Reviews of professor Dominick Ali

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof Ali was a good teacher. Very meticulous in nature, especially when he explains concepts and goes over lab procedure. I advise asking questions during lecture/lab and going to office hours. Very helpful with any questions you may have and will try his best to help you understand content. HW helps solidify concepts (a lot of questions though).

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Everyone who gave him a bad rating just didn't like him because chemistry is hard and you have to do work outside of class. He gives way more partial credit than we deserve and cares about the subject he is teaching. He gives so many opportunities to ask questions and always wants to help. His class is not hard if you actually try.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
All good reviews are written by the professor. You can see a pattern in them, they all say Dom. Definitely do not take this professor.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Do not take this class. He can be a great teacher at times but the teaching style is awful. The lectures and the labs do not correspond with one another and the lectures barely help with the homework assignments. Lectures are just a PowerPoint of concepts. He also is a very late grader, as in some grades from September are not put in in December.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He seems to spend more time on here writing his own reviews, instead of grading work. Does not give tests/quizzes back on time. Lectures are difficult & you need to be able to teach yourself in this class because he talks to his students as if we all have graduated with Chm. degrees. His powerpoints are horrible & I learn more from youtube videos.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Demeaned students in other classes. Late grader. Arrogant and long-winded. I got an A solely because of good chm in highschool. When emailed questions would respond late and say to "be a self learner."

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Wow. What an amazing teacher. Aside from the strict formal language he uses, I truly believe that Mr. Ali is one of the best Chemistry teachers one could take. The feedback is great. He is one of those teachers that always has the students back. He teaches in a way that makes sense to anyone who wants to put in the effort and learn the material.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The good: Prof Ali really does seem to care that his students learn The bad: He's not good at teaching. His lectures are rambling and unhelpful, you need to use other sources to learn. Grades are extremely late, as is months late. He is also very critical and condescending to his own department. He believes he is a much better teacher than he is.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He talks a lot, HOWEVER, I find that all of the information he gives is very valuable and he will go over EVERYTHING (a plus). I took this as a hybrid class (only the labs were in person). As long as you review the lectures and actually make an effort you will be just fine on the exams. He gives lot's of partial credit. Way more than we deserve.