Professor
Rajat Maji
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Most Helpful Review
Spring 2024 - Professor Raji screwed the students over this quarter. I was well above average on the final and both midterms yet I received a C+ in the class (unless he ends up curving the grades more). He was incredibly unclear and barely followed any sort of organization or slide shows. Therefore, when students went to discussion, the TAs had no idea what he had gone over in class. He frequently went off on tangents and would teach different concepts to his two different lectures. He made students feel stupid for not understand the complex questions he asked in lectures and on tests. Furthermore, while it is great to encourage in class participation, he would frequently choose 5-10 students to solve practice problems on the board for the whole lecture (which is not an ideal format for a 250 person lecture). I had a 4.0 before taking this class and put A LOT of time into studying. After all this, I still received a C+ so I strongly strongly suggest you take it with another professor if at all possible.
Spring 2024 - Professor Raji screwed the students over this quarter. I was well above average on the final and both midterms yet I received a C+ in the class (unless he ends up curving the grades more). He was incredibly unclear and barely followed any sort of organization or slide shows. Therefore, when students went to discussion, the TAs had no idea what he had gone over in class. He frequently went off on tangents and would teach different concepts to his two different lectures. He made students feel stupid for not understand the complex questions he asked in lectures and on tests. Furthermore, while it is great to encourage in class participation, he would frequently choose 5-10 students to solve practice problems on the board for the whole lecture (which is not an ideal format for a 250 person lecture). I had a 4.0 before taking this class and put A LOT of time into studying. After all this, I still received a C+ so I strongly strongly suggest you take it with another professor if at all possible.
Most Helpful Review
Fall 2023 - Lectures were recorded and he had lecture slides... but I think it's also important to take good notes of your own as the tests can be pretty in-depth. Maji was a good lecturer imo and I definitely learned a lot in this class. He also held regular office hours which were extremely helpful in grasping the concepts. The class was definitely not easy, but was thankfully curved. He also offered plenty of practice materials which are an absolute MUST to go over. Overall, I think CHEM 30A with Maji was cool.
Fall 2023 - Lectures were recorded and he had lecture slides... but I think it's also important to take good notes of your own as the tests can be pretty in-depth. Maji was a good lecturer imo and I definitely learned a lot in this class. He also held regular office hours which were extremely helpful in grasping the concepts. The class was definitely not easy, but was thankfully curved. He also offered plenty of practice materials which are an absolute MUST to go over. Overall, I think CHEM 30A with Maji was cool.
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