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Benson, Bridget

Cumulative GPA: 3.78/4.00 with 9 evaluations
Presents Material Clearly: 3.89
Recognizes Student Difficulties: 3.67

Computer Engineering Department, Cal Poly, SLO
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CPE 233 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 10:20 am, Mar 25, 2013 Report Evaluation		Benson is awesome. I had her for 133 and 233. The labs can be challenging but very rewarding after they are completed and she is always willing to help students if they are having problems. I would absolutely take her again. Her midterms are somewhat challenging but very fair. Absolutely recommend her.

CPE 233 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 2:59 pm, Mar 14, 2013 Report Evaluation		Prof. Benson has a great teaching style and is very approachable. Her office hours are always busy as students are trying to debug their labs or final project. Yet she still has time to answer all or any of your questions either online through the Polylearn forum, emails or during class. She teaches very straight forward and there is no ambiguity when she has midterms, she will give you sheets and online material of what to study a week before the midterm. She even has review days where she covers material right before the midterm. Lenient on late work which was awesome especially for the more difficult labs. Highly recommended over the other CPE professors teaching 133 and 233.

CPE 133 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 8:18 pm, Feb 19, 2013 Report Evaluation		Professor Benson was a very nice teacher who always helped out either during office hours or during class. The only downside was that there were no TA's, but that wasn't her fault. I took her in Fall 2012, and she had quizzes each time we met, so I say definitely go to class. She also posts videos on Polylearn, which is extremely beneficial, as it contains relevant examples of problems.

CPE 336 Junior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 1:53 am, Jun 16, 2012 Report Evaluation		The course had a sort of laissez-faire feel to it so most of the time was spent working individually and the lectures were brief, but Bridget was really positive and helpful any time we needed her. She also read all of our project reports and code, and gave excellent feedback which made it easy to improve as programmers, and made it easy to figure out what she was looking for. Also, she gave us the best first day of class that I've ever experienced in college(Take one of her classes and you'll see what I mean). Overall, Bridget kicks some serious ass.

CPE 133 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 10:45 pm, May 3, 2012 Report Evaluation		She's a good teacher, but tough. I had her for CPE 133 (got a B+) in Fall 2011 when she first started teaching. She went all out on us when she started teaching in Fall 2011. Tests were long and difficult, but there wasn't anything she didn't show you before and it's only a step harder than the work she assigns. At the time, she used Mealy's textbook. She'll tell you what problems to do, but they aren't actually assigned; it's up to you to do them yourself. Do the problems and make sure you understand what's going on in labs. Don't think you can get away with letting your lab partner(s) figure everything out; it will bite you in the associated when lab related questions come up on the tests. Grading was based on labs, four quizzes, three tests, a final lab project, a lab final and the final exam itself.

CPE 233 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 4:42 pm, Apr 1, 2012 Report Evaluation		Your grade for this class pretty much consists of 2 midterms, labs, and the final. The 3 tests were reasonably challenging. During labs, she's always willing to help out. On some occasions, she stays after class to help out which shows she cares about her students. Overall, she's a great professor - just take her if you can.

CPE 233 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 1:23 pm, Mar 19, 2012 Report Evaluation		Bridget has taught 2 quarters here at Cal Poly and I must say, she's doing an excellent job so far. We began our CPE 233 course with her admitting that she didn't fully know the material. That was no problem though as she as able learn the material quickly, and be able to convey it to us clearly and effectively. In this class we were supposed to learn how a simple CPU works and actually design one ourselves. Bridget Benson hit a home run in giving us the knowledge and resources to do so. The class grade consists of 10 labs, 2 Midterms, and 1 Final. She will cushion exam grades and extend deadlines if she sees too many people suffering. Thanks to the EE (or is it CPE?) department for hiring someone like her. Good choice.



CPE 133 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 6:11 pm, Feb 20, 2012 Report Evaluation		The class is challenging but not impossible. Benson's lectures are on point with what you can expect in the lab immediately following the lecture and later on the tests and quizzes. It was her first time teaching the course so there was a steep learning curve as far as how many problems students could complete in the allotted time(she allowed a make up for some partial points). Overall it's a fun class and she does well to convey the material clearly.

CPE 133 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 11:18 pm, Feb 16, 2012 Report Evaluation		She was a good teacher, and was very helpful. Class was very time consuming though and her test were real hard.

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