Lectures are hard to follow and do not make a whole lot of sense. Tests are difficult and cover every little thing, but hardly cover the major topics.

Rambles on in lectures, never really understands your questions completely, gives 1,000 different equations and never really tells you what to do with them. He's not the professor from hell, he's fairly nice, but just difficult to understand.

he went to mit,he talks the talk but doesnt seem to understand he is teaching an intro class. He seems to expect everyone to have taken ap che. Lecture material can appear on the test, but reading the whole chapter word for word is the only way to an A

good intentions but difficult to understand

Couldn't understand what he was saying, his notes looked so foreign to me. Fell asleep in his class almost everyday, the days I didn't fall asleep his notes didn't make sense. Study the book, follow the book's examples and there shouldn't be a problem.

Avoid Stuchebrukhov! You will have the hardest time ever. You can't understand him with his thick accent. He goes off topic. He mumbles. On top of that, he uses overhead slides, which he leaves on for less than 10 seconds. Whatever you do, avoid this guy!

It is obvious that he is here for research because his overall ability to lecture sucks. However, he does seem interested in wanting students to advance so hopefully in the nest few quarters he will learn better methods of teaching!

You MUST read the chapters before you come to class or you are screwed! READ the BOOK.He is very hard to understand but obviously loves chemistry. STUDY lots for the tests. He posts sample tests that help. Go to other TAs' reviews if your TA isn't helpful

the tests are always a lot different than you except from the practice tests and he didn't even put the answer key for the practice final so i was totally screwed there, i hate chem because o fhim.

Lectures are completely pointless! He teaches really fast and expects you to kno weverything before you come to lecture. My recommendation: READ the BOOk and understand it inside and out. He reuses other teacher's tests...so practuce off of those

difficult to understand, does not explain well

Stuchies lectures are a waste of time. he confuses material and talks about things which you are not even tested on. its not worth getting up at 7:30am to go. the final is 45% of ur grade and its not curved but the final grade is. once in a while he blows up something but he gets random cough attacks and needs to be corrected by students on stuff

His experiments are awesome. His teaching sucks... I don't get the stuff at all. His homework has nothing to do with the exam. Exams are super easy though. Overall, a crappy but easy and cool teacher.

Not very good at lectures. I stopped paying attention the 3rd week and just did Sudoku instead. Midterm 1 was a carbon copy of his example test, but Midterm 2 was no where near the example. The overall class wasn't too bad...just don't take it at 7:30 in the morning.

It's hard to concentrate at 7:30 in the morning and his lecture is pointless. His accent is HARD to understand, and his test is HARD. The 1st midterm, average is 60/100. I am pretty strong in math 21b but still find the class challenging b/c we have to learn stuff on our own. If it is not b/c I had chem in HS, guess I already fail.

this class sucked. the material was really hard as it is and this guy just made it worse. he has a pretty thick russian accent and you can never understand what he says. his tests are hard, most people got from 60-70% on them. the fact that the class was at 7:30 didn't help much. don't take it with him if you can avoid it.

Class in the morning wasn't a problem. I will however agree with everyone else when they say his Russian accent makes it difficult to understand him. But even if he didn't have a strong accent, he still would've been quite boring, but then again all lecture is boring. As with all chem classes, rely on discussion. Usually the TA's explain better.

his lectures are so boring...hard to understand because of accent...just read book..going to his lectures 730 in the morning in useless... i didn't learn anything from him..needed to read book and learn myself

Midterm, Final = EASY!! just do the practice tests it's carbon copy!! finals = about 5 problems were EXACT copy of final practice problem. HE IS CLEARLY HERE TO RESEARCH he was upset for not winning nobel prize. hard to understand, but easiest test ever!! oh and you have to get good TA or you'll die

He's bad. That is all you need to know.

I found his tests to be very easy and similar to the practice ones.It helped that I had a group of friends coming from other chem classes to study with. Morning lectures were a drag and going felt pointless; but if you're a morning person you have the edge against people like me. Many of my classmates did poorly though so good curve.

