Andrew Pollard - Queen's University at Kingston

Professor: Andrew Pollard
Department: Mechanical Engineering
College: Queen's University at Kingston
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: MECH330
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Would give a 0 if possible. Terrible prof. Unhelpful, disrespectful, lazy, arrogant, and his lecturing skills are sub-par at best. Would recommend switching degrees if you have to take his class.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: MECH330
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
His lectures are okay. However his tests are pretty hard, for example he completely lied/mislead us as to what was going to be on it.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: MECH330
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
He is my role model. Very disciplined, very respectful and at the same time very knowledgeable in his area. He is easy to talk to and cares about your efforts. His attitude is great. I can say he fulfills all the requirements that a perfect scholar and teacher and overall a perfect person requires.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: MECH330
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Very smart man. Pretty tough in class, expects you to learn and understand all material. Great guy outside of class, very approachable.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: MECH330
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Lectures are cryptic, unclear and fraught with errors. Nice guy but doesn't invest the time. Expects miracles.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: MECH330
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Prof never figured out when to have office hours, asked students to contact TA instead who could not communicate effectively in English. Overall- an interesting course but better TAs and regular office hours would have helped.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: MECH441
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Great Teacher. Helpful outside of class. I admit that the course was very hard, but he made it clear that if you put in the effort you would receive a decent mark. Dr. Pollard is a good lecturer in small groups that allow informal discussions. Big lectures may not be his thing.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: MECH933
  • 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:
Learned more in this course than any other I have taken.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: MECH441
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
No posted notes, lectures are unclear. Won't admit to mistakes in his notes. An excellent research prof, terrible lecturer
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: MECH341
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Hahahaha.... a decade since I took the course and I see nothing has changed. One of the most arrogant and egotistical people... EVER!
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: MECH341
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Worst professor in mechanical engineering. Nobody likes him.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: MECH241
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Awwwful prof who likes making others lives miserable for no apparent reason. Look at his academic dishonesty webpage on the MECH 241 website. He likes to get people kicked out of Queen's. He is a sad man who is angry at the world. Queen's would be a much better place if he didn't teach here anymore. He needs to resign and give his students a break.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: MECH241
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
This prof likes failing people and making other's lives miserable for no apparent reason. To find out more about him, just visit this link (http://me.queensu.ca/courses/MECH241/ad.html) Queen's University would be a beter place if he didn't teach here anymore. An embarrassment to teaching profession. He is a mean man who is angry at the world!!:(
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: MECH241
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
This professor knows what he is doing, however is totally useless. When assignments are rejected based not upon the content or even neatness of the work, but based on the type of paper on which it was written, you know this fellow is definitely not an asset to any archenemy body at a university level.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: 241
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
HE IS SO TOUGH !
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: FLUIDMECHANICS
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Awful prof. Worst prof ever seen. This man should be not be teaching at University. His whole thing about Academic dishonesty is disgusting. Wish this man would just retire, and give himself and the students a break
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: MECH241
  • 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:
Knows what he is talking about. But he is quite liberal with unfounded accusations of plagiarism, and holds unreasonable standards wrt "neatness" of homework assignments: God forbid we write with anything other than pencil! And if we cross out our mistakes instead of erasing them? He would make an excellent elementary school teacher, but Queen's?
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: MECH241
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I found Dr. Pollard to be a useful teacher. He is clearly a leading expert in the general field of fluid mechanics. His derivations can get tedious, boring and confusing (if there is a mistake here or there), but they provide welcome insight into where the equations come from.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: MECH241
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Really hard, knows what he's talking about but that doesn't mean you will know what he's talking about. Wierd semi brittish accent, but only sometimes?? Good guy overall, just asks a bit much.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: MECH441
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
The best prof I've had. Definitely pushes you to your limit, but shows more genuine interest in his subject and his students than any other prof I've met. Has a reputation for ego - generally from people who've never gotten to know him, in my opinion.
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