Simon Xiao - University of New Brunswick - Saint John, Saint John, NB

Professor: Simon Xiao

Department: Science

College: University of New Brunswick - Saint John, Saint John, NB

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1046
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Dr Xiao tries his best to set you up for success. He gives superb feedback and pushes his students a little further beyond their capabilities to make the best out of each individual. If you have a hard time understanding him with his accent, try meeting him one on one and he will explain things clearly.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1046
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Awesome Prof!!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1046
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

HES GOOD AND NICE

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1072
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Simon is an actual gem. He explains things so well when you ask and is an honest marker who listens and actually wants you to succeed.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1046
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

seriously my most favorite prof everrrrr

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1872
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

As a person he's fine, but as a professor not so much. He practically baby feeds you all the information (especially in labs), doesn't explain questions well, pretty much just teaches you how to template questions, and overall you don't tend to learn much. The quizzes every week are nice, but even the tutorials don't even really help much.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1046
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

When you ask for help he hard tries to explain but if you're still not getting it he'll do it for you. He also gives lots of helpful information in the prelab unlike other profs. I would recommend taking lab with him.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1872
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He is a great guy, has thick accent which is very hard to understand in the beginning but you will get used to it. A lot of work for only 2courses. Engineers get ready he is gonna make sure you guys don't party without thinking about submitting his reports or assignments.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1872
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He is a nice person if you go discuss your personal problems with him. Overall he is supposed to teach you Chemistry which he can't at all. He is horrible you won't get a single thing in the class. You have to study on your own. Tutorial and Quizzes every week, group work questions. Chem labs are freaking hard, alot of quizzes and stuff.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1046
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

First year chem lab with him is awesome if you know what you're doing. I just sat there and laughed at everything he said cuz his accent is so thick I couldn't understand anything he was saying. But he's the EASIEST maker EVER!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1872
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Learn the knowlegy and you will be fine. Hg= hygelium

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1872
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Learn the knowledgy and you will be fine, but there is so much of it that you may not be fine. Very kind professor- he is quite helpful when you ask questions, and he is to the point. The work is quite a bit to keep up with/not keep up with, so make sure to learn that knowledgy gooud. The chickenal tri-dinner is the trickiest aspect of the course.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1872
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Simon is a really nice guy, his class notes are ok. Quizzes every week are a lot of work to keep up on, but his midterm is very fair and his final exam isn't too awful. If you read the textbook and don't rely on his lectures you will be just fine (hard to understand him sometimes!)

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CHEMLAB
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Terrible professor. Cannot teach or speak english. Very happy person but unable to teach people who pay a lot of money for the class.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CHEM2601
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Xiao is the man !

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1882
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Not the hardest class if you put effort in. Once you get used to his accent the course is not bad.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

took both halves of intro chem. failed both halves of intro chem. can't understand him, period.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1882
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Not only is he the hardest person to understand with his very thick accent, but he cant explain things in a reasonable manner. a language barrier stacked onto an inability to teach means you learn nothing since his notes have blanks that you need to listen to fill in. He is enthusiastic about chem, but is a horrible prof.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1882
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This is the worst prof I have every had. He cant speak english for the life of him and he repeats everything he says at least 5 times. Not only is this hard to listen to it leads to really long lab sessions

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1041
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Very nice and helpful.