Is always ready to help. If you ask him a question he will make sure you have understood it. His helpfulness makes the course easy to follow because you know you can always get to him, even when he is not in his office hours.

Definitely not designed to be an easy class. Barun wants to make sure you understand what you are doing, not just that you can do it. If you do the homework, take his advice, and seek his help when you need it, you'll do fine. Barun was always willing to make time in his schedule for students. He genuinely cares about those who care about his class

Always willing to help students. BUT you have to practice more by yourself, otherwise you will be lost. He makes students think what principle is behind the question, instead of remembering formulas. Therefore, if you want to LEARN physics, he would be the best choice. However, if you just wanna be a coward and pass easily, dont take his class

Barun is a very helpful and approachable Prof. Quite passionate and enthusiastic. The class is tough, but physics is a tough subject. Lectures are funny, engaging and very helpful. He changed the way I used to think.Exams are based on hard lecture problems--10 min long clicker questions! Show up for lecture and seek help early and you will do well.

His class is impossible if you put minimum effort. I went from a D at midterm, to a final grade of A. Yes, this is possible, I was praying to just pass the class. After every test, go talk to him, any questions go talk to him. Do the workout problems in the textbook! It really helps. Also hmwk solutions are fine, just understand how to do the hmwk

Great professor! He really is passionate about the subject and is very willing to assist at almost any time. If you do everything he says, and I mean EVERYTHING, you will do exceptionally well. He teaches concepts very well, and he focuses on whether or not you can apply them-which is important in the business world. Great prof overall!

Very helpful and caring. Has a good sense of humor that makes lectures interesting and entertaining for those who get it. Not only passionate about the subject but also passionate about making his students do well and appreciate science. Pay attention to what he says, do what he asks you to do, and there is very little chance you wont do well.

I'm retaking 208 and knew on day 1 that this is going to be very different in a positive way. I hated physics but am enjoying it now! He cares to make sure that we are learning. Also, quite young for a prof and has a warm personality that makes him approachable. Lectures are enjoyable for he keeps them engaging, funny and interactive. Gig'em!

Hands down the best professor in the two years of college I've had. He has an interesting teaching style that makes me look forward to lecture. Very knowledgeable but knows how to present complex concepts in a simple way. sometimes in funny ways that will help you to never forget them. Also, truly nice and caring person.

Dr. Dhar was a really good professor for physics. Some of the topics were confusing, but he was always willing to make himself available if you needed it. He really cared about the course material. Very good overall.

He puts a whole lot of effort into helping. He even met at the bar during the world cup to explain things to me. He pretty much will tutor you for free for like 3 hours if you want. He is definitely the best and will reward you if he knows you are working hard

Dr. Dhar is a great teacher for such a challenging course. He expects alot out of his students but if you are willing to work for the grade you want you will get it. His office hours are essential.

One of the most dedicated professors I've ever had. He teaches how to think and approach problems to be successful in an incredibly difficult class. He cares greatly about student's success a lot & is more than willing to meet outside of class individually or in office hours to help. Exam scores were consistently the highest of the 218 sections.

Dr. Dhar is by far the best physics professor at TAMU. Our section consistently had the best class average for common exams, and he made sure we knew the material. READ THE BOOK DO IN CHAPTER EXAMPLES! He makes you work for everything, but it really helps long term. He will always be there for you and will help anyone out at any time of the day.

Dhar is literally the best professor that I have ever had. I do not think that I have met a professor more concerned about his students than he is. He really cares that you, as a student, are LEARNING the material not just memorizing it. He has such a warm personality and won't judge you or your test scores. Honestly, I truly recommend him.

Dhar is definitely the best 218 professor at A&M. He is very clear and sends great notes that help on the material you learn in lecture. Our classes always had the highest averages on tests and that was due to the fact that he really wanted you to learn and not just plug in formulas. He truly cares about the success of his students!!

Dr. Dhar was a fantastic professor to take Physics 218 with! The amount of time he put into ensuring that each student had the best chance at seeing success was astounding. However, getting a good grade in the class does not come without hard work and discipline. Take advantage of office hours, spend time on homework, and pay attention in lectures!

