Aweful teacher, only reason i passed was because i had taken chemistry prior to the class. Just do the homework and go to his study secession's and you should be fine

Never take a class with Terry Gray. His lectures are boring and he says "um" between every word. His power points have no useful information for the homework and he does an awful job explaining. Most people get below a 70% on his tests. If you want to do good you have to teach yourself the material.

He teaches a 100 level class 300 level subjects that chem majors and TILT does not know how to solve.

actually (CHEM111), can not hold a lectures attention, no one pays attention. Agree with how he drones on about irrelevant topics instead of reviewing important things. annoying voice

He has the most monotone voice I've ever heard. No one pays attention, and instead does homework for just watches Netflix. He goes extremely slow, and I've learned everything from study groups and doing it myself. The only thing I've learned from him is how to use hand motions continuously while you're speaking.

WORST CLASS I have taken thus far. This is suppose to be the chemistry for non-science majors but we are learning stuff my friend is in OChem. He doesn't explain things well and expects us to know things he never even mentioned. Every test he has curved 10 points because too many kids were failing. Take Life 111 if you can and save yourself

I got a 95% in the class and couldnt be more unhappy with a course. Expect to have errors on the homeworks that go unfixed, to be tested on topics youve never even heard about, and to be stuck listening to the slowest lecture imaginable. Tests were curved about 10-15% I imagine. The whole semester was incredibly frustrating and a waste of time.

worst professor I have ever had in all 4 years of my college experience, he is a very smart man but a terrible teacher, he constantly puts students down for asking questions and teaches organic chemistry in an intro class, unless you have a lot of chemistry experience before taking his class do not expect a good grade

He is awful. If you ever have the chance to take a class with him, DONT. He doesn't teach the material he tests over, only touches on homework subjects AFTER they are due, and even at 2x speed on his online lectures, still manages to speak much slower than the average human. If you take his class, get ready to hear a lot of "ums" and regret life

Dr. Gray has by far been the worst professor I have had at CSU. He does not go over any useful material thats tested on. Overall I was failing the class until I started attending a different section with another professor. Next semesters registration has 120 waitlisted students for other sections and 17 available seats in his section. Interesting?

required for my major and this class is whack and makes so sense.

Avoid him at all costs. Gray does not care about you at all! He has actually stated in class that if you are failing/don't like his teaching style IT IS YOUR FAULT. I added the inspirational tag because he has inspired me to be anti tenure. He does minimal work as a teacher and he makes almost no effort at all to help you with issues in the course.

If you unfortunately have to take chemistry with him and you need help, go to another individual's office hours or get outside tutoring help. He will not help you and he will make you feel stupid for asking for help. For the sake of your GPA and sanity, do not take any chemistry course with Dr. Grey.

Dr. Grey is not a good professor. I went into his office hours for help on a specific problem after using all the resources available to students, and he still told me I was wasting his time. Watching his lectures of his only confused me more than if I hadn't watched in the first place. If you get the chance, take any other professor.

Dr. Grey's lectures are very long and boring. In the online format, he did not adjust any of his recorded content. This could be a problem in the department, but I would suggest taking this course with another professor.

I stopped attending lectures because every time I went he would start talking about something we took an exam in three weeks ago and had nothing to do with the upcoming exam. Also when I asked for an extension on one of our exams because I had to rush home upon finding out my dad was dying he told me to take the zero and get over it.

Dr. Gray does not put in any intentional effort to help his students succeed. On the first day of class he stated that he would make all our classes "his office hours" so it was almost pointless to go to class because there would be no instruction. I ended up attending other professors lectures because they actually taught in their classes.

Gray made gen chem 2 awful and also made me go insane. I received an A in gen chem 1 and im taking OCHEM right now and got a 97 on the first test, obviously I wasn't the problem. He talked about calculus for literally 2 lectures so I stopped watching them. Gray literally would laugh at questions I had. He was just awful. awful.

This is the second time I have taken Gen Chem. The first time was with Kerry McFarland and she was wayyy better than Gray was. Pretty much had to get a tutor for the whole year, not to mention make sure you read the book. Everything that shows up on the test is in the books, but Gray will not teach you everything you need to know.

I am a biology major. I have taken chemistry before (in high school). I was expecting this class to be hard but manageable. I was horribly mistaken. Dr. Gray is a very nice person but a terrible professor. His lectures are the opposite of helpful and I ended up trying to teach myself the entire course. If you can find another professor, do it.

He is the worst professor ive ever had, doesnt help students whatsoever and lectures make no sense

Gray is the worst professor ever. All he does is teach the same things that were on the textbook and he sucks at explaining. If youre able to read the textbook and understand the concepts youll be fine, otherwise youre screwed

Does not teach. Very boring. I think I have taught myself almost everything I know for this course. The recitation was my saving grace. I considered going to another professor's lecture and at this point I wish I did. The good thing is that there are many resources and practice tests that are very helpful.

Terry Gray is a menace. I had to start attending Mallory Menteles lectures because I was failing, and it barely saved my grade because Terry Gray just skipped so much material. He also is very difficult to understand when teaching, because he is old and is legitimately losing his communication abilities. (Maybe more).

Lectures are near useless and he will usually skip through the practice problem slides. He spent the first 2 whole days of class talking about Covid 19 (completely unrelated) and I knew then he really like to listen to himself talk. Half way through the semester I stopped attending his lectures and went to MacFarlands and they were wayyy better.

