Reviews of professor Aaron Apawu

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
He is awesome! If you say he's bad, that is not true.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He teaches entirely off powerpoint. When a student asks a question, he impatiently answers, then quickly moves on w/o being sure we understand. He doesn't approach explaining problems differently when the class is confused. covers too much material in not enough time, & tests on too many chapters.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Apawu is a great researcher, but not a great professor. He reads everything that he is teaching and is not great at explaining if you are struggling to understand. Lab was enjoyable but especially online it was difficult to understand everything that was being taught.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Didn't grade any of our MANY assignments until 2 weeks after the first exam. Leaving the class average at a very low grade. (Even if we were practicing/studying it was incorrect material) He then got upset and told the class we were not trying hard enough. Even with the overall exam 1 grade average being ~40%.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Apawu's lectures can be a little difficult to understand and were definitely difficult during the pandemic. Analytical chemistry is HARD. Regardless of who teaches it. I, personally, found that Dr. Apawu was incredibly helpful outside of class. He was always willing to meet with me and help me through any concept.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Apawu is very knowledgeable in his field, but as a teacher he has unrealistic expectations of the world outside of his class. The homework takes several hours to do and the content is difficult. He is extremely particular in everything, especially grading. The class is not impossible, but one of the toughest I've ever taken. Make a study group!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
If you want a good grade in analytical chemistry, you have to be ready to work hard. Dr. Apawu is a fantastic professor, the material he teaches is just very tedious and can be tough to understand at times. However, he is very willing to work with students and gives fantastic feedback on all assignments and exams.