Reviews of professor David Simmons

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He is a very good professor, incredibly smart, goes REALLY FAST during lectures and if you dont read ahead and go to office hours, most of the stuff wont make sense. The Homework is a lot harder than the exams, but if you do the homework and go ask him questions, you´ll be fine on the exams. Really DO THE HOMEWORK and start early you need the time

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Thermo is very hard, but not impossible to grasp. You will have to put in your own time in this class. Simmons lectures heavily and quickly, but if you go to his office hours he makes more sense of difficult concepts. Class AVG on the first exam was a 49% but he lowers the grade scale at the end. Great physics students will do fine, good luck.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Knowledgeable & engaging, but fast-paced w/ high expectations. Always entertains questions. Difficult material. Avg grades were very low--due to fast-pace?ineffective teaching?difficult material? HW is rough w/o Chegg. Did very few in-class examples. Emphasizes understanding. Smart & nice, but DIFFICULT. I might fail, but will retake with him.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
In order to succeed in Prof. Simmons' class, you need to go to every lecture to understand material, as only note sheets and no lecture recordings are posted. Tests are reasonable length but often have difficult questions. Can teach a little fast at times. Stayed after class daily to answer questions and had good office hours. Study hard and pass.