All I can say is "?"

Way to tough. I even got a tutor and the tutor said his tests are crazy. I dropped and out of about 20-30 students 5 were left that what one of the remaining students told me so good luck.

i don't know why a college like fresno city would hire a teacher like him. IF u can teach yourself from book without having help from him, he is the teacher for u. I wouldn't recommend him.i ended up dropping his class.

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Do yourself a favor and do not take this teacher!

He is the worst teacher ive ever had. His lectures never covered material that was on the tests. out of 30 students only 4 students survived. Dont take this teacher.

if u signed up for this class next semester.....god help you!!! better yet, get out now while u still can!! dont wat o "see" if the class will work out, IT WONT. he wont even kindly offer help or an explanation on material, he'll just shut you down, and make u figure it out, no help what so ever! how do u learn form that?!!?

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!!!!!NEVER TAKE ANY CHEMISTRY COURSE WITH THIS GUY!!!!!!!!!!!! HE'S GOT A VERY NICE PERSONALITY AND AT THE BEGINING HE SEEMS TO BE A REALLY NICE PERSON. HOWEVER, HIS TEACHING SKILLS ARE VERY QUESTIONABLE. TOO MANY BREAKS. HE DOES NOT EXPLAIN THE MATERIAL PROPERLY. IF YOU ARE IN HIS CLASS RIGHT NOW

Oh god. His class was so freaking hard. His method of teaching is confusing. I didn't understand most of the things he was saying. Not very helpful. I suggest you take someone else. His test are really hard.

dont take this class with him. youll have better understanding reading the but than listening to him. if your repeating this class. you better consider another professor. but i passed tho. i got a A but without really getting any help from him. thank god im over this class

This dude is an ass. he is the hardest teacher i have ever taken. If you ask for help he wont give it. His test are way to advanced. Over half the class right now would be failing if not for his curve. He is a ****

He's not very helpful at all, he's not a good teacher to take because you can't understand him. I understood the book way better than his lecture. I have and A- but, still, I had to work hard to get that A. I would advise you not to take him. Attendance is mandatory and it's minus 5 points for every absence

this teacher is useless, i teach chemistry to myself every night for hours on end. he never returns emails, he never teaches friday labs, he lectures in other labs and doesnt in others, hes the head of the chem dept and is over worked. his lectures suck, he strays to things that dont ever pertain to the class.on top of it hes rude with weird teeth

He is a nice guy personally but useless as an instructor. I spent most of the semester in the tutorial center because he explains things way more complicated then they are. Tomorrow is the last day of class and nobody has a clue what their grade looks like because he hasn't posted any grades in FOREVER. Tests are really hard and 600/800 pts.

class extremely hard! makes class more difficult then needed to be...rude most of the times altogether class is hard

Horrible teacher. He doesn't answer emails and does all of the work on line. He spends much class time talking about his personal life. No on cares.

This teacher is very hard! I do not recommend anyone to take him. The tests are very hard he does not give you any studyguides & you never know what exactly to study. Besides when you need help he gets mad.DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS!

mean. hard. unorganized.

Mr. Vellandi frequently goes off on tangents. Could complete class in 20 minutes but he spends the whole time lecturing about life lessons that don't even pertain to chemistry. Has WAY too high expectations for a community college chem class. Do yourself a favor and DO NOT TAKE HIM

He yells and bashes us. He doesn't have a set lecture prepared and just comes to class and wings the lectures and tangents off then lab day just expects us to know what he knows. He's not good with clarifying also, don't even bother to ask questions he doesn't care. What I HATE most we do the hw and learn the materials ourselves he doesn't cover it

Don't bother asking questions he doesn't care. You learn yourself by hw online and ironically if he can stop talking about himself he'll teach you a thing or two. He's impatient, yells and bashes medical students if you don't understand him. Doesn't have a set topic on lectures and tends to just wing his lectures. Hope FCC faculty sees this.

Horrible instructor. Expects you to know everything before you enter the class. He was never prepared to lecture and was always late. Don't take his class! I went to etc everyday and still it was difficult to learn. Majority of the class fails and he even says it too. He's super negative as well.

do not take him. he is really confusing he does not teaches right. joking all the time . waste of time he should not be called a teacher honestly you will have to teach yourself .

