Reviews of professor Mike Larsen

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Ochem doesn't seem so intimidating with the structure of Dr. Larsen's class. Expectations are super clear and exams are very fair. His lectures are well organized and there are plenty of opportunities for practice. Larsen is timely and thorough in response to student questions. For sure recommend.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Larsen is a great prof and a great person! He does his best to keep lectures engaging, and also to make himself accessible outside of class. He is great at explaining complex material, and he uploads an audio-video recording of all of his lectures online! All that being said, you still need to be prepared to WORK for this class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Larsen was an amazing professor. Ochem is not easy but he made it a little easier. The slides and lectures were easy to comprehend, and he even recorded them for if you missed class. He was a really tough grader when it came to tests, but then gave corrections for half your points back which evens it out and makes it a learning opportunity.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Larsen is great a prof and hold zoom meetings for the practice sets that he provides, gives feedback as much as possible, answers all questions but his exams are tough

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I would 100% recommend Dr. Larsen for anyone needing to take the orgo series. 351 was structured into 3 exams, 1 final, and a total of 7 online quizzes (5 attempts each question, no attempt penalty). He provides clear learning objectives for skills required on his exams, records his lectures, and, overall, wants his students to succeed!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I took Chem 351 in Fall of 2020. I was scared to take this online because ochem has a reputation, but I have never had a prof be able to get ideas across so clearly. His recorded lectures are super straightforward. There is a little quiz every week and he does practice problems over zoom once a week. Lots of optional practice, and fair tests.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Be prepared to attend his lectures every day if you are not good at understanding ochems. He doesn't record every example questions' answers, making student hard to understand if they can't catch up or didn't go to the lectures. Test heavy and he doesn't really allow partial credits.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Mike's lectures are very thorough, full of useful examples, and interactive. He's very helpful outside of lecture and explains difficult concepts with ease. He records his lectures and posts all slides on canvas. All this being said, o chem is hard so be ready to work hard.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
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Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This man has the best powerpoint slides on campus. He makes his expectation from you extremely clear and then clearly shows examples behind those expectations. He made the entire ochem series a cake walk for me.