Reviews of professor Ran Zhao

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
305 suppose to be a hard course with all the physics and math. Ran did a really good job on explanation and provide lots of practice and help. Just do the practice test, go to class, follow his instructions. labs were ok, similar to 313 but slightly shorter reports. Overall it's a great course and definitely recommended.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Ran Zhao gives off an air of being curt and never having time to listen to students. He acts like he couldn't care less about students.  I asked him a question via email several times and he never responded. In lectures his English is hard to understand because of his accent. This is why I emailed him, however he did not respond even by email.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is a very considerate prof and really cares about his students' learning. Fair exams, clear lectures, and you can definitely do well if you put in the time to study and do the practice sets he provides. Easy to access out of lectures, and he is always willing to kindly re-explain something if you don't get it.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I thought he was a really great prof! This was my first Chem class in uni and I found it very enjoyable! His classes are a lot of lectures, but that's the nature of the course. He was very knowledgeable and answered any question you had easily. He had office hours in the lecture theatre right after the course, which was great for clarification

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
-five-minute break every class -blanked out notes -amazing professor -cares about his students and uses analogies to help you understand -the midterm was not the easiest but it was everything you learned and similar to the practice -not going to lie final was killer but having him really helped me do better than I thought -100 percent recommend.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Zhao is an excellent CHEM 101 professor! He was very accessible outside of class and made an effort to hold office hours before the midterm and final. His lecture notes were clear and presented in a way that made difficult concepts easily understandable. The midterm and final were tough but very fair if you put in the work!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Really good guy. Had great notes that were easy to study off of, midterm was really fair and really similar to the practice midterm. Final was pretty difficult not gonna lie, but if you know how to use your formula sheet well you'll do fine.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
If you can choose who to take CHEM 101 with, Ran would be your guy. There aren't many researching professors who can teach first-year chem concepts as well as he can. His analogies are on-point, and he keeps his lectures engaged. Exams are fair and he tests concepts that are in his notes only. He's fair and always willing to help in office hours.