Reviews for Philip R. DeShong
Average Rating:| Anonymous Course: CHEM237 Grade Expected: June 19, 2011, 8:13 am | He is a GREAT lecturer and very approachable. He welcomes questions and really wants you to participate in lecture. He also has weekly review sessions where you can ask questions and do practice problems. However, he does push you hard! He expects a lot out of his students. His tests were very, very hard. I think our test average was in the fifties or sixties. He also doesn't drop any hints about his exams. The questions are really unpredictable. |
| samhallen Course: CHEM241 Grade Expected: B+ July 13, 2010, 1:07 pm | Take Orgo with Dr. DeShong if you can. Dr. DeShong is extremely knowledgeable in organic chemistry. He explains everything very well, and really only tested us on stuff he taught in lecture; the book was only used as a guide and for practice problems. He also made the class interesting - even though I did better in orgo 1, I truly appreciated the subject matter and really understood what was going on. Dr. DeShong is also hilarious. His commentary and funny verbal musings made every lecture enjoyable. I rarely left class without laughing at least once. The curve wasn't amazing, but it wasn't bad either. I think a 75% was an A. Dr. DeShong's knowledge, fairness, humor, and overall ability to relay his chemical passion to his students makes him a fine professor. take him take him take him. |
| jwhite89 Course: CHEM241 Grade Expected: B May 31, 2009, 9:27 pm | Great teacher, has weekly reviews and is clear about whats going to be on the tests, curve is pretty good to. |
| Anonymous Course: CHEM241 Grade Expected: A May 23, 2009, 12:41 pm | He is one of the best professors for chemistry. His tests are extremely fair. He only tests you on stuff that he teaches in lecture. The book is just there for practice problems and to reinforce the information. He can be a little pretentious, but I thought he was kind of funny in that rude way. He is definitely helpful if you ask him for it. He is extremely knowledgeable in o-chem and definitely knows what he is talking about. He made the class really interesting. |
| Anonymous Course: CHEM241 Grade Expected: May 19, 2009, 6:28 pm | I don't know who terpterp is referring to, since Dr. DeShong is the best chemistry teacher I've had yet. He really goes into depth with the material, and is fair (mostly) on the exams as well as with the grading curve. Highly recommend you take o-chem1 or 2 with him. |
| terpterp Course: CHEM241 Grade Expected: December 10, 2007, 1:39 pm | He is an AWFUL professor and person. He only seems to care about himself and could care less about his students. |