Yordanka Kovacheva

6 reviews

Average rating: 1.67

This professor has taught: MATH120, MATH140, MATH141, MATH401, MATH402, MATH406, MATH461, MATH607

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Yordanka Kovacheva MATH140 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 01/26/2021 This review was submitted while most classes were online during the COVID-19 pandemic. It may not be indicative of a regular semester.	Lectures were hit and miss. She teaches from Pilachowski's pdf notes and fills in the blanks. Her exams are inspired by practice exams, but needlessly longer and more difficult. Discussions were not helpful since the worksheets were overly theoretical and my group and TA were useless (but I mostly blame Zoom for that). I didn't enjoy or hate this class, but it's certainly not worth the tuition.
Yordanka Kovacheva MATH140 Expecting a C+ Anonymous 12/20/2020 This review was submitted while most classes were online during the COVID-19 pandemic. It may not be indicative of a regular semester.	This is the worst teacher I've ever had by far. Her worksheets focus on conceptual theorems and questions utilized in the stone age and her lectures are about as useful as a foam paperweight. The majority of your learning experience will come from Kahn academy and the class average will probably be a 68%. Your midterms will be at a depth she will never explain (or go over afterwards) and she cares about as much for student concerns ( as a class) as she does for putting her grades in the system. I didn't know my weighted grade on elms until literally the midpoint and last day of the semester. The icing on top is that she'll grade all your midterms within 24 hours , except for the midterm along the last few days of the dropout deadline. No, that midterm took about a month and a half despite one of the TAs saying that they've already been graded weeks prior. She knows you're gonna drop and she'll keep you from knowing your grade until it is too late. We went from 200 to about 80 students in attendance in the first week so if you're reading this , switch while you can because the other spots will fill up quick.
Yordanka Kovacheva MATH140 Expecting a C+ Anonymous 12/07/2020 This review was submitted while most classes were online during the COVID-19 pandemic. It may not be indicative of a regular semester.	She can be really hard to understand at times and does not do the best job explaining concepts. The tests and worksheets can be really tough but she does give out old exams for practice. Overall, I would say to avoid her class but if you really try and do work out of class you can make it through class.
Yordanka Kovacheva MATH120 Expecting an F Anonymous 06/16/2020 This review was submitted while most classes were online during the COVID-19 pandemic. It may not be indicative of a regular semester.	Difficult to understand, I wouldn't recommend if you have any type of learning disability or something that makes math or understanding people difficult. Her English is bad and she mutters a lot. I also don't recommend for students who are racial minorities. She is a great representation of students paying a lot for college but learning from other sources like Khan Academy or YouTube instead of the professor.
Yordanka Kovacheva MATH120 Expecting a P Anonymous 05/17/2020 This review was submitted while most classes were online during the COVID-19 pandemic. It may not be indicative of a regular semester.	Don't take if you can help it. Yordanka is difficult to understand, teaches very quickly, and isn't receptive to student concerns. She makes things more difficult than they have to be, and her exams and discussion worksheets are harder than the other professors. Avoid at all costs if you value your sanity.
Yordanka Kovacheva MATH120 Anonymous 01/29/2020	She is thorough but scatterbrained and hard to follow. Very unorganized. Utilizes the most difficult way to solve problems and does not project. Switched out before the end of the d drop add period.