I feel bad for him. He's new this year and he definitely needs to work on how to be a good teacher. He mumbles to himself and lacks confidence. He spent 3 lectures going over one thing that I learned clearly at SI hours in less than 15 minutes.He confuses you, and even he gets super confused and the class had to help him how to do it....hw is EC.

This class is so easy only because of the fact that he is a poor professor. It's sad sometimes how he doesn't even understand what he is teaching himself. The students seem to know more and they have to correct him constantly. He goes over the midterms right before and he gives tons of extra credit. Easy A

I don't know how he got such high ratings, his teaching style is crap. Writing is very messy/ small, mumbles. Grade distribution at the end of the class- 20 students received D's, 35 received C's, 21 B's, and 8 received A's. Maybe he just cant teach upperdivs.

Final and midterm don't reflect our learning at all

Professor Lavallo is all over the place with his lectures and course material. It begins off easy, but his tests are very deceiving. He goes very deeply into organic chemistry concepts and not much general chem in my opinion. You never really know what grade you're going to get in the class until the very end & its a gamble. Would not recommend

Teaches ochem instead of gen chem. Boring as hell and tests are super hard if you don't study hard enough. Curves very generously to help everyone not fail.

He is extremely disorganized and does not really teach any general chemistry knowledge. He also lectures at the literal speed of light so its impossible to keep up. The discussion quizzes are very easy and his curves barely make up for the failing class averages. His midterms and final are very tricky and the class usually does very poorly on them.

Very hard to understand and bad at explaining. Also he teaches ochem in a genchem class

Don't recommend at all. He's so confusing and gives wrong answers. His midterm is even more confusing. Whenever you ask him a question he just says " this will make sense in a few minutes" but it actually doesn't. IF YOU HAVE THE CHOICE DON'T CHOOSE HIM. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED.

You'd be better off teaching yourself gen chem through yt videos and khan academy. His lectures are all over the place and his hw and midterm keys always have 1 or 2 wrong answers. Very disorganized and confusing. The only good part of his class is the TA I have for discussion which taught more chemistry in 1 hour than his 3 lectures combined.

The grade is only based off of 3 tests: 2 midterms and one final. His lectures are extremely hard to follow and he doesn't teach, he just reads off his slides which aren't informational anyway. He does a lot of O-chem which also feels unnecessary.

The grade is based on two midterms and a final. Quizzes are for extra credit and hw is optional. His exams are all mcq and they are not easy at all. He changed the grading scale like 3 times and that's the only good thing about his class. The lectures were confusing and you'd be better off watching youtube videos. I got lucky with a good TA.

Didn't teach properly in lectures at all, and the tests are just curveball after curveball. No real prep material for them either. Towards the end, I didn't even attend lecture; MIT OCW, Professor Dave Explains and OC Tutor got me through the final. The TAs are a blessing, I learnt mostly from the weekly discussion without attending the lectures.

This professor is EXTREMELY disorganized when it comes to lectures. He has a very condescending and pretentious attitude when it comes to answering questions from students. His exams are moderately hard but the answers he has on the key are WRONG. He does not care about teaching and it reflects on the grades of his students.

gl to anyone who has him as a prof and survives. mans does not teach whatsoever, is disorganized as heck, and lowkey rude. you're better off sticking to the textbook, youtube vids, and TA's.

He interrupts people mid-sentence when they ask questions, he literally doesn't seem to care about anything, and the midterm he gave us resulted in B- though D. The one person in our class who got an A allegedly guessed everything. Literally sheer guesswork.

Doesn't care what you do in class but gives a huge curve during both midterms and final XD

Lavallo clearly couldn't care less about teaching. He is incredibly rude and pretentious to students, and his lectures are disorganized and confusing. We were online this quarter and he barely had anything prepared to teach other than chicken scratch in a Notes app. The TAs are lifesavers and work harder than the actual professor.

The only grades in the class come from 2 midterms and a final. His lectures are a disorganized mess. No homework to turn in but it is still available for practice, however there are frequently mistakes in both the homework and answer keys. God forbid you ask him a question during lecture, he will get annoyed and tell you to read his notes later.

