Reviews of professor Mitra Shabestari

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Took this class in the summer all online. Would not recommend. She did give 2, 10 minute breaks during the 3ish hour lecture. Did not leave the class learning anything.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She is very nice, but I found the lectures to be pointless. I did not enjoy the class but I enjoyed the professors personality. Had to take the class online because of COVID, may have been better in person.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She is a very nice professor but I found it hard to understand what she was talking about through her accent. Also what she goes over in class is nothing what its like on the quizzes/homework. She does try to explain if you ask but in a very confusing way. I went to tutoring every Thursday and still made an 83.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I absolutely hate physics, I have never understood it and I don't think I ever will. Dr. Shabestari really is very nice and tries to help her students. But her lectures always go on tangents on one slide, they were so long that I honestly couldn't pay attention. Lots of homework/ assignments. Tests don't require any proctoring system but are hard.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Lectures are completely different than the homework. Lectures not correlated to quizzes or tests. You have to teach yourself. Quizzes out of 5 points and no partial credit for 4/5 questions. Participation grades random and harsh; 50 for missing 1 day but partner missed more got 75. Syllabus says -10 a day for hw but got 50 on hw 10 min late.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Okay. So a lot of people dont like her. But Ill be honest. She is doing the best she can and is trying her best to make an already hard class as easy as possible. Her tests are a lot of your grade but the test problems are derived directly from the lecture. Study the PowerPoint problems and the hw questions with feedback. Youll pass.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Professor Shabestari seems like a nice lady but that doesn't make up for the fact that this class was probably the worst thing I've ever paid to do in my life. Lectures are mandatory but they make no sense, there are quizzes on material that you haven't learned yet twice a week, the homework is long and confusing. Avoid this class at all costs.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I tell everyone I encounter to avoid her. Lectures dont prepare you at all for exams/homework. Doesnt curve exams (even when the class average was 45%). Hard to reach through email and she is rude if you give her any criticism.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Quiz was 5 questions w/ 4 MC and 1 long.Each MC worth 5 points, miss one already down a letter grade. Questions came from HW and PPT which doesn't sound bad but she grades every detail. If you don't put exactly what sh puts then she'll take multiple points off. Always willing to help but explanations very very confusing and hard to keep up with.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Nice individual, horrible professor.