Dhar is the kind of teacher who will make you work for your grade. There is no such thing as an easy 'A' in this class, and honestly, I feel like I have learned SOO much more because of that. HE IS ALWAYS THERE FOR HIS STUDENTS AND CARES SO MUCH ABOUT EVERYONE'S GRADE! I think that is what makes him stand out above other professors! TAKE 218 WHIM!

Overall, Dr Dhar was great. He expects a lot (e.g. extensive notes, long homework assignments, etc) and assigns a relatively large amount of work, but he cares about his students very much, and the work he assigns is helpful. My number one complaint, though, is that he says he isn't going to curve even though exam averages are in the 50s and 60s.

Dhar is an awesome professor. He is going to make sure you leave the course with a deep understanding of the concepts and not just a knack for memorizing equations. However if you do not commit and put in the work that he asks this class will give you hell.

This professor cares for his student so much. I recommend staying after class or going to office hours at least once, even if those things don't help you very much. Just introducing yourself is a big plus in Dhar's book. Office hours can be very long and it sometimes feels like he's spending too much time on simple topics, but a great teacher.

He is an excellent professor who really cares about students. Sometimes he passed with us more than five hours in a single day of office hours. He will teach you the real thing not just fot you to pass.

Great Prof.; genuinely cared and wanted to help.

Listen to the advice he gives and take it. He is there to help and make sure you utilize office hours. Listen to what he has to say in the beginning and do everything he says and you will do well. He wants you to pass and make sure you get to know him, he wants to know his students.

First off, physics is hard. Duh. You are going to have to work for it and it will be confusing at times. That being said, Dhar is the best professor you could take for the course if you want to actually understand physics and are going to use it. I have never had a prof care so much that his students LEARN and UNDERSTAND whatwhy not just memorize.

Favorite professor I had my entire first semester of college. He's there to help. He's there to help you learn. BUT, he's not there to just give you the answers to everything. He will make you work for it, and if you don't want to work for it then change majors (honestly). His tough love will make you succeed in college and you'll be happy you did.

This was by far the hardest class I have taken. Dr. Dhar is always available for help, help that you must seek in order to pass the class. Doing and completely understanding the homework is a must, as well as reading the book and doing the in chapter examples. Office hours often lasted for 6 hours and he would also meet with us on weekends.

The class is difficult, but office hours are helpful and he'll be there for you if you get to know him.

Dr. Dhar is truly a great man. He will make you work hard, and his homework assignments are often longer than other professors. He will make you think, and will not spoon feed you answers. If you are struggling he is the MOST helpful man. He literally hosts office hours WedFri for 6+ hours. His classes do well, so you can expect a nice curve.

Dr. Dhar really wants his students to succeed. Yes he will make you work for a good grade, but he is there to help you. Go to office hours--even if you don't have a specific question, they will help. Dr. Dhar encouraged me to do well in his course as well as my other classes.

Dhar really cares about his students and how well they understand the material being covered. He will spend as much extra time as he has to in order to help students understand material being covered. He makes you think to figure things out but you learn a lot from him because of it.

Cracked me up all semester. He's very dedicated to the learning and success of his students. He pretends to think he's Jesus, which is funny but also concerning. 218 is a very hard class, but somewhat doable. Try to follow most of Dhar's suggestions given at beginning. The course has a big curve at the end, but you have to compete with others

Really cares about making sure his students learn, but will make you work for it. Do the homework in advance- he checks who started it early and sometimes gives rewards. As long as he knows you're trying, he'll work with you to get the grade you want. He makes the class interesting, but you really have to pay attention in lecture or you'll get lost

Dr. Dhar is an amazing professor. Yes, his course is hard but he really takes time to make sure his students understand the material. He spends LOTS of time on the concepts to ensure that you understand. His office hours are extremely flexible and he offers great reviews before the exam.

If you care about learning the material, he will go to great lengths to help you understand! Physics is hard, and his class will not be easy, but I strongly recommend him to anyone looking for a professor who cares about you as an individual, and puts in tons of effort to help you succeed. He's also hilarious. Would take him again for sure.

Dr. Dhar has been the most caring and helpful professor I've come across. His dedication inspired me to work harder. Highly recommend taking his classes.

