Reviews for Jeffery T. Davis
Average Rating:| Anonymous Course: CHEM241 Grade Expected: A December 24, 2011, 8:05 am | great professor. He is a lot easier that any of the other ones. I took dixon for orgo 1 and when i took davis for II, i felt so smart and it seemed as he went really slowly in comparison. But he is a great lecturer and answers any and all questions. The average for the first test was i think a 65, then second was 72 then third was 79. The exams got easier and you started to understand what he also wanted. He is a really easy and good lecturer. We went a bit slow. But I highly recommend him if you can for any class. |
| arorasub Course: CHEM241 Grade Expected: A December 20, 2011, 2:28 pm | Davis is an excellent teacher. He tends to not cover many topics, but this works in your favor because the amount of material is bearable. I would say I didn't try amazingly hard in the course, which is why I ended up getting about 86% in the course(which is an A since 80 is the A cutoff). This is a course where getting above a 90% without a curve is very possible. Anyway, to do well in his course here are your tips: 1. Review the notes he gives in class. Many questions on the exam are easy multiple choice questions which you won't ever focus on if you don't go to class and take notes 2. Do every single GSS worksheet. Many questions are pulled straight off those. 3. Think about resonance structures for pKa and stability problems. 4. Look at old exams. 5. GO TO CLASS! His lectures will definitely pique your interests. Overall, he is swell guy, but don't get on his wrong side. |
| Anonymous Course: CHEM241 Grade Expected: A December 17, 2011, 11:40 am | Davis is amazing! He obviously loves teaching and cares about the class. I only went to office hours once, but in that one time it helped me figure out how to think of exam problems so much better. He does reuse problems, or gives very similar problems. In 4 exams, there was only one straight synthesis problem. The rest were roadmaps. He loves to test you on the reasoning behind why things are the way they are in orgo, to test your understanding. Not a lot of memorizing, more understanding based as a class. Go over old exams that he posts and previous exams from the semester to study. He also gives you breaks in the 75 min lectures which is really nice. Overall, if you have the option you should take him. |
| Anonymous Course: CHEM241 Grade Expected: B December 11, 2011, 6:23 pm | Davis is a good teacher. Obviously orgo2 is going to be a hard class, but he does his best to make it interesting. 3 exams, and the final. 80 is an A, 70 is a B, and etc. You can use the book if you don't get whats going on in class. |
| Anonymous Course: CHEM241 Grade Expected: September 16, 2011, 2:32 pm | Davis is a great, engaging teacher. His lectures are all you really need (thank goodness) so the textbook is really supplementary at best. Just take really good notes and learn them, and you'll be set. Davis has fair exams, no curve balls, and gives out A's via a cut off (I forget how many points is the minimum). Overall definitely the best prof you can get for Orgo II. And if ever you're confused, ask! He is very open about taking questions and having students participate. I actually enjoyed the class and the content, which I never imagined I'd say about Orgo. |
| zhangsta Course: CHEM241 Grade Expected: A May 26, 2011, 7:26 am | He was a very engaging professor who was very enthusiastic about teaching which made orgo a little more bearable for me. His lectures were taken out of the book for the most part, but he explained the concepts well enough that you prob don't even need the book. His exams were very fair and tended to place more emphasis on understanding material rather than memorizing reactions. Do the recommended problems and you should have no problems on any of the exams. |
| Anonymous Course: CHEM241 Grade Expected: A December 22, 2010, 1:12 pm | Davis is awesome! I got the feeling that he really cares about his students and he loves answering questions. His teaching style is great and engaging. His exams have a lot of borrowed answers from previous exams and are doable. Going to class is super important because sometimes minor things show up on exams. I didn't use the book too much, but I thought it helped for the sections I did use it in. I honestly didn't think I could get an A in this class, but a lot of us improved drastically for the third test and final. |
| crazystudent Course: CHEM241 Grade Expected: A December 20, 2010, 11:26 am | Absolutely excellent teacher!!!! He explains things in such detail. He did go a little slow and we didn't get to a lot of chapters in the syllabus but that's in your favor! He's extremely personable and easy to approach. Just a great guy! The way I got an A in his course: I never missed lecture, I recorded his lectures and wrote down everything he explained. His exams are straight from lecture. I never once touched the book although that may not work for everyone. My notes were detailed enough because I recorded his lecures but if you don't record then you may need to use the book. I got a B in Dr. Dixon's orgo1 and was able to pull off an A in orgo2 with Dr. Davis. I high recommend him! |
| Anonymous Course: CHEM241 Grade Expected: B December 14, 2010, 11:47 am | He went a bit slow (we didn't even get to 5 of the chapters on the syllabus) but I found that this was very helpful in understanding the material, though I know it went too slow for people who understand Organic Chem well, and can learn it quickly. He makes the class interesting (as interesting as Orgo can be) by using real-life examples! Also, you will do VERY well on his exams if you study the problems he does in class AND in past exams (both previous exams during the semester and from past semesters). He always reuses exam questions, and half the final was questions we had seen before. Best bet to get a good grade! He also tests more on concept than memorizing reactions, which is really nice! |
