Avoid him like the plague.

Dr. David Ennis does not care about his undergraduate student's understanding, grade, or grading. Homework was only graded after the final exam was taken and graded, the status of the grade throughout the class was unknown other than through exam grades. There was no feedback on homework. The Exam 1 this semester was worse than last semester.

this guy makes me crash out

Dr. Ennis is very clearly a research professor. He is interested in the material but does not know how to teach it to his students. The test average for the first exam was a 48, for perspective. If you want a physics 2 professor at Auburn, take Merrill.

This class is ridiculously hard, and this professor is simply awful. He only goes over the basic concepts in class, leaving you to learn the material on the homework, which in no way resembles the lectures. The tests are actually impossible, and it seems no amount of preparation would have improved my grades on them. Avoid at all costs.

Dr. Ennis requires attendance at lecture and then doesn't say anything helpful. He wastes time with demonstrations and reads basically the section headers of the textbook and proceeds to make the exams as close to impossible as he can. The class average for the first two exams were below a 50 and he did not curve. I asked for help, he did nothing.

Expect to read every word out of the textbook if you want to pass, and even if you do it will be a low D. The exams are next to impossible and none of the material on them was covered in lecture. Attendance is required so you can't even skip class to teach yourself. Truly the worst professor I have ever met. Please save yourselves.

Y'all just take someone (literally anyone) else. I had an A in physics 1 and had to drop physics 2. Awful experience, I wouldn't wish Ennis as a professor on my worst enemy.

Want to pass? Take someone else. Learn from my mistakes.

Awful. Avoid at all costs. I cannot recommend NOT taking Dr. Ennis enough. He has made me cry more than any man ever should. Sincerely, A valedictorian.

Run quickly.

So awful, I wish to never see this man again.

Tests are impossible. He doesn't cover the test material or the homework material (and therefore the quizzes). I hated every second of it. Please learn from my mistakes.

Tests are impossible and the material is not covered in class. He tells us to read the textbook but that doesn't help either. You have to be a mind reader to get a decent grade and that man's head scares me. He makes no sense and his lectures are awful due to his lack of personality.

Never would I have expected a professor at Auburn University to be this bad but oh how I was wrong. He is impossible to learn from and yet attendance is mandatory. He makes the tests near impossible and then proceeds to not solve any questions even remotely related to the exams. You get no study materials and he will not help you.

So incredibly awful.

I truly hope you can get into another lecture taught by literally anyone else.

Truly an awful professor. Research professors should not be required to teach.

I made the mistake of ignoring the rate my professor. Learn from my mistakes.

Going from Merrill's physics 1 to ennis' physics two was the worst whip lash I've ever had. It felt like I fell off a cliff.

Neither he, nor the textbook covers the math you need to be good at to pass the exams and refuses to give SI and the TAs any material to teach you the math. His lectures are reading the section headings in the textbook. He is 100% a research professor and will only insult you if you ask him for help. Not worth trying to take him. NO CURVE.

He never talked about the material he tested on, nor the material on the homework. His "lectures" were the most basic concepts from each section he could find and then the homeworks and exams were extremely advanced applications. The labs will boost your grade but the quizzes were exactly like the homeworks. Truly an awful experience.

Exams were impossible to pass. He gives you false hope with the adjusted grade scale on the syllabus, the class is still insanely difficult to pass. My mental health QUICKLY deteriorated while in this class.

Impossible to pass. I will just leave that there.

Cannot stress enough how awful this class was. I truly hated every second.

The material is hard but Ennis makes the class impossible. I truly believe that I would have made a B in Merrill's class.

He couldn't teach a fish to swim. The Exams and HW violate the Geneva Conventions. He looks like the main guy from Fight Club and has the same monotone voice. I am not joking. Look up "Fight Club Narrator" and he has that same depressed look during lectures. I think he finds joy in making students suffer. You can't even write on the formula sheet.

