thought I was going to have a heart attack when he showed up to teach me again in Chem 102, so much for trying not to choose a bad professor. Although I have to say it was fun to watch his experiments fail

I would rather jab my eyes out with hot pokers than sit through another hour and a half Tom Keyes lecture....DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS, EVER!!!!

he is a smart guy, but we are all now dumber for have listened to him ramble on for and hour and a half.. dont go to lecture if you have him or just dont get him

This man is completly inept and has no sense of what is going on. He does not even know how to answer the questions on his own exams. Sitting through this class is worse than being eaten alive by wild boars.

Only in his course can a 16/100 equal a B. He's pure evidence that some people have no place teaching and should stick to research.

AVOID AT ALL COSTS! Would you take a class from someone who showed up saying he's unprepared to give a lecture? Late to class every day. Arrogant, condescending, reads from the book. Does only problems from the book because he can't do anything els

Sucks. A lot. But on the plus side, i never went to class and am still doing well.

NO NO NO NO. Do not take Keyes' lecture. Biggest waste of time. He reads the book and you learn nothing. Read the book by yourself and you wont learn much but still more than by listening to him. He simply cannot teach.

Snooze.........what a bore. I don't think he taught me anything. Very unique though!

Teaches straight from the book. Does not clearly explain concepts and problems. Very boring to listen to. Do not take his lectures.

Err. If I never see that man again, it will be too soon.

Avoid. Always late. Comes to class and admits he has nothing prepared. Always reads from the book. Sometimes he will go on about a topic for 10 minutes, realize he made a mistake and then asks us to forget everything he just told us. Worst professor ever.

this guy was so unclear - I was signed up for his class, but i ended up always going to the prock lecture, which was almost just as bad :(

Basically the most boring teacher I had that semester... He shows up late (usually fumbling with a coffee) and looks like he just rolled out of bed and came to class. He isn't well prepared and can talk down to the class when they do poorly on the tests... I learned more in discussion

damn,, wht should i say,, i just hoped that i won't have to take his class,, but,, it was inevitable, he's BORING, UNCLEAR, and NOT EVEN FUNNY, he's one of the worst profs i've ever had in my life

OK, so he's not really hot, but he is as bad as the comments below say he is. I hardly go to class and instead read the book on my own or go to Grinstaff's lecture by far the best CH 102 prof.

I'm amazed this guy is still teaching. Stopped going to his classes after two weeks and have been doing better since. He'll ramble for 15 minutes then realize he told you the wrong thing and changes everything he just said. He also can't use a computer to save his life. Avoid him like the plague.

USELESS!! Read the book on your own and you'll do fine or go to another prof's lecture. If you make it to a class a week you're already ahead of the rest of the group. There were a total of 24 students in the room last week out of 145 registered.

Like all the gen chem teachers, Keyes is awful. He frequently will do an entire problem, only to say he made a mistake. They need to revamp the entire class, none of the professors will teach you anything: Natalya Bassina saved my life. If she isnt your discussion leader switch to her IMMEDIATELY

Keyes is by far the worst professor I have ever had. He would come late to class, sipping his coffee and mutter half-witted chemistry crap under his breath. His "power-point" presentations were always filled with mistakes. Don't even bother going, take someone else. Discussion saved me! Go Natalya!!

The British Virgin Islands, his boat Sweet Cheeks, Hess's law with the wrong sign, the boat in a storm, a Tiki Bar, a chapter not covered, yeah, Keyes definitely should go back to his boat. Read, study independently, or fail!

You wake up for your 9am chem class only to leave wondering why you even bothered to go. The man doesnt cover even close to what we are suppose to in the lec. He basically reads the book back to you(as if we cant read ourselves) Dont put yourself through the torture that we did. Even if your registered for his class go to some one elses.

Probably a very smart researcher, but this guy cannot teach....terrible lecturer, very boring, unclear, tests are very unclear, don't take him if you aren't forced too.....

most uncaring, inconsiderate professor. ask a question about the upcoming test and he takes it as a personal insult. didnt go to lecture but still managed to do well... shows how pointless he is. when i emailed him about never knew the answer.

I went into this class so hoping to love it and my professor, but it's just not possible. He really means well, but he just doesn't know what he's talking about most of the time. At least once during every lecture a graph will come up on the slides he's prepared and he'll look at them and say "I don't really know what that means..."

prof keyes is clearly intelligent and probably an interesting/ nice man...however he cannot express clearly his thoughts.

Keys is very smart and very nice. His lectures are very hard to follow. The test averages generally stay around 50%. The book generally does not go into as much depth as the lectures and therefore it is sometimes plain impossible to understand the topic being covered. There is a curve however so score 70% on most tests and you got your A.

