Reviews of professor John Allan

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I've never posted a negative review, but I needed to for John Allan. John hardly lectures at all, he mostly hands you worksheets and lets you figure it out on your own. Quizzes are difficult, but if you do ALL the homework and take REALLY good notes you should do well. Tests are completely unpredictable and generally very difficult.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Worst course I've taken. Doesn't seem to be into teaching. The class was pretty miserable and unstructured, most students didn't seem to be sure of what they were supposed to be learning. John is friendly and does offer extra credit, but doesn't make up for the unsatisfactory teaching. Do yourself a favor and take the class from another professor.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I plenty of questions in lab, he's friendly and willing to help. He answers questions by guiding students in the right direction. Like most instructors, he won't hold your hand,  but if you're totally lost he will give direct answers, which can be been a live saver. I've had bad instructors before and John is definitely not one of them.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He's a very nice teacher, willing to help you whenever you have questions and actually teaches and explains stuff on the white board.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He's a nice guy during his lectures, seemingly upfront & can be accommodating but don't ask him for help unless you have a specific question. If you ask a general question he won't help you in terms of explaining anything. He'll only direct you to visiting the material again, he is patronizing and dismissive if you ask him for help. Use TUTORS!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
tough grader on labs. Lectures were terrible. didnt curve the midterm when the average was 55%. he sucks. dont take him take another instructor instead. Idk why he has such a good rating here when he is the worst teacher ever.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Allan was a sub who became the instructor for my physics class. He was okay for a sub, but since he was not an official instructor for this term, there were some issues getting content released at the right time, and he was not very available.  I think he would be okay if he were actually the instructor, but my experience was mediocre.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
John covers  many in class examples and does a great job at breaking down how to solve physics problems. Physics is hard, so anyone who is willing to put in some hard work to understand the concepts covered won't have a problem with his class. He was also flexible with due dates when I had other class obligations, and he cares a lot about students.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Gives some extra credit but not a lot. LOTS of homework but thats bc it was an accelerated class. He only grades 3/4 questions from your HW w/12 questions on it. NOT HELPFUL AT ALL, mainly refers you to Khan Academy or the tutoring center. Idk why the school is paying him when he this all the time. And is slow to respond to emails by 1-2 days.