Reviews of professor Kevin Kou

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He is an amazing lecturer and very accessible outside of class for help. However, his grading curve is high compared to the other organic chemistry professors, where A- = >85%, B- = 70%, C- = 55%. The class averages for both midterms were ~40-50%. He did have a final exam redemption policy at the end, which brought my grade up from a C- to a B!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Ochem isn't an easy subject, you're going to struggle and things are not going to be handed to you the way they were in gen chem. Kou is good at lecturing and he posts all his notes, lecture recordings, etc. on canvas so you can access it later. The tests were long and content heavy, but the structure and information are in his practice.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Idk what he was on this quarter. Exams had lower averages than prof's who curve, and he doesn't. Good lecturer but that's about it. He's the new lab coordinator; Purposely trolled lab students on chegg (understandable). Made lab (post lab questions and pre labs) impossible. Made in lab worksheets impossible. Not en. chars. to say how diff this was.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Holy crap, one of the best professors in UCR. He taught organic chemistry so well, it made up for how clueless I was in the quarter before. Grade was based on HW, midterm, Poll-Ev and exams. If the other professors were like him or even a quarter, I would've understood and succeeded in the other classes. Honestly again, one of the best.