He really wants to make sure you understand the material. Took him over the summer and before the final he held office hours at McDonalds on a Saturday and stayed and helped a group of us correct past exams for like 6 hours. He's incredibly willing to help, but he will make you figure it out. Favorite professor ever.

This is generally a difficult course to begin with. However, Dhar is an excellent teacher. Not a professor, a teacher. He cares about whether or not his students understand the material, and his lectures are fantastic. Of course, this is college, and he'll expect you to truly earn your grade and put in your best effort, like an adult.

Great professor. The material was very difficult, but he was always making himself available to help his students and did everything in his power to help you pass. There is a lot of Homework and the exams are hard, but those are university required for the course. Very great professor.

Best professor in my 3 yrs at A&M. Teaches you how to think. Lectures are entertaining and he is devoted to making his students learn something useful. Follow his suggestions, seek help and he will go to great lengths to see you succeed. Very insightful professor, wonderful person. Try to fit his class in your schedule. You'll remember him.

He was a great professor and really challenged and inspired me to excel in his class and to make the most of my time at Texas A&M.

Dr. Dhar is a great professor. Period. Having absolutely no background in physics I was expecting this class to be terribly difficult, however, Dr. Dhar's lectures provide perfect clarity of the subject so long as you do all of the homework and pre-lectures. If you give your best effort and listen to his study advice, you will be rewarded.

Dhar is a great person and awesome teacher. He truly cares for the success of his students! However, he does not teach you how to solve problems in lecture. You have to teach yourself how to do everything. He goes over misconceptions and what you should not do rather than tell you what to do. The homework is extremely time consuming and frustrating

Dhar is a very caring professor. He truly cares about everyone, and can spend hours writing notes for the class. He is very aware; he notices who does homeworks early, and rewards thoes who follow his advice. He will challenge you to master the material.

He is a very polarizing figure, and for a reason: Dr. Dhar is hard, you must try to pass this class. He gives tons hours and hours of homework; you must work to do well. Though if you put your best into the class, you will get a lot more than just an understanding of physics. This class will teach you to critically think to solve problems!

Loved him. He is passionate about what he does. Would not take physics from anyone else.

All thsee bad ratings don't really pur this class into perspective. The freshman physics courses are hard, Barun gives you the resources to pass with flying colors. Do exactly what he tells you to do outside of class and you will destroy the averages on the exams. Don't and you'll probably come on here to complain about how he didn't teach anything

Honestly, Dr. Dhar is the best professor I've ever had. Yes the material is hard, but he didn't invent physics. His homework assignments are tough but doing them and understanding them will make you more than prepared for the exams. He is so willing to help and will stay with you in office hours until you understand. He's the reason I survived.

He is a tough teacher. However his test average for his class is well above the curve. He does not give you simple answers; he makes you think. He makes you develop relationships not just plug and chug into some silly formula. He makes you understand the concept real well. For my first semester, Dhar became my life. Well worth it Ags

This is not an easy class-regardless of the professor. After going through Dhars class, I feel like I have learned the material inside out. Dhar will push you to understand concepts and learn how to think critically. Most importantly, he is always willing to help you. He always responds to your emails and always makes himself available.

Take this professor only if you can deal with a lot of homework and very high level physics concepts. He is an excellent professor, but requires considerable work and participation. Use his office hours AND the TA's office hours, they're both there to help you, the TA's can help with more time. Don't miss any class or recitation.

Dhar is a tough professor. He expects you to do a lot of work and to really understand the material. That said if you face any trouble you can always go to him for help and he will do anything in his power to help you understand, including staying in office hours until after 1 am. He genuinely cares about his students but won't let you off easy.

the course was tough, but if you put in the effort by doing the homework and listened during lectures you will do well. he's a great professor who is always willing to help you if you go to his office hours and really cares about his students success.

He was the best professor/teacher I have ever had. He's willing to do anything to see a student succeed if they've been trying. I've been in his office hours till 1 AM multiple times, he's bought us dinner, he's even walked students who live in Northgate home after office hours. He is so dedicated and so entertaining, just GO TO OFFICE HOURS!

Dhar is the best professor I've ever had. He helped me understand concepts and misconceptions, and because of this, I feel like I understand the material inside and out. Office hours is where his personality really comes through and his passion for seeing students succeed flourishes. He's always there for any student, even until 1 am.