This class was so annoying. i took it at 730 in the morning and it was so difficult to stay awake the last leg. i recommend reading and if you are too lazy, you should definately go to chem workshops. i got a 52% and a 63% on the first midterms but i did extremely well on the final and i pulled a B. the midterms are harder than the practice ones.

It's recommended that you don't take this class at 7:30 AM. You don't have to go to lectures because you'll just fall asleep and the notes you take you can easily get from the book. He is a nice man, though. He seems very passionate about his subject and helping students understand. The curves are very good.

730am class=sleep. Print off his lectures. READ THE BOOK. get a tutor/use the ones in the dorms for free. Practice midterms & finals same questions asked, just with different values/numbers. Study like mad the night before. Got a B+ & was shocked outta my freakin mind. Curves are sweet. His accent isnt. GOOD LUCK!!

like others have said, do NOT take chem 2A this early in the morning. stuchebrukhov has a thick accent and it's hard to pay attention. lectures are almost pointless, just download the powerpoints and study the book. CURVE IS HUGE. practice midterms are like real ones, final is like practice and has some stuff off midterms. good luck, have fun! :)

biggest jerk ever. he chewed a kid out right in front of the class for asking a question. he can't teach and is rude. if i get him for chemistry next quarter i'm dropping the class

ok 730 is not good if your not a mornin person this teacher was ok he is funny the lectures was pretty useless didnt help but like most classes if you read the book you will probably do fine me i didnt go to class or read the book(got a B)my advice to U is really just make sure you do the labs read book and if you have a good TA go to discussion

7:30am is tough, especially for Chem. He often glossed over difficult material and focused too much time on simpler concepts. Explained familiar chemistry concepts in confusing ways. My TA, luckily, was amazing and taught me most of CHE2A. Midterms were difficult, Final was easy. Got an A. However, I would not recommend him. Ever.

Very strong accent which makes it really hard to focus in 7:30AM class. More of a researcher than a professor. Exams are very similar to practice exams. Final was super easy, and curve was okay. No need to attend lectures, just read the book and learn it by yourself.

7:30am is a very early class. Enroll in his class if a)you're a morning person or b)you don't plan on attending lectures anyway. His class was not difficult, but I had to depend on my TA, workshop, another professor (Enderle!) and myself to really understand the material. He is nice, but not good at teaching.

Difficult to understand, and not just because of the accent. I went to (almost all) his lectures, but had to go to a different professor's lectures (Enderle's!--highly recommended) to really understand the material. I also had a great TA. Because I went to Enderle's lectures and discussions, I didn't have to read the book or do the HW.

"have" is really not that hard of a word to pronounce...the times that i did make it to lecture in the morning..i either fell asleep or got so irritated with his accent and lecturing that i had to leave during the break....its amazing i passed...i had to read every chapter in the textbook.

He gets the job done. Decent tests, but boring class. He gets an A for showing enthusiasm in the subject, but not too exciting for lecture. Reasonable curves. Reading before-hand is a good idea, overall, average teacher.

Nice prof but hard to understand and pay attention to. Powerpoints weren't too informative or detailed. Felt as if he was explaining research instead of teaching to students. Didn't really show us how to solve problems. I barely attended class since it was so early and didn't learn much. Managed a B thanks to my TA.

He talks more about research than material. Second practice midterm didn't have questions from a whole chapter. I think I only did well because topics mostly were from HS, but reading the book and discussion definitely helps. Lectures weren't very helpful, but blowing up balloons filled with hydrogen gas was pretty cool. Has an accent.

Although he doesn't explain concepts very well he is very fair with tests and the grading of the tests. It takes a little extra work to receive a good grade because lecture is not very helpful.

his class is super easy!!! although i didn't go to 3/4 of the lectures, i learnt everything from the textbook... btw, his practice midterms were similar to the real midterms!! some questions on the final were exactly the same from the practice final!!! well,, it's probably i took AP Chem in high school...

I had him for Chem 2A. It was extremely boring, but also pretty easy. You really don't need to go to lecture if you're good about reading the book and doing all the practice problems. Like I said, lectures are very boring, he just kinda mumbles along in his Russian accent. The midterms are either really easy or they get curved a lot.