Reviews of professor Sidney Wilkerson-Hill

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Sid was a really great professor. It was his first semester teaching, but I thought he did a really good job of explaining concepts and providing relevant literature and examples. There was a lot of material in the course, but it is a graduate level class so that's sort of expected. Tests were difficult but within reason. Overall, not a bad choice.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Honestly not too impressed with Dr. WH. His lectures are ok but seem superficial relative to the material on exams. He constantly accuses students of not doing the reading. Instead of accepting that the material is challenging or may be confusing for some students, he blames us and takes no personal accountability. just generally out of touch.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This semester orgo was taught by 3 profs collectively. Hill would get behind in lecture, but I know if he had total control over the class content + tests that wouldn't matter as much. I felt like he cared about his students and was good at explaining problems in new ways that helped me understand chemistry better. Orgo 2 is hard though so study.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Obviously a tough class, but it felt like a lot of time was spent on things that didn't really end up being particularly difficult or important for exams. Dr. Wilkerson-Hill obviously cared about the students though, and it felt like he was trying to prepare students for success in a class that he didn't really have much control over.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He's a genuinely nice person (obviously, the class is hell). He's not very accessible outside of class: he had one office hour during the week and it was when I had a class. I can't tell if he genuinely cared about us or not. He however is really funny and has little quips during class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Exams were 90% of the grade, but to be expected with chemistry classes. Gives great lectures and makes you enjoy orgo. I recommend going to office hours, he explains stuff really well and takes time to go over more examples in detail.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Nice guy but I thought his office hour sessions were more helpful than the lectures tbh. Very easy to get overwhelmed, pick a weekly PM/office hour session and go to it. Tests are tricky but not terrible, however the final was wack. Its orgo 2, be ready to dump a lot of time into reactions and mechanisms