Reviews of professor Pavan Pillalamarri

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I really enjoyed this class as a whole. His lectures were enjoyable and exams were quite simple. Attendance consists of iclicker questions which are given throughout class. Homework is quite tedious but can be done with ease. He is the only option if it was between him or Xihong Peng.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He makes the class very hard. All he does is write examples on the board from one side to another, which confuses me a lot. He doesn't seem to care that too many of his students fail this course. The exams are very hard and very different from the homework. Going to Exam Review sessions do not help for exam because most of it won't be on the exam.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Class typically averaged at a D on every test including final. Doesnt use PowerPoint or any other helpful material. Only writes on board which is usually all over the place and hard to follow. Office hours apparently didnt help. Doesnt give helpful feedback on test or test corrections(extra credit). Plenty other flaws. If you can, avoid him.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Pavan was a great professor in the Spring of 2021. His lectures were entertaining, informative, and humorous. He is very respectful and caring, lenient on homework extensions, and gave test corrections for the first exam. Exams are similar to problems in class and homework. Read before each class and come prepared you will succeed perfectly fine.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Graded by quizzes and homework, easy if you pay attention to lectures and take notes. Make lectures interesting and explains everything thoroughly. Final exam is just an essay.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Block Exams are the biggest cause of concern. Also not a fan of Mastering Physics, especially with the final exam. All said, he does care for each student and wants the best for you. I wouldn't take him again, but I always have had trouble in Physics. I just feel the weights and loads needed to be less in my opinion. But other than that good guy!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Tests often have trick questions. He drops one test but more than half of the class managed to fail the class. Very good at explaining simple problems but the exam questions are way different and no one knows how to do them.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Seriously, dont do it. Dont take him. His lectures were extremely hard to follow and made no sense, and the class tended to average an F on exams. Youre better off going to Tempe to take physics, trust me!!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I was worried about this professor when I read the reviews however I was pleasantly surprised. There is a book that is free, he listens when you have problems, the HW is easy, the test was 15 questions with two extra credit questions. He does the Iclicker but you can discuss the problems with other classmates. I suck at physics and I'm doing okay!