Nilanthi Warnasooriya - Hillsborough Community College (all campuses)

Professor: Nilanthi Warnasooriya
Department: Physics
College: Hillsborough Community College (all campuses)
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: PHY2054
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Professor Wanrasooriiya records her lectures for you to watch on your own. They are kind of boring, and sometimes it's hard to understand her. However, she knows her stuff, and she explains concepts in great detail. Tests are similar to quizzes and suggested homework problems. she has multiple days of office hours for questions or concerns.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: PHY2054
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Professor Warnasooriya is awesome! She made the concepts relatively easy for someone who barely passed PHY2053 to follow and actually worked out problems during her lectures that prepared you for the exam. There are 4 exams and she drops the lowest one, and a mandatory final exam. 13 quizzes and drops the lowest 3. Very intelligent and kind woman.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: PHY1025
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Online class with Zoom meetings. Great professor. She drops 2 of your lowest quiz scores. She also drops your lowest test grade. Homework is suggested for practice, but not graded. She is very understanding, and a great professor. She is able to "dumb down" information to help everyone understand, and will explain things until you get it.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: PHY2053
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Dr. W is the best! If you follow her advice and study the material it is an easy A. She gives one practice test to show how her tests are written, and has a review session before each test. Test questions are very similar to chapter practice questions and if you do them all tests are very easy. Take her and you wont regret.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: PHY2053
  • Grade Received: A-
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Dr. W was the best physics professor I could ask for! She is so sweet and she is always available to explain concepts if you are not understanding them. Despite this pandemic, she made it her priority to hold office hours once a week in case we had questions. If I ever needed to take PHY 2054, I would definitely take it with her 100% for sure. :)
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: PHY1025
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Professor Warnasooriya is awesome. When we went to online learning because of Corona lockdown she posted lecture videos and was available for reviews and discussions on Zoom. Gave us more time to do quizzes and labs. She even replied my emails after 10 PM when I needed help with a lab report. Super helpful lady.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: PHY1025
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Expects us to put in so much work by just reading her long PowerPoints and teaching ourselves the material during a world pandemic claiming she DOESNT HAVE TIME to hold proper online lectures although the whole world is on lockdown
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: PHY1025
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
She is the worst teacher I have ever had. Only made a review of the first exam. Her classes are super boring and she explains too fast. Please don't take her!!!!
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: PHY1025
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Dr. N is an amazing professor. She is very helpful and encouraging. Its an easy class if you study . Listen to her reviews before pop quizzes and do exercises in each chapter, and you will do well. Dont hesitate to ask questions. Im going to take her again in physics 1.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: PHYSICS1025
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Best professor! Beware of pop quizzes make sure you study before class, she prepares you well for all 4 test. Drops the the lowest test score. Easy A if your do practice problems and study vocab . STUDY STUDY ! she answers all questions and explains very well. Lecture is easy to understand. Dont be afraid to ask questions if you dont understand.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: PHY1025
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
This professor is engaging and informative. Her Labs were fun and helped to clarify assignments.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: PHYSICS1025
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
She tells the students in her class "if you receive an A in my class it is because you earned it". Yet she called those students lazy. You can get a good grade if you study, but she is unprofessional and rude.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: PHYSICS1025
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
She's very rude and snarky. I wouldn't take her again. When she has her bad days she will take her anger out on you which so unprofessional. There is not enough equipment for labs. Because of this, she called certain students lazy and if they wanted to leave they can leave and drop her class. Those students had As in her class.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: PHY1025
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
She was the only professor teaching conceptual physics. She gives 12 pop quizzes. She will trick you on quizzes just so she can tell you "This is why you need to study. This is a college class." She does not give reviews for tests or final exam. We go over 24 chapters in all so prepare. Study the power points, exercises, and suggested problems.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: PHY1025
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Professor Warnasooriya is the best teacher I've had for a science class. She makes lectures very interesting, she explains everything in a way that you understand. However, tests are easy only if you study. She provides practice tests and power points for every lesson, so make sure you study in order to pass the tests. Great professor.
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: PHY1025
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: No
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Dr. Warnasooriya is the best science teacher I've ever had for Physics. I never had much of a knack for Physics but her teaching methods and examples really helped me understand/appreciate it as a whole. She's very direct and kind unless you address her too casually or take advantage of her caring nature. Ask questions for great answers from her
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: PHY1025
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
She is one of the best professors I have ever had! She's funny and cares about her students. Quizzes are random, but not hard at all if you review the notes from the class before quickly before. She gives many exercises and textbook questions to help you study for the tests (not mandatory). However, they are similar to the test questions.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: PHY2053
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
PHY 2053 was a harder class than PHY 1025 and I felt like it really prepared me for PHY 2048. Professor Warnasooriya explained everything very well and was willing to go over more practice problems to help the class. She allowed some students to skip the final if they had an A in the class already. She had an accent, but was understandable.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: PHY1025
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Professor W is an awesome professor. She really cares about if her students pass or not. The examples in the powerpoints are similar/exactly the questions on the tests. There are 4 tests and 10 pop quizzes. As long as you go to class you will pass. I want to take her again for Physics 1
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: PHY1025
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
She's a good teacher and helpful when you ask questions. Her exams are on simple material, but the questions on it are trick questions or based on logic and have nothing to do with what you have to study, so it's extremely hard to get an A, even if you know the material. I don't know the other PHY professors, but I honestly wouldn't recommend her.
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