makes it so hard, that if you are not an expert at solving series/summations & advanced word problems. RUN FOR YOUR LIFE. AVOID, you will regret ifudont!

Genuinely one of the worst professors I've had; lectures and homework aren't very useful for exams, which are incredibly time intensive. Final exam scores were so low that she decided to change the whole grading. Makes simple concepts convoluted and long, and is condescending in her lectures and when approached for help. I'd give a 0/5 if I could.

She is crazy. The difficultly of final is depend on her mood. One quarter easy, one quarter super hard. I got almost 98% in all my math, pstat , econ courses. But I only got B- in this course. Could you believe that? Do 10 difficult questions in 1.5 hours! UCSB should not hire such an irresponsible teacher, I feel that she is not teaching . Baka

This class really cast a shadow on me. The irony is she's trying to get us interested in stats after this class. A lot of things in her class look helpful but redundant. Practice problems are important and you need to do much more exercise yourself to handle the difficulty (tricky problem + extremely tight time) of the final. Don't trust her words.

Anybody who says that Ravat's class is "definetly doable as long as you stay on top of your stuff is insane." You have to know the content extremely well and solve a wide variety of tricky problems in a short timespan in order to excel under exam pressure b/c the final is half your grade. Course policies are rigid and the atmosphere is cutthroat.

The midterm was extremely different from practice exam. There were lots of problems in the midterm but only a short time to finish it. It is bad to hear from professor that why we did so bad on the midterm after spending 90% of time to review the materials. I don't know what would happen in Final.....

I mean, what else is there to say? I looked at the other ratings and thought "it can't be THAT bad", right? It is that bad. Every complaint I read was exactly spot on. It's not just that the material is difficult and the instruction is mediocre, but all the barriers they put up to learning (no recorded lectures, delayed HW solutions, etc.). Avoid.

This is the worst professor anyone will ever encounter. She does not teach and the format of the class is so messy that it is hard to know what we are supposed to do. Even the TA did not know what we were supposed to do and skipped the assignment. The test and all the material have nothing in common so you might as well just not show up. Don't take

this class was very disorganized. her lectures were all over the place and she constantly changed the syllabus throughout the quarter. this class was the worst one ive ever taken tbh but the curve at the end of the quarter was very generous, i'll give her that. i wouldnt have passed the class without the curve

Worst prof at UCSB. She doesn't teach at all and grades are super tough. I am surprised UCSB even pays her for how little work she does.

Never take her class, please. She does not know how to teach at all and has an extremely hard final exam. 90 minutes for 10 questions. That is ridiculous. The worst professor that I ever had. Please do not take her class.

I would give a rating of 0 if I could.

The only people that succeeded in this class were the ultra smart and dedicated. If you want to do well in this class you have to go so far above and beyond what is taught in lectures, which were excruciating to watch. One redeeming fact is that final grades are curved, in my class 68% in the class was good enough for a B-.

This professor is terrible, and the quiz is hard, and if you make one multiple choice question wrong, you will get 60%. The homework is literally a lot and much harder than what she talked about in the class. DON'T TAKE HER CLASS.

Just do self-study. Don't go to lectures because lectures are of no help! She just reads ppts and rarely explains her contents. Quizzes and exams will include sth. you didn't cover in lectures. Weak connection between lectures and practical work. You'd better be quite experienced in coding to dare to take her courses as letter-graded.

She sucks. You literally can't email her or points will be taken off your assignments, she hates helping students. F this professor, f this class, f the TAs, literally just wait until someone else is teaching it. Not worth it.

Tommorow is final but: 1. Failed to mark all the worksheets, quizzes and worksheets before final 2.Still haven't confirm whether there will be short questions, or even WHEN THE FINAL TAKES PLACE, haven't post seats arrangement but insist doing so for midterm and final Worst professor I've ever met for 5 quarters in UCSB, course is easy but prof suc

The most difficult professor i ve ever had. she is always unclear about the arrangement of the class and the final is tomorrow we still havent got the assigned seat sheet. you never know the answer of homeworks and quizzes cuz the one she posted might also be wrong. AVOID pls.

