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Alka Gandhi ECON321 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 12/23/2023	This class was definitely hard. First off the homework’s were confusing since she would give problems that were not covered in class. She is a good lecture but needs to realize that some students do not get topics as quickly as her. The midterm exams were okay but the final was nothing like the midterms and was really hard. She ended curving 10% tho. Make sure you don’t slack off because you will not do well.
Alka Gandhi ECON321 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 05/20/2022	Professor Gandhi is a very very reasonable professor, she tries her best to held students understand the material. HOWEVER, the material is actually very difficult and I feel like professor Gandhi does not realize that it will obviously be harder for students than it is for her. Her teaching is okay, definitely don't miss a single class or you'll be confused. All the material builds on itself so missing class might really confuse you. Especially because the slides she uploads are more of a guide for lectures than a learning resource. The first exam is easy, but don't relax. The second and final exam are quite difficult and most people do poorly on them. But yeah, professor is kind and reasonable but will definitely not hold your hand or give extra credit. She's quite strict with deadlines and grades. She's a good person but her class is definitely hard to do well in.
Alka Gandhi ECON321 Expecting an A- Anonymous 04/19/2022	Professor Gandhi is a great professor! She explains everything fully and her exams and course content are not too confusing. The exams are difficult but she provides a lot of practice on ELMS that correlates very closely to the exam content. She is also more than happy to help if you need it, and her office hours are a great time to ask any clarifying questions.
Satyendra Verma ECON321 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 07/24/2016	Verma is the BEST professor I've had for a math-economics class! TAKE HIM IF YOU CAN. I can't believe he doesn't have more ratings. He has 2 midterms, 1 large stat model assignment, bi-weekly online hw and 1 final. The key to passing all of them is going to his class! He doesn't post any notes but the hw problems and exam questions are class notes verbatim with different numbers. He tells you exactly what will be on the test and what to study for. Honestly, you don't even need the book if you go to his class. He takes the book jargon and gets rid of it then presents us the gist of the information. He doesn't curve anything until the end. Depending on how you did on the midterm1 vs 2, he'll make one worth more that the other for your grade specifically. Mind you, he runs the model for every student. That's how much he cares about your learning. He refuses to penalize you for doing worse on the 2nd exam but wants to award you if he sees that you improved from the 1st to 2nd exam. Honestly, the guy's pretty funny and amicable. He likes to tell stories and crack jokes in class to make the atmosphere more friendly and it works.
Satyendra Verma ECON321 Expecting a B Anonymous 05/17/2016	Very difficult class. I was already very familiar with most of the topics, but this class was still an uphill battle. Even when I thought I had a solid grasp on a topic, the exams were INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT. I never had enough time to finish either of the midterms. Not to mention how much of a pain it was to try and learn SPSS basically on your own. Professor Verma does not use slides and goes through the material very quickly on the board. My advice is to sit in the front row at each lecture, record the audio on your phone for future reference/take pictures, and do practice problems. Get a study group. Verma is a nice guy - as he is not afraid to say - and most of the time he is a good professor. But he moves very quickly and the tests are nearly impossible. Bless the curve.
Satyendra Verma ECON321 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/21/2014	Verma is a great professor if you actually show up to class. He doesn't post power points, and most of the problems on the exams are ones he did in class. He also gives a pretty generous curve.
Kevin Dayaratna ECON321 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/23/2013	Honestly you hav3 to study a bit but the dude is nice and fair!
Kevin Dayaratna ECON321 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/24/2011	He is not a good teacher at all, however the way the class is laid out makes it possible to get an A. All of his slides are online, and homework is from the textbook which makes lectures not that important to go to. Grading scheme: 2 midterms, if you get higher on midterm 2 than on midterm 1, the midterm 2 grade counts for both. Final, if you get higher on the final than on midterm 2, the final will replace midterm 2. There are 8 HW sets, top 5 count. 1 group project at the end which is easy. I did poorly on both midterms (in the 70s), did good on HW, got a good project grade, and aced the final, which gave me an A. Not a good teacher, but the grading scheme makes it possible to do well.