I consider myself to be a good student, I go to class, do all my homework, and I have a D. I enjoy the man but not his teaching strategies... If you don't get it.... He won't explain.

I passed every test, he curves every test by a lot. So even passing every test I still did not pass the class. The labs are a joke, he grades extremely ridiculous and hard on labs, that's what killed me. Not willing to help you at all with points. I showed up to every class and lab. He just has ridiculously high expectations in my opinion

Seriously the worst professor I've ever had. Disrespectful towards his students and completely a fan of lectures irrelevant to material. My recommendation for passing his class as did I, is tutoring, a personal tutor, and study groups. Asking him for help or thinking he'll actually take the time to explain things to you is pointless.

First day of class. No syllabus given out. Went home to check bkackboard after class. No syllabus available. Disorganized and don't know what to expect because there is obviously no syllabus. It's college. What the heck?

One pacific thing is when you taking the test. He's open a huge clock in front of you so how do you keep calm to do the test with 50 question on just around 57 minutes

Bottom line don't take him. He's a great guy but a horrible professor. He's a very harsh grader and not very helpful. DO NOT TAKE

I would not recommend. He says he isn't there to teach us anything that is our job. He is not approachable and says he is the last person to ask anything, ask another student. I think he has been teaching this subject for so long he forgot that chem is pretty much a foreign language to us, of which, we do not have a degree in. Spare yourself.

He is the absolute worst instructor I have ever taken. I am a hard worker and dedicate time to my classes but this guy is ridiculous. He is not helpful at all. Refuses to answer questions without making you feel like a complete idiot. It makes me pretty sad that with so much knowledge and ability he doesn't have the passion to help us succeed.

Vellandi is an intelligent person, however, he lacks in teaching skills. On the first day of instruction, there was no syllabus or class schedule. He finally gave them to us 2 weeks after the first class. Overall, he is unorganized, lectures about nonsense that is not on the tests, and discourages students from pursuing certain careers. Do not take

DO NOT TAKE HIM!!! Almost everything mentioned on here by other students is accurate! He's disorganized, can be mean when u ask him for help, no syllabus alike the first 2 weeks etc... you HAVE to read the book and teach yourself the material or go to ETC to save yourself from a low grade since he's a very harsh grader. It's ridiculous!!!!

I would not recommend this class. Vellandi is by far the worst Professor I've ever had. He rambles on during lab time about his own personal experiences. If you have a question about something in specific be prepared for a rude response. He wasn't helpful at all and expects you to know information just off hand.

The Good: Vellandi loves science, he can literally talk about it all day. He treats you like a chemist because you are taking a chemistry course. He curves exams if the whole class does bad. The bad: Vellandi doesn't allow notes on the exams, only a basic calculator, and the exams are all heavy towards the final grade. You'll be teaching yourself.

Mr V has told us thats its not his job to teach us, its ours. Hes rude when you ask questions; a bully when you go to his office hours. It took several wks to get our syllabus. He talks about his personal life so we are over a month behind. He rarely grades. He flat out lies about what hes going to do with grades. DO NOT TAKE!

Mr. Vellandi is not a recommended Chemistry teacher. If youre able to get a conversation with him it will go ok depending on the topic , but dont expect good things to come. Hes very rude, disrespectful, yells at students, gets side tracked easily and takes away time from learning. Cannot complete experiments on time. His grading is terrible.

One of the worst professors I have ever had. He's extremely unorganized and rants about topics that don't at all pertain to the class. He's also extremely moody and rude, which makes for uncomfortable classes. He knows a lot about chemistry and expects his students of an intro class to keep up with him, which is nearly impossible, Don't take him!

Mr. V is the probably the most difficult instructor Ive had before transferring to CSU. Ive taken Calculus, Bio and other difficult courses, but not as hard as this one. You must learn through the textbook, YouTube, ETC., and any other source you can. Do not take this class if you have over 12 units. It will consume your schedule.

