Reviews of professor Aditya Thakur

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Pretty standard upper div CS course. The homeworks all build on each other so make sure you understand each one. The tests are pretty hard but the prof gives lots of partial credit for the free response questions. Only negative is that he occasionally is visibly disappointed with the class when only a few students answer the lecture questions.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I'm just not a big fan of him, I felt his claims were a bit superficial, he claimed he cared about students, and believed recorded lectures to be a thing, but doesn't record them, just cause there isn't recording support for a classroom doesn't me he couldn't just use zoom like every other prof, that put me off for him completely.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Learn lots of Go in this class, which is useful. Homework is very challenging but could be done in a group of 4 people, and the testers are not that disgusting. Quizzes are very hard with very little time limit, but it prevents cheating effectively.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I feel like the homeworks could have been better explained. There were a lot of questions on piazza that were left unanswered about basic questions on the homework. Also the final was a huge spike in difficulty.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
good professor, very nice

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Pros: Organized Asynchronous Class OH moderately helpful Homework can be worked on in groups Cons: Open note tests that have so little time that its virtually impossible to finish all the questions.(Ex. 14 minute assessments) Censors/deletes any form of feedback Doesnt cover homework topics in depth enough in lecture No discussion

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Pros: helpful in OH, okay lectures, knowledgeable, organized. Cons: not enough time on assessments, ignores student concerns when many agree exams were unfair, lectures don't always reflect material needed for projects. Not the worst CS prof at UCD but not the best either.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
this professor does not have a formal textbook that he draws problems from. instead, he has powerpoints with

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Abysmal at best. Condescending professor who expects students to pretty much learn things on their own and lectures are mediocre as far as content.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The final was harder than everyone was expecting, but as a result he curved the whole class so 85% was an A-. The programming assignments were hard, but they have to be. The class is prog lang, gotta use the languages. The midterm was VERY fair. The teacher was SO kind and SO friendly and SO knowledgeable everyone loved his lectures.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
If you care about acquiring knowledge and getting intellectually challenged, take his class. If you just want to wing it and get a grade, don't. It's lecture and assignment-heavy, you need to think well, but it was worth it and I learnt a lot. Plus he's quite good in office hours and explains very well. Would definitely do again!