Reviews of professor Samopriya Basu

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Nice guy but is clearly overwhelmed when teaching. He often messes up simple equations which don't help his unclear teaching style. Homeworks don't coincide with the material taught in class. Took almost a month to return midterm grades.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This is a really nice guy. Very accessible and always willing to spend some extra time to help out when something is not clear. His lectures are pretty good, though I would definitely like to see a few more applications. If you do the work, this class shouldn't be a big deal, unless you have no touch with math / stat classes.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is obviously a nice man, but he is so awkward that you cannot really talk about anything, even course related, with him. While most of the other STOR155 teachers just give you the formulas and then teach you how to apply them, he insists on deriving each and every formula which takes up the majority of class time. You can get an A, but its hard.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He is kind of an awkward person and it is difficult to ask him questions; however the class was not difficult. Homework was only about 15 times all semester and it was on webassign so not very hard. Each of the midterms had a front/back formula sheet and the final you could bring 3 sheets in. If you study and go to class you should get an A

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Honestly I had such a hard time learning from him. He is a nice guy, but his lectures are hard to follow and have nothing to do with the homework or quizzes. The lectures are repetitive and examples given are not helpful. Good guy tho

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Samopriya's class, in my opinion, was not bad. I found his lectures very boring, but he was thorough and at times even over-explained things. He lets you have full page "cheat sheets" on each exam and the homework gives you multiple attempts. If you actually attend class, do the homework, and study with practice problems you'll be fine.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
While Samopriya is definitely a smart guy, I would not recommend him for STOR 155. His office hours and review sessions were not very helpful, and he generally felt hard to approach with questions and concerns. He consistently released grades later than he said he would and his lectures were super dry. The TA review sessions were far more helpful.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Oh man, he's bad. Like BAD bad. A nice enough guy and obviously super intelligent, but just a terrible teacher. Homework, quizzes, and tests are all over the place. 1/2 of the class is him showing you how to derive formulas but rarely showing you how to apply them. Also he writes literally everything on the board in the world's tiniest handwriting

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
DO NOT TAKE STOR 155 with Basu!! He is the worst teacher I have had so far at UNC. While statistics is supposed to be an easy class, he made it my hardest class. He is not helpful and his tests are hard. I even hired a tutor and they were not sure what he was looking for on some tests. Do not recommend to anyone.