I personally enjoyed this class very much, and would definitely recommend this professor for the LS30 series. I think Dr. V truly cares about her students and their knowledge of the course. The quizzes are challenging, but she definitely does take into consideration student feedback and will alter them. Most quizzes and exams are multiple attempts.

Lectures:
- Lectures are required for attendance (I'm pretty sure must attend 50% for full participation credit)
- Lectures include polls that don't count toward participation credit
- 3 hours of Lecture
- These lectures mirror the textbook
- Alan Garfinkel (the author of the textbook) additionally has videos which summarize the lectures as well - these videos are recommended but SUPER helpful.

Labs:
- 2 hour coding lab (using COCALC/ Python)
- The labs definitely require the full 2 hours to complete, but are overall straightforward. TAs and LAs are very helpful during coding sections, and will most definitely help you if you get stuck.
- There are pre-lab videos and quizzes which are super simple and only take like 30 mins per week. These quizzes allow for multiple attempts

Homework:
- The homework consisted of 25-40 problems per week from the textbook. The homework is mainly graded for completion, but if the answer is completely wrong I think 0.5 a point is taken off per question missed. The homework is turned in each week on Gradescope.

Quizzes:
- There are weekly quizzes. They are usually 10-15 questions and are based on the textbook/lectures
- The midterm and final each consist of three portions.
- The first is the creation of a study guide. For the study guide you essentially have to put examples or explanations for learning objectives.
- The second portion of the exams are individual exams. The second portion is definitely the most difficult and consists of both multiple choice and free response. This second part takes 2-3 hours.
- The third is a group exam, which usually has 3-4 longer questions. These group exams I did over FaceTime, and took 4-5 hours.
- For most weekly exams/midterms/finals/group exams, Dr. V gives a 24 hour window to complete them.

- The final exam date/time you see on MyUCLA may not be correct as a result of this window. Do not be freaked out if you see a final scheduled for 9pm.

Long story short: this class is pretty easy. The hardest part is paying attention in lectures. Professor Venugopal spends a lot of time going over the same concept and often does not finish the material planned for the day. The good news is that she cares about her students' understanding of the course and will often spend way too much time answering questions or giving 6 different examples for the same thing. The good news is that there are worse flaws your professor could have. The even better news is that if you do not really jive with her teaching style, everything is covered in the textbook which is surprisingly easy to understand for a big book full of math. So either way, if you choose to take 30A with Venugopal, the statistics say you will do well.

QUICK, and TO THE POINT REVIEW:
- Not the best lecturer, often rushes, but slides are detailed and lectures are posted
- Textbook is provided, but doesn't really do much besides providing homework problems
- Homework assignments are long but graded primarily for completion
- Practice Exams are very helpful,; no gimmicks
- Good sized workload, with weekly homework and weekly quizzes
- Coding isn't too bad especially with a helpful TA and LA, but grading can be tough
- CONCLUSION: Not a very hard class, but does demand your time

Honestly, I felt like Dr. V wasn't a bad lecturer at all. There are polls during lecture, so you will have to attend to receive participation points. The workload was very light in my opinion. Many people stressed over the bi-weekly study guides, but it was only difficult if you made it difficult for yourself. For all of my study guides, all I did was take screenshots of the slides and upload them on my document for each objective and I still received full points for it. The midterm and finals weren't too bad because she allows you to work with your group members, which makes it was easier. I would definitely take her again! It was a class I slacked off on the most.

This is not the class to take if you want to actually learn anything -- I taught myself the materials using the textbook and lecture slides because Venugopal is unengaging and hard to listen to. It's an easy A, and she's a decent professor if you can stand to listen to her, but it's not enjoyable at all and I'd recommend trying a different professor instead.

I was initially really nervous about having Dr.V this quarter, especially since I had Jukka last quarter, and even more so after reading so many harsh comments about her class. But honestly, if I could go back knowing what I know now I would have taken ls30a with Dr.V. This class is super laid back and was definitely the least stressful out of all my classes last quarter. Although her lectures might be difficult to understand at times, she more than makes up for it by being extremely accomodating and understanding. She is probably the nicest and sweetest professor I've had all year and I can tell that she genuinely cares about her students and their well-being. I highly recommend taking this class with her, it was stress-free and probably one of the easiest As I've gotten.

This class is honestly not hard, its actually extremely easy. The professor is not a very good lecturer, and did not respond to a single email all quarter, and was always behind with content, but it didn't matter because the final and midterm were so easy to get A's on, because they were group projects with your lab mates. Way easier than 30A, very light workload, I got an A+ and I never took any AP math class in high school. The coding was kind of difficult for me, but the TA's help you a lot if you are confused.

So the deal with this class is that if you don't care about the material but want a good grade I highly recommend taking this class with Dr. V.
The live lectures have polls which is annoying, but I honestly joined them and would not really pay attention and do homework or watch tik tok and just do the polls because they were graded on participation.
The bi-weekly quizzes were sometimes kind of challenging but we had to attempts so getting a good grade was not too challenging.
We had bi-weekly homework due the day before the quizzes which were super easy and essentially a study guide for the quiz. The homework was also done with a group soo the individual work was pretty low, we split up the problems and then just reworded things before we submitted.
There were practice problems assigned but they weren't due and so I never did them.
Both the midterm and the final were taken with a group making them extremely easy to get a good grade in. The midterm was a bit more challenging and was pretty long but the final was painfully easy. One questions, worth 10 points, just required you to copy and paste come code into cocalc and then upload the graph.
Labs were kind of complicated but graders were super easy so it wasn't hard to get good grades.
OVERALL, I can't code for the life of me, barely learned the material, but because of the way this class was graded got a really good grade, so if this is just a requirement, highly recommend.

There are a lot of people who dislike Dr. V, but she is truly an amazing teacher. She really cares about her students and provides materials for both studying and practice. The biweekly homework for this class was somewhat tedious, but was definitely doable for the time provided. She posts her annotated slides and lectures promptly, and the exams were well written and plenty of time was given to take them. I had her for LS30A as well, and though the structure was slightly different, I would recommend her to anyone.

Honestly, I wish I waited for Stats13 because this class is a whole mess. Taking a statistics class is pretty important in general especially for a stem major. This class literally taught me nothing by absolute jibberish. I didn't gain anything but lost my time trying to figure out these complicated labs that made no sense. The exams are the worst. On the questions where you can click multiple answers, if you click too many or too little, you get 50% points deducted. I missed two questions on the final and I got an 87 because of this. Like what. First, we had no preparation for the final exam. How do we know what to expect? At least a practice exam to aid a little help. I know Professor Venugopal means well and she seems very sweet, but this class is just a mess.