Quality 2/5Difficulty 4/5
Its a disorganised course . He is an awesome researcher but not a great lecturer. Youre gonna have to work hard.Rate My Professors ↗
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Song Jin
What students say
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Quality 4/5Difficulty 4/5
While he is sometimes hard to understand, he really is a brilliant guy. It is a must when you take this class to go to office hours. The TAs and professor are helpful, they help you get to the answer from the knowledge that you have. He is also understanding about situations, he wants his students to succeed. If you put in the effort you will pass.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 2/5Difficulty 5/5
Song Jin is a researcher, not a professor. He is a very intelligent man but he is an awful teacher. The class itself is unorganized, the lecture and lab should be 2 separate classes as each require 8 hours a week, and the homework and tests ask you to go way above and beyond anything you're taught. This class made me decide to not be a chem major.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
He seems to enjoy to topic and like teaching it. He usually procrastinates on assigning homework, so deadlines will come quickly. He'll extend them if enough students express distress, though. The group project will be explained very poorly, though. Plan well and make sure you pick your group wisely. Exams are reasonable and homework based.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 4/5Difficulty 2/5
Amazing professor. Yes, his tests can be tough and he can be confusing at times. But labs and homeworks aren't that hard, and his thick Asian accent really helps break things up! He is very helpful if you ask him for help. Great, quirky guy, who really makes Chemistry a lot of fun!Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 1/5Difficulty 4/5
He is not helpful-he would not answer my questions. Professor Jin is an intelligent man who knows chemistry, but he can't explain it in lecture. His lectures largely consist of him mumbling at the board under his breath.Rate My Professors ↗
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Classes with Song Jin
CHEM 299
Directed Study
1–4 creditsCHEM 299 is a directed study course involving a mentored research project arranged with a faculty member.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sampleCHEM 681
Senior Honors Thesis
2–4 creditsCHEM 681 is a mentored research course for students completing a thesis in an Honors program.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
CHEM 691
Senior Thesis
2–6 creditsCHEM 691 is a senior thesis course involving mentored research for students completing their senior thesis.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
CHEM 699
Directed Study
1–6 creditsCHEM 699 is a directed study course involving an advanced mentored research project arranged with a faculty member.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2015: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades); Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2026CHEM 980 is a graduate-level seminar where students engage in research discussions facilitated by faculty within their research group.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Spring 2026CHEM 990
Research
1–15 creditsCHEM 990 is a research course where students conduct supervised research projects with individual faculty members.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
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