Reviews of professor Jared Pienkos

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Pienkos is by far the best choice for chemistry. Hes a good guy and will do absolutely anything to help his students. He really wants you to good. Class isnt at all mandatory, but definitely go everyday.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Pienkos is more than willing to help you. With this being said, you have to ask for it. There is not much course work, so you have to work for it and hold yourself accountable. Go in and make sure you are teaching yourself the material. Don't get behind, or you will never catch up. His lectures are fun, and he has such a sweet spirit!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Lectures were not helpful at all. Expected everyone to know everything without teaching. Grading was very disorganized and too test heavy. Would NOT recommend at all unless you're Albert Einstein.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Hands down the best professor I have ever had. Very willing to work with students. Puts in as much effort as the class, loves teaching and you can tell. Open office hours outside of class. Exams are hard but not unreasonable. If I could take him for every other high level chemistry class I definitely would.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Best professor ever, a rarity at the University level for how much he cares about each and every student. Explains Chemistry with easy to understand references and examples. Provides more outside help, videos and links to sources than anyone else I've seen. He doubled his efforts when the pandemic hit. Take all his classes if you can.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is not very willing to help students learn. He comes across arrogant and ridicules students if they don't understand. He makes his exams incredibly hard. The average on the last exam was a 40%... The grade book is also extremely test heavy. Be ready to teach yourself the material because he doesn't go back over anything and moves super fast.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Great professor and a great person! He was really kind and helpful if you actually asked for assistance. The coursework is difficult and basically, the only things graded are tests but if you do the work, you will pass.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
One of the easiest and best professors. Wish I could have him as my chem 2 Professor lol. 11/10 recommend.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Pienkos is a great professor and really know how to make difficult concepts very easy and understandable. He can come off as rude for sure since he notices when people don't show up to class or are late, but besides that, teaching is great from him and he is a safe choice.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I had him for Lab and he tries to make it as fun as possible! The labs are kinda hard, but he is there to walk you through it. He does get annoyed tho and has favorites

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
By far the best professor I've had at UTC. He really knows his stuff and does a great job explaining things in ways that are easy to understand. Highly recommend taking him!