Simply put it, this guy cannot teach. He would go off on tangents about unrelated martial. He would spend hours explaining meaningless graphs and he assumed everyone knew as much as him. To make things worse, his exams covered stuff he never talked about. In fact, I learned more from taking the exams then going to class.

worst professor you will ever have

Worst professor I have ever had. I made a 5 on the AP chemistry test, but am taking CH101 for pre-med requirements, and I literally feel like I am getting dumber by sitting in his class. He makes everything so complicated so you start questioning your own knowledge. I don't know how he ever became a teacher.

Prof. Keyes is very unreliable. The material that he teaches is unrelatable, and does not necessarily concern the requirements of this chemistry course. He does not stick to his word when it comes to test: he promises us that the test will be similar to homework assignments, and then puts unrelated questions on the exams.

This guy does not care about his students. He yelled at me during exam because i asked a question about an instruction i didn't understand. I can't believe he doesn't realize how bad of a teacher he is. I hope nobody has to hear his crack of a voice again

I recommend reviewing a lot of gen chem on your own before this class. He will not tell you how you stand in the class and doesn't help with concepts or problems. Hope for a great TF! Exam averages range from the 40s to 50s. Lab will help your grade immensely. Take quizzes and homework seriously, too. Final was out of nowhere. It's a lot of work.

Tom Keyes, one word: USELESS. Going to his lectures wont teach you anything. To get an A and make your life easier, READ THE BOOK, READ IT!! Take notes on the chapter and do practice problems in the back. It will take long, but trust me, its worth it. Doing this will make your life easier. Also, Danielle, your TF will save your life. He's the best!

There are no words to explain this man. You can't help but notice his arms during lecture; they move up and down and twirl all around. It's much more entertaining than listening to him because his power points make no sense. If you wanna do well, read the book THOROUGHLY and take notes. I stopped going to lecture b/c it was so useless. He's rude.

Tom Keyes is literally the worst professor that I've had at BU to date. His lectures are long, boring, and confusing. At the beginning of the semester, I would read the textbook then go to class, and leave the class more confused than I was before class, so I eventually stopped going, as did a good 75% of the class. Don't take this class. Seriously

Terrible professor. He did not guide you in the right direction for the tests. Our class was prepped in discussion w/ molecular orbital diagrams ( hybridized MO's) and not a single one was on the test. It's obvious he's just doing it to fund his research. Makes chemistry boring and despicable. If it wasn't for Daniele (TF) I would have failed.

He is a very nice man, but this is the worst class. His exams aren't math based, but are fill in the blanks. Half the time he doesn't even know what he's talking about and the TF has to correct him. I stopped going to lecture because he just confuses me more. They want us to fail. It's the worst.

Keyes is the worst professor I have ever had. Most of his exams are tricky and vague fill in the blanks with little math problems. Lectures are terrible confusing and a waste of time. The exam averages were usually between 30-50%. The final was absolutely RIDICULOUS. READ THE BOOK TO SURVIVE. Lab, homework, and the Danielle are what saved my grade.

Keyes gives you an interesting perspective on general chemistry, but he has no idea how to teach. The only way to get a good grade is to do a ton of practice problems. The TF can be helpful but is usually swamped because people are completely lost, so you're sort of on your own. If you hate chemistryaren't down to work hard, expect a c or a d.

He is very unclear during lecture. his test are unclear fill in the blanks so you could be right but its not the answer he's asking fro so you'll get it wrong. Go to DAVIDs office hours he's way more helpful than keyes and much nicer

Keyes is a terrible professor. He is dull, his powerpoints are no help, and his tests are fill in the blank. In a chemistry course. Which makes no sense. He is rude and unsympathetic and made fun of a kid who was having a hard time presenting due to the fact that english was not his first language. He is an awful person and teacher. DON'T TAKE HIM.

Professor Keyes is a really nice guy and he tries his best to explain the concepts. If you have a question he is more than willing to go in depth to answer it. BUT he is not very good at communicating; I had no idea what was going on the entire semester. The class was stressful but manageable if you know how to study on your own. The curvebff

Unclear and very confusing lectures.

Made fun of my best friend's disability.

Perhaps worst professor at BU. I don't like to criticize professors because even if I don't like them they're still brilliant and accomplished, but Keyes is a mean, condescending, unhelpful person who should not be teaching. David (the TA) is only person doing any real teaching. Lecture and discussion not reflective of HARD tests. STAY AWAY

Worst professor I ever had. He is rude and extremely unhelpful in explaining concepts. Exams do not match up to the material gone over in class. On the other hand, David (his TF), is excellent. Take advantage of discussion and ask David for help! I highly recommend taking CH101 with a different professor.

Keyes is a condescending, unhelpful, terrible excuse for a professor. His ppts are giant blocks of text + he doesn't post them anywhere. Started taking off points after the 1st test for answers he deemed "nonsensical" so we could actually get a negative score instead of a zero-- shows how little he cares about learning. And he's not even a chemist.

