1.5

Eugene Sims

Psychology - Grand Rapids Community College

1.5
Quality
4.3
Difficulty
N/A
Would Retake
97
Reviews
1.5
Quality
4.3
Difficulty
1.6
Helpful
1.5
Clarity

N/A

Would Retake

97

Reviews

Rating Distribution
Official
97 total ratings

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14

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What Students Say

“Avoid this man at all costs”

PSYCH - 1.0 rating

“I demanded my money back - and got it”

PY201 - 1.0 rating
Class Info

Textbook Required

100%

Grade Predictor

Your expected effort level

LowHigh

Predicted Grade

A+

56% confidence
Based on 2 grades
Most common grades:
A (1)
A- (1)
Grade Distribution
A(1)B(0)C(0)D(0)F(0)A-/B+(1)
Based on 2 reported grades
A: 1
A-: 1
Rating Trend

Improving

+0.42 avg change
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Ratings by Course

ABNPSY

5.0

(1)

ABNPYSCH

5.0

(1)

SO260

5.0

(1)

PY232

4.0

(2)

PSY113

4.0

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+28 more courses
Difficulty by Course

PY251

5.0

PY303

5.0

SOC

5.0

PSY

5.0

PYS

5.0

Reviews (96)
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SC251
Aug 23, 2000

No Comments

1.0
5.0
PY201
Nov 7, 2000

I demanded my money back - and got it. Worst prof. imaginable.

3.0
5.0
SC251
Dec 4, 2000

He will make you work but is a good professor.

2.0
4.0
PSY201
Jan 23, 2001

He rambles on about the strangest stuff that itsn't even relevant.

2.0
5.0
PY251
Feb 4, 2001

if you enjoy memorizing 18 pages of notes per test (verbatim!) take his class

1.0
5.0
SC251
Feb 14, 2001

This guy hates teaching, people, and anything else.real hostile.horrible dude

1.0
4.0
SC251
Feb 14, 2001

Horrible Speaker.One day,he said "and so forth" 65times in one hour.

1.0
5.0
SC251
Feb 15, 2001

Another crappy teacher that noone will do anything about. He wants you to fail.

1.0
5.0
PY201
Feb 15, 2001

the fact that the college keeps him on staff is immoral; he is the worst!!!!!!!!

1.0
5.0
PY201
Feb 15, 2001

he is very opinionated and doesn't teach you anything, he is horrible don't take

1.0
5.0
PY201
Feb 15, 2001

No Comments

1.0
5.0
SC251
Feb 16, 2001

Worst teacher ever. Ask him questions, and he makes you feel stupid

2.0
5.0
PY201
Feb 16, 2001

mubles, 60% he talks about nothing to do with py, my gpa is 3.3 and i got a D

1.0
5.0
SC251
Feb 16, 2001

this guy makes me sick

2.0
5.0
CHILDPSYC
Feb 22, 2001

very hard to determine where class is headed unclear about tests

4.0
2.0
PY201
Feb 23, 2001

I'm amazed to be the only one who liked him, tho he railroads deserving idiots

1.0
5.0
PY201
Feb 25, 2001

yeah, 1 out of 20+ like him,makes sense,there's always one fool, he's the worst

1.0
5.0
PY303
Grade: A
Mar 14, 2001

Horrid! Don't take

1.0
5.0
PY251
Mar 20, 2001

I dropped his class due to unfair treatment of other students

1.0
3.0
PY233
May 21, 2001

all he does is tell sob stories about his childhood

5.0
1.0
PY232
May 23, 2001

Good teacher, approachable, will pick out the non-workers in no-time

2.0
5.0
SOC
May 24, 2001

i almost got kicked out for opening a pop one day and interuppting another story

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5.0
PSY
Jun 10, 2001

Worst teacher ever. rambles, unclear, mumbles. avoid this guy!!!

2.0
5.0
PSY
Jun 13, 2001

this guy is hot but not good at teaching

2.0
4.0
PY201
Jul 9, 2001

I would not recommend anyone to take his class!

2.0
5.0
SO251
Jul 18, 2001

I had him for a telecourse,thank God i didn't have to meet him..I still got a D.

1.0
5.0
PYS
Nov 2, 2001

Hard to rate because 1 was the lowest rating I could give him

1.0
5.0
PSY
Grade: A-
Dec 7, 2001

Worst prof I ever had. I learned 0 about psych, but a lot about his opinions.

1.0
5.0
PY201
Jan 10, 2002

I've never had a worse prof...how I even managed a C+, I'll never know

2.0
4.0
SO251
Jan 15, 2002

his tests are over material not covered in lecture, and he is weird

1.0
5.0
SOC251
Jan 20, 2002

worst teacher ever...its a shame that he still has a job

3.0
4.0
PY232
Jan 29, 2002

i dropped the corse

1.0
5.0
PY233
Feb 26, 2002

myopic, self absorbed, and entirely burnt out. has good intentions tho (shrug)

1.0
5.0
PSY
Feb 27, 2002

Awful, awful, awful! What's under his vest??

