expects his students to know everything, which is inpossible. if you dont know what you're doing or if you cannot ans his questions he'll insult you in front the class, what the ****, and he will not care at all how you do.

The WORST Professor I have ever had in my life, he deserves to get hit by a bus, if you go to his office he will make you feel like **** and he will make fun of you in front of the class, I have no idea how he still has a job, over half of the class dropped out because he is horrible, as a teacher and a person. AVOID HIM AT ALL COSTS!

The absolute WORST teacher at U-Mass Lowell, how he has a job is a mystery, he will make fun of you, then fail you. Do not ask questions! I feel bad for you if you do, also if you go to his office, which he is never there, he will make fun of your math shills until you leave, he is very lazy and probably one of the meanest people alive.

the worst, the problem is he never completes sample problems, and does not correct the homework enough or allow enough questions to learn the material. If you have another choice avoid him.

Horrible! Pretty much the whole class got a D. If you like classes that you don't actually learn anything from the teacher and also like receiving horrible grades then you should take this guy.

Horrible teacher. Doesn't explain the topic well and complicated everything. Also, the final is worth 60%.

All I have to say is that this professor does not set you up for success. I just don't like his style of teaching or his exams. The exams does not match the homework and he doesn't do a lot of problems on the board. Also not very detailed with lectures. I recommend don't take him if you are just an average math student or had no math background.

His lame jokes like Dont Drink and Derive that he tells you in class never fails to surprise me. Its funny coz he actually thinks they are hilarious, but no one in the class does.

This guy is one of the worst teachers I've had before. On the first test, he tells us what's going to be on the test and then completely gives us something that we've never seen before. His examples in class are not very helpful at all and he's a tough grader. So I dropped the class and I've never dropped any class before. DO NOT TAKE THIS GUY!

Walking text book, in all the worst ways. A majority of the problems he "teaches" in class are pulled directly as examples from the books. Copies definitions directly from textbook without additional information. He claims that only 5% of students fail (two standard devs from the mean) this is a lie. A lot of people fail. Avoid if possible

He writes problems on the board, but he doesn't teach. I got a 50 on the first test and a 0 on the second test (obviously withdrew after that.) Calc 2 is the prereq but he said the assumption is everyone knows Calc 3. Copies straight from the textbook to the board, but can't explain concepts to people who don't understand. Avoid at all costs.

Copies and reads from the textbook. His writing is terrible. He writes cursive on the board and is small and illegible. I am sitting up front and still can't comprehend his writing. Often time he is not clear on what topic he is teaching. He just move onto introducing a new problem, proof, but never connects it to anything. Just avoid him.

Professor Prasad is a super boring teacher and, as other reviews have pointed out, he just does problems straight out of the textbook for the entirety of the class. Oh yeah, and he never answers email, and he doesn't give any feedback on homework assignments you pass in. He literally just passes back the homework the way you gave it to him.

Vidhu prasad is one of the only professors at this institution that makes me rethink if this university actually cares about its students success. One could argue that there may be a lack of resources, however prasad makes no efforts to overcome those obstacles. He will not provide essential feedback from any forms of work + llegible handwriting.

This professor does not connect well with his students whatsoever. He will not give any helpful feedback to help you pass an exam, and instead only teaches from the slides. "Very little partial credit" for someone who understands the concept but makes an arithmetic error. He simply does not care about his students' success in any way. Avoid him.

lectures are comprised of reading directly from the book. Youre better off looking up YouTube videos. I did not attend his class after the first test and was able to pass without his help. He is almost inaccessible outside of class and will not make study guides or practice problems. He does not care about his students avoid at all costs.

Don't do this to yourself, Please. He's rude and condescending when you ask any question. Which, id be able to overlook if he was good teaching stats, which he isn't. It's the worst of both worlds. If you have any other choice, take the other choice.

The classroom scene in Ferris Bueller is the clearest example of what Prasad's class is like. While it is nice how slow and easy it is to follow, you will quickly realize, unlike most math teachers he doesn't engage with his students or is willing to answer any of their questions. I thought Prob and Stats was a cool class, but he kinda ruined it.

Prasad is nothing more than a glorified text-to-speech. He doesn't teach, he reads the textbook aloud. He doesn't care. Shows up for a check. Grades homework by picking a few random problems and then giving you that average for the whole assignment. Tests are insanely over the top, expecting you to juggle 8-digit numbers in your head. AVOID HIM

Homework assignments are graded by him choosing 2/3 random questions from the bunch. His lectures are mind-numbing and class notes illegible. Its evident that his students success is not a priority to him. Is a very harsh grader, gives no partial credit for small mistakes on exams. Your grade is greatly depends on the 3 exams.

Easily the worst professor I've ever had. Extremely rude to students who ask for help. Class consists of staring at his back while he whispers to the board and scribbles microscopic, illegible notes. Tough grader when it comes to tests and homework. 0 feedback whatsoever. Prepare to teach yourself everything if you take his class.

I took this gut twice. Once was over the pandemic and he regularly fell ASLEEP during online exams and lectures. I am currently retaking the class in person thinking it would be better. Unfortunately, it is more of the same but now I am forced to stay in a dimly lit room with many other poor souls. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS!

