Reviews of professor Salvador Tarun Jr.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I had Dr. Tarun for Bio117 and decided to take him for Bio119 also and do not regret it! great professor who genuinely wants to see his students succeed. Go to office hours it will help greatly and he will give you great feedback.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof Tarun is an extremely dry lecturer and mostly seems like he is reading right off slides that are covered in writing. The class did not do well on the exams, which made up most of the grade. Although he appears to care for his students I would avoid him for chem, seems better for bio though.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He comes with a slight accent but nothing too difficult to understand. He gives out 1-2 reading quizzes a week based on the chapters in the textbook. Rather reasonable guy, he hold extensive review sessions right before an exam. He cares.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I emailed Professor Tarun multiple times asking questions and not once did he get back to me. His lectures were not interesting, it was just him readings off of the slides at a million miles per hour. Tests were difficult and students barely passed every time.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Ok for the most part of the semester i didn't really like the class. Not to say hes not a good teacher but I felt as though there was a major disconnect between him and the class. hes a really nice guy if you go to office hours so if you decide to take his class or have no other option, utilize office hours and si sessions it will save you.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Incredibly difficult class but not because of Dr. T. He's a nice guy and he's incredibly smart. Really organized course.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I would not take his class again simply because he rushes through his slides and expects you to do so much work outside of his class. Which i get considering its a chem class but he wanted you to spend 2-3 hours on it. Had to make so many accommodations for tests because no one could pass. He was very nice and somewhat helpful but the SI taughtmore

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Tarun is a really good person and professor. He genuinely cares about his students and he just wants to see you succeed. It is a hard class and if you need extra help, his office hours are helpful.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Tarun is an incredibly smart man, and has difficultly expressing complex ideas to intro-level students at times. He is very willing to help you understand the material outside of class, which is great as his lectures can be hard to follow. Tests are super important but there is no final and you can retake your worst test.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
When Tarun is explaining his slides, it feels like he is simply just talking, he reads directly off his slides, and whatever explanations he makes, only 1/3 of it makes sense. The only way you can do good in his classes is if you teach the whole course to yourself, and read the textbook, or if you had a good ap chem background in high school.