Reviews of professor Shawn McDonald

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
As a student who does well in lectures, this teacher is awful. He speaks as if someone has notecards in the back he's reading off, his lectures don't have the information you need to do the work most of the time, he goes far too fast, and he isn't engaging at all. He's an easy grader, but that's really the best part about it. Overall? Awful.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I was afraid going into the class because of the other reviews but he is actually really great. lol ten times better than hammel. McDonald actually cares about us and our grades. If you put a little work in and try you will for sure get out with a good grade. He's actually an awesome teacher especially in comparison to Hammel.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He is rude and does not listen to his students when they ask questions. He will cut you off and talk at you without ever addressing your question. He is unable to properly teach you. The exams contain material that he never teaches in class and your are expected to know chemistry at an advanced level, not the beginner level this class was.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
His online class for 104 was very straightforward. He seems very willing to help and it's obvious that he's very knowledgeable about the subject. I appreciate his feedback as well as his concern for his students. He reached out to me when my grade began to drop. I would like to think that I would take one of his classes again in person.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This Professor teaches intro. to chemistry but he lecture like someone chasing him, he stares at the ceiling while explain orbitals and won't engage student. He deduct points assignments if you don't answer exactly what he's looking for or miss the unit on show your work problems even the units is included in the final answer.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Don't take McDonald if you have the option not to. Lectures were long, boring and completely unengaging. Basically just said what was already in the required material. When I think of what a half-assed community college teacher looks like, this guy pops into my head.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
There were 3 tests, and together they were worth 55% of your overall grade. So, if you don't do well on one of the tests, you probably won't pass. Grades very hard, takes off points for every spelling error, grammatical error, etc. Lecture is just him reading off a PowerPoint with identical content from the textbook.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
McDonald talks at you and does not listen. He does not work very well with students when life happens and that student is struggling to catch back up. He doesn't mention that he uses Aktiv for all homework and quizzes which requires payment. This extra financial requirement screwed a lot of students over. He assigns a lot of homework for one class.