Reviews of professor Veena Ravishankar

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I had her once before this time, during her second semester at UMW. It was rough because she was new, and I understood that. But taking her again at a higher level in 240, she's just a terrible teacher. She doesn't actually teach anything, she just repeats the textbook and then overloads students with assignments and projects without instruction.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
her lectures are very boring and I found it hard to pay attention in class. Not difficult to get a good grade as long as you take notes

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
For labs/hw's, she is very helpful during office hours or via email. She often responds via email or just responds with thumbs up within like 5 minutes unless she is busy, even at like 8pm outside of 9-5 business hrs. Although in-class assignments are random, if you can't be here, email her about it. Teaching is OK but sometimes she is too fast.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Looking back on it I would take her again.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very kind but not very good at actually teaching. She didn't seem to know how to convey the information to us and wasn't confident in her explanations. With that being said, she follows the textbook extremely closely so you'll do well if you just use that and ask questions. She does much better explaining one-on-one than in a classroom setting.