Reviews of professor Shiyu Zhang

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I Went to his office hours once and he was strangely rude and condescending, not a very clear lecturer either. You can find better lecturers for 1210

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I had him for my first semester of general chemistry and found that I really understood the material. Although sometimes boring or dry, his lectures were helpful. The online homework was a lot but that was to be expected. Exams were on the difficult side. I would suggest not only doing the homework and taking notes, but read the textbook also!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Zhang was a bad teacher in terms of teaching and the passion he had when teaching. Because he did not seem to be passionate about education, the class seemed very boring. He takes a lot of time explaining unimportant things outside the exam and takes so little time explaining the important things.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I loved Professor Zhang! He was always confident in the fact that all of his students had the potential to succeed and had a positive attitude. He was passionate about the subject and I found his lectures very helpful. That being said, this was a class that required a ton of work and reading to succeed in. If you put the effort in, you'll be fine!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Zhang was awesome! You could just tell how happy he was to teach. He was encouraging and positive around exam times (trust me, you need that!), and he has a good sense of humor that made me look forward to lectures. He often added extra information about his favorite scientists into his lectures, which made class more interesting.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Clearly very passionate about chemistry, very knowledgeable and when he makes mistakes (which chem professors are notorious for), he always clarifies them in an email. Hes new to teaching I believe but he does a decent job explaining concepts, and he gives you opportunities to ask questions when going over problems. Makes funny comments.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Talks about things in class that will never be relevant for exams and spends very little time on the hard stuff you actually need to know.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Zhang explains concepts very well and provides a lot of examples during lecture. He also has a funny sense of humor and makes the class more fun.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Zhang is a super sweet guy and seems like he really enjoys chemistry. However, he often gives out 3-4+ homework assignments all due in one night usually a couple of times a week. EVERYTHING IS A GRADE, made practicing the material hard. no extra credit. I think the course is just poorly constructed because it's based only on the midterms and final.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
By far the best chem 1210 lecturer. We always had the highest average out of the other sections and it was because of him. The chemistry department absolutely sucks at OSU, so the only reason I did well was from his lectures. He uploaded short lectures online too which really helped when reviewing! I didnt know anything about chemistry, got an A-