Reviews of professor Lalit Deshmukh

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Unquestionably the worst professor here. Read the other comments, they are 100% spot on. Inconsistent communication, needlessly harsh, total lack of support, etc. He literally does not care at all about educating, he just wants to punish people.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
So... he skips over a lot of details and content. I only understood what he was saying because I went over the exact same materials for higher level IB chemistry. And I definitely noticed that often he started going to the deep side of the topic without even explaining the basics. So only take his classes if you already have some knowledge.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
AWFUL He didn't know what he was doing. Not even the Gas knew what he was doing. I showed my TA my midterm and he was shocked by what we were being tested on. Do not take him, avoid him at all costs.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
His lectures are very interesting, covering topics on recent medical conditions. However, he mostly talks about important details and does not have it written on his slides. Therefore, his exams are difficult as you have to take meticulous notes. He does listen to students' feedbacks. His HWs are straightforward and interesting.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Exams, though multiple choices, are hard. Not in a way of computationally challenging, but some questions contains materials not even talked about anywhere and wording is often vague. Homeworks are paper reading exercises, relatively easy. Seems no curve, just the published grading scale. Clearly knowledgeable prof, really no doubt about that.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I can tell you that he is not the best professor. Not only rude, but doesnt know how to explain the material, he overcomplicates things too much. Not trying to trash him but please take my advice and DONT take him. He also doesnt seem to care much about his students.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very clear about the grading scale/criteria and I thought the exams were very fair. Three mcq non-cumulative exams including the final (30 questions + 2 extra credit questions) and we got a half sheet one sided cheat sheet. Up to 10 extra credit points were given for iClicker which helps a lot. but talks slow and didn't seem the most compassionate

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Absolutely horrible, avoid like the pest. Extremely vicious. If you don't even breathe the way he wants in an exam, he will remove your exam. Don't even think about coming in the rest room 1 second late, he will be timing it and enjoying every student he fails.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Honestly not as bad as everyone says he is. he's nice and he does care (always asks for feedback). He's not the best at teaching, but his tests were very fair and he always gives out extra credit. He even let us use a mini cheat sheet for the midterm & final. very lenient grading scale (85 is A-) w/free pts. put in the work, then you'll do well.