Reviews of professor Steve Presse

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
he's passionate about thermo and thermo is not an easy topic, he is very clear in his lectures but his homeworks feel a lot less related to his lectures and feel as though he sorta expects you to fill in those dots. There were times where I went to his office hours for help on a homework and all he'd say was "There's no trick to this problem."

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Presse is a real intellectual. He not only conveys the course material well, but is also super active in his own research work in Physics. He teaching shows his passion of the subject, and is very helpful in answering questions. I would definitely take his class again in the future!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The professor certainly knows his stuff but does not convey it well. Along with that, he is disrespectful of his students. Grade-wise, he is incredibly harsh and the homework and exams are very different from each other and lectures. The textbook is helpful to a point but still along with his lectures feels inadequate to complete the homework.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Presse is very knowledgeable and kind. He always has clear ideas about the content covered in the course. He also gives very helpful suggestions on a student's future development and offers lots of research opportunities himself. Yes, his classes do require quite a bit of work but what would you expect from a senior+ level physics course?

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Presse is a very knowledgeable physicist and is very passionate about the material he teaches. He can come off very pretentious and often teaches what he finds interesting rather than what's important. Furthermore, he dismisses students questions and has an accusatory attitude towards students knowledge due to being the "COVID cohort".

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
If you are a student with disabilities do not take him. He will abide by them sure but then his exams he says "Clarifications can only be requested if the test is taken in class" which comes off as pretentious and callous to people who are trying to use testing accommodations. He will call you up day one by name to the class about accommodations.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof. Presse has an amazing ability to clearly convey complex content concisely. Best teacher and class I have ever taken. The material is not simple, but if you put in the effort and read the textbook you will do fine.