| Anonymous Course: CHEM237 Grade Expected: A May 27, 2010, 5:28 am | He was a great guy! I have really enjoyed his class. Orgo is really easy, if you attend all of the lectures, and do the practice problems, and tests that he gives you. If you have any question, he is really approachable, and explains really well. I really recommend him if you want to enjoy Orgo. |
| sillyputty184 Course: CHEM237 Grade Expected: A April 19, 2010, 2:10 pm | Best professor ever. Great guy in general and very approachable. Animated, loves what he does and actually cares. Supplies you with sample exams and study problems (not collected but a load of help)Will take one question from the most previous exam and put it on the next exam. Usually the question everyone gets wrong on, say, exam one will appear on exam two. Fair guy. Had a great time; and it was orgo! |
| Anonymous Course: CHEM241 Grade Expected: A February 6, 2010, 7:39 pm | Very sweet professor. Approachable and fair. Take good notes during class and do the assigned problems/ reviews. Do any practice exams available. A very effective teacher, I could not have learned so much about ochem from anyone else. |
| littleflower5 Course: CHEM241 Grade Expected: C March 26, 2009, 5:32 pm | Dr. Davis is the most animated science teacher I have every had. He really makes an effort to make organic chemistry as easy as anyone can. He is a little hard to follow in lecture because he doesn't write on the boards in a very organized fashion, and most of the important points to take away from the lecture are only verbal and no notes are provided. Remember to do all the readings and problems even though they are not for a grade! They make loads of difference! |
| rbterp Course: CHEM241 Grade Expected: A March 7, 2009, 7:43 pm | I thought Dr. Davis was a great professor. I agree with previous reviews - definitely review class notes and previous notes b/c I didn't do so well on the first exam after doing tons of book problems. Dr. Davis wants you to learn reasons behind reactions, and doesn't emphasize nomenclature or cover some of the reactions in the book (which is good during the class, but you'll have to learn that stuff eventually if you plan on taking the MCAT). Dr. Davis is also very approachable if you ever go to office hours. |
| vdawg Course: CHEM241 Grade Expected: A December 31, 2007, 1:19 pm | A really, really good teacher. He goes out of his way to clear up any doubts and really cares that you understand the material. Almost all his exam questions are from old exams posted online. The key to doing well is reviewing the lecture notes. For the first exam I studied all the sections in the book, did all the book problems, memorized all 20 mechanisms, and got a 56. For the next 2 exams I did the book readings, but concentrated a lot more on reviewing lecture notes and problems from old exams and got As. |
| Anonymous Course: CHEM241 Grade Expected: A December 29, 2007, 4:27 pm | Curves the class at the beginning with 80 and up is A, 70 and up is B, etc. Very nice, always willing to answer questions during lecture. His exams are not too hard but they are not very indicative of his lectures. He loves resonance, pka, explaining why a product is faster or more stable on exams. MAKE SURE YOU KNOW HIS OLD EXAMS. he repeats a lot of his questions from old exams. Also, he'll put q's from exam I on exam II and so on. |
| Anonymous Course: CHEM241 Grade Expected: December 26, 2007, 7:47 pm | Dr. Davis is a really good professor because he doesn't strictly stick to the syllabus- he goes at his own pace. On our syllabus we were supposed to get through 9 chapters over the semester and we only got through 6. At the beginning of each class he puts up the assigned readings and homework problems for the next lecture on the board in addition to what he plans to cover in lecture that day; I found that doing the readings beforehand really makes what he teaches in lecture easier to understand. He had a built-in curve from the beginning as 80% and above is an A so he doesn't curve individual exams. It is possible to get an A. I bombed the first exam and then got Bs on the other 2 exams and the final and I got an A. The way I improved on the rest of teh exams after the first one was going over LECTURE NOTES and his old exams. He recycles questions from his old exams from previous years as well as the exams he gives that year. And some of the problems come DIRECTLY from lecture notes. He's very approachable and a really good professor because his main concern is how his students tackle the course and learn. He's not concerned about completing x amount of material in the semester. |
| Anonymous Course: CHEM241 Grade Expected: B December 17, 2007, 6:05 am | He's a really nice guy. Very willing to listen and answer any questions you might have. It took a while to get used to his teaching style. He focuses on understanding reactions, mechanisms, etc. as opposed to just remembering reactants/products which can make his tests extra painful. He curves pretty well, I had a 66.8% by the end of the semester and it curved up to a B (I was ecstatic). There is automatically a 10% curve built into the class (80%=A, 70%=B, etc.) so that helps alot. All in all, good class, but unfortunately our TA was terrible so it kind of brought the class down. |