Reviews of professor Elwood Kwong

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Not sure what the bad reviews are about. Took this class and enjoyed it. Homework and Worksheets are online and based on completion. There are no final exams, and the tests that we did have were also online. He was very helpful, although slightly fast-paced. If you miss a class, you will likely fall behind. Definitely would recommend this class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Took the 6-week class. Prof Kwong is an amazing lecturer and very knowledgeable about chemistry. 75% of the grade is split up into 3 tests. Strongly recommend showing up to class, half lecture half classwork, tophat participation is graded. No curves and extra credit points are sparingly (~15 pts). Tests are not hard if you study and pay attention

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
 The homework was a lot but helped on exams if you study enough. The lectures were helpful but you won't do well if you only go to the lectures. You definitely need to practice A LOTT and I'd recommend going to chempals. A lot of people complain because the material IS really hard but I don't think he could've done much more as a professor.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Took him for chem 1 and chem 2 and do not regret it. He is a really good professor. He makes you understand the material and gives a lot of practice in class. He is always open to any questions you may have inside or outside the class.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Not sure how he got a rating over 4 given his teaching style. Lack of review before exams is the main issue among others in the course. Expects students to know what he's teaching as he's teaching and bases his tophat questions on it. Exam at 8PM on days that students do not have class and overall just not a good teacher.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He is very good at explaining the material. He does a worksheet almost every class and goes over the answers. He doesn't spend a lot of time on the slides, but if you read them before class or download them, you'll be fine. No final. An exam every 3 weeks, they are kind of tricky but if you take good notes and study, it isn't that bad.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Pretty good, it's easy to pass the class if you show up. He has worksheets almost every class which you have to turn in for completion. Worksheets and Questions you answer during class are for completion. He assigns hw about every 2 weeks.Hardest parts are the Mastery Checkpoints, an online exam due every three weeks, he is a tough grader for MCs.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Do not take him. Even if you studied hard, he gave you tough tests with trick questions in order to confuse you. He didn't care that his students were failing. 90% of the information is self-taught. You'll know your final grade at the end of the semester. There are no B+ grades. Worst experience.