DO NOT TAKE HER COURSES!

This professor does not care about her students at ALL. Some questions did not even show up on her lecture slides and you can't review past homework or quizzes for your midterm/final exam. Just don't take her class.

I study pretty hard and am decent at coding before taking this class. But the setup of is ridiculous and you are graded on so few things, it feels like she doesn't want you to do well. It really shouldn't be this stressful. There were so many mistakes in hw and quizzes, and responses are so slow. Even announcements posted will have mistakes.

She was inadequate at explaining ideas during lectures, and tried to control our collaboration on assignments when we were left confused afterwards. Her wording on quizzes/exams were tricky and I often didn't know what certain questions asked for. I knew I wasn't alone bc her class forum blew up w questions after a new topic was introduced.

She knows what she's talking about, but we don't. Doesn't care about students success and is a brutally difficult grader. I would recommend Mouti instead.

I was 93% before the final exam, but after the final, I got 73% in total. Super weird final, please avoid her!!!

I was way above A before the final, dropping to A- after it. Professor Ravat is making questions in the way as if she is not intended to check your understanding on the course materials but just to make your grade worse.

Worst Prof I've ever had. Need to remind folks to never take anything with her.

Bad lecture. Exams are not the same as review and revision.

Lectures are just copy pasted theorems from the textbook. She basically spend the entire hour filling in empty spots with formulas without giving you time to think nor provide any useful explanation.

she literally makes the class harder for students with her confusing teaching style and barely provides resources

Allows notes on exams. No practice midterm, no partial credit. Final had practice with solutions, I put them on my notes. Final had EXACT SAME problems, I copied all solutions and explanations. Got a 70%, couldn't view on gradescope. All extra credit is fake. Promised to add points to everyone's midterm, didn't do this. Treats us like dogs.

Disappointed. She acted like a caring professor offering lots of extra credit assignments which was heavy, but they are totally fake that does not helped with your final score. Not telling you how much extra credit will be added. Said will add more credit to midterm but nothing is real. Will never take any course with her and she disgusted me.

Low quality lecture, don't expect to understand anything in class but take ton of your time ahead exams to understand yourself. Low quality office hour, not even good as ULA or TA. Uncleared grading and fake promise in extra credit. One of the WORST professor I ever had. Stop complaining like a baby in class about the rating you get from students

last quarter i had her and i dropped her class and it was honestly quite a lot better than this one, at least exam wise but this quarter she's regressed, and her class always has some stupid gimmick like incomplete lecture slides and then her lectures suck anyway because it's just a slideshow of a bunch of abstract formulas no actual context

Bruh half the questions on her midterm weren't even on the midterm practice Also she's pretty incompetent at almost everything about teaching: course structure, lectures, and just explaining things in general. Materials on canvas are frequently incomplete or removed so it's very difficult to review without AI or ULAs/TAs

Midterm practice questions were not on the midterm. She is the worst PSTAT professor ever, so please do not take her if you want to pass 120B. Awful grading system, and she sometimes skips trivial steps so it is hard to follow along with her.

Never post or claim anything about the midterm/ final average or median. She acts out being so nice and caring. The so-called extra bonus isn't really boosting anything. She is performing so hard to say "I wish you all succeed", and still making the grade as tough as possible.

Those who say the comments are racist and biased, there is definitely a reason why among many other professors, Uma is one of the ONLYs being rated at a low score.

Avoid going to lectures, you won't learn anything. She puts random complex formulas (slides) without properly explaining how they work. To get an A, put the lectures into gpt, ask it what formulas to memorize based on what criteria the problem gives/asks for and how to solve. She is entitled & can't teach (hence the rating) -also didn't curve.