Lev Gelb - Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

Professor: Lev Gelb

Department: Chemistry

College: Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CHEM112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

He is so nice...I wish I could take him for all my chemistry classes!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CHEM112A
• 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:

Professor Gelb was adorable. Unlike other people, I actually found him to be quite helpful when approached. His tests were easy enough and relatively straight forward. And you have to love the Gelb hair flip.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CHEM112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He is terrible and unapproachable. He does not care about the students at all. The whole semester was all about him entertaining himself. Worst ever.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CHEM112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Horrible! Never again.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CHEM112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Thank God the semester is over. Gelb is terrible and does not care at all about the students. It is clear that he was counting the days until he leaves. I hope he will not be teaching wherever he is going. Gelb: get rid of the notepad!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CHEM112
• 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:

If you expect to learn any practical chemistry, you will be sorely disappointed. He knows his stuff, but even after 40 hours of listening to him, you probably wont. His test questions are seemingly meant to trick students and you'll have seen nothing like them in class. Truly horrible.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CHEM112
• 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:

Pompous, bad teacher. Knows his stuff, but doesn't care about students. His lectures are boring and he spends the whole time deriving equations as opposed to actually teaching us anything useful for the exams.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CHEM112
• 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:

He's not the most engaging professor but he is very passionate about his subject. As others have said, he's very interested in theory that no one else cares about which is pretty annoying. Going to class is a waste of time as he never adds anything of importance that isn't in the notes in lecture.(just copy someone's notes)

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CHEM112A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Gelb is horrific. He does not care at all about if we are learning anything. I am not sure he is talking to during lecture, but it is not the students. Get rid of the notepad and derivations.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CHEM112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Awful. Derives formulas the entire class period. no interaction with the class whatesoever

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CHEM112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Spends a ridiculous amount of time on theory rather than giving examples.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CHEM112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

WEIRD. He is off the charts weird. I don't like just copying his notes as he writes them, but at least we know exactly what we have to know. His tests are straight forward, and a bit too easy. With so many students, I would rather harder exams to spread out scores, but also to better push us. I'm not sure all the derivations are needed.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CHEM112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Quirky guy. Class merely consisted of us copying what he wrote on lecture slides onto our own copy. Tests were fairly straight forward (more than first semester).

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CHEM112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Overall Gelb's lectures are well-organized and easy to follow but I found that he spent way too much time on derivations of equations rather than applications. His hair is awesome though.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CHEM112
• 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:

the man you want for gen chem II. lectures are extremely well organized and clear. he makes it interesting as well. great hair, great sense of humor. exams are challenging but doable (not like 111 exams). quizzes pretty straightforward if you do the hw. the hw problems he makes up are real hard, but generally you get by with the text problems.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CHEM112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

he tries to teach but tends to go off tangent of what we are supposed to be learning about. he seems pompous, but i think it might just be the hair.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CHEM112A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This is an excellent professor. His lecture slides were very organized and his derivation of equations in class really helped me to connect and understand many chemical principles. His tests can be a little bit tricky initially, but by the end of the semester you'll be able to pick them out. Overall excellent professor!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CHEM112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He knows his stuff, and his exams are not impossible.. Not too many curve balls.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CHEM112A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Lev Gelb is WONDERFUL. He's organized and clear. It's extremely evident that he really knows his stuff. Plus he's endlessly entertaining.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CHEM112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Far better than Buhro, whom I had first semester, Gelb was clear and prepared for class, though his expectations for the exams were often unclear.