1.0
4.0
PY201
Mar 18, 2002

terrible lectures,bad tests, fuzz balls, quiet, hates americans.

1.0
5.0
SOC251
Apr 4, 2002

If you're in the minority that supports his B.S. opinions, you'll do just fine

1.0
5.0
SOC251
Apr 5, 2002

Worst teacher I've had since kindergarden

1.0
3.0
PHY201
Apr 22, 2002

No Comments

3.0
4.0
DEVPSYCH
Apr 25, 2002

VERY opinionated. STUDY his notes exactly as they are and it's possible to pass.

2.0
5.0
SOC251
Apr 25, 2002

No Comments

1.0
5.0
SOC251
May 26, 2002

unreasonably difficult, major hassle, lectures offer very little substance, ETC.

3.0
3.0
PY231
Aug 15, 2002

No Comments

1.0
4.0
PY201
Aug 16, 2002

How is this man still teaching? Drop ASAP!!

1.0
5.0
PY201
Sep 27, 2002

He needs to stop talking about his son and start teaching.

1.0
5.0
PY201
Oct 2, 2002

He talks too much about himself, and not enough about psychology (and so fourth)

1.0
5.0
PY231
Oct 17, 2002

very hard, plus he made me feel horrible about myself, not a nice man

1.0
5.0
PY201
Oct 17, 2002

Horrible prof. , he likes himself too much.

1.0
5.0
PY201
Oct 23, 2002

I'm without words to describe how bad he is - but I feel it in my soul!

1.0
5.0
PY201
Oct 24, 2002

He's the worst teacher I've ever had! He's full of himself!

1.0
5.0
PY201
Oct 30, 2002

drop while you can.

1.0
5.0
PY233
Nov 5, 2002

Worest Teacher I have ever had, does not communicate well with class or teach th

1.0
5.0
PY201
Nov 6, 2002

Unreasonably difficult, unclear, course should be renamed racism101

1.0
5.0
PY233
Nov 16, 2002

You might pass if this is your only class this semester

1.0
5.0
PY201
Dec 9, 2002

All of you are right!

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2.0
PY
Dec 13, 2002

No Comments

5.0
4.0
PY231
Dec 13, 2002

I think people need to study more and complain less, Dr. Sims is a good teacher!

1.0
5.0
PY201
Dec 13, 2002

smart man, but a horrible teacher,after so long you lose your knack for teaching

1.0
5.0
PY233
Dec 23, 2002

Doesn't Speak loud enough, style is out of date, refers to studies from the 70

1.0
5.0
PY233
Dec 30, 2002

You can't study enough for this class;no chance to get a fair gradeDO NOT TAKE!!

1.0
5.0
PY231
Jan 4, 2003

he was a very unfair and bad teacher

1.0
4.0
201
Jan 10, 2003

SWITCH OUT!!!!

5.0
5.0
ABNPSY
Jan 10, 2003

My Mentor! Best teacher I've ever had! Study hard and you will learn phsy!

3.0
2.0
PSY232
Feb 4, 2003

Heard scary stories from my friends, however his telecourse was a piece of cake.

1.0
4.0
PY231
Feb 7, 2003

No Comments

1.0
4.0
PSY101
Feb 17, 2003

totally off-topic, an article in the GRCC newspaper about his bad teaching

1.0
5.0
SOCIOLOGY
Feb 27, 2003

I cannot describe the way I truly feel about this guy without using profanity... so let me just say: AVOID THIS MAN

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4.0
ABPSYCH
Apr 1, 2003

if you like stories that are unrelated to this topic he is great, his test are your exact notes, did i mention that you will have about 20 pages of notes for a test. Hope you are good at memorization.

1.0
5.0
PY231
Apr 25, 2003

I swear if I ever see this man again I will run the other way screaming and crying because he was, and still is the biggest jerk ever. I can't imagine why the man is still around, and hopefully he will be gone. If you have him, honestly just drop.

1.0
4.0
PY231
May 6, 2003

i was in there for 10 minutes of a 2 hour lecture and thought i entered HELL 101...much credit to the girl who left in the middle of his lecture...if you have him...RUN...fast

1.0
4.0
PSY101
May 11, 2003

always off topic...seemed to like to boast about his life and how he has made impressions on many people never seemed to have anything to do with the class! Always seemed to alienate about 97% of the class

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4.0
PSY101
Jun 10, 2003

He knows what he speaks of.

1.0
5.0
PY231
Aug 22, 2003

Horrible teacher, lectures all hour, spends most of the time off-topic, talking about himself. Tests you on 20 pages of notes and only excepts answers that are exactly how he stated them in class. if you have him, seriously, drop it, its not worth it

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3.0
201
Aug 22, 2003

Why on Earth does this man want everyones social security number?

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SOC254
Aug 22, 2003

This man is living proof that Darwins theory on survival of the fittest is false. Teach that one to your students Doc.