Don't take his class you will lose at least 20 years of your lifespan. If you ever wanna ask a question might as well ask the beaker in the class it would tell you more. Going to his class makes me want to drop out of college.

This class was hard not because of the material but because Lavallo did a terrible job at teaching it. Very confused and unorganized lectures, no clear guidance throughout the quarter and is unable to receive criticism from students, even when constructive. The average pre-curve for the class is most likely below 50% which says a lot about him.

Worst professor I've ever had. His lectures are dense and oftentimes when you ask him questions he won't answer them and tell you to either look at his notes or to watch the lecture recordings. As much as he claims he doesn't mean to be condescending when students ask him questions, his general approach and tone say otherwise.

Some people just aren't made to teach and he's one of them.

i never write about professors but i made an account to describe the pain we went through for chem 1a. dude is so rude, says stuff like “it’s simple” and if you have a question, he’ll just tell you to rewatch the lecture after class. makes you feel bad for asking questions. don’t take this class. we warned you.

I'm not one to complain about professors, if I struggle in a subject I would improve. This class is practically impossible to pass. Only graded by 2 midterms and a final. The exams include material he had never covered & claims to never trick us yet does. Covers ORGANIC chem in GENERAL chem course. SUPER condescending towards students.

Prof. Lavallo was THE worst professor I have ever had. No one else even compares to him. Extremely unorganized, condescending, and doesn't care about teaching at all. His lectures are terrible, handwriting is chicken scratch, and exams are based purely on the concepts only important to him. The entire grade is two midterms and a final.

Professor Lavallo is and will be the worst professor I'll ever have. He's very unorganized when demonstrating problems. Never answers students' questions during lectures. It is impossible to reach him outside of class.The midterms and final are completely different from the material he teaches. Just overall AWFUL.

Professor Lavallo is and will be the worst professor I'll ever have. He's very unorganized when demonstrating problems. Never answers students' questions during lectures. It is impossible to reach him outside of class. The midterms and final are completely different from the material he teaches. Just overall AWFUL. 150% wouldn't recommend him

Man, I feel so bad for the people who have to take his class. I studied for weeks just to get the bare minimum. The class isn’t curved as much as people make it out to be. The material is so hard too. Eichler’s kids aren’t even learning material of the same level. What did I do in life to get this unlucky? The class is so disorganised.

This professor is the worst. His class is so disorganized which makes it hard for students to follow. His notes are chicken scratch. His class is graded only on 3 things and the final is worth 60% of your grade. DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS. Everyone would have to retake chemistry due to his poor teaching if it wasn't for his generous curve.

The worst professor I have had at UCR. Extremely lazy, rude and unpassionate.

Does bare minimum for teaching. Nothing but reading slides

bro just reads off slides from his bed and hardly teaches. I depend on my TA to teach me. Extra credit quizzes are in discussions and midterms are multiple-choice, online, and u can do it in a group. final is in person though. would not recommend

this guy's a joke...he teaches from the comfort of his bed. Lectures don't reflect what's on the midterms, hw, or discussions. when you ask him a question, he's literally too lazy to compute it. I am very experienced in chem, yet he manages to confuse me. the way he words questions is odd n noncomprehendable. pray for his students n TAs.

Lectures are confusing, discussion and going to TA office hours are the only way you can pass this class

Most of your grade is based on the midterm and finals and the discussions are lifesavers as the lectures are hard to follow. Also grade curve and extra credit WILL save your grade so go to discussions.

Lectures are a joke, he would literally be in BED recording sometimes. I stopped going after the first 2 weeks because they didn't help me at all. Discussions were very helpful. I learned more in discussion than lecture. There are short quizzes every disc. for EC. TA goes over everything that's on the quiz beforehand. 2 midterms 1 final EC quiz

This is my first time taking a chem class and I do not recommend you take this professor's class. He teaches online which is poorly discussed and understood by the class. Since he is a tenured professor he doesn't care if his students come to class or even do the homework. The class average was 52%. don't recommend it!!!

