Zara Contractor

Professor Contractor clearly knows what she's talking about. However, she did a poor job at conveying ideas to students. I left lectures more confused than when I entered, and exams seemed impossible.

I strongly don't recommend taking this class, although I got an A score, and the workload is not very high. Professor Contractor has a hard time expressing her idea precisely. This is not only obvious during the lectures, but also made me suffer a lot during the exam, especially when I could not understand the questions she was asking. And if you ask her questions to clarify those exam problems she will reject, you can imagine yourself not getting any explanation for the exam problems. And this caused a significant loss of my points during the midterm exam, although I perfectly understood every knowledge point. The overall experience of studying with her is also with a lot of difficulties. Her teaching material differs from other professors' teaching material, and since she is a new professor, the TA in this class cannot help with anything after a half through the semester. The TA's attitude is also not very kind. And you should not expect any help from CTLR, as no instructor from CTLR has ever learned everything taught in her class.

I strongly don't recommend taking this class, although I got an A score, and the workload is not very high. Professor Contractor has a hard time expressing her idea precisely. This is not only obvious during the lectures, but also made me suffer a lot during the exam, especially when I could not understand the questions she was askin …Read more

I really liked this class and Professor Contractor. I felt she was very enthusiastic about the material, and really wanted you to succeed. She had a lot of office hours for you to attend to make sure you understood the material. There was a midterm and a final. There were also problem sets every week. I liked the problem sets because they made you practice the material and know if you really understood the material. Classes were mostly lecture and I really enjoyed that because it helped me understand new material.

I really liked this class and Professor Contractor. I felt she was very enthusiastic about the material, and really wanted you to succeed. She had a lot of office hours for you to attend to make sure you understood the material. There was a midterm and a final. There were also problem sets every week. I liked the problem sets because …Read more