This professor, is highly unreliable. He is not very fond of using technology and expect to not even be able to read his handwriting. He does not know how to use the mic provided to him, and you will most likely not hear his voice either. Do not take him, if you want to actually succeed.

Avoid this professor at all costs! Does not answer emails about questions, does not review material for tests. Only two questions are graded from his homework and if you get them both wrong you get 0 on the entire assignment. His teaching is horrendous, he writes on a sheet under the document camera and doesn't move the camera as he is writing.

Horrible Prof. I don't know how UML still has him teaching he stares at the wall and writes scribbles the whole class. Waste of money and time. Please take any other Prof.

No. It really breaks my heart to know they're allowing this dude to still teach. This professor needs to really no be teaching this course.

Our class had such a poor average that he had to give us an optional third exam, which replaced our lowest exam grade REGARDLESS of if it was better or worse. He didn't provide a practice exam for this optional exam, so naturally many people had their grades get worse. He also didn't provide a practice final exam and made the final 40-50% the grade

I'm disappointed with Vidhu Prasad's teaching style and grading breakdown.The grade breakdown in particular is atrocious. 20%HW 20%EXAM1 20%E2 and 40%FINAL! The final also consists of material he has just taught us in the last 2 weeks. I like him as a person, BUT it is VERY easy to FAIL, avoid him at all costs.

Class lectures do not give great insight or inspiration for the lecture material. There are 3 tests, first 2 were decently fair but difficult. The final is worth 40% and can determine your grade. Avoid if possible.

HW is 20% and is based on Attendance, with selected problems being correct if written in a certain way. Two exams worth 20% each. 5 questions on each exam with zero partial credit, those 10 questions are either right or wrong and determine 40% of your grade. Final is 40% with 7 questions and graded the same way.

Absolutely terrible professor, does not answer student emails during lectures he just talks to himself while he writes on the board doesn't answer student's questions properly and when i went to his office hours he told me to get out after i asked him to go over 2 problems with him. 50 percent final 20 percent hw and 30 percent exams total AVOID

Dropped his class after the first week. Very hard to hear especially if sitting in the back, and handwriting is unreadable. Exams and the final are worth so much making it very easy to fail.

Wow this professor is bad. He is hard to hear, has terrible hand writing and is a very tough grader. His notes are impossible to understand, super messy and he sometimes even confuses himself when going through a problem. Terrible professor, avoid at all costs.

He is hard to hear (quiet and slow), boring lectures, has terrible handwriting so his notes are impossible to read. You will most likely need to study by yourself. Attendance is tied to homework(from textbook, it's free), one day he collects hws and another day he gives them back, and checks attendance based on that.

Does not communicate with students. Last minute notices. I'd avoid taking his course

Piling on to the other reviews that mention how awful this guy is. Lectures are him monotonously doing example problems (which he screws up half the time) without any student interaction, but attendance affects your homework grade which is 20%. I've had to talk to him to get points back on test questions I got correct but were marked wrong. Awful.

80% of your grade is exams, 12% is homework and 8% is attendance. As many reviews say, chicken scratch on the whiteboard and mumbling while explaining the work that he does on the board incorrectly, then gives up when he can't find his mistake after 30 seconds. For your sake avoid this professor, even if he is the only option. Wait another semester

Doesn't teach in a way that engages with students. I just came from James Propp's amazing discrete 1 class expecting other professors to teach at the same level. I was so wrong. You have to find every resource by yourself, and the textbook he uses is terrible for teaching prob&stats. Very slow to explain concepts to students. Avoid at all costs.

Expect boring, often inaudible lectures. Expect random mumbling that makes the lecture even harder to follow. Expect harshly graded homework, that you won't even get a grade submitted in Blackboard for until after the final is over. And expect to primarily learn from the textbook. Strongly recommend avoiding this class if at all possible.

The highlights of his lectures are illegible handwriting w/ monotone speaking aimed at the whiteboard instead of his students. He ignored an email detrimental to my grade despite me following up TWICE. Exams are worth 80%, and the final saved me since it can be made worth 50% of your grade if you bomb the other two (I did because he can't teach).

He is the WORST professor ever. Do not take him, he quite literally mumbles, stumbles, and forgets what he is doing. Late to class, does not check his email, and does not know how to handle assignments. He is living in the 80s still in terms of how he conducts his class. Don't expect to understand what he is doing ever.

AVOID AT ALL COSTS. If you take this professor treat the class as if you don't have one, you will be self teaching yourself everything in the course.

Do NOT take this professor. There's no structure to the lectures so you don't even know what topic you're on and he will just expect you to know when homework is due when he didn't even teach it in class. Final is worth 40% and each mid term is 20%. You will not learn anything from him, seriously skip the class this semester if hes your only choice

The only thing Prasad will put effort into this semester is staying alive. If you're hoping to learn from him/get help from him, forget it. Every single ounce of learning I did was entirely independent. He's not one of those professors who mostly sucks but say something insightful now and then - he just entirely sucks. Worst prof in my 4 years here