Keyes is a terrible lecturer. His slides, which are mostly just wordy powerpoints, are not posted online, although they aren't very helpful. I ended up teaching myself a lot of information out of the textbook. He gets frustrated easily when students don't understand his questions or answer incorrectly. TF David is more helpful than Keyes.

If you are taking CH 101 off sequence and he is the only professor, take the class another time. Keyes is very condescending and does not care about his students understanding the material. He made it possible to get negative scores on exams and would talk down to his students. He flew through material and refused to put materials online. Avoid.

I dont get teachers that do freaking problems but in the test fill in the blank and is about words. Then why do you put problems that require using the formula to solve when in the test its about if you understand the concepts or not. Like 30% problems we did in discussion/quiz/hw but 70% about whether you understand the lecture or not.

He gives little help when it comes to actually understanding concepts as his explanations are often needlessly long and, despite their length, lack any valuable substance. He has also often skipped over content that he expects you to then be able to apply to problems with no difficulty. The exam isn't actually based off lectures like he said. Avoid

Hard to read and ethically compromising when discussing students. The mean things he says about others don't give a positive impression. Hard to find in person. When not being condescending, he is helpful on high level concepts. Very intelligent but is hard to understand and vague. Researcher not teacher.

He's a horrible teacher and I taught everything to myself. I got a concussion and was just getting better before a midterm. I went to him asking if he could give me guidance on what to study because I was only able to focus for so long. He said chapter 8 wasn't on the exam (known information) and nothing else. I got a 45. It was a dark time for me

Probably the worst instructor I've ever had. He's very impatient and sucks at answering questions. His lecture slides are just paragraph after paragraph of words and he does a poor job explaining the concepts. His tests are graded solely on the final answer and not the work; meaning there was ZERO partial credit whatsoever. AVOID THIS PROFESSOR!!!!

Probably the rudest professor I've ever had. He does not mind making rude comments in front of the whole class. He is also horrible at explaining anything and terrible at lectures. His slides are just paragraphs and then expects you to answer complicated mathematical homework problems when he never even taught how to work them out. Avoid him.

He is probably the least understanding or supportive instructor I have ever had. Instead of answering questions in a way that provides clarity, he gets frustrated and makes you feel stupid for not understanding. This doesn't make anyone feel more comfortable asking questions. He is incredibly rude and condescending.

He's so bad at explaining concepts and instead of listening and trying to help you through a question, will more like talk over you and make you feel dumb for even speaking up. He's super unengaging, unenthusiastic and not very kind to his students or their questions & concerns at all.

Good Luck! You're gonna need it if you think you're going to survive this course. Professor Keyes is hands down the worst professor I have ever had in my entire life. The book he uses is great, but then when he speaks in lectures everything goes out of the window. Homework and Exams are not impossible but good luck on the quizzes. AVOID!!!!!!!!!!!!

AVOID PROFESSOR KEYES AT ALL COSTS. The textbook is the only useful component of the class, Prof Keyes' lectures are completely useless when it comes to exams and quizzes. Do yourself a favor and never take chem with Keyes.

Slides are blocks of text, breezes over the example problems (the only way you'll understand), makes you feel stupid if you ask a question. If you breathe air don't take this class

Discussion packages and review packages are provided but not helpful at all. He creates his own test related to the concept but not even similar to the problems were in the packages or in the homework. You need to 100% just think of another way how to solve the problem. Be ready to be creative in solving problems. Good luck!

The textbook was REALLY helpful (use it to take notes), but lectures were very confusing. Prof Keyes provided opportunities for feedback, which was appreciated, but was often condescending and belittling when receiving it. Slides are wordy, and examples are often skipped. If you take this class, really use the book and assistance from TFs/LAs.

Rude and condescending when asked questions, slides are a block of text, rarely does example problems in class. TF and LAs saved the class, were the only reason I understood anything. Puts hard questions on quizzes, and then is rude when no one understands the question because it "shouldn't have been hard." Don't take CH101 off sequence with Keyes.

Just because you know about a subject does not mean you should teach it, and Keyes is the perfect example. He does not know how to teach. His exams are unnecessarily tricky yet claims they're easy. 1st exam class avg: 64% and Keyes said "that's pretty good." He thinks he's always right yet he rarely is. I have no idea how this man is a professor.

Keyes is.... a genuinely kind person, who is a great professor, but not a good teacher. He has such a genuine passion for chemistry, but learning from him is stilted and difficult, and he has no compassion for technological issues that upset grading mechanisms. He offers extra credit, but the workload is too much for it to help much.

Boring lectures read off of confusing slides, severe attitude and lack of patience when responding to students questions, horrible explaining. The reason I did well in this class was due to the wonderful T/As and the fact that I took AP Chem the semester before. Even then, I proceeded to teach myself the material.