Professor
Yves Rubin
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Rubin is BORING. I'm not one to fall asleep in class, but Rubin was really asking for it. He knows is OChem, but someone needs to breath some life into this man! The tests were similar to previous exams posted on his website, and that was very helpful. Overall I like organic chem a lot, but at points it was hard to keep my enthusiasm up with such a dull prof.
Rubin is BORING. I'm not one to fall asleep in class, but Rubin was really asking for it. He knows is OChem, but someone needs to breath some life into this man! The tests were similar to previous exams posted on his website, and that was very helpful. Overall I like organic chem a lot, but at points it was hard to keep my enthusiasm up with such a dull prof.
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Winter 2023 - Ignore all the old reviews, Rubin is absolutely goated. All of his exams were online, open note, open book, and he often gave us extra time to complete them. The grading scheme is also super forgiving (you literally only need 20% in the class to pass with a C-) and homework is weighted 33% of your grade. I got an A- with only an 81% since the class average was a 60% on the second midterm, which lowered my overall grade a bit. He also gives us super useful slides, summaries, and links that we're allowed to use during the exams. He has great humor and is a super sweet person who truly cares about his students and our success. 100% recommend this class, I would not have scored so high given how little I studied with any other professor. Rubin is amazing.
Winter 2023 - Ignore all the old reviews, Rubin is absolutely goated. All of his exams were online, open note, open book, and he often gave us extra time to complete them. The grading scheme is also super forgiving (you literally only need 20% in the class to pass with a C-) and homework is weighted 33% of your grade. I got an A- with only an 81% since the class average was a 60% on the second midterm, which lowered my overall grade a bit. He also gives us super useful slides, summaries, and links that we're allowed to use during the exams. He has great humor and is a super sweet person who truly cares about his students and our success. 100% recommend this class, I would not have scored so high given how little I studied with any other professor. Rubin is amazing.
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Dr. Rubin isn't a very good lecturer. He tries to make the class fun and while some jokes are funny, majority are not. I don't even known why i bother going to class. He pretty much reads aloud the textbook. He audio casts which doesn't help because ochem is very visual. The best thing about his class is that his curve is super generous. Pretty much 30% can get A's (includes A-) which is unheard of. His exams look the same from year to year so just do his practice exams and of course read the book.
Dr. Rubin isn't a very good lecturer. He tries to make the class fun and while some jokes are funny, majority are not. I don't even known why i bother going to class. He pretty much reads aloud the textbook. He audio casts which doesn't help because ochem is very visual. The best thing about his class is that his curve is super generous. Pretty much 30% can get A's (includes A-) which is unheard of. His exams look the same from year to year so just do his practice exams and of course read the book.
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Spring 2022 - A pleasant professor - not the most interesting lecturer, but he conveys the information just fine. Labs, thanks to the TAs hosting them, were straightforward and good review of core skills, including structure identification. Some stumbles as it's been years since previous lab course, but TAs were very understanding and generally constructive about the whole situation. Some problem sets (more structure identification) were tough, but never demoralizing. Midterm performance was unexpectedly spread out for currently unclear reasons.
Spring 2022 - A pleasant professor - not the most interesting lecturer, but he conveys the information just fine. Labs, thanks to the TAs hosting them, were straightforward and good review of core skills, including structure identification. Some stumbles as it's been years since previous lab course, but TAs were very understanding and generally constructive about the whole situation. Some problem sets (more structure identification) were tough, but never demoralizing. Midterm performance was unexpectedly spread out for currently unclear reasons.
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