This class is difficult and he is not an approachable professor. There is no curve until after the final, there is no true bases for the exams until you are in the room with it in front of you. The exams aren't like anything you have seen in class or on the textbook, and the multiple choice part of the exam too difficult for no reason. Good luck.

genuinely one of if not the worst teachers/professors I've ever had. His teaching is awful, the homework is near impossible without looking up the answers and his test averages are all bellow 60 with no scaling. Never take this guy if you can help it.

If your happy in life right now avoid this guy. His depression will rub off on you and make you question your life decisions as an engineering major. His personality makes him sound like his wife cheated on him and he clearly has no passion for anything other than his research project. He shouldn't be allowed to teach and clearly doesn't get laid.

I think that the good ratings he gets he wrote himself to make his rating not a 1/5 and honestly that is being generous. There is no point in going to his class cause his lectures are terrible but you have to because of clicker. His tests are stupidly hard and there still hasn't been a test average over a 50. Avoid this dude at all costs.

The worst prof. I have ever had. Tests are absurdly hard for no reason. All exams average less than a 60. Requires you to go to lectures, then proceeds to go over the most basic information and you are left to figure the rest out yourself. Obviously a research prof. that does not care about his students. I can't stress this enough, DO NOT TAKE HIM!

The TA carried my grade!

By far the worst professor I have ever had. The only way I could possible get an understanding is the SI session. If this man has a wife and kids I genuinely don't know how. You can tell that he doesn't care and makes the lectures mandatory which is basically torture. No matter what do not take this guy unless you want to fail.

if i had a trillion dollars for every student that enjoyed his class id be broke

I'm fairly certain he gets off on watching kids suffer. The people who dropped this class were the smartest ones, everyone else had to suffer through the hell that was his required lectures. He created multiple choice questions that even he couldn't solve or explain. It seems as though he hates his life and takes it out on all the students

Imma be real, I'd rather go back to my ex than take this class again. On top of the class being extremely hard, he would do some freak $hit every once in a while during the lectures. He had a presentation slide on ohms law that had to of been a reference to diddy. Take this class if you want to contemplate what you're doing with you're life.

Auburn needs to look at these reviews and give me my money back. Waste of money and time, dude does not care at all he's just here for research. Terrible useless lectures and no way to study for the exams. Won't even tell his TAs or SIs what to review for the exams.

Lectures can be hard to follow at times and he does basically no practice problems in class. Some of the homework problems aren't covered in lecture, so you have to teach yourself by reading the textbook or chegg or chat gpt. His tests are very hard and he does not offer corrections. Avoid at all costs

Probably one of the worst professors at Auburn University. He is terrible at lecturing. He will stand at the front of the lecture hall and mumble in a monotone voice, no microphone. He is hard to understand and doesn't make you interested in the topic. His homework included things not taught and his exams would fit into an English class.

Every bad rating is true. Tests are extremely difficult and nothing like anything you've seen, ESPECIALLY the MCQ. Lectures are worthless but you have to go for the IClickers. Very monotone, teaches like he himself hates physics. HW was due at 3pm every Tuesday which was incredibly inconvenient. Do not take.

What's hilarious is that Auburn lets this man teach. I genuinely want my money back.

I get that the material is hard, but it isn't near as hard as this guy made it. He truly is an awful professor and deserves every awful rating he gets.

Makes me wish I was Kurt Cobain on April 5, 1994. Makes me wish I was never born. Makes me wish I was a Communications major. Makes me wish humans never left the caves. Makes me not want to be sober.

Things I would rather do than take this class again: - Move to North Korea - swim in crocodile infested waters - Become an Alabama fan There are not enough words to describe how bad Ennis is. I have taken to referring to him as Osama bin Ennis because his class is so bad it should qualify as a terrorist attack on the students of Auburn University.

I would rather have Ennis hit me with a car every Tuesday and Thursday instead of going to his class for a semester. you would think by his ranking that he barley spoke English and that his accent was holding him back. but no he just cant teach. if I had to choose between losing a limb and taking another one of Ennis's classes I would choose my arm

Boring but mandatory lectures and impossibly hard tests. He is by far the worst option for physics 2 at auburn.