Kevin Dayaratna ECON321 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/20/2011	Dayaratna isn't a great professor in terms of explaining the material and making it make sense to you. You'll find yourself in class not really getting what he is saying. I resorted to just teaching it to myself from the book. I ended up not even going to most classes just because it was so difficult to listen to him. It almost seems like he doesn't come to class prepared. He hasn't thought through how he wants to teach the material and how to get the material across to you. On the other hand, I found this class unbelievably easy. I know people have said that Econ Stat is a really hard class, but at least with him, I thought it was easy. Not necessarily because of the material, though, mostly because it's easy to do well in his class. The homeworks aren't hard to do well on because you basically just have to look in the book for the correct formula to use and know how to use it. Then, on the tests, you're allowed back and front cheat sheet, which means you can literally just write down every formula you'll need. You can do this my just looking at all the highlighted stuff in the book. I literally didn't even study, I just wrote all that stuff down and that was good enough. I got a 99.5 on the first midterm and a 100 on the second. Also, he formats your grade so that your Exam 1 grade is the higher between your first and second exam scores. Your Exam 2 grade is the higher between your second exam score and your final exam score. So that works in your favor. Overall, I can say that I didn't really learn much from the class because I could get by without learning it so much. Also, I didn't learn anything from going to class itself and that was frustrating. I didn't think he was a good teacher overall in terms of coming out of the semester knowing the material well. But I thought it was easy, for what that's worth.
Kevin Dayaratna ECON321 Anonymous 11/29/2011	This guy is so funny. He makes the funniest faces in lecture so sometimes it's hard to pay attention to what he is talking about. He is obviously a stat wiz, but he has a problem getting students to understand the material. He wasn't a bad professor but he wasn't great either.
Alka Gandhi ECON321 Anonymous 05/25/2011	10 homeworks, drops the lowest 2. Homework is 40% of your grade. Homework is online and you get multiple chances per question to get it right. Midterm 25%. Cumulative final worth 35%. If you do better on your final, she doesn't count your midterm, so the final can be worth 60%. Not sure if this will change, but she let us make our own cheat sheet for each exam. Class is very doable if you take your time on the homework and do well on it. Gandhi is very nice, extremely approachable, and patient. Most kids seem to understand that the while the material can be difficult to grasp, Gandhi is a good professor.
Alka Gandhi ECON321 Expecting a C agaybaby 05/20/2011	Lecture didn't really help me, so I stopped going after a few weeks and relied on MyStatLab and past midterms/finals she gave us to study. Grade is based on 40% homeworks (no excuse not to get 95%+ on these every time), 25% midterm, 35% final. If you miss the midterm or mess it up, she will weigh the final as 60%. The average midterm grade for my class was around a 42%. She posts her slides online but I didn't find them very helpful. Exams were fair. Make sure you completely understand single/multiple regression, all 4 short answer questions on our final dealt with it. Midterm format for us was 10 multiple choice questions and 3 short answers. The final was 15 multiple choice and 4 short answers. You have to take it for the major so just slug it out.
Alka Gandhi ECON321 Expecting a B Anonymous 12/23/2010	Boring class, but she is extremely knowledgeable and very chill. Two midterms, one final. 40% of your grade are homeworks and quizzes online, so make sure you get a 100% on those. 1st Midterm very easy, 2nd not so much. Final was fair. She drops your lowest midterm, homework, and quiz and this really helped my grade. Stick with it and work hard. Make sure you find someone to study with over the semester.
Alka Gandhi ECON321 fallinlovewithstudying 12/09/2010	Beware: To those ones who are taking this class in the future. Please do not expect this course will be a easy A. Professor Gandhi is an Excellent professor. Her lectures are moderate to attend, you can say it might be boring or interesting. It will all depend on how much effort and time you spend. The two midterms average was approximately(I cant remember exactly) about 53%. Considering this horrifying test result, ones planning to take this course and expect to received an A should be prepared to: A) successfully bond with statistics B) spend moderate to high hours of studying C) pull all-nighters to ace the final There was about 4 people who received an high A. Her curve saved many students to receive a higher grade. Also her drop-lower midterm and add 15% to final exam OR if both midterms not taken, final accounts to 60% of your final grade policy is very beneficial. In my opinion the course was very confusing which made me force to actually understand the topic. The grade you received will have a high relationship between the time you are willing to spend.She is very knowledgable about the course. My last advice is that try enjoying the course or force yourself to enoy the course.
