Leela Rakesh - Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI

Professor: Leela Rakesh

Department: Mathematics

College: Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MTH217
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Awful professor. She is already hard to understand but she gets off topic easily and makes no sense how she teaches. She will usually write the problem then the answer and gets confused easily when you ask for help/ask what she did. She teaches as if you already know calculus. If you want to pass and actually learn DO NOT take her

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: BIS217
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

The worse person ever, Cant understand and is super mean. Do Not Take just do not do it

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MTH133
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

wastes half of every class talking about complete nonsense that has nothing to do with class. Impossible to follow along with her as she works. class avg from first exam exam was around 50% and her answer to this was to give us a 1 question quizz everyday until the entire class passed it.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MTH133
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

So incredibly frustrating taking MATH 133 with her. Does not do much teaching and wastes half the time talking about random things that are not relevant to the topic at hand. Would not recommend. Nice lady, though.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MTH217
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Don't. Just don't. Trust me. She is the worst professor I've ever had. I sat in the front since it is really hard to understand her. She gets off topic very easily and frequently. Halfway through every class, more than half the class would have left. Eventually no one came. She is also horrible at explaining things. REQUIRED: TEACH YOURSELF

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MTH217
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Such a wonderful lady but easily distracted during lecture. Lecture doesn't help much-do the homework and reviews online and watch the videos to teach yourself, its easier that way. The online reviews are the same as the exams. She does curve the exams and offers many extra credit opportunities, so take advantage of those. Ask her about stocks.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MTH217
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

She's a nice lady, however, she is hard to understand as she has a heavy accent. She often gets off topic a lot in the middle of solving a problem. However, her quizzes and tests were almost the exact same as the practice ones she posts online, so you pretty much have to teach yourself. She curves heavily, however, I wouldn't recommend taking her

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MTH217
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Literally worst professor ever. Her final exam was nothing like the exam review guide. I even asked her what to study, whether it was the past 2 exams or the review for the final and she said the review guide. You have to teach yourself the material online. Her examples in class suck. No structure to the course. She gets off topic a lot. Don't take!

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MTH217
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

First day of class she told us that people rarely pass this class. Easily the worst teacher I have had during my time at Central. I highly recommend not taking this professor in any classes. She is a very nice person but does not email you back and she is the worst grader. She will tell you what the answer is and then marks it wrong. DO NOT TAKE

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MTH217
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I took her class this semester and it was the first class I struggled with. She goes off topic a lot of time, rushes through examples, has an accent, and doesn't teach concepts very well. I ended withdrawing because a C or better wasn't possible after how behind I was. I wasn't able to teach myself so that's what ultimately made me withdraw.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MTH217
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Cannot understand the majority of what she says. Does not teach much, just writes the answers "usually". Unless you already know calc I would strongly suggest finding a different prof.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MTH132
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

so easy.... lol idk why people hate her class the 1st exam was literally the review guide... talk about not trying

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MTH132
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

This professor is possibly the worst teacher here at central Michigan. She is hard to understand while teaching, then while trying to understand her she gets off topic and talks about nothing to do with the class. Also always check over your tests with the person next to you because she often grades very wrong, I found that out the hard way. She is a nice person but bad teacher. If you care about your gpa and want to do good, do not by any means take this class with her. You will regret it I promise you.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MTH217
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Prof. Rakesh is super hard to understand, and is apt to get off topic during lecture. However, during my first fall semester in school, I was going through a rough patch and Prof. Rakesh called me to her office one day after class and offered her condolences and even invited me to meet her for tea.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MTH217
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

The class was very difficult. She doesn't talk loud and has an accent. Her writing is not very good and it will take you a while to figure out. X's look like k's or r's,"of" looks like a q. If you are very good at math then you will probably be fine, if not, you will struggle. Attend all classes and use math center because she doesn't explain well.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MTH217
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She was very tough to understand, ended up teaching the entire semesters work to myself. Do NOT take this course with this professor.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: COS126
• 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:

good

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MTH217
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This is the hardest class I've ever taken. If you have a choice, do NOT take this class with Rakesh. She makes things even more confusing and she's pretty hard on you. The only thing that's nice about having her is that she grades on a big curve.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MTH217
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Teacher is very hard to understand at times but moving to the front helps a lot. Try to sit next to someone smart to converse if you don't understand her. Do all of the online Homeworks/Quizes/Exams because its similar/exactly the same for tests. Go to office hours for extra help. She has review too before class. Makes you earn your grade

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MTH217
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Cant understand her. Quizzes every week. Disrespectful to students. Taught myself everything for the class in the math center and if you for some reason take this class with her, youre going to be teaching yourself everything too.