Reviews of professor Russell Larsen

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Larsen is very charismatic and good at teaching chemistry, if you pay attention and try you should be fine. He was always accessible outside of class and he records his lectures which is convenient.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Gave good lectures but doesn't work many problems out. 4 weekly quizzes reviewing topics in lecture, counted for extra credit, very good way to study. Each test question is worth a point of your final grade. Homework is the best way to practice for the test, don't do it, you will fail. Grade scale is set at the beginning of the semester, no curve

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Larsen's most useful resource is his hw walk throughs that he posts on teams, take advantage of that. He livestreams his lectures and even posts them afterwards. Also offers up to 2 ec points towards your semester grade, which seems like nothing but it matters a lot in a class where each point on an exam counts towards your overall grade.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
chem is a difficult subject already but larsen didn't make it any better. he teaches as if i already know the material and although he's super energetic he's still not a good teacher to me. his homework takes up a good amount of time and the exams are worth 94% of ur grade alone. mess up and it's hard to come back up. chem IS HARD!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The best chem professor. Lectures are amazing and have exactly what you need to complete hw. Exams are very similar to hws and final is very similar to midterms. Youll have to put your effort into learning but he is very easy to follow and available for any question. Would absolutely take again