Ennis definitely would've commited war crimes if he was in the military. Kinda guy to hit you with his car then sue for mental distress

I sold a part of my soul to get above a C in this class. Yes he's as bad as you think. The only silver lining is that the final might boost your grade because it's much easier. I averaged a 60 on his midterms. If he's your only option you'll survive, but barely.

Dont even bother.

I would definitely avoid if possible. I so far in my acedemic career have not gotten below an A in a class or tests; however, first test my grade was a few points above the class average of 42. The next two tests I continued to improve but was still scoring lower than usual. With that being said, DONT BE DISCOURAGED, I still got an A in the class!

GOOOD LOOOORRDDDDDDDDDD. This professor for any physics related topic will merely show you a ton of equations on the smartboard while rambling about whtever he thinks helps us understand. (It wont). I mean I'd say the other ratings due him justice but damn man. Literally wikipedia for 5 minutes will give you more than ennis did for me all semester.

Never hated someone more than right now. He is the white whale, I am captain Ahab.

I went into this class thinking "how hard could it be?!". EXTREMELY. While this professor is nice and his demonstrations are cool, the tests were brutal! I was blindsided by a "cumulative final" that was in reality just a 4th test. Please steer clear of Ennis the Menace and save your GPA.

I have no words for this class. I've been in it for only 3 weeks and I feel like I'm going crazy. Were in a 300-400 person lecture hall and this man refuses to use a mic and only mumbles. He uses equations that are hardly related to the homework. There's one week till the first test and I already know I'm going to fail. Avoid him at all costs.

Do not take Physics with Dr. Ennis at any cost. 300 person lectures where he mumbles, explains things very vaguely, and refuses to use a microphone. The "problems" he walks through in class are nothing like the homework, which in turn is nothing like the exams. Quite possibly the worst professor I've had, would rate 0 if I could.

Don't do it, I fear I am going to fail this class. His teaching is horrible, he can't explain questions during office hours, and the exam questions are extremely niche. The only people that helped were his SI and TA. He told us to do better but how does one do better if everyone is failing, maybe self-reflection is needed.

This is a self taught class. Ennis' lectures are painfully boring and only cover the basics of the content. If you want to pass this class, actually do the homework and use the resources available to you on campus. He does attendance through IClicker surveys so you have to sit through his lectures :D

This would be a amazing class to take if you already have a PHD in physics. Ennis barley gives you enough information to complete the homework and when the class does bad on an exam he suggested you put more time into physics. Multiple choice questions are filled with trick questions so your not even able to show you understanding of material.

Ennis is a menace. Showed up to every class, took notes like my life depended on it, made the prettiest formula sheet you have ever seen, still failed. His lectures made less sense than a TikTok conspiracy theory. If you like pain and confusion, you'll love it here.

Terrible Teacher. Test averages for 3 straight tests were 45 %, 52.8%, and 57.5%. He does not teach well at all whatsoever, and you are better off learning from The Organic Chem Teacher. There were multiple times where he didn't finish teaching before our lab, so he got our lab TA to finish teaching. Uses Clicker in class for 10% of your grade.

I would rather pull my own teeth and toenails than ever see this waste of space again

David Ennis is the actual worst professor I have ever taken. I gave up going to class one month in. This is a nuclear football in public toilet of a class. Do not take at all costs. You will struggle. You will feel pain. You will fail. It will not be worth it. One fourth of the class remained at the end, and he did not curve at all. I hate you Enni

Avoid like the plague. I learned more from my TA in this course than from Ennis and I went to every lecture (shoutout Jacob). Homework is confusing. Quizzes on the homework every week in lab. Labs are frustrating and take the whole 3 hrs. Exams are like torture. I wouldn't wish this class or this professor on my worst enemy. I'm so glad it over.

He had no personality in the class. He was very unassailable if you couldn't make it to his 1 hr a week office hours. I learned more from my TA from him. He didn't wear a mic with a full and large classroom or make it easy to show the demos. Test were extremely hard and not like the mandatory homework. Lots of quizzes too.

When I read these comments from students I can understand clearly what the students think about and feel. It is disgusting. It is very hard to deal with him, slow. His dynamics impacts the work done by others, affect projects negatively. More importantly, it looks like he does not care.