Who is Aufbau...and did he fail this class? Okay, so this overused phrase was the only good thing to come out of this course.

Nice guy but he's not meant to teach.. he just can't teach!

Do all you can to avoid this man. He is possibly the worst teacher this school has ever had. He lacks all social skills and is generally verbally abusive and unavailable to the students

THe WORST PROFESSOR EVER!!!! GET AS FAR AWAY AS POSSIBLE> Doesn't explain anything in class, just tells you that you should already knwo what he is taking about

Strictly research based professor, can hardly teach. Copy off overhead FAST because he will take it away ASAP and then not let you see it ever again. Heard a rumor that he's the highest paid in the chem department.

lectures sucked. dude has tenure and doesn't care about his teaching style. beware!

This dude sucks. He makes the tests crazy hard and lectures do not cover everything that's going to be on the test. Attending lecture actually hurt my grades because I felt more confident than I should have. Also, the curve is pretty sad.

TURN AROUND AND RUN! Do not make the mistake of taking a class with Roth. Guaranteed you will do horrible, no matter how hard you try.

Roth is annoying. Taking notes in his class is useless, he is usually wrong. BUT his exams are straight off the study guide he gives before each exam. And O'Connor is an amazing recitation teacher, so its not that hard. Just be wary that there will be some people who eat out of his derriere so if you tolerate that, this class is good. 5 hrs/wk

worst professor i ever had. goes too fast when using the overhead. It's hard to follow his lecture notes when his lessons are disorganized. Seems to have an attitude when students ask him questions. Try to avoid him if possible. He doesn't gave a rat's a** about students.

the worst professor I have ever had. he made boikess look good. do not take under any circumstnaces!

He sux...what a horrible teacher...omg...i feel like i am gonna die just hearing him speak....dont ever ever take his class!!!

Attended every class Boikess lectured, once Roth came in I immediately stopped attending, he's THAT bad. Nice guy, but his lectures go nowhere and it's impossible to stay awake. I couldn't bring myself to save my 3.5% of my grade for attendance if I had to listen to that guy. GET OCONNOR

Taking Roth is simply the stupidest mistake you can ever make...I've been doing really well in college and until I took this professor I got a D! It was a total shock and I literally cried my way throughout his class. PLEASE DO NOT TAKE HIM>>>TAKE O'CONNOR!! PROFESSORS CAN DRASTICALLY AFFECT YOU'RE GRADE AND I REALLY MEAN IT!!!!!!

I still have a grudge against this professor 4 years later. He is verbally abusive, which I can still remember. I had to take 307 again with Govindarajoo and got a "B" in her class. She is a much better Professor if you are lucky to have her. Roth will say "You are stupid". He scarred me with that comment. And I cannot forgive him for that.

Lectures are confusing and rambling. Seems like an ok guy, but a lousy teacher. The same old RU BS. You are going to need a lot of good luck on the MCAT with these guys as orgo professors.

He just finished his lectures for this semester in Orgo. He is the worst teacher i have ever had in my life. you dont learn anything, his handwriting is horrible and he is so boring. when he finished his last lecture students started clapping. He is the worst teacher in this whole school, but if you take orgo you cant avoid him

I'm not one to speak bad about a prof, unless he deserves it. Roth does, I think. Accent is hard to get through, and lectures skip all over the place. Orgo is a hard class, this guy doesn't make it easier. Avoid if possible, but he teaches a third again, accept it, and utilize the book and other T.A.s office hours in order to pass.

Called Heinz The Horrible for a reason.

Roth is not very helpful in class but I don't think students should be clapping and such when its his last lecture.I just think hes too smart so its harder for him to teach us average students. Just read the book. The exams he usually makes are easier then the other professors (BOIKESS!!!)

Wow He is honestly one of the worst professors at this university. No, not only for Chemistry, but the whole school in general. Other professors that are bad teachers are at least nice usually. This guy is one of the meanest people ever.I never thought anyone could be worse than Seigel. Unfortunately there's no way to avoid him if ur in sciences.

I couldn't bother trying to pay attention in class. Even after reading ahead, his lecture doesn't help with anything. He's not a very nice person either. His notes are okay though.

