Professor Abramenko is a great professor and teaches the material very well! The worksheets are kind of tedious since there is one assigned pretty much every class period but there is always a 1-day grace period and the lowest 1 or 2 worksheets are dropped if you attend at least ~85% of lectures. The projects are horrible solely because they are in MATLAB, a terrible programming language that's never actually taught during class but you're just expected to kind of pick it up (but only to the extent of completing the projects MATLAB is not testable material).

Overall, the concepts taught in this class are very cool and have tons of applications in computer science such as image compression and least squares regression. Every concept builds on top of the last, so make sure you get help immediately if you don't understand something. Exams can be tough but an A is certainly doable.

Abramenko is a lovely professor who is passionate about the material and honestly has really good notes/lecture ability. The issue in this class is that the material is pretty dry (not too difficult though). I would not hesitate to take this class again with Abramenko.

Professor Abramenko was a great professor! I loved the class and really learned a lot. It did require doing work outside of class, but I thought it was a fair workload. Unlike most math classes, I did have to read the textbook before class usually, but skimming it was usually enough. The Matlab labs and projects were a lot of work, but I think they are changing that aspect of the class. I always got full credit for the Matlab components, it just took a lot of time and trial and error.

Prof. Abramenko is a great APMA educator. She answers any questions you may have well and teaches effectively. I think all math professors are under-appreciated at UVA. I appreciated her availability and willingness to help students understand the material. The course is well structured and by the end, you feel like you've learned a lot. The exams were fair and the homework and classwork were excellent ways to learn. The WebWork questions were sometimes tricky and the time you spent on them made it feel like a waste when it's only worth 5% of the grade. Recorded lectures helped when you were stuck. I personally never read the textbook after the first chapters, I found the lectures and in-class material enough, but I also wasn't the best student.

This class follows a familiar format to previous APMA classes you must take before 3080, which is reassuring. The hardest part of this course is that all of the content is intertwined. If you have any doubts about the first few units, clear them ASAP because they will come back to haunt you at the middle and end of the course. I found this class much easier than Calc 2 and 3, but I took those online. Review the homework worksheets and classwork worksheets before the exams because the questions are usually similar. If you understand the homework and classwork worksheets, you'll be fine for the exams.

The class grade is spread across classwork, homework, midterms, and the final, so you're set up for success if you put in the effort. #tCFfall2021

Overall, this class was fine. I wouldn't say Abremenko is a bad prof, but there was something about her teaching style in recorded lectures I didn't quite like. Yet, she gets the points across and teaches what she needs to teach. There were weekly homework and group work that were mostly fine, except sometimes the graders were nitpicky on minute things. Overall, Abremenko was pretty pleasant to have and taught what needed to be taught. #tCF2020

I do not understand why people like Abramenko. I think she is truly one of the less skilled APMA professors. I relied on youtube videos to understand most of the concepts and had an epiphany moment towards end of chapter 6 when I could link all c0oncepts together. Meanwhile, she never built the next chapter on prior one and her lectures were a jumbled mess. She is so awful with technology you can cry. She constantly missed publishing recorded lectures, or couldn't even upload a worksheet from her end if gradescope had any bugs on your end. It is a very interesting topic but she made it miserable for me.

Linear Algebra is a hard math course but this class is still pretty great. If you're willing to put in the effort and do all the work, you can do very well in this class. We had 1 homework and 1 webwork due every week which wasn't that bad (Grad TAs were super helpful with this) and the questions were pretty straightforward. The tests (3 of em and a final) were kinda weird in that not only are you expected to know how to solve problems, but you have to understand the definitions and what it implies. I found the reading the textbook was extremely helpful in understanding the concepts because although Abramenko's lectures are solid, its hard to understand everything because of the pace of the class. Attending lectures is a must though (she also has a participation grade for that) and Abramenko is a p chill professor and explains the topics pretty well.

Abramenko is passionate about the topic and knowledgeable about the class. Some of what she teaches is a bit abstract, so if you really love math you want to take this class with Professor Abramenko; otherwise, she's probably not the best choice for you. Some people find the tests difficult, but in my experience if you pay attention in lecture and try on the homework and in class worksheets, the tests are plenty easy. I said about 2 hours a week for reading because if you choose to do the readings that's about how long they are. However, the readings are helpful, but not necessary.
For people who enjoy math absolutely take this class.

Professor Abramenko is super nice and extremely helpful, both in class and during her office hours. Her tests and quizzes aren't hard either if you pay attention in class. I would definitely recommend her.

Professor Abramenko will fit your style if you're able to use proofs and conceptual knowledge about the topic when it comes to problem applications. My frustration with this class came from the fact that there were problems on each exam that we had never practiced in class, in online homework sets, or in written homework sets. I found that her tests required applying previous knowledge from class to solve more difficult questions. To me, this seemed a bit extreme. Linear algebra as a course is difficult to conceptualize and Abramenko will without a doubt help you visualize and grasp the topics, however you will seriously need to apply yourself in order to do well on the tests. Do not rely on the practice exams to accurately prepare you for any of the exams, finals included.