1.0
5.0
SOC
Sep 13, 2003

This man has a lot of unconcious issues and he projects them onto his students.

1.0
3.0
PY101
Sep 22, 2003

He needs to calm down and realize that he isn't a god

1.0
5.0
ABPSYCH
Oct 10, 2003

No Comments

1.0
5.0
PSYCHOLOGY
Oct 13, 2003

HORRIBLE TEACHER. This man should quit teaching and find something he's good at. "Ohh I teached at this place and that place and this place and blah blah blah" " my granddaughter this and that and blah blah blah" IT'S A PSYCH CLASS

5.0
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ABNPYSCH
Nov 4, 2003

This guy is an great example of someone who really knows pysch but has no idea how to teach. If you get him drop. GRCC has some really exellent pysch profs, MR. sims is not one of them

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PY101
Nov 13, 2003

Thank god the man retired.

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5.0
PY201
Dec 21, 2003

Smart man, but does not belong in a classroom. He just plain sucks at being a teacher.

2.0
3.0
CHILDPSYC
Feb 5, 2004

No Comments

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3.0
PSYCHSOC
Mar 26, 2004

Smart man, knows his stuff, fun to listen to, take notes and pass. However, he should invest in a new shirt (wore the same one everyday, both semesters i had him).

1.0
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PY201
Apr 6, 2004

I can't believe he came back! I can't believe they let him back! RUN AWAY....Even if you think this site is nonsense and students exaggerate...RUN AWAY!!!!!!!

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PY201
Apr 27, 2004

Buy the book and don't use it because he teaches from real world examples (his world). pointless class. if not psych. major than go for it, otherwise no way.

1.0
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PY201
May 13, 2004

Why did he come back? i thought he was gone for good? what happend to his retiring? anybody know? i have never had this man for a teacher thank goodness! but i have heard HORROR STORIES ABOUT THIS MAN!!!! so what is the scoop? someone

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PY201
Jul 30, 2004

if you take his class it better be telecourse.

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ABNPSYCH
May 12, 2005

Dr. Sims is by far the worst teacher I've ever had. Like mostof you said, extememly inteligent, but horrible teacher. I found the hardest part of that class was figuring out what the hell he was talking about. Oh and by the way...is that thing on your head hair?

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PSYCH
Aug 18, 2005

Avoid this man at all costs.

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PY233
Aug 30, 2005

Not a lot of people like him, but I got a lot from his class. People just expect him to teach right out of the book like most professors, but that's why we know how to read! He actually tells a lot of stories that have great meaning, but I guess people have lost interest in professors that are willing to share personal experiences related to ch.psy

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ABPSYCH
Nov 1, 2005

I had this guy, he was aweful, I thought he was retired. When I transfered to GVSU the psych student counselor looked at my grades, lots of A's, a few B's, and a C. She asked why the C, I told her it was Dr. Sims, she had worked CC, she wasn't surprised. Guess this guy was never popular, watch out for signs of self harm by CC students.

1.0
5.0
SOC201
Nov 27, 2005

No Comments

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5.0
PSY101
Aug 31, 2006

Horrible! Psychology is my major and I have a 3.8. I love psy, but he made it horrible. I dropped the class after the first test. I got all the multiple choice correct and failed the essay questions. He was very unclear and confusing. His stories have nothing to do with psychology. There are some awesome psy. profs. there, don’t take him!

1.0
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PY101
Jul 22, 2009

This guy was a mess way back in 1987. People lined up trying to get rid of him. The worst prof. I had in 9 yrs. of college and I can't believe he is still there.

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PSY113
Feb 21, 2010

Dr. Sims teaches the secret to success in college:know what the professor wants, and give it to him. Dr Sims tells you what he expects: be resprectful, take good notes,and reproduce the information on exams. He has an increadible amount of knowledge and life experience that is passed on in his lectures...if you take the time to listen.

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SO260
Dec 14, 2013

This is one of the nice sociology professors. Very nice and very helpful if you just show up and do your homework, pay attention in class. I have a learning disability and he worked with me, I got a B- in the class. The bad reviews must have not showed up for class or been sleeping.

Class Info

Textbook Required

100%

Grade Predictor

Your expected effort level

LowHigh

Predicted Grade

A+

56% confidence
Based on 2 grades
Most common grades:
A (1)
A- (1)
Grade Distribution
A(1)B(0)C(0)D(0)F(0)A-/B+(1)
Based on 2 reported grades
A: 1
A-: 1
Rating Trend

Improving

+0.42 avg change
Aug
Nov
Aug
Jul
Feb
Dec
Last 6 months
Ratings by Course

ABNPSY

5.0

(1)

ABNPYSCH

5.0

(1)

SO260

5.0

(1)

PY232

4.0

(2)

PSY113

4.0

(1)
+28 more courses
Difficulty by Course

PY251

5.0

PY303

5.0

SOC

5.0

PSY

5.0

PYS

5.0

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