If you were making around 150k, tenured, and supported by government grants, would you give a damn about your students and their welfare? No, and thats Roth. (one of the highest paid professors and he is not getting paid for his teaching ability) Go to Oconnor's office hours or take it in the summer! At least 20% fail Orgo I in the fall. No joke.

I can't understand a word he says. I watched khanacademy videos to substitute for the lack of understanding about all those sn1, sn2 reactions and stereochemistry lectures from roth. He is good natured and polite, but his lectures do not help at all.

the worst professor i have ever had. makes absolutely no sense during class. boring, does not follow notes, does not explain things that appeared on the exam. he actually taught us what we were supposed to know after the exam. he seems like a nice guy, just the worst teacher ever.

Terrible professor. The thing that frustrates me the most is that he doesn't put in ANY effort at all in teaching. I thought you need to somewhat be able to present and write decently to be a professor? His notes and lectures definitely do not reflect that. I would fail Orgo if I relied on him. Please stop him from harming students.

What can I say, his extremely low rating are indeed very true. Nearly impossible to keep up with the syllabus. Lectures are designed to make you lose focus and fall asleep.

Roth unsuccessfully tries to be funny by asking "Where are all the women in science?" every day. He also is incomprehensible and decided to teach us NMR AFTER we had an exam on it. All I can do is look back on ol' Heinz and think I'm glad I made it out alive. The man is literally 80 years old. Time to give it up.

doesnt even care about his students

Make good use of OConnor's office hours or ODASIS or the Learning Centers. He's very hard to understand and his notes are confusing.

Anyone who says that people who think he is bad are not putting in the effort are egocentric and wrong. Dr. Roth is an absolute genius and a brilliant researcher. That said, his lectures are horrendous. He's boring and his explanations are brief and leave out information you may find helpful. Go to the TI's if he's lecturing. You'll need them.

His notes were good but he is very difficult to understand and he talks a mile a minute. The first memory I have of him was him vomiting reaction mechanisms on us in the span of about 10 minutes.

Roth is a boring lecturer with a nasty attitude for anybody with a question that is "up to his standard". His tests are given at an extremely high graduate level and rarely equilibrate to his lecture notes or practice problems. He leaves you utterly unprepared and the only way to pass is through his TA and TI reviews. GET A TUTOR

Roth makes Orgo harder than it needs to be with his difficult exams and accent. The textbook is your best friend when he's lecturing.

Roth has a research lab that has undergrads, grads, and post docs. Therefore, he has high expectations. He believes that we are organic chemists who are able to grasp any theory mentioned. Unfortunately, we are only novices in Orgo and in Chem in general who has to take this sophomore-level course in order to fulfill a requirement.

Some of questions that are on Roth's exams must have came from the details in his papers.

Roth weeds out people from grad or med school with his difficult exams that came from his publications and his absurd grading scale.

He looks like a sweet guy and can make some funny jokes during lecture, but overall the Orgo department at rutgers is probably one of the worst. It seems like they get satisfaction out of making every student miserable. It is challenging to a very unnecessary level. Some of the questions asked during the exam are beyond the scope of the course.

Averages for is exams are in the high 40s low 50s. So pretty much most of the students were only able to understand about 50% of the material presented. I think that pretty much explains it all.

The only thing I respect about Roth is his own knowledge about organic chem. However, I don't appreciate him as a person and certainly not as a professor. I didn't understand a topic so I visited his office hours(on Busch, so very out of the way) just for him to sigh every time I didn't understand something he said. Sorry for wanting to learn

Roth's teaching ability is abysmal. Any certified educator would upset to know that this man is teaching such a high-stakes class. He might be knowledgeable, but he is probably the most inarticulate, incoherent teacher I ever had. Rely on TA's if you want to succeed in his portion of the class.

This class is difficult. Exams emphasize concepts that were not covered in lecture. Those concepts are probably from PChem 327 and 328, Orgo 411, and Chem 475 and 480 since I had to use partial derivatives and integration to solve some of the problems on the exams. Try to take this class off season.

Genius. Does not know how to teach. Must read textbook and find good online resources or go to office hours

He has a thick accent and doesn't enunciate well, it can be hard to understand him. He tries to make jokes and it's nice of him, but I'd rather understand orgo than joke around in class. He has a habit of constantly bringing up how poor the class average is, any time we have a clicker question, even weeks after the test.