Dr. Dhar is one of those very few professors who actually care about his students, he is always there for you. He trains you like a Spartan not to make you suffer, but so that you can survive and win at PHYS 218 and your future endeavors. I never even went to office hours because his lectures were so sufficient. If you're not lazy you can succeed.

Dr. Dhar is an excellent professor. He teaches a very systematic approach to problem solving that is beneficial to all majors especially engineers. You have to put in effort on homework and go to his lectures but it is for your benefit. His office hours also help a lot. Bottom line, if you want to challenge yourself and learn, choose Dr. Dhar.

I've never taken a single physics course before 218 w/ Dr. Dhar. I got an A in the class solely because of how helpful and caring Dr. Dhar is. One night he stayed until 1 am at office hours to help with homework concept questions. For those who are leaving bad reviews all I can say is that I never once saw them at office hours. Come on people, TRY!

Id never taken physics before, but Dhar really worked with me. Best prof ever; hardest class I've ever taken. Keep an open mind, do HW properly & go to office hours! Youll gain a solid foundation in physics, but also in problem solving & work ethic. Youll work your butt off. Its worth it. Hes systematic its hard to mess up using his ways.

Barun Dhar is an amazing professor. He teaches with passion, common sense, and most of all DISCIPLINE!!! Discipline is the key. As long as you have discipline, Barun will go to great lengths to help you succeed, even staying past midnight in office hours. His lectures cover misconceptions, his office hours cover specific homework problems.

Dhar is by far one of the best professors I've had hands down. He is always willing to go out of his way to help the students and make sure that they understand the material. I would definitely love to take Dhar again.

guys literally just go to office hours you'll love him he's amazing

Gives great lectures. Clear voice, and easy to understand. Makes physics fun, and introduced the class to a few variables in Sanskrit. Lots of homework, and hard exams, but if you do what he says, you will pass for sure.

Yes his class is tough, and yes you are going to struggle and possibly hate him while you are taking the class. However, come the exams Dr. Dhar's students have the highest averages. It sucked, but I feel his class prepared me for the rest of my college career. Take him if you want to learn not only physics but other important skills for success.

First of all, physics 208 at Texas A&M is very difficult. Barun Dhar is a very helpful professor IF you personally go to him for help. He will make sure you understand a concept BUT will not just simply tell you how to do a certain problem. He hosts office hours every single day and makes sure students have a chance to meet with him.

Made sure that we understood the concepts. I would ask him a question, and from there he was able to know what concepts I didn't know, even if I didn't directly ask him about it. If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't have known that I had problems in other topics. Spends long hours after class to help us, our confusion became clarity.

Dhar is a truly caring professor who's teaching style is unique but extremely effective. After having other physics professors give make up lectures it became even more transparent of how great of a prof he is. Our class had the highest physics test averages across the board. He cares about what you know and how you think.

Dr. Dhar was an awesome prof and if he wasn't moving onto another university I would for sure take a course from him again. He is understanding if you talk to him and is always there to answer questions. I took ASTR 109 with him, and if you hate writing, peer review, and showing up to class this is not the course for you but NO TESTS!

Very, very spectacular professor. Huge shame that he is moving away. He is very passionate about Physics, and is willing to spend hours outside of class just conversing with students about the subject matter. He is very knowledgeable, inspiring, and committed. I would take any class he teaches. Model prof, and is very dedicated to his students.

Dhar is the greatest. Yes the material is difficult but he is by far the best person to learn it from(this was made clear to me when I had subs). He is always available outside of class to help you and you should go!!!! His office hours are SUPER helpful mini lectures. Showing him that you care about your performance will help you in the long run.

Best professor I've ever taken. Took him for PHYS 218 (Mechanics), and stuck with him through PHYS 208 (Magnetism/Electricity/Optics) and it was the best decision. It's essential to go to lectures and do everything he tells you to do. He's always there during office hours, and I highly recommend going. I would take him for every class if I could.

Didn't pass Physics 218 my 1st time w Bassichis. Since I've taken the course before &seen other teaching styles I know for a fact Dhar is the most passionate& helpful professor for 218. There's tons of work but that makes everything worth less. As opposed to a final worth 40% (in Dont Panic), there's room to make a few mistakes & still do well