Reviews of professor Kerry Hipps

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Apparently, Hipps is some kind of award-winning researcher, but he's not winning anything for his lectures. He's a smart guy but doesn't teach the content well. The class is tough, but somehow you can get a D on every test and still get an A in the class. Tons of homework, but lectures and participation can be earned online. Get Nishida if possible

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He has no clear idea about lecture contents. Just starts writing equations on the board without even giving any idea what the lecture topic would be. I have developed zero theoretical concepts from his classes & his lectures made me even more confused. Had to withdraw from the class mid-semester since it was such a waste of time.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Hipps is an older dude who loves chemistry and taught one of the three lectures. Luckily, you could attend any of them. During the learning catalytics (daily quizes) he would often upsettingly whisper under his voice whenever he could not understand tech or when people put in stupid answers. These comments were always hilarious.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Annoying teacher. Expects you to know everything. Tells you information expects you to understand immediately. Not really room for questions in lecture. Horrible explainer. Bad teacher overall, doesn't care about your learning he just talks to talk

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
His class was a joke. His writing was so messy no one could read it, he had to be corrected on his mistakes at least 2 times a lecture. Gave no example problems & note were worthless. For the final he gave us 6 days to do it & took people 12+ hrs to answer 1 question. He also emailed us over 7 times to make corrections to his own exam. Never take.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Hipps is one of the greatest professors I have ever taken.  It is true, if you are lazy and don't put any time into the class, then things will probably not go well for you.  If you are willing to put in the time, you will learn so much from him.  Tests are fair.  They aren't easy, but he makes it clear what is the most important information.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lets be clear Dr. Nishida is way better at lecturing than he is. However, Dr. Hipp's class is always only 1/3 full and late in the afternoon so it's way more chill than the earlier classes. Because of this I always go to his instead of the earlier ones. Plus he's got a good sense of humor and is a regents professor.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He teaches one of the three of the chem 105 lectures and hes way of teaching is very very monotone and boring. I had a hard time understanding. He is a really sweet professor, just not the best at teaching. At least for me.