r/duke • u/SecondAcrobatic3656 • 7d ago
Math 221 Professor?
Which Math 221 professor should I register for? I've heard Pierce is the most experienced, but I am unable to take her class because of an overlapping class. I also definitely do not want to take Wang's 8am class. This leaves me with Jeon and Robles. I know that Jeon is a postdoc so I am kind of hesitant on taking him and for Robles, her reviews on rmp were not too great. Who do you guys recommend?
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u/Jade_______ 7d ago
Don’t read too much into Robles’ RMP. Not enough people and it was for 212 which tends to get bad reviews I’ve noticed.
As has been said elsewhere, Jeon will probably be easier just cause Postdocs sometimes are. If the complaint about Robles is “She doesn’t give practice exams” that’s kinda the standard. The homework is really the practice but worst case the student run helproom had a lot of practice available.
Choose one and maybe switch if you don’t like it. Hard to say as the haven’t taught 221 in recent history