Rajarshi Roy

This professor has taught: HONR269X, PHYS165, PHYS171, PHYS171H, PHYS260, PHYS260H, PHYS272, PHYS272H, PHYS275, PHYS276, PHYS798D

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Rajarshi Roy PHYS260 Expecting a B Anonymous 05/22/2024	Prof. Raj without a doubt made PHYS260 a much easier class than expected. His assignments are super relaxed; ELMS quizzes every week were open note and you had multiple attempts, first two exams were open internet, and he toned down the frequency of the ExpertTA hw assignments two weeks into the course. Teaching-wise, he's pretty good. He emphasizes the concepts before actual computational stuff, so he spends a lot of time deriving the equations we go over in class. Not exactly my favorite style of teaching, but I got used to it eventually. Some of the things he goes over are kinda unclear, so I definitely relied on the textbook during the semester. He has a REALLY soothing voice and dims the lights in the lecture hall, so if you have a late lecture time like I did, or had a long day of class, you might have trouble staying awake during lecture. He also curved like crazy and is super approachable and kind, so I would definitely recommend him.
Rajarshi Roy PHYS260 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 05/20/2024	He's a very sweet guy and tries to be very accommodating of his students but my god was his class awful. He's a bad lecturer (pauses for 5 seconds every 3 words, does not make it clear what he is telling us/the greater significance of what he is telling us, making it difficult to take notes) so you have to learn everything from the textbook. He doesn't model his teaching off of what's on the homework or what he puts on tests. If you take this class with him, you will need to self-teach
Rajarshi Roy PHYS260 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 05/17/2024	Great professor! Super sweet and accommodating, very passionate about the subject. This course is absolutely awful but he makes it more bearable, which I really appreciated. Our first two exams were open notes/internet and he's very available over email! Overall a great physics professor, if he's available for 260 definitely take him.
Rajarshi Roy PHYS260 Expecting a B Anonymous 05/17/2024	Love Raj, terrible at physics, for some reason they decided to have the final cowrote by him and Buehrle, as expected, the average was a 39% Not his fault. Still way better than any physics professor at this school.
Rajarshi Roy PHYS260 Expecting an A- Anonymous 05/15/2024	BE WARY! Although his first two exams were open book and open internet, the final plunged us all into the deep end with a class average of a 41%. He teaches very theoretically and spends tons of time deriving equations instead of giving examples. I found that it was more valuable to read the textbook on my own rather than attend lecture.
Rajarshi Roy PHYS260 Expecting a B Anonymous 05/15/2024	Dr. Roy is a really nice professor. His first two exams were open internet, which brought up the exam averages a lot. However, his lectures were a bit boring in my opinion; I ended up skipping most of the lectures. The final was really hard and in a style completely different from his midterm exams (average for the final is currently sitting at a 42%).
Rajarshi Roy PHYS260 Expecting a C Anonymous 05/03/2024	Raj is very passionate about every subject he teaches- often going into depth for the history behind every theory. Lectures were a bit hard for me to go to since most of it consists of the history of a subject and then redundant examples of "what would happen if" instead of problems on the board. I feel that the examples on the board that are like the quizzes or exams would be much more helpful than just the theories. But the first 2 exams were open note and he is a good teacher overall.
Rajarshi Roy PHYS260 Expecting an A- Anonymous 04/01/2024	TAKE HIM!!! Best physics professor, super sweet and accommodating. His first two exams were open notes and open internet. If you go to his office hours he will spend the time to walk you through the content. I did find his lectures a little confusing and redundant so I mainly learned from the textbook but when he is teaching you can tell he is genuinely passionate about the subject. HIGHLY reccomend!
