don't have great things to say about him. his handwriting is really bad, so you can't understand anything he writes. He also expects us to understand everything from his handwritten notes beforehand and lecture is only a "discussion". It was impossible to learn anything from them, so I only attended for pop quizzes. exams are rough with no curve

This was by far the worst class I have taken at UCSB. No seriously, this prof expects you know everything before coming to class. He rushes through everything and leaves no time to ask any questions

(for math8) He presents material at a lightning fast speed which makes it impossible for someone without prior knowledge of the subject to grasp. Midterm was graded too harshly. He is very disrespected in general. You will not know half the time what the course expectations are to succeed because he does not say anything about it.

Don't take this class. I physically cried during his midterm. Take literally any other professor. Is this the only math class open? I don't care. Take a math class next quarter

He is a terrible lecturer. He does examples before explaining the methods so you just sit there confused for 5 minutes before actually learning what he did.

I did not actually take this class but was taking Math 6A with him since this was the only time in spring that worked. Read the reviews here and resented my choice. But this is the first math class at UCSB where I got an A. Please please please ignore the bad reviews that are probably from the same one or two students.

I've always sucked at math and i really hated this class at first. I had 19/50 on mid1. But he offered to meet 1-on-1 with me. Met three times on zoom (once even on a weekend) and we came up with a plan. My mid2 scores improved to 35/40 and I got 41/40 on final. I even got a solid letter of rec from him in the end and got into my top choice!

Very understanding and responsible. I could not take my final exam and Waqar offered to drop it for me. Overall a great teacher

Professor Waqar Shah is a brilliant teacher. He personally reached out to congratulate me on my grade as I had a lower grade in his 3B class. He remembers your name and vouches for you. I really liked him

Professor Waqar is a great teacher who has a great passion and understanding of maths and he goes out of his way to help his students with all their issues. His clear notes were the best part of the class and if I missed a class for some reason i was able to follow the missed topics using his notes with very little effort.

Notecards and extra credit on the final exam were the best things about this course

this professor is a genius. if you care about math and go to his office hours, you can learn soooo much from him. i heard he is leaving which is very unfortunate for students like me

Take his class if you want to learn and be prepared for future courses (which is a problem in some other professors' classes, trust me). DO NOT take his class if you don't want to put in the work and want an easy A. This class is VERY difficult if you did not take calc in high school

Math 4A is the most boring course ever. Lectures were dull and unenthusiastic. However, the material is actually easy and the exams are very similar to the practice ones. I did not attend the class after the first midterm and only did the practice exams. Got As in all of them

Very little homework (only 10 easy webwork problems) and exams are very similar to practice exams. 15% quizzes, 15% homework, 20% midterm each and 30% final. Easy A. Take this class if you want to raise your GPA

too much homework but otherwise great professor

Decent professor. Lectures are a bit boring but overall class was easy. Final had extra credit which improved my grade

I can't wait to take my next class with him next quarter! Dude's hilarious :D :D :D

You are going to have to teach yourself the material outside of class because he finds a way to make the class so boring. The material is actually quite interesting and fun to do. Do yourself a favor and take this class with someone else. HW is only 10 questions a week, 2 midterms and a final, and weekly quizzes in section which can be pretty easy.

Amazing teacher. I don't get why everyone is rating him so low. Math 3B is usually this hard, he's the easier teacher actually. He easily gave me 5-10% on my final grade just by grading very easily. All I got to say is that he's very fair but the webwork is very tough(though all math classes have way harder webworks than tests supposedly)5+ hours

He is responsible and responds to your email promptly. If you want to learn in-depth, then take his class. Tests were challenging, but he gave a nice curve with extra 10 points out of 50 points.

This class was devastating. I used all sources available; still wasn't able to fully understand anything. Spent hours in math lab working on hw where even graduate students couldn't help us. Lectures made no sense; left even more confused. Post Course Summary: I couldn't tell you even if I wanted to because I don't know what happened in that class.

Lectures were super confusing. Homework took an average of 5 hours a week for me, on top of frequent tutoring. Quizzes are super easy but midterms and final are very difficult.

Waqar is a great guy and responds to student feedback, however, this class is very difficult and lectures will often leave you more confused. In order to finish Webwork, you need to go to either CLAS drop in hours (I recommend) or Math Lab and even then it will take hours to complete. Be prepared to put in a lot of work outside of class!