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Kristen Hendricks

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Easiness 3.3 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Workload 3.3 / 5 How light the workload is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Clarity 4.8 / 5 How clear the professor is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Helpfulness 4.7 / 5 How helpful the professor is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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Feb. 5, 2016
Quarter: Fall 2015
Grade: A-

Professor Hendricks is the BEST prof I've met so far. She is very smart and fast in thinking and talking though gives clear explanations. I made silly mistakes so I end up with A- but the tests are easy. She is passionate in solving problems in her office hour, also gives you warm welcome and friendly smiles. Overall she is great, and I would be willing to take her class again in the upper division if possible.

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Feb. 14, 2016
Quarter: Fall 2015
Grade: A

Ms. Hendricks is a energetic, young, and great math teacher. Her energy and high voice makes it difficult to sleep in class which was great for me in her morning class. She responds with a smile to the few questions people ask about her very clear lectures. Her TAs are extremely helpful and the assigned homework is relatively short. There are homework quizzes every week in discussion on the slightly harder questions. Practice tests prepare you for her fair tests that are slightly more advanced than book problems. I doubt I could learn the math any easier than this class makes it, but as expected A's take some effort.

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Feb. 17, 2016
Quarter: Fall 2015
Grade: B+

I'm actually surprised to find people rating highly of her, but I think it's fair that people like her.
Yes, she's a great lecturer and she cares a lot.
However, I just don't recommend freshmen to take her class. She does not allow one midterm to be dropped, so the midterms are more important than the final. So what happened was that I did not fully get used to college and got a 54/100 in the first midterm, which means that my nearly perfect scores thereafter did not do much good. I must say that I really tried, but her midterms are much tougher than other profs' and require lots of writing in the short 50 mins. She explained in detail all textbook problems, but actual grades only depend on your intelligence.
Again, she's great, but after I figured it out, I just didn't go to her lectures and got much better on exams.

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May 24, 2016
Quarter: Winter 2016
Grade: A

Definitely take Hendricks if you can. 32B is a pretty challenging, if not the most challenging, undergrad math class, but Hendricks makes things quite straightforward.

HW: She assigns homework straight from the third edition of the textbook, but you don't turn the homework in. Instead, you take weekly quizzes in discussion that are just two problems from the week's homework.

Tests: As long as you complete the homework and understand the material, the tests are doable. Nothing especially tricky about them. Do the practice test that she gives you in preparation, review the homework problems for practice, and it should be good.

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June 7, 2016
Quarter: Fall 2015
Grade: A-

Hendricks is a fantastic and approachable lecturer, explaining every relevant concept well and providing plenty of examples and derivations to help our intuition, and has a good sense of humor. The grading scheme is quite fair; the homework quizzes are easy if you do and understand the homework, and in case you miss a point or two on one of them, the lowest quiz grade gets dropped. The midterms are straightforward, fair, and comprehensive, and she gives practice exams of comparable difficulty to the real exams, which were very helpful. However, unlike other professors, she does not let you drop your lower midterm grade, which is why I ended up with an A- despite doing very well on the second midterm. Regardless, I would definitely still recommend that you take Hendricks' lower division math courses.

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June 15, 2016
Quarter: Winter 2016
Grade: A

Her lectures are extremely helpful and clear, so go to them. She's really enthusiastic about teaching the material in lecture, so it won't be hard to stay awake. She even throws in a little sense of humor here and there.

Weekly quizzes in discussion are two problems exactly from the weekly homework, so just study the homework and the quizzes will be no problem.

There was nothing tricky about the midterms or final, but for the midterms, being able to do the problems quickly is crucial to getting a good score. There is more time per problem provided on the final, though, to be able to work at a slower pace and double-check answers.

Based on her teaching style, I would recommend Hendricks for any math class.

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MATH 32A
Quarter: Fall 2015
Grade: A-
Feb. 5, 2016

Professor Hendricks is the BEST prof I've met so far. She is very smart and fast in thinking and talking though gives clear explanations. I made silly mistakes so I end up with A- but the tests are easy. She is passionate in solving problems in her office hour, also gives you warm welcome and friendly smiles. Overall she is great, and I would be willing to take her class again in the upper division if possible.

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MATH 32A
Quarter: Fall 2015
Grade: A
Feb. 14, 2016

Ms. Hendricks is a energetic, young, and great math teacher. Her energy and high voice makes it difficult to sleep in class which was great for me in her morning class. She responds with a smile to the few questions people ask about her very clear lectures. Her TAs are extremely helpful and the assigned homework is relatively short. There are homework quizzes every week in discussion on the slightly harder questions. Practice tests prepare you for her fair tests that are slightly more advanced than book problems. I doubt I could learn the math any easier than this class makes it, but as expected A's take some effort.

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MATH 32A
Quarter: Fall 2015
Grade: B+
Feb. 17, 2016

I'm actually surprised to find people rating highly of her, but I think it's fair that people like her.
Yes, she's a great lecturer and she cares a lot.
However, I just don't recommend freshmen to take her class. She does not allow one midterm to be dropped, so the midterms are more important than the final. So what happened was that I did not fully get used to college and got a 54/100 in the first midterm, which means that my nearly perfect scores thereafter did not do much good. I must say that I really tried, but her midterms are much tougher than other profs' and require lots of writing in the short 50 mins. She explained in detail all textbook problems, but actual grades only depend on your intelligence.
Again, she's great, but after I figured it out, I just didn't go to her lectures and got much better on exams.

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MATH 32B
Quarter: Winter 2016
Grade: A
May 24, 2016

Definitely take Hendricks if you can. 32B is a pretty challenging, if not the most challenging, undergrad math class, but Hendricks makes things quite straightforward.

HW: She assigns homework straight from the third edition of the textbook, but you don't turn the homework in. Instead, you take weekly quizzes in discussion that are just two problems from the week's homework.

Tests: As long as you complete the homework and understand the material, the tests are doable. Nothing especially tricky about them. Do the practice test that she gives you in preparation, review the homework problems for practice, and it should be good.

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MATH 32A
Quarter: Fall 2015
Grade: A-
June 7, 2016

Hendricks is a fantastic and approachable lecturer, explaining every relevant concept well and providing plenty of examples and derivations to help our intuition, and has a good sense of humor. The grading scheme is quite fair; the homework quizzes are easy if you do and understand the homework, and in case you miss a point or two on one of them, the lowest quiz grade gets dropped. The midterms are straightforward, fair, and comprehensive, and she gives practice exams of comparable difficulty to the real exams, which were very helpful. However, unlike other professors, she does not let you drop your lower midterm grade, which is why I ended up with an A- despite doing very well on the second midterm. Regardless, I would definitely still recommend that you take Hendricks' lower division math courses.

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MATH 32B
Quarter: Winter 2016
Grade: A
June 15, 2016

Her lectures are extremely helpful and clear, so go to them. She's really enthusiastic about teaching the material in lecture, so it won't be hard to stay awake. She even throws in a little sense of humor here and there.

Weekly quizzes in discussion are two problems exactly from the weekly homework, so just study the homework and the quizzes will be no problem.

There was nothing tricky about the midterms or final, but for the midterms, being able to do the problems quickly is crucial to getting a good score. There is more time per problem provided on the final, though, to be able to work at a slower pace and double-check answers.

Based on her teaching style, I would recommend Hendricks for any math class.

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