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VIVAK PATEL

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Raw average: 1.86/5 from 28 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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STAT 371
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
Whatever you do, don't take his class—it poses a major challenge to your GPA.
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STAT 371
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
Don't listen to the other reviews he's not that bad. His lecture slides are a little confusing but the tests are very fair. He doesn't do the best job of explaining what you need to know for the test but studying his lecture slides will help you so much.
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STAT 371
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
I thoroughly enjoyed this professor and his teaching style. He explained complex concepts clearly and provided helpful materials like homework, Kahoots, and practice exams. Vivak was approachable, supportive, and offered extra help. He made statistics enjoyable. I highly recommend him.
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STAT 371
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
Super nice guy but his lectures are extremely abstract and take hours outside of class to decipher. Attending lectures is pointless, 90% of what's covered will be far more complicated than what's on the exams and you have to teach yourself everything anyways. Unless you have prior knowledge in stats you likely won't to good with this professor.
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STAT 371
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
I had done stats in high school so I felt confident that I would do well in this class. I was wrong. Every day I left lecture knowing less than I'd known when I'd walked in. He taught in a way that reversed my knowledge on all of the topics. He also only gives 10 assignments, so the 3 exams weigh VERY heavily on your overall grade for the course.
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STAT 371
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS WITH HIM. Literally addressed his bad reviews the first day, and has tried to implement changes; however, for the second exam it contains multiple part questions (select all that apply) and you will get absolutely zero partial credit - making our median a 48/65 in an UNCURVED class. He seems nice, worst class structure.
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Classes with VIVAK PATEL

No teaching recorded in Fall 2026.

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Recorded teaching history

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Spring 2026STAT 371Introductory Applied Statistics for the Life Sciences
Spring 2026STAT 699Directed Study
Spring 2026STAT 990Research
Fall 2025STAT 699Directed Study
Fall 2025STAT 772Linear Randomized Algorithms for Data Science
Fall 2025STAT 990Research
Spring 2025STAT 371Introductory Applied Statistics for the Life Sciences
Spring 2025STAT 699Directed Study
Spring 2025STAT 990Research
Spring 2025STAT 992Seminar
Fall 2024STAT 601Statistical Methods I
Fall 2024STAT 990Research
Spring 2024STAT 772Linear Randomized Algorithms for Data Science
Spring 2024STAT 990Research
Spring 2024STAT 992Seminar
Fall 2023STAT 601Statistical Methods I
Fall 2023STAT 990Research
Spring 2023STAT 772Linear Randomized Algorithms for Data Science
Spring 2023STAT 990Research
Fall 2022STAT 601Statistical Methods I
Fall 2022STAT 990Research
Spring 2022STAT 990Research
Fall 2021STAT 601Statistical Methods I
Fall 2021STAT 699Directed Study
Fall 2021STAT 771Computational Statistics
Fall 2021STAT 990Research
Fall 2020STAT 601Statistical Methods I
Fall 2020STAT 771Computational Statistics
Spring 2020STAT 615Statistical Learning
Spring 2020STAT 699Directed Study
Fall 2019STAT 601Statistical Methods I
Fall 2019STAT 699Directed Study
Fall 2019STAT 771Computational Statistics
Fall 2019STAT 990Research
Spring 2019STAT 679Special Topics in Statistics
Spring 2019STAT 990Research
Fall 2018STAT 771Computational Statistics

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