Reviews of professor Jianyuan Zhang

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Shocked by the positive reviews. I am a pre-med with a 3.9 GPA. I haven't received a grade lower than a B+. I study A LOT. I can only decipher MAYBE 20% of the lecture due to his extremely heavy accent. He's nice, sure, who cares? That isn't going to teach you the material. Also doesn't give homework, which is a must to practice. Take someone else!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Absolutely stellar professor, made learning organic chemistry manageable and is one of the few Rutgers professors that truly took student feedback into consideration/cared about students. More importantly, he ensured grades/tests were as fair and balanced as they could be. Extremely passionate and knowledgeable about the subject; it showed.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I wish he provided more practice in class instead of just explaining the concepts as orgo needs practice. If you attend recitation/tutoring though you will be fine. No matter who you take orgo with it is going to be hard and there is a lot of self-studying. The grade is based on 3 midterms and a cumulative final. Professor is fine but course sucks.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This class is so difficult but Zhang just genuinely cares so much about his students and really wanted to see us succeed in this course. You're still going to have to study a bunch and the textbook is a really good resource but honestly Zhang motivated us so much.