Course Taken: LS4

Prof. Chen was a decent professor. I'll go over the pros and cons:

Pros:
-When she explains something in class, she always asks if everyone understands and in the past has supplemented our questions with new examples. Don't be afraid to ask questions in lecture, as there is a high probability that someone else has the same question
-She gives practice finals and midterms. For me, these worked great for studying. The one thing I would recommend doing is not just understanding the problem, but branching off and seeing how you can change it. (My TA was great at this)
-In lecture she was very friendly and easy going
-She gives blatant hints in class about specific things 'you should study' (aka will be on the exam)

Cons:
-I never went, but I heard office hours with her were frustrating.
-The practice midterms she gave tended to be deceivingly easy. Our exams were significantly more complex than the practice, but again expanding on the problems worked best.
-Occasionally she was unclear about a few points in her lecture. Although it was seldom there were times where you could see her getting frustrated at us not getting it because she was explaining things the same way over and over again.

Overall, I feel like this class was not a breeze. LS4 will require studying and practice problems, but if you take it with Chen I would recommend getting a good understanding as the exam questions are not always simple problems.