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CHANWOO KIM

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Raw average: 1.45/5 from 42 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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MATH 221
Quality 2/5Difficulty 2/5
Chanwoo was hard to understand, came late and unprepared to lecture, failed to properly answer questions, and constantly messed up and seemed like he didn't understand the concepts himself. He was a nice guy, just not a very informed professor.
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MATH 221
Quality 1/5Difficulty 3/5
He did not teach; I had previously taken calculus in high school and spent my entire semester teaching my friends the curriculum. If I didn't have previous experience I would have failed. Would get problems wrong every lecture while doing them on the board and then would just move on knowing that he was wrong. DO NOT TAKE.
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MATH 221
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
Good luck, he doesn't teach and reads his slides instead of explaining what's going on.
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MATH 221
Quality 1/5Difficulty 4/5
Chanwoo is the absolute worst teacher I have ever encountered. If I didn't have previous calc experience, I wouldn't have done well. His lectures are a waste of time, and he's incapable of answering questions. I ended up using his class time to teach my friends what was going on. He's also mean and insufferable. DON'T TAKE.
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MATH 221
Quality 1/5Difficulty 4/5
If you have special circumstances with needing to miss something, or requesting extra time on things, he is not someone that is understanding and will not care. Your entire grade is determined based on midterms so if you do bad at the beginning, your grade will not be able to get improved much. His teaching is showing proofs that are irrelevant.
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Classes with CHANWOO KIM

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Spring 2026MATH 699Directed Study
Spring 2026MATH 716Ordinary Differential Equations
Spring 2025MATH 716Ordinary Differential Equations
Fall 2024MATH 221Calculus and Analytic Geometry 1
Spring 2024MATH 720Partial Differential Equations
Fall 2023MATH 521Analysis I
Spring 2023MATH 990Reading and Research
Spring 2022MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2021MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2020MATH 234Calculus--functions of Several Variables
Fall 2020MATH 990Reading and Research
Spring 2020MATH 619Analysis of Partial Differential Equations
Spring 2020MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2019MATH 222Calculus and Analytic Geometry 2
Fall 2019MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2018MATH 990Reading and Research
Spring 2018MATH 519Ordinary Differential Equations
Spring 2018MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2017MATH 319Techniques in Ordinary Differential Equations
Fall 2017MATH 699Directed Study
Fall 2017MATH 821Advanced Topics in Real Analysis
Fall 2017MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2016MATH 990Reading and Research
Spring 2016MATH 319Techniques in Ordinary Differential Equations
Fall 2015MATH 211Survey of Calculus 1
Spring 2015MATH 319Techniques in Ordinary Differential Equations
Fall 2014MATH 319Techniques in Ordinary Differential Equations

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