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Sahil Shah
ENEE719D Expecting an A Anonymous 01/13/2026 |
The teaching style and way that the course was run were a bit unusual: 1) 80% of final grades were group projects 2) Group sizes were 2-5 people and group assignments did not change with group size 3) Many days we showed up for lecture and were told it would be office hours for group projects instead of lecture 4) Grad students in ENEE719D had the exact same amount of work as undergrad students in ENEE419D 5) Instructions for assignments were at times vague 6) Grading is very easy to the point that I lost motivation to try hard towards the end of the semester In spite of never having had a class run this way before and feeling like I learned almost nothing in the few lectures that actually took place, I walked away feeling like I learned a lot from working on vaguely defined group projects and am happy that I took the class. |
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Sahil Shah
ENEE408D Anonymous 05/22/2023 |
Great professor - very understanding of student issues. There are short quizzes like in 303 but really they serve as a grade booster. He is a lenient grader. |
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Sahil Shah
ENEE303 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/09/2023 |
AMAZING PROFESSOR. His lectures were easy to follow, and his course structure was very understanding of the student's time. Lectures were helpful and were all recorded (which admittedly made it very easy to fall behind in the class, which is not Shah's fault). There were weekly homeworks which had the potential to be challenging, but had unlimited attempts so they were very helpful, and there were short quizzes at the beginning of each lecture. There were two exams in this course, including the final, which seems daunting, but they were not only open note, but open internet as well so you could use the textbook as well as any online resource (although you definitely still have to study). Even after all of this, he curved the course very generously. Overall, if you can force yourself to go to class or are good about watching lectures on your own time, 100% take Shah. |
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Sahil Shah
ENEE303 Expecting a B Anonymous 05/23/2022 |
Dr. Shah is a relatively new professor, which might raise a few questions about whether or not to take him. His classes would typically start with a quiz (pretty much every class); they were either quick calculations or multiple choice, so they weren't that bad. He would then teach his lecture and sometimes have an in-class exercise that would be due the following night. His lecturing was fine; he had a balance of providing information to write down and working through problems. Homework would be due once a week on ELMS, and while they could be tedious sometimes, there was unlimited submissions with no penalties. He had two exams with no final; each exam had 5 questions that were pretty fair and also open-book and open-resource. Dr. Shah definitely cares about his students, so if you are willing to put in the effort, this will be a manageable class. |
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Sahil Shah
ENEE303 Expecting an A- Anonymous 03/31/2021 |
Dr. Shah is a really great professor, and this was his first semester teaching here at UMD. You can tell he really cares about his students. Short quizzes at the beginning of every class, but they are not too difficult. Midterm was definitely fair. Overall, I've learned a lot and I'm happy I took him |