Roth is an actual expert in NMR (Google it) but that does not mean that he teaches well. I walked out of EVERY SINGLE lecture confused. He explains something on one slide then will ask you about it in a clicker question 10 mins later. He regurgitates material very fast instead of teaching it. He speaks to you like you already know orgo. Bad overall

Get ready to fail his exam

Brilliant person, but he really can't teach. He explains concepts in ways that are difficult to understand for most students compared to other resources such as TA's or Khan academy. Does very few example problems. Even some of the TA's acknowledge his inability to teach. I recommend using Khan academy or office hours if you want to learn ochem.

He is the recitation instructor for Honors Orgo. I can't imagine having him as our actual professor. He is obviously very knowledgeable, but he can't teach. He drones on without ever actually teaching , makes dumb, sexist jokes, and is often condescending. Recitation is a waste of time. Utilize office hours (not his) and other resources.

While Professor Roth is a brilliant man and researcher, his teaching leaves much to be desired. For example, during class he suggested we bang our heads against the wall to understand organic chemistry. His lectures are awful, make no sense, and aren't helpful at all. He seems like a nice guy, but he doesn't make orgo any better.

He is terrible at lecturing, there is basically no point of going to class except for participation. You have to really look through his PowerPoints to find necessary information.

He should not be called a professor unless the class is called, bad puns 101. He is the recitation instructor for honors orgo, and he is one of the worst instructors I have had. Recitations are absolutely pointless; he just makes stupid jokes throughout the recitation without teaching anything. It is a real shame Rutgers has professors this bad.

DO NOT TAKE!!!!!!!WORST ORGO PROF EVER

He's now one of the professors for orgo, so you are unfortunately stuck with him for a third of the semester as he's a horrible professor. He cracks weird jokes, he's horrible at explaining concepts and his incredibly thick accent makes him impossible to understand. His notes are a bunch of nonsense and you'll have better luck reading the textbook.

By far worst professor I've ever had. Had to rely on the textbook to learn the material. His slides are so wordy and jumbled that everything is more confusing than it should be. He reads off the slides and talks at 2mph. Cannot understand him. Exam is unfair and has typos. WOULD NEVER TAKE HIM AGAIN.

The notes were incredibly unorganized and directly state the textbook is wrong while the class says to study from the textbook. I have never seen such a horrendous class with a wretched professor. He goes on tangents and never addresses the problems at hand. Even with hours of studying, you still won't pass. Posts homework without answers.

terrible at teaching concepts in an understandable way

If I could rate him a zero I would. Terrible teaching abilities and very unprofessional when it comes to responding to emails or even putting up resources for students.

If there was an option to give him a 0 i would he is just that bad. Literally so terrible very unclear, nasty and mean, thick accent, and does not explain anything. There is absolutely no point to his lectures you are better off seeking TA help or online resources. I don't know who's brilliant idea it was to make him the new off season orgo teacher

Lecture slides are disorganized and super wordy & reads straight from them. What's worse is that he looks down on students and provides NO encouragement in understanding orgo. Nobody asks questions because he will make you feel absolutely stupid. By far the worse professor at Rutgers. Tbh I'm surprised he's still allowed to teach.

just to give perspective, the avg for the 1st exam is lookin like a 30. He reads off slides, doesn't elaborate or teach. very rude to students. took this during covid thinking he would cut some slack- instead made our grades only based on exams, no hw or quizzes. made our exam SOO hard to mitigate cheating & accused us of it even tho avg was a 30

I had Dr. Taylor for Orgo 1. I loved the class, learned so much and got an A. I then took Roth for Orgo 2 the next semester, despite seeing his ratings. Biggest mistake of my life. Lectures are useless, he skims through his slides (that already are hard to understand). He is very condescending towards students, and exams are impossible. Sad.

Worst professor I've ever had. This class has made me hate organic chemistry. The amount of frustration I've experienced is insane. There is no transparency. He rarely responds to emails, but when he does, he is extremely rude and condescending. His exam averages are consistently below a 40. He always contradicts the textbook and himself. Terrible.

Nothing good to say. Avoid if you can. This has been the most frustrating class I've ever taken, he is rude, condescending, can't teach and there are SO many inconsistencies with people getting different curves, being favored and between recitation and lecture. Emails not answered, exams formatted wrong + no transparency.

