Rani Mikkilineni - Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA

Professor: Rani Mikkilineni

Department: Computer Engineering

College: Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: COEN178
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She is a really sweet lady but lacks professionalism. Her lecture constantly has mistakes and no students feel comfortable asking questions because she gets mad. She does not respond to email, like ever! Grading is inconsistent and lacks explanation. She also does not have industry experience to back up her teaching. I'd say stay away from her.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: COEN178
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She's not that great of a lecturer (zips through her ppts, misinterprets your questions), but if you THOROUGHLY study the slides then you should do fine. If you're confused about a quiz/exam question, make sure to ask. She can be ambiguous at times. But she's knowledgeable and pretty nice! 3 HWs, weekly "pop" quizzes, 2 midterms, 1 project, final

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: COEN275
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Her programming assignments and projects are really good. They will help you learn the subject. But she grades only on final exam. She doesn't consider projects or assignments even though she says she would. I got full marks for assignments and extra credit for one but got a B as I screwed up 1 question in my final exam.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: COEN161
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

As others stated she's a monotonous lecturer and is not a very helpful prof. I had a particularly terrible experience: I got screwed over by a group partner, but she made my grade pay for it because my group partner was kissing up to her. Would never take again.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: COEN178
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Great professor. His lectures are a little dry but the class is not difficult at all and she grades really easily. EASY A CLASS. Just survive the lectures learn a little and you will pass.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: COEN161
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Very easy class, very terrible professor. The content she is teaching is pretty outdated and is pretty primitive, and her code samples are poorly formatted. That being said, it's a super easy class. I finished a lot of homework in her class, and still passed with flying colors. tl;dr W3 schools in the sheets, myspace in the sheets.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: COEN161
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She is still the same as past reviewers have already stated. Stubborn teacher who thinks her words should be final even if your method may be partially right. If you go against her ins any way you will buttheads. Makes you know the peculiarities of why things will or will not work.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: 359
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Not helpful .Very disappointed .

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: COEN359
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Great class. Learnt many patterns

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: COEN275
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Good class. Makes concepts very clear. Helpful and approachable.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: COEN275
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Think twice, bad in grading !!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: COEN276
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Boring class! You will better understand if you read by yourself.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: COEN160
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

1-Doubt if she has much industry experience, 2-monotonous and boring, 3-uses no textbook, 4-uses old notes and links from 90's in her tutorials even when much better tuts are available online, 5-Teaches very little in class, 6-Only those who know a lot about her course already will find it easy.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: COEN161
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Her tests are graded unfairly without explanation, and she seems to believe web design peaked in 1998. The tests ask detailed questions about peculiar items that we never covered in class and aren't in the textbook. Students blatantly cheat on her tests by looking up the answers online, yet she does nothing to police this or prevent it.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: COEN275
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Boring class.Don't ask questions cause it doesn't make sense for her.Difficult to handle the projects.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: COEN1
• 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:

She is too much unpredictable,I was expecting A and Got B,Some one got A who had not given his mid terms also.so very bad grading!

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: COEN285
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Workload besides for project is light. Lots of reading on software engineering concepts. Probably not worth your time to take class on this topic. Testing can be tricky even though instructor says multiple choice, we got more fill in the blank with no word bank so memorization important.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: COEN275
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Not worth the time or money. Not sure that she has ever worked in industry. Doesn't like to answer questions, boring, and demanding. Class load is heavy. Can learn more by reading a book.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: COEN285
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Don't ask any questions, it would first confuse her then piss her off. Don't expect to learn anything from her.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: COEN275
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Great Professor, I am here to learn, even after having a lot of background in programming, got to learn a lot from her. Her examples are great and class flows, I look forward for next class after each session and never get disappointed on what she teaches. You won't need anything out of basics to get a job...which you will get from her.