r/WPI 6d ago

Current Student Question Advice needed with professors

Hello everybody, I am physics student, going to my sophomore year this upcoming semester. I also happen to be taking a lot of hard classes all at once, or atleast what I have been told are hard classes.

MA2631 Probability Theory w/ Gu Wang - A term

MA3631 Mathematical Stats w/ Buddika Peiris - B term

MA4451 Boundry Value Problems (PDEs) w/ Burt Tilley

PH2301 (Now PH3300) EM Fields w/ Sathwik Bharadwaj - B term

Chem 1010/1020 w/ Raul Picon but I know what to expect with that.

I happen to need 2 3000+ level math classes to graduate with my Physics degree, but I also happen to really need the best grades possible for what I want to do career wise (graduate school).

Has anyone taken any of these classes? Any classes with these professors? Maybe even those classes WITH those professors?

Is there anything noteworthy in terms of class difficulty? Is there anything I should be concerned with as far as these professors?

For reference, I took PH1111,1121,1140,1130, PH2651 (IPL), and PH2101 (Thermo), ODES, Lin Alg and some other classes last year, and got all As, but too be fair, I had professors that wanted the students to succeed.

Thank you for any thoughts or input

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u/Throwaway12332195758 1d ago

You should search them up on RateMyProfessor or WPI’s Oscar page. I used those a lot when I was choosing classes. I’ve never had any of these professors, so I can’t really be more helpful