I had the online section for Lavallo for Chem 001A. He was honestly a terrible lecturer and doesn't know how to teach, but his curves for the midterms and finals are crazy. I got a 60% on my final but ended with an A- in the class.

Lavallo does not care about this class. Half of the lectures were taught with him eating in bed. Everything is very confusing and he is very rude and hostile towards student correcting him or asking questions. He rubs his tenured status in everyones face any chance he gets and boasts that he cant be fired. Threatened to fail the whole class. Awful.

Literally the worst class I've ever taken. I was only saved by the curve at the end of the year and the EC from discussion. Lavallo does not really teach and gets annoyed when you don't understand even after he has repeated it multiple times. He also taught new material during the OPTIONAL review session and still left the material on the test.

Looking back, this class was pretty difficult for a 1st year requirement. You need to adapt immediately to the content and learn on your own. Some extra studying is needed. All MC on exams. The key for this class is memory and conceptualization. It may be difficult as most people are taking this with BIOL005A. Professor mean too. Stay organized.

DID NOT GO TO LECTURES AND GOT AN -A LETS GOOOOOO

Chem was my top subject and I barely passed. Lectures are bad, notes are terrible, tests dont reflect learning or hw like he claims. Extra credit from discussion, but if u don't know the material...doesn't really help. I had a 59% ended with a C, so yeah good curve but not good enough to get you an A. Drop the class and get a diff prof.

he sweats like a m

You're better off teaching yourself. TAs are absolutely amazing. 2 midterms online and a in-person final. Study and understand his past midterms and you'll be fine. Quizzes are extra credit so take advantage of them for discussion. Curve goes crazy to compensate for his bad teaching. Take him if you need gen ed and don't care to learn.

Horrible professor

Avoid if you can. During my quarter, he switched to a new format where lectures were pre-recorded, so there were no live classes at all. His pre-recorded lectures are terrible, he does not explain anything, and just reads off slides. Go to the TAs' office hours instead if you need help, they're much better at their job than the professor.

You WILL NOT learn anything from this guy and your ta WILL NOT speak English. Most likely going to get an A because he's just accepted he's a terrible professor and made the grading scale super easy, and that's the only good part.

You won't learn anything from this professor. The TA's teach better.

I hate him. This professor and this class in general feel like a sick joke to get me to switch my major. The class was initially advertised as Zoom lectures, but this was quickly changed to office hours. The video lectures consist of him reading directly from the slides. There are two midterms and a final. He is bribing us to fill out his I-eval.

Vincent Lavallo is extremely disorganized, and lacks care toward his students. Any time I tried to ask questions, he simply just brushed me off and go to a TA.His lectures are subpar at best, and he's not diligent with fully explaining things. His flipped classroom model requires an extreme amount of discipline to keep up with the material.

Please avoid taking this professor. Unnecessarily rude and structures the course for two online midterms and one final. Graded by very few things and it's a make or break. Wait for Eichler or any other professor!!!!!

Boring, annoying, and childish. His lectures are hard to understand and for this quarter, he didn't actually teach on zoom and posted old lecture recordings. TAs are way better at teaching.

literally never went to lecture after week 1 and relied on TA teaching to learn. midterms are open book, easy to pass but the final, not so much. very generous curve which is how i got a B. also doesn't know how to get rid of zoom bombers.

Very generous curve and extra credit, but that's literally the only good thing about this course. He posted lectures from quarters ago (that weren't even helpful)--you're better off just learning chemistry by yourself with Youtube videos.

so basically he tried a new thing this year called a hybrid classroom where he posts every single lecture on canvas from like day 1 of class and these videos are all poopy water. He swapped roles with his TAs in discussion you get lectured, and get extra quizzes. in the class you get graded on 2 midterms and the final. Watch crash course instead.

Actually avoid. he doesnt teach, avoidant, and more than 50% of the class were supposed to fail but ended up getting like Cs because of how insane the curve is.

Don't take Lavallo unless you want to learn chemistry by yourself. There is a curve applied but that's due to his bad teaching. His exams don't reflect what he's teaching.