He knows his stuff, but he cannot teach. Most of the things I learned are from the Aleks homework and the ETC leader. Instead of helping students when they get something wrong, he would yell at them and put them on blast. Basically, Aleks is your professor and you're learning things yourself. Attend ETC, you'll learn more than from him.

Worst teacher ever. Don't take him! He is that vine with the little kid that yells idiots. He knows chemistry yes, but he assumes we are geniuses as well. His lectures are literally everywhere you won't learn. If he's the only teacher that fits your schedule no just take It another semester. Probably what you're going to do anyway if you decide to

This was the only prerequisite class left that i needed to take bio 22! if you are like me and need this class, please do believe all the reviews on here. I REALLY RECOMMEND to take another professor. Do not waste your time!

If you want to be screamed at for asking questions, learn the material on your own, sit through meaningless lectures, here personal stories, learn about material that isn't on the exams, copy word for word 3+ page lab procedures on a notebook, this is the guy for you. His curves are insane since not doing so would have him at a 0% passing rate.

His quote was "I'm not here to teach you, you are here to learn so I'm going to learn you. So if you think im here to teach you are wrong." and that exactly what he did. You cant ask him nothing cause your already suppose to know the stuff. His test are 50 questions for 50 min but by the time you start the test you already lost 15 min. horrible

Honestly the WORST teacher I've had by far, he doesn't lecture on any of the material and he just makes you do the ALEKS homework with no help or assistance. Our three-hour lab class consists of him telling "motivational" speeches and personal stories. he comes to class with NOTHING prepared with just his lunch 5-20 minutes late! overall STAY AWAY

He assigns a lot of homework and he won't teach you how to do the assignments. He also expects you to learn everything on your own. Don't waste your time taking chemistry with this professor. He's super specific on how he wants things and if you don't do the way he asked it to be then you'll docked points or won't get credit.

He doesn't teach what is on the homework. He goes off topic a lot! 3 hour lab, he talks for 2 and a half hours and then gets mad if you dont finish lab within the time you have left. Worst instructor. Don't waste your time. He is also very anal when it comes to numbers, decimal points, and showing your work.

Awful professor. Takes his job as a joke which means your grade is a joke too, doesnt teach AT ALL. 3 hour lectures and nothing valuable to being talked about the entire time. Throughout the semester only 5 things out of maybe 20 were actually posted until the day grades are due. Constantly changing things on gradebook(brings grade down)

The lectures in his class made no sense. I payed attention in every class and still had no idea what I was doing. He expects you to learn everything through ALEKS which is horrible. He will spend two hours of your lab talking about nonsense and then get mad and start yelling when you dont finish your lab in less than an hour.

Honestly, hardest class I ever had to take. I would not recommend him to anyone. He officially made me hate chemistry.

One of the hardest instructors Ive ever taken. I usually do great in classes but this was the only class I felt very lost in. I took him 2x and failed both times due to his confusing lectures. He doesnt like to teach he likes to insult you for not knowing or not paying attention. Youre going to have to work really hard to teach yourself.

You might think being a chemistry class that the professor would discuss chemistry, but not in his class! Vellandi instead prefers to lecture about getting his carpets cleaned, how to treat your waiter, and how often he ate taco bell during grad school. You will have to read the book if you want to learn anything about chemistry in his course.

Okay he is funny. Aleks could be helpful, but if you have other classes this is not gonna help. You have to put all your time into it. It is not being lazy it means life doesnt envolve all in aleks when you have more classes and busy with other things in life. Im facing anxiety disorder for this class. Im trying but way too hard.

He gets mad when you don't understand. He also asks you questions in lab and keeps asking you until you get it right and puts you in the spot. He also gets off topic he doesn't teach that much and depend everything on Alek. He expects you to learn everything from it. He talks about his life most of the time.

As an instructor hes terrible. Good luck getting grades from labs out of him. You wont know where you stand with the class. He manages to lecture without teaching you anything you need to know for exams and labs. Little communication hes too superior, stuck in his old ways to calm down and actually teach chemistry. Self learn or fail.

