[{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:54:08.682821+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMzMjg2ODIw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1864423","instructor_name":"Arun Yethiraj","course_label":"CHEM562","course_id":"CHEM 562","course_uid":"course_4c0d8abb0c7e295314024163","review_date":"2020-05-13 19:56:35 +0000 UTC","comment":"I had the worst experience with Prof. Yethiraj. The first midterm grade had an average of 39%, and he spent the next lecture berating us because we "obviously hadn't studied enough". I ended up sending an email to the Chair of the Chemistry Department about his horrible behavior. I learned absolutely nothing from this class.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1864423","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:54:08.682821+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMzMTg5MzA3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1864423","instructor_name":"Arun Yethiraj","course_label":"CHEM562","course_id":"CHEM 562","course_uid":"course_4c0d8abb0c7e295314024163","review_date":"2020-05-03 17:41:16 +0000 UTC","comment":"Taking Prof. Yethiraj's class has been the most frustrating experience I have had at UWM. His real lack of enthusiasm in teaching makes the already hard class topic even harder. The recorded lectures are very dry, without any in-detailed explanation about how they are derived. Don't take his class if you actually want to learn something.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1864423","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:54:08.682821+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMzMTg4NzM4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1864423","instructor_name":"Arun Yethiraj","course_label":"CHEM562","course_id":"CHEM 562","course_uid":"course_4c0d8abb0c7e295314024163","review_date":"2020-05-03 15:42:10 +0000 UTC","comment":"He's the worst professor I've had at UW-Madison. His philosophy is to not test on homework material and he gives hardly any idea what will be on tests. First exam avg was around a 40%, and he thought the avg would be much higher. He took an entire lecture to explain how easy the questions were and didn't listen to criticism or general suggestions.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1864423","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:54:08.682821+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMzMTgzMzE5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1864423","instructor_name":"Arun Yethiraj","course_label":"CHEM562","course_id":"CHEM 562","course_uid":"course_4c0d8abb0c7e295314024163","review_date":"2020-05-02 14:46:34 +0000 UTC","comment":"Possibly the worst professor in the country. Low exam averages with unfair questions, unclear lectures, doesn't follow syllabus, doesn't respond to emails. Turned 50 min lectures into 8 min lectures when classes were moved online. Textbook is useful for homework but unrelated to test material. Avoid this professor at all costs.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1864423","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:54:08.682821+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMzMTAzMzI0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1864423","instructor_name":"Arun Yethiraj","course_label":"CHEM562","course_id":"CHEM 562","course_uid":"course_4c0d8abb0c7e295314024163","review_date":"2020-04-22 04:56:31 +0000 UTC","comment":"SOS THIS IS BY FAR THE WORST PROF UW-MADISON HAS TO OFFER!!! He not only doesn't care about your learning. He doesn't put in any amount of effort but suggests that to learn his class you should do every problem in the book. His exam averages are low, 38. They don't connect to lecture content or hw or the course at all. Steer clear of Arun or suffer","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1864423","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:54:08.682821+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMzMDE0MjUy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1864423","instructor_name":"Arun Yethiraj","course_label":"CHEM562","course_id":"CHEM 562","course_uid":"course_4c0d8abb0c7e295314024163","review_date":"2020-04-02 16:55:44 +0000 UTC","comment":"When the class average was a 38 on the first midterm, mostly due to ambiguous questions, he accepted no responsibility at all and spent an entire class berating the students for not studying hard enough. Homeworks can be impossible and the graders give points anyways because they couldn't find solutions. Exams didn't correlate to homeworks at all","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1864423","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:54:08.682821+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMzMDA1Mjcx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1864423","instructor_name":"Arun Yethiraj","course_label":"CHEM562","course_id":"CHEM 562","course_uid":"course_4c0d8abb0c7e295314024163","review_date":"2020-03-30 23:04:48 +0000 UTC","comment":"If you have a choice I advise not taking 562 with Dr. Yethiraj. He waited until the week before the exam before assigning the first homework assignment and followed it up with an exam having nothing to do with homework, readings, or lectures. The average was a 38% and he plans to make next exams harder due to COVID-19 forcing exams online.