Reviews of professor Sudeep Bapat

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I liked how he never used slides and worked everything out on the board. I wouldn't skip lectures because he goes through the material using examples. Not a lot of hw but hw was directly from textbook. His exams are straight forward, he only tested us on topics that we went over in class so no trick questions. Highly recommend taking 120B with him

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I walked into that class trying to get a major requirement over with, and I'm now considering a minor in statistics because of him. He's a very motivating professor. Make sure to take good notes in his class, since his steps are much more clear than the textbook. Also, investing heavily in a good formula sheet makes the final trivial.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Took his 120B course and had a great experience. His teaching style made the daunting material very manageable. I especially appreciated his straightforward instructions on how to solve examples. Rarely tries to trick you. Quizzes were very hard but midterm and final were very fair.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
When I was taking his class I thought he wasn't a great professor because he didn't give me a very good conceptual understanding, but what IS great about him is he gives explicit steps for every type of problem and has clear expectations. I would definitely recommend him compared to other professors. Also not a lot of homework and he's funny :)

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Literally the best stats professor at this school. He is SO nice, thoroughly explains the material and gives you an entirely fair amount of work. Definitely try to take your pstat classes with him!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The professor only lectured, and i took this class for PSTAT 109 and maybe thats where i messed up because this was his first time teaching this class. He read heavily from the slides, and reading the slides by myself was more effective and less time consuming. You will learn from youtube Videos and CLAS more than from him.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Awful professor. Doesn't explain any of the concepts covered in class, just writes formulas and then skips steps in examples. Half of his lectures are incoherent. Will keep introducing new problems and concepts, asking the class to "guess" the answer, and then after 2 minutes of silence writes the final answer without any explanation and moves on.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
The grade consists of homework, two quizzes, a midterm, and a final. Everything that you need to know is covered during lecture, during which the professor explains the definitions clearly and goes over many example problems and their solutions (textbook not needed but recommended for practice). Light homework load; quizzes and exams are very fair.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Bapat is definitely the best professor in the PSTAT department! His lectures are well organized and very clear. It's very easy to follow along in class. Reasonable amount of homework (6 HW for one quarter). I would definitely take him again.