Sailakshmi Srinivasan - Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI

Professor: Sailakshmi Srinivasan

Department: Mathematics

College: Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MTH110
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Great professor who understands how math works in the real world. Don't both buying the books, didn't open them once, waste of my money. Easiest math class I've ever taken. Passed with a 100% and I almost failed algebra in high school.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MTH110
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Mrs. Srinivasan is a wonderful educator. She can be unhelpful when asking questions at times, but her lectures are thorough and engaging. She is really devoted to every student understanding the material individually. Class was well structured with a good balance of homework and assesments.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MATH110
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Best math professor, she does have an accent but you can understand everything she's saying, if you've never heard of desmos, you will if you take her class and its SO helpful, she even lets us use it on exams. She also gives 5 extra credit points each exam just for for finishing 90% of that chapters homework. 10/10 recommend

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MATH110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Love the teacher as a person and outside of the classroom she can be so nice. But, inside of the classroom the teacher is very confusing with lecture notes gave. Foreign accent does not help much either, hard to understand some of the questions you are gave. Textbook is not required, relies on desmos a graphing calculator to help you with homework.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MTH101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

The biggest thing with this professor is the language barrier. It is most difficult to understand her at the beginning of the semster. She tries to be humerous, but the class is too easy. She also rarely accepts questions in class in relation to the homework given. If you prefer a class with no readings, take this one. Do not buy the books!!!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MTH202
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

OG teacher. She would teach you exactly what you needed to know. The way she presented the info to the class was a little messy and confusing, but if you would re-write your notes in correct order you'd be fine. SHE WOULD TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT TOPICS WOULD BE ON THE TEST. Would not play games. Test heavy, but get 5% EC for doing the Webwork.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MTH202
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Prof Srini was awesome for calc II, it was one of the easiest math courses I have ever taken

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MTH110
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

She is the best MTH 110 prof. The only homework is webwork that you must complete 80% of in order to pass, it is all due at the end of the year. Her lectures are trash, honestly so boring but you have to be in class so.. deal with it. I am a bum and just sat on my computer all class and still got an A.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MTH110
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Prof. S was overall a good professor for MTH 110. If I had to learn harder math from her, I would have probably struggled a bit. She has a very thick accent but I didn't mind it too much because it forced me to pay close attention. I got a really good grade in this class, but I did have to spend a little extra time in the math tutoring center

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MTH203
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Sailakshmi Srinivasan is nice, and wants you to see do well, but I wouldn't say she is an awesome professor. Yes she gives you a cheat sheet for each test, but she puts on the odd-ball examples you do once in class, and it makes the tests hard. If you make a simple mistake you lose 4% on your exam, so you can't afford to make any mistakes

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MTH203
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

She is very caring, easy to listen to, and interested in you as a student and a person. Her accent was difficult to understand for about the first week of class, but after that it was not an issue at all. As others have mentioned, she often ends sentences early, but this was not a problem for me. Extra credit for doing HW, would take again.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MTH203
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Srinivasan is a great professor! She has you do lots of example problems during class to prepare for the exams. There are opportunities for extra credit as well. Her accent is not at all an issue and she is very understandable. I would definitely recommend!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MTH110
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

She was a great professor. Her accent wasn't too hard to understand, but she would always clarify if students couldn't understand her. She let us use half sheets of paper for "cheat sheets" on the exams (which were all very straight forward), and she would usually let us out early as soon as you were finished with your assignment. Would take again.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MTH110
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I really enjoyed her as a professor! She was fun and lively during lectures and did a very good job explaining each problem. Although it was difficult to understand her sometimes, she was more than happy to repeat herself. Very good professor for MTH 110.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MATH110
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

AMAZING professor! She was very easy going and made the material easy to comprehend. The tests were also very simple due to the fact that you were able to use a note card and also due to the professor having a review day. I would definitely recommend this professor if you are taking MATH 110.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MTH110
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Great prof. really cares about you and really gets to know you. Treats you with a lot of respect and is almost like a mom. Wants nothing but for you to succeed. Definitely recommend this prof.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MATH110
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor was pretty good, expects you to know a good amount and self teach.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MTH202
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Easiest calc class I have taken. She's super nice and straight forward on the test.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MTH203
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Exams would be extremely easy if you complete all of the webwork and show up to class. Final exam needed a lot of studying because cumulative.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MTH203
• Grade Received: D+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If you are not a good test taker, AVOID AT ALL COST! Tests are worth 70% of your grade. Webwork and classwork are worth only 160 out of 600 points. She doesn't finish her sentences and stops in the middle to say "Ya Know?" NO! We don't know! That's why you are here to teach us. She scribbles all over your paper and doesn't write in the lines!!!!!!