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1864423","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:41:56.821712+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI4ODY5MDc4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:414685","instructor_name":"Edwin Sibert","course_label":"CHEM562","course_id":"CHEM 562","course_uid":"course_4c0d8abb0c7e295314024163","review_date":"2017-11-10 02:23:52 +0000 UTC","comment":"I think this is the first time he teaches a p chem course. he gives almost no lecture. most of the time we do group work. i dont think i learn any quantum mechanics. but my integration/differentiation and excel skills are definitely better after this class.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/414685","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:11:10.671324+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTEzNTE2MTc3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:251368","instructor_name":"Qiang Cui","course_label":"CHEM562","course_id":"CHEM 562","course_uid":"course_4c0d8abb0c7e295314024163","review_date":"2007-10-09 20:23:07 +0000 UTC","comment":"Lazy, ineffectual teacher. Doesn't provide a syllabus, only lets you know about exams a couple weeks in advance. Doesn't explain concepts very well. Doesn't do examples.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/251368","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:11:10.671324+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTEwNDI1ODU5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:251368","instructor_name":"Qiang Cui","course_label":"CHEM562","course_id":"CHEM 562","course_uid":"course_4c0d8abb0c7e295314024163","review_date":"2005-09-18 14:22:25 +0000 UTC","comment":"He is probably the best lecturer you could get for Quantum Chemistry. Explains concepts with examples, and puts lots of effort into making sure that students understand the hard-to-grasp concepts (or at least make an attempt). You would want to have him for this class.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/251368","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:11:10.671324+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTEwMzc0NTUz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:251368","instructor_name":"Qiang Cui","course_label":"CHEM562","course_id":"CHEM 562","course_uid":"course_4c0d8abb0c7e295314024163","review_date":"2005-09-04 16:18:49 +0000 UTC","comment":"Excellent p-chem professor, I recommend him highly","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/251368","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:11:10.671324+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM4NzgwMjQ=","source_instructor_id":"rmp:251368","instructor_name":"Qiang Cui","course_label":"CHEM562","course_id":"CHEM 562","course_uid":"course_4c0d8abb0c7e295314024163","review_date":"2005-05-17 17:49:52 +0000 UTC","comment":"I highly recommend Prof. Cui for chem 562. He loves quantum and it shows. His exams are very fair and it's personally important to him that his students learn the stuff.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/251368","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:11:10.671324+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM0ODMyMjU=","source_instructor_id":"rmp:251368","instructor_name":"Qiang Cui","course_label":"CHEM562","course_id":"CHEM 562","course_uid":"course_4c0d8abb0c7e295314024163","review_date":"2005-03-21 17:16:06 +0000 UTC","comment":"You kids might have a case, but if you take Cui for an upper-level class like quantum mechanics, he is really into it and a superb teacher.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/251368","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:10:38.166125+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM0NDgxNzg2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1811597","instructor_name":"Randall Goldsmith","course_label":"CHEM562","course_id":"CHEM 562","course_uid":"course_4c0d8abb0c7e295314024163","review_date":"2021-03-28 16:37:47 +0000 UTC","comment":"Prof. Goldsmith is incredibly smart and intelligent, and you can tell he knows this too. Most of the time his lectures and his vocabulary are unnecessarily complex to the point of me wondering what is he trying to prove. The material is not conveyed clearly and I rely heavily on the textbook to understand concepts.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1811597","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:10:38.166125+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM0NDU4MTY0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1811597","instructor_name":"Randall Goldsmith","course_label":"CHEM562","course_id":"CHEM 562","course_uid":"course_4c0d8abb0c7e295314024163","review_date":"2021-03-21 19:15:18 +0000 UTC","comment":"He might understand quantum mechanics, but he can't teach it! He assumed we somehow understand everything and uses advanced PChem language in class. Also, his hand is on top of his writing 70% of the time, and he explains the topics extremely fast. Homework is irrelevant to both lecture notes and textbook. Exam had stuff we never learned. Bad prof.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1811597","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:10:38.166125+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI4NTYyODU5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1811597","instructor_name":"Randall Goldsmith","course_label":"CHEM562","course_id":"CHEM 562","course_uid":"course_4c0d8abb0c7e295314024163","review_date":"2017-07-27 17:46:37 +0000 UTC","comment":"In terms of quantum mechanics, mathematics is  mandatory to understand. Without mathematical explanation,  nothing can be proved or understood. In his lecture, he talks a lot without mathematical explanation to analyze phenomena. Also, his exam consists of only writing without math.  He does not understand quantum mechanics at all.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1811597","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0}]