Reviews of professor Joshua Tolopilo

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Take Tolopilo as a last resort, because he's by far the toughest FLC chem lecture professor. Asks VERY complex questions on his exams that involve inference+trial and error to solve. Study his "exam caliber" notes closely. He's hard to reach outside of class. Barely got an A. Mostly because of my very high grade in the lab. Very cool guy though.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Easy class and exams arent awful. Made a 98 in his class. His lectures consist of learning how to solve problems but doesnt really give explanations or background behind the actual concepts. Youll need a solid understanding of concepts though to be successful if youre gonna take 401. The final is the ACS and nothing like his exams.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I took this class over the summer because I had failed this class at Sacramento State with Dr. Mack. It was day and night with Professor Tolopilo. He was so helpful and encouraging. I appreciated that he wrote his own tests as well. Not many teachers put in the amount of effort Professor Tolopilo does. I would recommend everyone to take his class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Absolutely terrible teacher. He does offer extra credit, which I did. He messed up on how the extra credit was graded last minute where it didn't help my grade at all. His lectures are barely about the test. I passed his lab with an A+ but failed every exam. I asked him if I should drop the class, he said no and find a tutor. HE IS NOT THE ONE.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I repeated asked the teacher if I was going to pass or fail. He said to find other studying habits. I did, never failed a class before. I passed all of my classes, including the lab for his class. Which the lab was designed by all the chem teachers not just him. Don't take his lecture class if you want to take it for 2 semesters.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Do yourself (and your family) a favor and don't take this professor... He has more issues than Vogue and it is reflected in his poorly coded exams and passive-aggressive emails. It is impossible to get a good grade because his "dyslexia" gets in the way of writing a valid exam that you can't even look at ever again after turning it in.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Hes cool- but hes EXTREMELY tough when taken online. His lectures/office hours are wonderfulthey are easily accessible through YouTube with time markers for each subject. His tests however, are incredibly tough and complicated. They are also all computer graded so be prepared to not receive ANY feedback or even be able to see your answers.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Cool dude. Don't take his lecture, just lab. By the first week multiple students had dropped out since he doesn't do a grading curve, office hours, or extra credit. The first exam the class average was 65%. He even admits that he enjoys seeing his students struggle on his tests. I had never received anything less than an A in chemistry before him.