Alka Gandhi ECON321 Expecting an A Anonymous 08/31/2010	You wanna experience of getting a C- after putting all of your time for studying? This is the place you were looking for. I on average studied 12 hours a day just for this class and ended up getting a C-. I believe there is some conspiracy behind the existence of this class. It is probably the president of school came up with an idea that the quality of life of econ students are too good to be true, so he had to do sth. This is the result i guess.
Alka Gandhi ECON321 Expecting a B Anonymous 06/01/2010	Professor Gandhi is a good teacher. I took business stat my sophomore year and got a C so I knew in her class I would have to work hard for a B. homework/quizzes are 40% of your grade and you should try to get the MOST of the percentage points. you should get 100% on hw.. THERE IS NO EXCUSE. **HINT: for quizzes, do the practice problems for the chapter because the questions are similar but just different numbers. My lowest quiz grade was an 83 if you bomb the midterm.. ITS OKAY. she basically expects everyone to fail the midterm and she offers to drop the midterm if you do better on the final. TAKE THE FINAL SERIOUSLY. I studied for hours and the final was a breeze compared to the midterm. She curved 7% points in my class.
Alka Gandhi ECON321 Anonymous 01/04/2010	Prof. Gandhi is a very good professor and this class wasn't too bad, especially considering that I hadn't taken a business or statistics class before in college (although I do have a strong math and econ background). The great/positive parts of this class are as follows: The homework/quizzes-Combined these two aspects are worth 40% of the grade (20% each), which gives you some comfort if you're not a great exam taker (there are two exams, worth 25% and 35% of the grade respectively). The homeworks/quizzes were all online, and you got unlimited redos for each problem on the homeworks (so you should get 100% every time). Plus the online program we used (Course Compass) provided lots of practice problems. The quizzes do have a time limit, and there is no chance for a redos, but they aren't too difficult-especially if you review some of the practice problems. Plus, just like the homeworks, you have 5 assignments per the semester, and one of them doesn't count. Another positive aspect is that Prof. Gandhi provides review (ie: previous exams) prior to taking your exams, so if you attend class you should be prepared. In addition, even though there are a LOT of formulas, you get a formula sheet for the exams. The only real negative aspect about this class is that Prof. Gandhi does not put the slides online (although the notes are pretty much from the book) and some of the material can be confusing and requires studying in order to completely comprehend. Some last comments are: 1) Go to class and don't be afraid to ask questions 2) If you're comfortable reading a textbook online, then don't keep the hard copy-it's too expensive (but be sure to read through the book online because it's very helpful). 3)Find someone you know in the class and study together-it will probably help. Good luck!
Alka Gandhi ECON321 Expecting a B primetime 12/23/2009	This class is nothing short of very hard. no other way to put it. unless u have taken stat before expect to spend lots of time trying to figure things out even if u attend class. There is no discussion for help. notes are not online. my stat lab is miserable at times. Youll begin the course thinking its cake but u shall soon see it is anything but. The tests are rediculous and there is a nice curve. The final was the hardest test i have taken in college to this day. I pulled a B doing well on the first test and homeworks. Im so glad im done with this class. Good luck.
Alka Gandhi ECON321 Anonymous 05/19/2009	Good teacher. Must go to lecture because she teaches off of powerpoint slides and DOES NOT POST them online. Homework is a huge part which can cushion you exams if you don't do well, there are 2 of them. A little on the fast side, just practice the problems out of the text after lecture and review the ones she assigns in class and you should do alright. Provides practice exams as well. They are kind of iffy, was not very similar in subjects to the real exam in my case. If you put forth the effort, you should come out doing well.
Alka Gandhi ECON321 Expecting an A Cootie Queen 04/05/2008	She's a very good professor, considering there's no discussion and she has to teach everything during two 75 min classes a week. She goes a little fast, but it's not too hard. Plus, each problem set is worth 10% of your grade, so if you bomb the tests, it'll soften the blow.
Alka Gandhi ECON321 Expecting an A Miss. Ma 03/27/2008	I cannot say that she was as great of a 321 prosfessor than a 200 professor, because she was alright. What really disappointed me was her grading of our homeworks, which totaled up to 40% of our final grade. She graded too harshly and disorganized that two people with the same homework got different grades. Her exams were curved, thats the only way you can get an A in any econ course. She was really straight foward and her notes were good, the problem was , if you couldn't write it down on time, you were out of luck. But when you went for help, she was there to help you, so props for that.