He's crazy about flipped classrooms but doesn't actually teach what you teach yourself he sucks

Terry honestly knows what he is talking about but is so incapable of communicating any information in a format that makes sense. Do yourself a favor and just take notes off of MacFarland's slides on canvas, she organizes things SO much better than he does and it's just not worth your time to listen to him lecture.

He cant teach

Gray rambles a lot and his lecture slides come straight from the textbook, which does not make much sense in the first place. Early on in the semester, I stopped attending his class entirely. Watch MacFarland's lectures instead! Using her materials is what got me through this class.

Gray was awful. After the first day of class, I stopped attending his class and instead watched McFarland's classes. Gray would ignore my emails and when I told people I had Gray as a professor, I was met with a series of "I'm so sorry" followed by, "yeah I can see why you're struggling, he can't teach". Don't take his class.

He's so annoying I hate his voice so so so much, he doesn't teach he just talks, he's all over the place and never can focus on one thing

I effectively had to teach myself all these topics to pass. His lectures are constantly scattered making them confusing and just a total dread to listen to or try to understand. Yet 100% of his class is lectures. He's not a good teacher as well as frequently goes off-topic about random things.

bad lectures

I went to 3 lectures for the entire semester and decided that after earning a 5 on the AP chem test and being great at chem to start, that if he confused me on naming things on the periodic table it wasn't worth it. Now all I do is the practice exams a couple days before test day and have never gotten a score below 100%.

Extremely boring class, he does not teach he simply reads off the slides and takes forever to progress through them. I had to learn everything on my own and the class is 100% lecture based. His voice is so monotone and it is nearly impossible to pay attention.

I don't have terrible opinions on teachers--Terry Gray was anything but good. He wrote his textbook, it's only available thru purchase on Apple/Amazon books + it doesn't make much sense. Runs his lectures up til the end of class. Homework every week, it's mainly what you should focus on for studying. Some of his answers on the homework are wrong.

What a waste of time and money. This professor needs to retire. He teaches his class like its review for everyone and not new content. I am so close to having to retake this class again because I got stuck in this professors lecture. His lectures testing scores are well below the averages of other professors, and many students are failing.

DO NOT, and I mean, DO NOT take chem with him as your professor! He reads off of slides every lecture and doesn't teach it and makes no sense. You are better off learning on your own. Even TAs tell me he's not good. I had a family emergency and he didn't do anything to help me. Take any other professor, I promise you!! Chem with him was a struggle!

If you have SDC accomodations, he's hesitant to allow them in class/for exams. Isn't knowledge about the content (even admitted that he hasn't read the textbook). He is a tenered prof. Goes off on many tangents that aren't related to class material. I never went to lectures about 1 week and did fine. His office/CLERC hours aren't useful either

I don't usually have problems with professors, but he just does not lecture well and his lectures don't include words only images half the time. The textbooks are his books but they are hard to understand, only cheap compared to normal textbook prices. For a beginner chemistry course it was hard and I had to withdraw to prevent failing the class.

He's a good person but not a good professor. Honestly a veryyy boring class. He literally just points at things or reads then and expects you to get it from that. 4 total exams, first two are closed book, last two you can take a cheat sheet and theres a bonus exam made up of commonly missed questions from previous exams. Pretty fast paced.

WARNING: DO NOT CHOOSE THIS PROFESSOR. Sweet person but teaching is not for him.

who let this man out of gen chem? he seems like he has no idea what he is talking about

has no idea how to work technology, seems to not know how to teach and says his career is going out of business. Mark your days Terry Gray, people think you cannot teach.

This professor is the most difficult professor to work with. He doesn't give good lectures, and he expects you to read all the information you should get in the class, out of the book. NEVER take a class with Terry. He doesn't listen to his students, and he is not very good at teaching.

not giving info making content hard to grasp. Might be the worst at explaining and covering material. I understand due to another class that provides all needed info and more. From Terry Gray I feel Ive learned nothing, and many have similar issues in his lower-level courses His teaching style lacks clarity and engagement making learning difficult

you should NOT take a class with terry gray, for the better of your sole you should avoid this at all cost. He is terrible at explaining information, acts like he is constantly confused, terrible at presenting will stare at project going "uhh" and today he taught a theory, telling the class it is true. when in reality it was disproven in 1950's.

In this class Terry Gray is a great person but in all honesty not a great teacher. He rambles off of slides, and really there only a couple slides a day throughout the lecture. His teaching style is boring, and his tests are extremely difficult, but are curved for that reason. I would not take this class!

Do not take Chem with this professor. He seems like a nice guy but he can't teach the material. He will go off on tangents about random things and fall behind in class. Sometimes he keeps going after class has ended. I wish I stopped showing up to lectures and just taught myself everything because the lectures are confusing.

I went to his class for one month, realized he only went through about half of the content in the required reading from the night before per lecture, and basically treated it like an online class for the rest of the semester. He's a good guy but I did not learn a thing from going to his class, it just felt like I was wasting time being there.

nice person, horrible professor. One of the worst I've taken at CSU

He's a nice man but unfortunetly just not a good professor. He goes off topic a lot during lecture and basically just reads off his slides otherwise. There's homework every week and a good amount of exams which were very hard. If this class is not necessary for your major I would recommend you to not take it.

This man has dementia and can't explain basic chem concepts. Exams are horribly hard, his lectures are awful and confuse you. Your best bet is to never show up to lecture and go to the chem center to help you, or else you will not pass. Extremely frustrating 'on tenure' professor. Genuinely needs to step down; he can't speak a coherent sentence.