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I want to start this review with saying that I read a lot. I don't want to seem snarky, or full of myself, I just want to say that I can recognize bad from good, when it comes to literature. Or maybe not? It's up to you to decide whether or not my review is helpful.
(Some spoilers included)

With that being said, Classroom of the elite isn't anything revolutionary when it comes to writing. Most of the descriptive paragraphs, are something you'll pretty much find in any other basic novel. You know "Her shyness was showing through her rosy-red cheeks" type of descriptions. Of course non ... of this means that the writing is bad per say, it's just average, and it does what it's supposed to. Giving the reader enough to work out the image.

What I can compliment this work on, are the characters. The whole premise of this guy, being exposed to white room torture at a young age, and somehow becoming this STEM scientist, instead of a crazed lunatic is fun to read. Also given that the medium in question is a light novel, it gives you more room to flesh out characters personalities, talk about their past and the like. Which the author does well enough. And I also like that they mature, and their motives change, it's not like they have this set goal from the beginning that they stick to. Most of my favorite characters started of being very one dimensional. But thankfully the author developed them so they didn't become insufferable. This is a personal pet peeve more than anything, but the author has, in my opinion, a problem with writing characters that you are supposed to hate. For example Ichika and Kushida are obviously written to be villains. But I cannot hate them, maybe because the main character is so otherworldly, that they do not pose a threat. No seriously, at this point Ayanokoji is written as this flawless being that the only weakness the author could come up with for him is, the fact that he doesn't watch anime so he fail a test based on that, and that he has trouble communicating. The author pulled the most anime trope ever.

With that being said, even though this piece is objectively cringe worthy, and it's target audience is mostly edgy teenagers that post sigma edits on the gram, it is such dumb fun. All these weird and strange exam challenges, are so out there that I can't help but laugh while reading the synopsis of them. Like the school at one point rents out a cruise. For an exam. What is this "The Suite Life on Deck"? Maybe I should read about the whole gist of the school again, but if the whole point of the school is to create academic elites I don't get why they accept average or below average students, seems counterintuitive, but then again it's a light novel. It's not supposed to make sense it's supposed to sell. Anyway, You-Zitsu or COTE whatever you call it, isn't this crazy work of fiction that everyone should indulge in. It is fun to read, it is also easy to read. So if you're looking to kill time after school or work, this is a good way to just turn off your brain and enjoy some outlandish story that you wouldn't be able to find in normal literature. So I am giving it a plus for characters, plus for creativity and average points for the rest (writing, progression, fluidity etc). Just don't take it seriously and enjoy it for the atypical work that it is.