Reviews of professor Shayne Sorenson

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I love this man. He is such a great professor and I really enjoyed being able to learn from him. The class is hard, that is to be expected but if you take heed of his advice, it is very easy to succeed. Be ready for 9 exams but it really isn't as hard as it sounds. He is always ready to help you and figure out ways to help you do your best. 10/10

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I enjoyed Brother Sorenson because he always had an experiment or an example of the material we were learning as class began. This class was tough, however, because he expected you to read from the online textbook and do homework on the readings before the lecture. The program he used, Aktiv, was also really cool and easy to use.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He's a nice guy but his lectures are pretty pointless. He either gives out a worksheet and expects you to know what you're doing or you play jeopardy. All of it does not prepare you for the tests. You pretty much have to teach yourself or go to the tutors. His homework and practice are somewhat similar but you are always blindsided for tests.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Lectures are on proofs for equation and not how to apply them in homework assignments. Doesn't explain how to solve problems and the homework assignments only a question type 2 or 3 times. You have to use ChatGPT to explain how to solve the first example of the problem, then you only get one other chance to practice. Averages test scores, bad.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I took the lab from Brother Sorenson. It was very difficult. Each lab is graded very strictly and usually by a computer system. Any mistakes by the system has to be brought up to him if you want the points. You'll work in pairs for the most part and take a final lab exam by yourself at the end of the semester, which is equally challenging.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
His lectures were a bit harder to understand than those of my Chem105 professor, but he still did a good job covering the material. He uses the Aktiv program for his chemistry homework which I appreciated.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Bro Sorenson has been my favorite teacher at BYU-I. He genuinely cares about his students' success. He seems to enjoy chemistry, and he's smart so it makes learning easier. He's accessible outside of class & answers any extra questions you have. Chem can be hard. Just do the homework and videos, they cover everything. He's pretty funny too.