Rajarshi Roy PHYS272H Expecting a B+ Anonymous 12/20/2022	I agree with everything the previous review said, so instead of reiterating that, I'll just talk about my experience in the Honors version of 272 for anyone who's curious. The only thing that makes this different from the regular 272 class is that we have to research a specific topic related to E&M and eventually write a paper and do a presentation of what we found at the end of the semester. That's it! Every week the Honors group would meet together with Raj and our TA and we would simply share a small summary/report of our new findings that week. The schedule is very flexible and he canceled the meetings the week before a midterm so that we could study. It was a very fun experience where I learned a lot about what I like, and Raj was visibly very supportive of everyone, which was motivating. Whether you take Honors or not, Raj would be your best choice for any physics class. He is the kindest and most understanding professor I have ever had as of yet.
Rajarshi Roy PHYS272 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/20/2022	The most pure human being I have ever met. He truly cares about students and even memorized all our names! His demonstrations are also very fun. The main downside of this class for me was that I pretty much had to teach myself everything. Dr. Roy didn’t do as much barebones teaching of the material, so there were definitely some gaps in learning. His TA was also pretty useless, so I actually ended up learning everything from the textbook, which Dr. Roy made sure was very accessible! Overall I’d recommend his class but be prepared to do some self-teaching.
Rajarshi Roy PHYS272 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 12/09/2022	Professor Raj is the best physics professor I've had YTD. He's a very kind guy, very accommodating, and does fun demonstrations during his lectures. If you just show up to class and do the homework (without putting in much more work), you can easily expect a B in 272. With regard to exams - he has a unique and refreshing take on them. He cares much more that you understand stuff conceptually than he does your ability to plug stuff in or recite formulas. Because of that, all of his exams, quizzes, etc. were open note/textbook/internet. Professor Raj would pick one question from your homework set and offer it as an extra credit quiz every Friday. I cannot stress how awesome of a professor he is.
Rajarshi Roy PHYS272 Anonymous 01/13/2022	Excellent professor, and very kind too. He curved generously and accommodated students' needs. Be sure to take the homework seriously as it featured heavily in the exams and was used in extra credit "quizzes."
Rajarshi Roy PHYS171 Expecting an A Anonymous 11/16/2019	Great & friendly, def recc talking in class bc he's nice and does fun demos
Rajarshi Roy PHYS171 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/31/2019	His reviews can get a bit dry sometimes because he reads straight from the book and covers the easy material slowly but the difficult material quickly, but he's a very approachable and nice guy, and he always treats his students with respect.
Rajarshi Roy Expecting an A+ Anonymous 07/02/2010	I loved this seminar!!! Class discussions were thought-provoking and interesting. The workload is very light: a one-page paper is due each week, and there is a final research paper (and 10 minute presentation) on a topic of your choosing that relates to science and religion. Professor Roy is a wonderful teacher who makes class enjoyable by inviting various guest speakers (such as Nobel Laureate Bill Phillips) to come and speak about their views on science and religion. Would highly recommend this seminar!
Rajarshi Roy Expecting an A Anonymous 03/23/2010	this class was such an easy A....readings were assigned every week, but just to discuss during class and you can comment on someone elses comments so reading wasnt necessary....the one page papers due every week took me about a half hour to do and the presentation/paper at the end of the semester is on a topic of your choice and is not a big deal... great easy class! super nice very approachable professor! i highly recommend it!
Rajarshi Roy Anonymous 12/01/2009	One of my favorite professors my freshman year. Workload for HONR269X consisted of some reading (technically not checked or graded, but very good to at least not look awkward during discussions), and one short paper a week. The paper always asked for a brief summary of the last reading/presentation while incorporating your own thoughts on the matter. Professor Roy brings many guest speakers in to talk. One pet peeve I ran into was that the word "interesting" was used all-around the room at least 6 times a day.
Rajarshi Roy Expecting an A jwong89 04/19/2009	Great professor, really nice and approachable. Class structure in a typical week was discussing assigned readings one day and listening to guest lecturers on the other day. It was beneficial to at least skim the readings for each class because a lot of the class was discussion, but reading the material is definitely manageable. The final was a paper/presentation on a topic of your choice. Overall, a good class to take if you don't mind discussion and the subject matter itself.