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Gupta is an interesting professor. He definitely cares about teaching, but I don't think he was particularly engaging. It was the one class that I always found myself struggling to stay awake in, and there were usually a few people just fully asleep in their seats.

He is lenient about grades, though, in that failing a midterm will not alone break you. My class was told that our first midterm was the worst in years by the TA, but most people I know still got As in the class. He tends to use examples from lectures and discussions as similar if not the exact same problems on exams.

I had concerns initially because the Gupta has a really bad microphone and it is hard to understand what he is saying. His drawing are also pretty bad but he got better over the quarter. However if you copy down all the equations he writes down you should be fine. The midterm problems are copies of the homework problems so do the homework. The second midterm was week 10 which was really annoying but because of that he pretty much cancelled the final.

He rambles a lot in lecture about the applications of MAE 101 to biology but we were never tested on it. Though he isn't that great at lecturing, he's an understanding guy when it comes to student concerns. I learned most of the class from YouTube, Chegg, and Slader.

Overall it's a really easy class so don't stress.

He really cares about his students and them learning but oh my, this class was a roller coaster of emotions. His lectures aren't super clear or helpful, shoutout to Jeff Hanson on Youtube for teaching me a lot and making everything that Gupta said in class make sense. His midterms were 3 questions and reasonable and he pulled some stuff from the lectre (watch it on 2x speed it lowkey sounds normal). But having a midterm week 10 (and telling us week 9) was not it and my mental health was plummeting that week. Luckily he cancelled the final ( which I did not study for) and he served us a fat Christmas miracle so shoutout to him for that. The TA's had review sessions which were kind of vague but it at least condensed the material and they usually saw the tests before so they kind of hinted at what was going to be on the tests. I never went to discussion and did great in this class, Gupta also gives a lot of useless examples/applications and you get lost when he's explaining them but you don't need to know them for the midterm, it's just so you can learn about the application of the material if you're interested. Basically this whole course is about how to apply F = ma = 0 and don't overthink the stuff. Homework is straight out of a bunch of different textbooks also. So I would take this class again, you have to work, but the curve is usually pretty good. At the end of the day though, he does listen to his students and genuinely cares about everyone learning way more than the tests and tricking you on there. Also, he often reuses problems from old tests.

Gupta wasn't a particularly exceptional lecturer, sometimes I found it more helpful to open the textbook as his figures and derivations were pretty confusing sometimes. Homeworks were relatively challenging but not too bad, and the midterms were shockingly easy. I'm pretty sure like 90% of the class got an A, but I know for a fact that these midterms were easier than pre-coronavirus midterms so keep that in mind. Overall he seems like a nice guy and is very knowledgeable, so I'd recommend his class.

This class was a mess. Lectures aren't helpful (didn't go to class after week 4) and everything about it felt very unorganized. We had a midterm week 10, less than a week before our final... like??? I learned everything from Jeff Hanson's youtube channel (statics and solids playlists). I recommend you don't rely on lecture to teach you the material because Gupta is a notoriously bad lecturer.

The midterm and final exams were hard af this year, idk what changed with the midterms compared to what past reviews have said. The only reason I think you should take this class with Prof Gupta is for the grade distribution. I was slightly below average on the first midterm, did really well on the second midterm, and felt like I did hella bad on the final but I still walked out with a B+.

While the midterms were pretty straightforward, the final was almost impossible to do in the time allotted and was extremely difficult compared to the midterms and the homework. No idea how this class is curved because I thought I failed the class but then Gupta gave everyone an A??? Old midterms are pretty useful and he also tests on examples he's used in class like the one where he prevented a guy from going to prison using statics (aka the one with the champagne bottle). He talks about himself a lot and spent more time taking about MIT than beam theory (which was unfortunately also tested on the final). Easy class, okay professor,

Gupta is a pretty bad lecturer — he rambles a lot and doesn't explain things well. He spends a lot of time talking about how smart he is and flexing on everyone about how he went to MIT. He shows up 10 minutes late to every lecture. The class is pretty poorly organized. He spends like 3 weeks on really easy problems and then goes over the more tricky stuff (like beam deflection) in a few lectures. Honestly I would just watch YouTube videos (I would recommend Jeff Hanson's channel), they explain things better than Gupta. The only reason you should go to lecture is to hear the random stories he tells that he sometimes includes on tests. I also bought the textbook which everyone told me not to do, but it was pretty helpful. I would recommend buying it. Overall this was not a very difficult class. I got a 68 on one of the midterms (and felt like I did pretty well on the final) and got an A.

Classmates complained a lot about how he jumps around a lot which he does; but the material isn't difficult to the point where you can't follow when he does jump around so in my opinion these people are just weak. He also shares a lot of stories where he applied what he's teaching us at the moment. It really is just sum of forces and moments for the entire class; practice problems in 3D before the midterm and you'll be fine especially deflection for the final.

Professor Gupta is a HORRIBLE lecturer. He's really disorganized, jumping around from example to example without clearly stating/writing down what the subject matter is. He mumbled a lot, and the fact that he did not use a microphone exacerbated my frustration because I honestly had no idea what went on during the lectures. The homework and the worksheets obtained from discussion taught me most of the material for this class, so definitely do them and make sure you know how to do the problems. The midterms were pretty simple so as long as you know your stuff, you should be able to ace them. As for the final, he told us that it would be cumulative, but in actuality, it was mostly on material that he went over in the last 2 weeks (that he did not give homework on). I feel like Professor Gupta had a very YOLO approach towards his duties as a professor; he decided on his midterm dates a week before, and he cut his final lecture short, telling us that as long as we knew that the sum of the forces and moment was zero, we'd be fine...

TAKE THIS CLASS WITH SOMEONE ELSE.

Absolutely a terrible professor. He spoke very quietly and refused to use a microphone, was difficult to understand, and rarely presented any worthwhile information during lectures. I learned much more from reading through the textbook than I did attending class. He was also terribly unprepared and did not finalize the date of either of the midterms until roughly a week beforehand. The midterms were fairly straightforward, but the final was very difficult. Even though he told us that he was against difficult exams because they do not effectively test what we have learned, the final was completely out of left field.

Please take this class with someone else.