Reviews of professor Gerardo Ochoa

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Lectures were mostly comprised of example problems, and he explains them in a way that's easy to understand: drawing little diagrams, explaining where each number in an equation came from, etc. Gave test review sessions where the problems were often replicas of what was on the test- made tests really easy to study for.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Ochoa cares deeply about Chemistry and it was really fun being in his class for the first quarter of freshmen year. Make sure to go to his study sessions because he provides some questions from the exam. For further success in this class, make sure to do the practice exams given and the discussion practice problems... which is what I didn't do.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Dr. Ochoa organizes his lectures very well and makes things easy to understand. He lets his students know exactly what he is going to test on and does not add any unnecessary information. The class is easy if you pay attention in class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Ochoa is no longer a professor at UC Davis, but he is a funny and engaging lecturer. His office hours were extremely helpful. If you did well in AP Chem during high school, then this class should be pretty straightforward. The labs and homework were very time-consuming. The midterm questions were taken directly from the review sessions he held.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof. Ochoa made my first quarter of chemistry a breeze. He posts all his slides so they're really easy to follow, and he's a funny and engaging professor who let us choose his pen colors and stopped to clarify any questions we had. He put a lot of his review questions in his exams, so as long as you studied the provided material you'd do well.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Ochoa is leaving Davis but he was a good chem professor. Homework gives good foundation but to prepare for exams from the discussion worksheets, lecture problems, and review sessions (copy paste to exam) and you'll be more prepared. Clear and engaging lecturer with good curve at the end.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Was a very easy class. Didn't attend lecture after the first week and just watched his recordings at 2x speed. Just his lectures alone are enough to give a solid understanding of gen chem. I'm not sure if the textbook is helpful but it probably is so go for it if you need it. His reviews before exams give every test question so that's pretty free.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
At SCC, great professor, his lectures are recorded & he explains everything really well & provides good example questions. The hw is on pearson & there are "discussion" papers, both due weekly. The practice exams help a lot, the exams were in person during lab time. Not a particularly easy class but not too hard and prof Ochoa doesn't make it hard.