Reviews of professor Abhishek Deshpande

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He sucks

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Literally taught straight out of the book, even every single example he used in class. Claimed that it wasn't a proofs class, then put them on the exam. Asked the class questions, told you that you're wrong, then rephrased your answer as correct. Skip lecture, just read and do homework.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Abhishek "is this clear" Deshpande. If you take this guy for a math class, you'll hear this phrase around 25 times a lecture. Even this man's handwriting has an accent. You're better off watching a 10 minute youtube video than you are by attending a lecture.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He only used textbook examples which made lectures close to useless. He never explained things clearly and didn't answer questions well. For a class that is an introduction to calculus, he made it extremely hard to learn and form a baseline as he didn't give any more examples or resources to find if you didn't grasp the content.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Deshpande really cares about his students. Those who complain about him most likely did not put in the effort to do as well in the class as they would have liked. Professors who are this smart are bound to make easy subjects seem harder than they are. Go to lecture and office hours and youll be fine!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I couldn't tell you a single thing I learned in this class. Not only was the professor never available, but all of the material was so unclear, the entire class relied on each other for clarification.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The lectures are extremely dry and he goes too fast. His handwriting can be difficult to read and his accent is a little confusing. The worst part is that 85% of your grade is based on tests. However, he does post practice exams that have a "similar flavor" to the actual exam; however no answer key is posted. Overall just OK.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Took Calc with him last year. Had never taken a calc class before but listening to his lectures made the class easy. He was pretty easy to understand. However, I worked super hard in the class. My advice: Crush the first exam. I got like a 48 or 49 out of 50 points on the first exam and this carried me as the material got harder.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Not the best professor in a virtual setting. It was hard to learn from lectures as they were pretty proof-based, not many example problems.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Final Remark: Sometimes Professors can get F's too. To describe Abishek in a nutshell he is a proof-based textbook teacher. In his lectures he covers basic examples of concepts, only to then give you insanely hard homework assignments that are nowhere near the same level. The only way to succeed is to get a good TA and make a study group right away