Kayll W Lake - Queen's University at Kingston

Professor: Kayll W Lake
Department: Physics
College: Queen's University at Kingston
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: APSC112
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Lake is really good at explaining questions one-on-one, but he goes through lecture examples wayyy too fast before you have time to think. If you want to excel in his class, put A LOT of effort into pre-reading lecture notes.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: 112
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Hard to follow his notes because they are all pre-written and he just scrolls through at a fast pace. Clearly a brilliant individual though.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: APSC112
  • Grade Received: INC
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Teaches a variety of concepts and cases in a concise manner, very organized.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: PHYS321
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Obviously brilliant, but it doesn't translate to being an effective instructor. Visiting his office outside of class hours is essential in order to a) understand anything, and b) complete assignments. That said, he's more than willing to help outside of class and is almost always in his office.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: PHYS590
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
A thesis course but was always there to help.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: PHYS321
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Very, very helpful and understanding professor. Kind and extremely approachable. My advice to him would be to make longer weekly assignments and to go more slowly with the lectures.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: PHY321
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Hard course!
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: PHY321
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Easy on us in a hard course. Notes are complete.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: PHY040
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Fantastic
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: APSC112
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Dr. Lake is a no nonsense type of professor. He focuses on the concepts and ideas of a problem instead of the tedious calculations ("monkey work" as he would put it). This teaching style motivates the student to carefully THINK about the problems and not just memorize techniques. Great professor!
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: PHYS206
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Amazing professor, absolutely brilliant. Although, he assumes all students are equally brilliant as well ;). Great matter of fact teaching style. The course was a tough course, and I think it was presented in a wonderful fashion. Thumbs up!
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: PHYS206
  • Grade Received: A+
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
He cares about the physics he is teaching as well as his students. Once I asked him about his research and he invited me to his office to discuss general relativity. He is a good guy, but his notes are sometimes hard to follow, especially since he zooms right through them. He also considers every problem to be "easy." Tough course, good guy.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: PHYS414
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
dr lake's gr course is lots of fun
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: PHYS206414
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Dr. Lake is the best professor i've had at Queen's. Both of these courses are extremely challenging but he gives you so many supplementary notes that if you take the time to study you can do well. It is because of him that i have decided to persue graduate studies in a field realted to GR.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: PHYS414
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I loved General relativity, so I took the class even though it couldn't count for my course load. I was enthrawled at every lecture, but I came out of it not understanding a damn thing.
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: PHYS206
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Very smart, very easy to come to with questions.
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: PHYS206
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
really smart, but kinda boring
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