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TRINH NGUYEN

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Raw average: 2.55/5 from 47 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 211
Quality 1/5Difficulty 4/5
Very hard to understand this professor given his very thick accent. Class content is posted ahead of time, and attendance is pointless unless you read the slides. Midterms and final is nothing like the practice exams or review sessions. Don't take this section.
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MATH 211
Quality 1/5Difficulty 2/5
Prof. Nguyen is very kind and accessible outside of class, but his teaching is very unorganized. He doesn't use his tablet to solve problems in lecture, he just writes them out before hand for students to look at. I did not attend lecture after the first week, as going to class was often counterproductive.
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MATH 211
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Super nice and really helpful. Always willing to go over stuff in office hours and responds to emails fast. Midterm was easy, mostly basic concepts. Final was tougher and covered way more. But he grades generously and adjusted the cutoffs, so that helped a lot. As long as you keep up, you'll be fine
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MATH 211
Quality 5/5Difficulty 1/5
Great prof! Really helped me understand the behind the formula instead of just memorizing stuff. His examples in class were super helpful, and the exams were pretty fair, very similar to past tests and what we did in lecture.
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MATH 211
Quality 1/5Difficulty 4/5
He is a terrible professor. He does not care about his students' success at all and has horribly organized lectures. His tests were nothing like what was taught in class. His TAs hated him and his teaching method. Overall, he made what was supposed to be a fairly easy class unnecessarily hard.
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MATH 211
Quality 5/5Difficulty 1/5
Nguyen is a legit lifesaver. You can tell he wants you to succeed. His lectures and reviews are GOLD - exams are straight from them, no hidden tricks. Not the most hype class, but an easy A if you show up.
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Classes with TRINH NGUYEN

Survey of Calculus 1 covers essential differential and integral calculus, exponential/logarithmic functions, and functions of several variables for prebusiness and social sciences students.

No offering record · Spring 2025

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historical GPA · grades

Fall 2020–Spring 2025

Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Spring 2025MATH 211Survey of Calculus 1
Fall 2024MATH 541Modern Algebra 1
Spring 2024MATH 321Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Fall 2023MATH 521Analysis I
Spring 2023MATH 521Analysis I
Fall 2022MATH 319Techniques in Ordinary Differential Equations

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