Reviews of professor Andrew Gillespie

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is honestly an incredible professor. Rather than spending the entire lecture hand holding us through problems and instead focused on making sure we knew how to approach problems and then apply the concepts we learned over the semester. I recommend him to anyone taking PHYS 1408.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Homework was difficult, but exams were basically homework problems with number changed. Participation assignments graded based on completion. 3 exams and a final - ride the curve. Online office hours were helpful. Exams through Blackboard weren't fun, though. This class was difficult, but did help me study for the physics in the practice MCAT.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Might as well teach yourself in order to pass. Unnecessarily wordy explanations and frequently does work not pertaining to the course material. He makes explaining concepts more difficult than it needs to be all while confusing you in the process. I will say he was very lenient with due dates. He's a great guy but almost impossible to learn from.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Unless you enjoy teaching yourself every concept you need for a class, I recommend you do not take professor Gillespie. He is very nice, but he cares more about simple demonstrations with objects in class then he does about you understanding complex material. Lectures do not help with the homework and each homework can take 4+ hours to do.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
As a professor hes horrible and very dull and explaining things. Physics 1 is not that hard of a class but he makes it, no curves, the lab is incredibly dumb. Overall a professor i would never take again.