Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
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J.R. Schmidt
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Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
Little monotone and didn't seem very confident all the time but his lectures are amazing and he's active in student learning. He respects you like a peer.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 3/5Difficulty 2/5
Professor Schmidt taught for 2 of the units. You can tell that he is smart and knows a lot, but he cannot teach. I learnt a lot on my own and understood the content better when I taught myself. However, the tests for the units that he taught were the easiest and most straightforward in my opinion.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
Professor Schmidt lectured on 2 of the 5 units during the class and although the majority of the class preferred the other professor, Schmidt is still a great professor who definitely knows his stuff. His lectures were a little boring at times compared to the other professor but I would still gladly enroll in a class taught by him in the future.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 3/5Difficulty 3/5
J.R.Schimdt lectures in a round about way. He touches on the topics you need to know, but does not make it easy to follow along in lecture. The lectures are not interactive. Labs are pretty difficult. To succeed, you will need to attend office hours.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 2/5Difficulty 4/5
His lectures were really confusing. He walked around a lot and made it kinda hard to follow him. The class is already really hard so his inadequate teaching didn't really help. He is really good at helping answer questions outside of class though.Rate My Professors ↗
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Classes with J.R. Schmidt
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