William Zoller - University of Washington

Professor: William Zoller

Department: TBD

College: University of Washington

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CHEM142
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Zoller is the Best!!! He is responsible for saving my interest at the University. Prior to his class, I didn't know what I wanted to do. After his class, I knew I wanted to continue in Chemistry and major in Biochemistry. He was extremely nice and approachable and has been the best professor I've had.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CHEM142
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Zoller is the best! He is completely responsible for saving my interest in the university. Prior to his class, I didn't know what I wanted to do. After his class, I knew I wanted to continue in chemistry and major in Biochemistry. He is approachable and the best professor I've ever had!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CHEM142
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

HIGHLY RECOMMEND. Zoller is entertaining and his tests are very, very straightforward. I got a 3.4 with minimal effort - just go to lecture, read every now and then, and you'll be golden. His practice tests are nearly identical to his actual tests. Great, great class.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CHEM142
• 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:

Zoller is a funny teacher! Does an average job teaching. He pretty much reads off the slides, and he get off topic and tells random stories about his life a lot! There's clicker quizzes during his lecture, so attendance is mandatory. His exams are pretty tough, but if you practice with his old exams (can be bought from bookstore), you'll do fine.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CHEM142
• 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:

Zoller tells you his life story, on class period at a time, & crams the material in to the end of class. However, he is a nice guy and does cool demonstrations in class.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CHEM142
• 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:

His stories help keep lectures (and chemistry) interesting. He is pretty amazing, genius even, but you'll probably depend on your TA for tests, etc. He's REALLY nice, his tests aren't hard, they're just REALLY LONG, so practice his previous exams (questions are VERY similar) and you'll do GREAT! Stay on top of it and you'll 3.5-4.0 the class, easy

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CHEM142
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

This crazy old man is not only completely unkillable, but never seems to care about getting to the point and therefore never misses it. Anyone who enjoys old men or stories or chemistry will love his lectures, if you are a frat boy, a puke, or a woman you might not like it.

Rating # 8

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

easy professor, but boring.:)

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CHEM142
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I thought his class was interesting. I took it right before he retired. Sometimes the lectures are boring,but he always explained things clearly with good examples, and interesting experiments in class.I would definitely suggest reading the books, and making use of the Ta's. His old exams were very helpful too.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CHEM142
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

zoller does not teach at all. i would not go to his lecture if it wasn't for those stupid clicker questions. however, i think it's pretty easy to do well in his class especially because he publishes his old tests (and answer keys) and he basically takes questions off of his old exams and changes the numbers to assemble midterms and final.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CHEM142
• 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:

TERRIBLE! He does not or cannot teach. He puts you to sleep in lectures and confuses you even more, read the BOOK! He spends most of the time sharing stories of his lives and speed through the material in lectures so he can put it on the exams. Exams are not easy because its timed. He does have a lot of demos since it was in the bagley building.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CHEM142
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Zoller is extremely entertaining, but if you dont have some background in chem you will struggle. The homework is hard and takes time, and his exams are super rough. However, if you go to see him he will really try to help you.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CHEM142
• 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:

Zoller tells tons of funny and interesting stories but NONE of them are really relevant towards exams or anything... These stories & "clicker questions" were the only reasons I went to class. The exams were usually similar to his old exams, and the webassign homework was difficult. Due to his accident, he cant remember his lecture notes so he reads right off the slides.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CHEM142
• 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:

Puts impossible problems on midterms and final. Spends time during lecture talking about personal life experiences not directly relevant to class. Unfriendly and unhelpful during office hours. Attendance is mandatory with clicker questions. Highly unrecommended.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CHEM142
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

zoller is an amazing professor and has the coolest stories that he tells all the time and he does lots of demonstrations but you can not rely on lectures to prep for tests but you can buy his old tests from the bookstore and they are basically the same thing so if you put in the effort and do the practice tests you will ace the class

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CHEM142
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He spends so much class time doing demonstrationa and telling stories. THAT i enjoyed, except it's not good when it comes to a chem class. In order to do well, you need to get his practice tests. I didn't really read the book. His test problems are straightforward, and they require lots of calculation ~ sorta like a math class.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CHEM142
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Interesting professor ? Lots of stories and demos, which are interesting but don?t teach ? Midterms and finals all have the same layout, which is nice ? Weekly quizzes like any other Chem class ? Uses click questions so you must attend lecture (closes the poll EXTREMELY quickly, so answer fast).

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CHEM142
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Extremely engaging lecturer, cool demos, the lecture pack is extremely helpful. You really need to be proactive in this class because he won't hold your hand in the class. His clicker questions are tricky and a pain in the ass. His tests are long and hard to finish. You have to do a lot of problems to succeed in this class. I got a 4.0

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CHEM142
• 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:

I like/hate Zoller. His lectures never get boring and he keeps you awake with clicker questions and the pace at which he goes through lecture slides. I had to teach myself most of the concepts, b/c Zoller doesn't really "teach"- he thinks if he says it, then you'll magically understand it. It's a hard class and frustrating class. Don't be deceived.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CHEM142
• 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:

Lectures are mandatory, but absolutely useless and a waste of time. Zoller just skims through his powerpoint slides and tells life stories. Basically, this is a self taught class. Seriously, Prof Zoller might be the worst teacher I've ever had in college or in school. Definetly would not recommend to a friend.