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talks really fast and doesnt give much time to write down the notes before he moves on to talking about the next topic! his writing is hard to read sometimes as well. the class is more taught like a review so unless u read and understand everything bfore lectures its super easy to get lost...didnt learn anything from the lectures..

He has really good notes. The problem is he talks really fast at the same time you're trying to hurry and write the notes and a lot of his talking is pertaining to his notes trying to explain them! Overall, I don't think I would use Dr. Mahadev again.

Unclear, careless, too fast, learn more from the textbook, Horrible class average in everything. Going to another school to repeat this terrible course with a terrible prof.

Do not take this class with this professor!! Going to this class made me absolutely HATE chemistry and i had to drop the class. This professor is impossible to understand. He has a very heavy accent. The content of the course is already hard enough. He is the reason i am switching out of the facaulty of Science. Stay away from Mahadev!!!!

How he still manages to keep his job I don’t know because he’s terrible. I don’t mind the fact that he has an accent, however I do mind the fact that he doesn’t even TRY to be a good teacher! He is rude to students.I really think his time as a professor should be over.

Chem is easy for me, and the class isn't difficult...however Dr. Mahadev is stubborn to his own mistakes and cannot under any terms control the class. His technological abilities are a laugh!!!!!! He has no understanding of the CPS system or of the power point. I believe he teaches for himself and not for the PAYING STUDENTS!!

Horrible professor. He is a better course director however as this year the course improved a lot in its content. Treats you like you're stupid and weren't paying attention to him if you ask a question. Does not teach you everything you need to know for an exam. Totally killed all interest I had in chemistry from high school.

Very difficult to understand, taught myself through the textbook, which is great, but he is almost useless. Not recommended.

hes not a bad teacher but his accent is pretty hard to understand. his notes arent that bad but you defs need to read the textbook. he also needs to have more control over the class my lecture was very noisy.

Mahadev's teachings are not comparable with other professors in the school. Each class you sit there for 5 minutes watching a video or a song on youtube, time well wasted. The examples and diagrams he provides in the lecture slides are exactly from the textbook, therefore reading the textbook puts you ahead of the game. Overall, don't get Mahadev

He is extremely rude. Teach yourself for exams. I didn't dare touch my slides he gives us on BB. Useless

Mahadev is impossible to understand. To even get an idea of what he's saying you have to sit front row. Even then the class is so loud you can hear him anyway. I learned this whole class from the textbook and other profs notes.

This man is dead boring, unenthusiastic and incomprhensible. A chronic mumbler, always sit close to the front if you're going to come to class at all. Read the textbook because you will most likely be learning everything from there anyways.

His accent is so thick and his mic is always echoing so much you can hardly understand a word this man says. His exams are super hard. Learn everything from the text, the lecture notes don't help. If you can, take chem 203 with one of the other instructors. And don't worry about being late, the first 5 mins of class are devoted to YouTube.

Power point notes are horrible as you need to fill them in but prof is incomprehensible. I attended all lectures but learned everything from the textbook.

I did not find his lectures helpful or engaging, and the sole reason for my attendance was because of the clicker questions for credit. I taught myself everything out of the textbook, and the textbook was amazing since all of his lecture notes are just taken from the text.

my textbook was my best friend.

Lecture was useless to me,never used the notes to study. Learned everything from the textbook. but overall,a nice and approachable guy.

He is rude and insensitive. His lectures are boring and redundant. I'm a science major and this is probably the worse science course I've taken. I attended all his lecture but did most of my studying from the textbook even while in his lecture. He is also not very helpful. He's a hard marker, but with work you can manage a grade above B.

Mahadev's teaching skills are poor and he cannot seem to explain lecture material in an accessible manner. His clarifications are rudimentarty and he does not explain the basics of chemistry 203 in any depth.

Not helpful at all! He never worked out the questions with us, rather just posted the answer and moved on way too fast. Did not care about questions and was rude to those who came in for help. Read the textbook and review Chem 30 and you will be fine.. just do not rely on his help!!

Doesn't provide enough time to answer TopHatMonacle questions. Doesn't always understand when a student approaches with a problem.

His notes are long and repetitive. Marking guidelines are also very strict. He is unapproachable and comes off as rude.

You will definitely have to have your textbook with you. He is not very organized. He goes through slides really fast and doesn't give you enough time to answer Top Hat Monocle questions. He flips back and forth throughout the slide show so you spend some time trying to figure out what slide you are on. Lectures are very boring.

Below average professor. Goes over questions but doesnt like to explain them, rather hard to understand his lectures. When asked a question, he will ususally makes it more confusing for the student. However he is a fairly nice person.

Unclear with subject matter. Insists on question being answered, and will wait until they are answered, wasting considerable amounts of class time. Terrible at answering questions. Monotonous, making classes boring, especially since mine were at 8am. Wastes time on review material (ie stoich), and very briefly explains new material.

Super nice guy and wants the best for his students, but his accent is very hard to understand and the class is very hard to stay focused in as he is very monotone and wastes a lot of time waiting for answers that nobody knows. Also can be very confusing in explanations of concepts

Not the most useful course coordinator! Not very pleasant to deal with, and refuses to post answers to practise exams like all other chem profs do!

does many top hat monacle questions, on a timer so you dont have time to submit answers. goes over the answers and skips steps so you wont understand. Takes class silence as laziness instead of realizing we need help and scolds us for it, wasting 20 minutes at a time. notes are just mass knowledge and dont help at all

His lecture slides are relatively useless and it can be quite difficult to understand him. He expects too much of his students and explains important concepts way too quickly. The textbook will be your best friend. Overall, I would not recommend him.

poor lecturer

You can tell that Mahadev knows the material extremely well, but he delivers it TERRIBLY. Lecture notes suck. I went to prep sessions, had a tutor and worked my butt off for the final and it was just BAAAAAAD. Everyone hates the class.

Lectures are long, slow and grating. English is not his first language and his speech patterns are aggravating. Lecture slides consist of tophat questions that don't show an answer or how to arrive at an answer at all. 1010 would have changed my entire schedule to avoid being in his lecture

Very hard to understand in lecture. Difficult top hat questions, does not allow much time to work out answers; expects students to know answer immediately, becomes frustrated if we don't. Notes are subpar, disorganized. Your textbook is your best friend if you take this course with him. Nice person, but Would not recommend him as a prof.

poor lectures