Reviews of professor Eran Rabani

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Very thoughtful answers to those who ask questions. I didn't like his powerpoint style, but I can't deny he was extremely organized. The material was hard and hwk doesn't correlate to the midterms/finals. If I could do-over who I could have for chem1a, it wouldn't be him. But that has to do more w how he writes exams. He is very kind+approachable!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Rabani only taught the second half of my semester, which is quantum. The fact that he can explain such in-depth materials in his lectures is very impressive. The material is still quite hard, and his exams has some advanced problems that are graded harshly(all or nothing for BIG credits), but thats cal chem 1A for you. Would recommend.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof Rabani's lectures were pretty easy to follow and informative. I didn't feel like I had to read the textbook, but reading it does help reinforce some of the topics he covers.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
With Professor Head Gordon, I had to rely heavily on the textbook and outside resources, but it was completely different with Professor Rabani. The concepts are still difficult, but he does a great job explaining all the material. The class in general got a lot easier when he took over. His test is also very similar to the practice exam.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Half the lecture is spent reviewing the LAST lecture. Feels like a waste of time, lectures are LOOSELY related to the content of the course. Takes an absolute mountain of work outside class to keep up, lectures wont help with that. If I could skip every lecture, I would.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I'm sure Rabani is a great guy. However, the same cannot be said regarding his lectures. He uses power-point slides, which are awful, and he's very boring. If you can take Chem 1A with someone other than Rabani (preferably Geissler), you'd be in good shape. It's an interesting course, however, it was made uninteresting for me because of Rabani

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Rabani was refreshing to have teaching this course after the first 2/3 of this class. His lectures are clear, easy to understand, and filled with amazing examples that clarify any confusing topics. His lecture pacing was great as well and he legitimately reinvigorated my interest in chemistry. 10/10 would take again.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Rabani was a fairly good lecturer, and gave clear and concise explanations/examples in his lectures. His practice exams were very helpful for the actual exams. Even for someone like me with no chemistry background, he made many of the concepts fairly simple to understand.