Sunney Xie - Harvard University

Professor: Sunney Xie

Department: TBD

College: Harvard University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CHEM163
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

I once approached Dr. Xie at his office to inquire about a question relating to semantics: "If hydrolysis is the breaking of a bond, shouldn't analysis be the breakage of the anus?" Let's just say, he answered via nucleophilic backside attack. WOULD DEFINITELY RETAKE!! SO KNOWLEDGEABLE! BEST PROFESSOR AT HARVARD. HE IS A MUST-TAKE!!!!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CHEM5
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Lectures aren't smooth.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CHEM163
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Only teach and know the subjects immediately related to his own research.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: BIO1101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

proof that you can truly snort the brains right out of yourself.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CHEM163
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

You can't really fault Sunney for presenting new material in a class called "Frontiers of Biophysics". However, I agree he doesn't really "teach" per se - he instead blazes through a bunch of stuff that is boring review for people who've seen it before and incomprehensible for those who haven't.

Rating # 6

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

i totally agree with the first poster. avoid, avoid, avoid this professor.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CHEM163
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Likes to present new research, but do not understand the fundamentals behind them. The typical show-off and jargon-filled type professor.