Ashok Kakkar - McGill University, Montreal, QC

Professor: Ashok Kakkar

Department: Chemistry

College: McGill University, Montreal, QC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CHEM281
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

One of the easiest chemistry course that I have taken so far...I was kinda scared in the beginning because only exams (midterms and final) count towards final grade and nothing else. The key is to make sure you understand the concepts and know how to apply them. Prof Kakkar is very willing to help so do ask for help!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CHEM281
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

hard to focus on the material in class, because more effort is spent comprehending his speech

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CHEM281
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

For those complaining his English and majoring in chem, take 381 by Bohle and you'll know what an angel Kakkar is. Just sayin

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CHEM281
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

His English...

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CHEM281
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Be careful with the textbook because he contradicts it a lot. His pace is VERY slow - he does multiple examples of one concept and then asks/answers a bunch of questions about it in class. One lecture he stopped for 30 min just to answer a question from this one person. Exams were pretty chill; just remember lectures are more important than textboo

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CHEM110
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Everything you need to know is on the slides. That said, there's a lot you need to know and, if you're not super into chemistry, it's pretty dry stuff.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CHEM110
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Everything tested are on his slides! Never touched the textbook and got A+ on final exam. Loved his accent and his enthusiasm for chemistry. Don't worry, he's not as badtough as people say, although you should still study hard!!!

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CHEM110
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

His section of the course was mostly all memorizing. He tells you that everything in his slides are on the exam, and sure enough they were. Do not use the textbook for his section - it's confusing, inconsistent with the lectures at times, and his exam questions come from the lectures, not the book. Watch and know all the lectures and you'll be fine

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CHEM110
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Just try to memorize his entire section, it's pretty ridiculous what is expected of you to know, however a lot of it is common sense or basic chemistry. Example: one of the exam question this semester that everyone complained about included information that was mentioned once in passing during a lecture.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CHEM110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

He is not very clear at times but overall he helps when you need it and he teaches the correct material.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CHEM110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

His powerpoints are multicoloured, which is distracting. He also has errors on them.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CHEM110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Kakkar was a great prof teaching-wise; however, the questions that appeared on the midterm from his section were all super detailed trivial questions. Be sure to know his section down to a tee because the stuff you think can't possibly be on the exam will probably show up.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CHEM110
• Grade Received: P
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

As the other two have said the midterm was very unfair. Honestly I'm shocked that he thought the questions were valid and relevant to the subject matter. Questions were trivia that he mentioned off-hand in class. It was so poorly written they ended up removing three of the questions from the midterm (they didn't count towards your grade).

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CHEM110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Midterm questions were trivia questions. Thats it. Nothing to do with his section of the course that would help you understand CHEMISTRY. If you know everything about Titanium, you'll do good. If you know GENERAL CHEMISTRY, as the title suggests, you'll fail his section of the course.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CHEM110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Midterm = questions from random trivia with little to no context to course material

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CHEM110
• 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:

Great prof! Very clear with material, and is obviously very passionate about his subject, which is a plus. If you don't go to his class, make sure to watch his recorded lectures (even if you do go to class watch them anyway for studying). As long as you make good notes you don't need the textbook at all, because he doesn't test uncovered material.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CHEM110
• 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:

He is an excellent teacher. I love his style of teaching. Straightforward and clear

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CHEM110
• 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:

Very good prof. You only need to know what he teaches.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CHEM110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He is one of the best chem teacher i saw

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CHEM110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Amazing professor, his accent makes it even better. Lectures are clear and interesting. Very helpful.