The worst nightmare ever at UCLA

Overall I would say this is a decent class. It's not easy - lectures are pretty packed with information but hes a clear lecture and has you watch relevant MIT lecture videos beforehand, which lets him go into more detail.
Homework and labs were tough. You absolutely have to start early on the homework because you'll have to go to office hours at least once to get some guidance or clarification on certain questions.
He gives you seven grace days that can be used in any way throughout the quarter which is nice but the class is structured so that you need to start each homework/lab right after turning in the previous one so you have to be careful not to fall too hard behind.
The labs essentially consist of using verilog to implement the modules designed in the previous homework (problem set). Meaning if your homework answers weren't right, you probably won't have a good time with the lab. He does release homework solutions but only a week after the homework is due (because of his grace days policy) and by then the lab is already due. The experience with verilog definitely helped in later classes (M152A) but he doesn't give enough tutorial into how to use it before you have to start your labs. You definitely learn a lot from the homework and labs but the pacing might be too much for a 10 week class.
The midterm was hard, final even harder. I wouldn't be surprised if the average for the final was around 25% (absolutely) insane curve. At least no one else knows what they're doing either.
You come out of this class having learned a lot, but it would be better if the assignments/tests and pacing didn't have a "boot camp-y", make it or break it feel to it. Would definitely take it over M151A, though.

Test difficulty: A student had a mental breakdown in his final.
Project difficulty: I am now completely allergic to Verilog.
Recommend: no, emphasize on no

Mehta has a knack for complicating things that are simple. From his homework to his tests to his labs, it was very hard to make sense of anything. His examples during lecture don't make very much sense, and he doesn't give us any resources to adapt to his question-making style. This class was the most painful and time-consuming class I've taken at UCLA.

The dictionary definition of a SCUMBAG. Sky high expectations, little to no guidance or at least clarifications of instructions, time-consuming assignments, boring lectures. And don't even get me started on the tests...his final physically, LITERALLY PHYSICALLY, broke a student. And guess what? He didn't give two DAMN shits, life moved on for him just like that. Avoid like AIDS. This man, or the SHELL of a man, should NEVER be allowed near students ever again. Ever since the presidential election, I never thought I would hate a professor as much as I hate Donald Trump I guess I've been proven wrong. Shame on you EE department for the way you clowns hire professors! You guys are like the GOP right now: no balls, no shame, bad judgment!!!

Don't take this class. You will waste your time and lower your GPA.

Professor overly complicates concepts and gives ridiculous exams. The median on the first midterm was about a 25%. The final was so hard that one student got a seizure and paramedics had to come in.

Advice: Either take CS M51A or wait another quarter. I wish someone had told me this before I took his class.

This class made me hate electrical engineering along with that Verilog thing, this class was the motivation to change my major. I would rather take the actual MIT 6004 and have some super tough exams but not this class because I was misled, I thought I was really not gonna need the textbook, I would have been better off if I hadn't listened to him and just read the textbook instead of going to his classes.