Reviews of professor Venkatesh Balan

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Balan is one of the best professors in the biotechnology field. he is very knowledgable and makes sure his students understand what he is teaching. Gave a lot of extra credit, very lenient, 10 homeworks(easy) and 2 exams (split in two/one part is open note). I learned the most from him would definitely take his class again.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Rushed through 50-70 slides each lecture in about 30-40min so nobody understand a thing. Have to watch 3h of pre recorded videos to get an idea. Then a few more hours searching up concepts he never explain because the test will have them. 2 exams, each one took 2 days! Massive programming project and a presentation. Lots of homework.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
His class is so unorganized and the worst I have ever encountered. He will say 1 thing but then change it a few days later. He is unreliable. You will teach yourself and you will question your determination. Its not you, its a bad professor that does not know how a university works

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
350 characters is not enough. Exams are based on memorization and each lecture has about 50 very detailed slides. Anything can be on the exam, even the most useless little things you see in a corner. Professor does not know how to convey the information to students and the TAs are useless. Good luck if you take this man.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Very difficult to communicate with effectively. If you have a choice, pick the other guy

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Absolutely one of the worst professors Ive even taken. The class is a absolute joke. Please, do not do it. Very lecture heavy and taught at a higher level than a intro class should be. Point based class. If I could rate lower than this I most definitely would.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Class runs on PowerPoints 40-50 slides. Professor is very knowledgeable. Exam are pretty difficult .