Reviews of professor Steve Presse

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The lectures were very clear and the problem sets were fair but challenging. The prof was happy to spend time after class talking to us. He was pretty responsive by email especially before problem set deadlines. I look forward to his class next semester.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Prof Presse holds his lectures and students to a high standard in this course. Since this is a class on statistical and thermal physics, expect to be challenged at least a little.  Professor Presse loves working with his students so if you find yourself struggling/ falling behind, reach out to him. He'll be glad to clarify and help.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Presse gave really good lectures that didn't just follow the textbook. Dr. Presse also caught on pretty quickly that many were using online resources to do problem sets and gave us a 10 minute stern lecture. Thanks to that, my study group to do problem sets was actually helpful knowing that we were actually working on the problems.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Presse keeps the class engaged by asking questions throughout lecture. His tests are taken from homework so as long as you do the homework you will be ok. His lectures are also really inspiring by taking material from branches across physics and tying them to thermo/stat mech. Highly recommend!!!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This is a course on computational statistics and I would recommend taking it if you're interested in machine learning topics. Moreover, Dr. Presse is an entertaining and intelligent instructor. Don't feel afraid to reach-out to him to get the most out of the class.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Great class with A+ lectures. Very difficult. But ruthless course policy. 0 on a pset worth 10% of the final grade for turning it in 5 minutes late (not exaggerating). Extension req denied for another pset even though they aren't explicitly not allowed. Feedback on psets lacking. Feeling hunted by the syllabus, but the class content is fantastic.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The prof knows his stuff and makes the material accessible by relating the material to real life examples. His problem sets directly relate the class material to phenomena across physics. The TA was amazing!!!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Taking the class this semester. Basically the most useful and best course I have taken at ASU hands down. The professor gives you an in depth description of data analysis and modeling from a perspective I wish I had gathered as an early undergrad. He wrote the textbook for the class. Amazing depth of knowledge and crystal clear lectures.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He is your classic insecure egotistic man who WILL take it out on you if he doesn't like you or if you disagree with him. Fortunately, I wasn't one of his victims. Extremely uncaring, bad at teaching. Often the TA would teach bc he would go out of state. We're convinced he's writing some of the reviews and that he reported the ones criticizing him