Reviews of professor Smita Lahiri

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She has a one-sided view on a many things. I took this as a discovery and had to do work in a way that lined up with her views so I got better grades. The worst part? I couldn't go to class for a few weeks because of medical issues and I got a deans note, she never responded to me or the dean and didn't answer a single one of my 12 emails all year.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Was the most insane workload Ive had since being at college. Never organized, announced projects last minute, never gave clear instructions, was confused by her own class, assigned last minute books, and was overall a horrific lecturer. The entire class was in shambles and had to lean on the support of our peers to try and make it.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof. Lahiri is a very nice person but not a great professor. She was always at least five minutes late to her own class, and on the daily quizzes we had to do there were multiple answers to what was to be single answer questions, and multiple versions of what the final paper was to be about. Overall I didn't feel like I learned anything of use.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Lahiri was not a great professor, she would go on long tangents to answer small questions. She would never be on time for her class and would assign up to 50-page reading assignments and have a four-question quiz for the next class. I struggled to focus on my other classes with the workload she gave.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I took this class because it was a requirement, but I really wish I hadn't. The professor never knew what was happening and half the class would skip because it was so boring or no one would pay attention. She would give us many assignments to do each week but never address them again. I would not recommend this class if you don't have to take it.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Such a nice lady that really cares about her students. A decent amount of work but she wasn't a tough grader. Handled the online shift well.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Smita is by far the worst professor I've ever had. She has zero direction in her lectures and she is always all over the place. I respect her care and her knowledge on the subject, but she is not fit to be a professor. Do not take her class. I cannot emphasize that enough.