Laxmi Gupta - Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

Professor: Laxmi Gupta

Department: Mathematics

College: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: DISC1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Doesn't explain things well, LOTS of Homework(5+ pages more than once). When asked to explain a homework question, he will only do a similar one, not the same one. Very boring class, expects you teach a lot to yourself. Homework and Attendance counts.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: DISC1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Honestly, he's not a terrible teacher, and I did learn a lot from him. The only bad thing I have to say is that he assigns way to much HW. If you have Gupta plan on spending between 5 and 15 hours a week on HW. He also tends to cut off students but other than that he's a nice guy and is willing to help you learn.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: DISCRII
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: DISCII
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Pros: Nice Teacher, Curves Exams, borderline grade means he probably will round up. Drops one test, but final is worth more. Cons: Grades a small fraction of homework problems, many of these problems are hard (if you get them wrong you lose points). The final can be worth up to 60% of your grade.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CALC226
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Takes a week or more to return hw, not very timely if you don't know what's going on. Tests are too long for the time given. Rushes through material. Our class average was about a 69.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CAL01
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

All he does is do problems in class out of the book and doesn't explain how to do them...sometimes he starts a prob and then says oh you can figure out the rest. Then he gives you about 50 math problems a week to do and only grades 10. Nice guy but not a very good teacher

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: DISC2
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He certainly knows his material, but his method of presenting it is a little off. He thinks that just because he gets it, everyone else will. As a general rule, Discrete 2 isn't easy, but taking it with Gupta will easily raise the difficulty by a factor of 5.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: DISC1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

i haaated gupta. his lectures were hell. he's not a hard teacher, but dont expect his class to be easy. i DEFINITELY DONT RECOMMEND GUPTA. his class was the worst i've had at rit.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: DISCRETEII
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Discrete math II with him is not a good idea. Gupta takes off lots of points for stupid reasons. He is a bit overzealous when it comes to proofs. Not the best teacher in the department.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: DISCII
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I don't know how he teaches discrete math I, but discrete math II with him is not a good idea. I got an A in disc I easy, but when I got to Gupta's class I thought it was the easiest class I ever took, until he started taking off lots of points for stupid reasons and his ridiculous definition questions. Feels even if it's right, it's wrong to him

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: DISCRETEI
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

brilliant teacher, would take again and again short guy with tons of knowledge, pretty much sums him up

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: DISCRETEMATHI
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: DISCRETEI
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Good teacher. Knows the material well and passes it on well. Not much help in office hours, but he has plenty of them so w/e. Easy tests, easy homework. Fun man with a peculiar sense of humor.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: DISCRETE1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Gupta is the man. His classes are laid back and his tests are pretty easy. You feel real calm about going to his class and absorbing this buddha-like figure's knowledge.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: DISCRETE1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Cool professor with quizes every Friday...not always easy