A lot of this class is solving equations for pressures, balancing chemicals, conversions, etc and he will not teach on how to go about learning how to solve the math. The ETC leader basically taught the class as best to his ability. If you dont already understand chemistry then Id reconsider him as your instructor.

Online course as a result of COVID-19: This is what I will tell you. His ETC leader taught his class. Mr. V put out one instructional the whole semester. You have to rely on ALEKS to teach yourself otherwise. He required all tests to be taken on webcam. If you were kicked out, too bad. You had to figure out the labs yourself. Worst class ever.

I took his class online this semester(FA20) and he was horrible. He doesn't give lectures, and this is a class you need them for. The homework is a lot and he doesn't keep you updated on dates. When I would reach out for help, all I would get is an extended due date and no help. Not a good teacher for online settings.

I kid you not when I say this is the worse professor to ever take from I mean it. Not only did he not teach ANY of his students he also was very hard to get in touch with and as well harsh when you asked him any questions. I literally had to learn all the material off of YouTube. You will also not officially know what your grade is in the class.

Took them for the first half of the fall semester, I had to drop them due to a failure to teach. They constantly would change exam dates based on how convenient it was for them. There was one instance they moved the exam to a week from the date it was supposed to be, then later Tom the day it was supposed to be, moved it back with only 5 hours left

i dropped mr. Vs class bc he wont give you your grade until after the final so the entire course youll have 0 idea where you stand with the class. its all a blur bc he doesnt teach! I did retake with Mr Yates and BIG HUGE DIFFERENCE! YATES teaches his students, organized, test is based on exactly what you learn. idk why Mr V is an instructor TBH

Mr. V should not allowed to be a professor at all! Hes literally getting paid to teach his students nothing. His mentality is you either know chemistry and youll be fine or you dont and youll fail. He will not teach you any material at all. His zoom meeting are a waste of time! He just sitting there Fresno city needs to do better!!!!!!!!

There was so much HW. This is my only class I was taking and omg I couldn't finish all of it on time. Also this class was definitely a teach our self class which chemistry is not the class to do that. I will have to retake this class cause I need a C or better for nursing school. Do not take this class with this teacher. I took it fall 2021.

Boring lectures that you don’t really even learn much anyways. No point in going to class when you have to teach yourself most of the stuff anyways. He gets mad that you don’t know something. Aleks is annoying and time consuming. Avoid this teacher. Oh and I don’t even know my actual grade because he doesn’t update it.

You are practically teaching yourself because his "lessons" are the slides on canvas.The online assignments are impossible to complete when you know nothing. He expects you to do the homework then come back to lecture with any questions you may have, yet he only covers one question out of many others for the whole class period. Avoid his class.

You are teaching yourself. Lectures do not correspond with homework at all, offers not enough help, gets mad at you for not knowing everything. Stay away from this professor

Not impressed at all by instructor. More than half of emails no response, was informed I would be failed bc of absences due to illness, even though I was passing class. Easily distracted during lectures, tbh I know more about his horses than chem. Ive taken better chem instructors in past. On flip side he seems like a fun grandpa needs to retire.

I've taken his class during the summer ,he was just there for the paycheck. His assignment are AI generated so that he doesn't have to grade them, throws a huge tantrum and called the whole class second graders , and was always 20-30 mins late to class even on exam days. I don't know why he isn't fired yet for his lack of work .WORST TEACHER EVER!

Do yourself a favor and stay away from this guy. If you HAVE to take this class, be ready for a workload heavier than the rest of your classes combined X2. Also be ready to teach yourself the material. Good luck.

He's incredibly impatient and makes you feel like you're bothering him just by asking questions. He doesn't actually teach — you're basically on your own to figure out the material. Lectures are unhelpful, and there's little to no guidance. Be prepared to teach yourself everything and feel lost most of the time.

This teacher singlehandedly pushed me back another semester for graduation. His course load was too much and he would not spend any of his lecture times or lab times talking about things that were actually important. Felt like a waste of time going to his classes 3 times a week just to go home and have to teach yourself.

Just Dont, please dont

LISTEN TO ALL THE COMMENTS IT'S A POOR DECISION TO TAKE THIS CLASS!!!