He made me want to kermit. Please save yourself and DONT EVER TAKE ANY OF HIS CLASSES. He is so condescending and absolutely rude. Again, PLEASE SAVE YOURSELF AND YOUR GPA AND DO NOT EVER TAKE ANY OF HIS CLASSES.

Such a terrible professor. It is rly sad that Rutgers decides to have him as a teacher when he clearly doesn't want to teach nor cares about teaching. If you care even a little bit about your sanity or GPA you should AVOID taking his class AT ALL COSTS. Take on season orgo or over the summer: trust me. Ppl stop registering for his class, seriously.

One of the worst teachers I've had at any level. He couldn't figure out how to virtually execute an attendance grade so he removed it altogether. The only grades for this class have been exams for which the class average is consistently below a 50%. Class lectures are meaningless as he just reads off the slides. Save your GPA, take a different prof

NEVER TAKE THIS GUY. He made my semester horrible. He called several students blatant liars bc they called him out for unfair grading. If you email him, he will sass you and treat you like you are a criminal. He is literally mean. We had 300 people complaining about him in a town hall. He incorrectly graded exams and would not give back the points

For someone who did well in Orgo 307, good luck taking Orgo 308 with Heinz. His exams are designed around his lecture notes which makes it 10x harder because he does a poor job of lecturing. This class is basically taught on your own with little to no help since there was only 1 TA. His exams and grading scheme was unfair. Save yourself from him.

I really tried my hardest to like this professor. This man is the reason why i will be giving up my dream of becoming a doctor. This man did not even care that classes are being taken online. I honestly feel like he made the class 10 times harder online than he would've in person. AVOID HIM AT ALL COST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

His lectures were boring & his slides were confusing. He does not know how to use technology. The book did not help because he claimed the book did things wrong. Grades were based off of exams only. His exams were written so poorly that they were mostly a guessing game. His ego was huge and he called students dumb and liars. AVOID IF YOU CAN.

I absolutely hated taking this class with him. It honestly turned into a self-study course. I didn't learn anything from lectures and recitations were kinda helpful. I mainly used the textbook and videos to do well in this class. The exams were crazy hard and the class was solely based on exams. Take it with anyone else.

i'm gonna be honest this is my first day of lecture with him but homie went through his entire blood line the first day, didn't discuss the syllabus at all, and went straight into lecture, which pretty much tells me all I need to know. I was warned about taking him but I have no other choice so I guess I'm teaching myself this semester :)

I know Professor Roth has good intentions and he seems like a nice guy. However, he can not teach for his life. Slides are difficult to understand, and our grade is only made up of exams which is awful. Lectures are useless and you will end up teaching yourself. I thought i'd be fine bc i ended up fine teaching myself gen chem but im barely passing

Even you learn all material from textbook, you still cannot do well on his exam. IT IS REALLY HARD. and the lecture notes is really mess up. I will retake Orgo for summer.

Listen to me when I say this all these reviews are 100% correct about this absolute awful dude. Orgo is already a tough subject and taking it with Roth makes it 100x worse. His entire class is grades on 3 exams and 1 final which are all cumulative. Despite the terrible reviews I took his class and regret it everyday. DON'T TAKE ANY OF HIS CLASSES!!

Dr. Roth is not the best choice to make for organic chemistry. He is a pretty nice guy, but simply reads off the powerpoint slides in his thick german accent and does not promote student learning. Exam grades continue to be in the 30s and 40s for each exam -- to be frank though, the whole Chemistry department and all its professors are god awful.

DO NOT TAKE ORGO OFF SEASON! Exam averages in the on season classes is a 56 while exam averages in off season classes (Roth) is a 37! You have been warned. His exams are much harder than the classes on season

He is horrible at teaching lectures, doesn't explain and doesn't seem to care for his students. I can't believe he is still at rutgers and people let him teach. I had to drop the class before the first exam because it was that bad. I cried each day from not understanding the material and he goes through it super fast. Get ready to teach yourself!

Absolutely not good.

He will blame us for failing while his passing averages are in the 30s. Terrible slides, barely understandable and you need to resort to outside sources to be able to pass. And not even pass with an A, more like a C. He doesn't teach problems, just criticizes. Youre teaching yourself. Idk how i passed orgo 1, lets hope god is real.