Reviews of professor Alexander Jacobs

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
His powerpoints are useless, attend the lecture. Even though this man is hard to follow. He teaches on material that is not applicable rather memory based, if you don't like/understand chem but have a good memory easy A. Has one of the worst teaching styles.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I have gotten to know Dr. Jacobs well after taking two courses with him (3120L and 4130L). He truly cares about his students that want to learn. He loves instrumentation and truly enjoys teaching it. His labs are a LOT of work especially instrumental and expects a lot out of 4th year chemistry students (as he should). Take him anytime you can!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
The only grades for this course are exams, but I felt like Dr. Jacobs was very fair. His exams had some of the practice exam questions on them verbatim and the others did not deviate from the problem structure he exposes you to. That being said, I don't know that my understanding of Analytical Chemistry was changed very much by this course.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Class is pretty easy, and the lectures are interesting. Dr. Jacobs is a young professor, so he may stumble on info he hasn't been over in awhile, but he comes back and clarifies it. Lab is more difficult but he is willing to answer any questions and is accessible for class or lab. Study the slides and the practice tests and you'll ace the exams.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Best chemistry lab prof you can have. Felt comfortable being able to make mistakes and really invest myself into what I was learning and applying. His grading is extremely fair. He may seem rude on the outside but you just have to get to know him. He is caring and considerate towards his students. Also has him for chm3120L and same experience :)

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
One of the most caring people I've ever met, and an excellent instructor too. Everything in the class was very orderly and organized, there were no surprises. Not an easy A at all, but he genuinely cares that you understand all of the material. Transition online bc of COVID was flawless, I have no complaints w/any exam/HW formats this semester.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Jacobs has proven to be extremely rude countless times throughout the semester. Any time a question is asked in lab, he acts like it is such a burden to have to answer. His TA's are not helpful at all and grade extremely hard. The rubrics are extremely bare bones and points are taken off for things we were never told needed to be included.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I love Dr. Jacobs so much, he is literally one of the best professors in the entire chemistry department. He is funny, and most importantly he is a good lecturer. He can actually teach (unlike other professors) and all his slides are available online (and actually helpful). He will also definitely help you if you ask for it