Reviews of professor Vahid Eskandari

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This Organic Chem class is completely a "teach yourself class". Teacher does not provide practice problems, and does not even explain the examples he gives on his lectures well. He will give you the example in the lecture, does it, and then doesn't explain what he did or take any questions. He is condescending, and not available outside of class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Very nice guy and extends due dates if you really need it. Exams were pretty hard but it was whatever was in his lecture nothing more The lectures were kind of disorganized and confusing (suggest watching them twice). Lots of online homework but it wasn't too bad if you don't let it pile up Labs make up a large portion of your grade don't miss any

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Chemistry was one of my worst classes I have ever taken. I say this for the class overall,not the teacher. He is a very friendly professor and not rude or anything.This class is more of a you teach yourself class however, the lecture, notes, videos was online which could be the reason it was more difficult for me.Labs were ok, just self taught too.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Hes kinda disorganized, and you have to teach yourself some stuff but he goes over a good amount in lecture. He randomly disappears sometimes esp during lab which isnt great. I enjoyed his class a lot though and also learned a lot. He gets mad sometimes but it is hard to take him seriously... Hes so funny intentional or not.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Very funny, but I do wish his teaching was as good as his personality. He can be a bit moody, too. He doesn't grade many things so be prepared to do well on things that you get graded on. You also only get 2 minutes (timed) to review your own exam, which I found interesting, to say the least. Be prepared to learn on your own.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
If you are a DSP student/have a learning disability/etc do not take this class! You have to learn the material on your own. Hard to understand the concepts, got lost very early on and couldn't catch up. (This is for the online class. I don't know how different the class is in person.)

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Terrible lectures. Often picked on certain students, very moody. Kind of funny, but his jokes dont make up for his terrible teaching skills. Often left class, wouldn't help with labs, expected you to know everything about chemistry already. Take Higashi or Lam.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This teacher, would disappear during organic chem labs. Did not grade a single thing until the last 4 weeks of class. His lectures were online and made in 2020. When asking for help would say to read it again. Currently only graded on my lab and 4 exams.. thats it