Jay Rasaiah - University of Maine

Professor: Jay Rasaiah
Department: Science
College: University of Maine
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: CHY122
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
He was a good guy and gives extra credit on exams but its impossible to hear what hes saying during lectures so you have to learn pretty everything through the textbook on your own. Also, hes very difficult to reach through email, which is annoying. Would definitely try to avoid having him as a professor.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: CHY121
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
He spends 90% of his time mumbling or shouting about history and things we are not tested on and no time on the material. If you cant go to his office hours its hard to get ahold of him and he may not show up to your meeting. I had experiences with him putting in wrong grades and losing my final exam. He accused me of not taking the exam.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: CHY121
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He is a very smart person but an awful teacher. He gives lectures about the history of chemistry rather then what we were actually tested on. His grades were made up of only exams and he taught things that no other CHY 121 class was being taught including material that the TAs had not learned yet.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: CHY121
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Great guy that knows what he is talking about, but he is not great at teaching it. Had no homeworks(to hand in/get credit for) all semester, so grading is super test heavy. TAs during recitation were not very helpful and were kinda rude and seemed rushed. Okay class if you have taken chemistry before and passed with flying colors.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: CHY121
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Do not take any entry level courses with this professor. It's clear he is an extremely intelligent person, but he is unable to teach that knowledge to other people. Each day was an hour and fifteen minutes of him quietly muttering the lesson in a massive room, followed by exams on the concepts he covered in one powerpoint slide for fifteen minutes
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: CHY121
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Do not take him for CHY121 his lectures are confusing and he goes way too fast and assumes everyone knows what hes talking about. The only grades are the exams so good luck, Im going to have to retake this class bc of him
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: CHY475
  • Grade Received: A-
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Easygoing , friendly and very articulate
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: CHY121
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Didn't explain things very well. When asked for help he would give you a random piece of information and told you to figure it out yourself. Many quiz and exam answers he gave as study material were WRONG. Every exam contained something we didn't study. BUT he put the lectures on slides online and gave pretty straight-forward study guides.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: CHY420
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Wow. What can I say. After a semester with this guy, I'm really going to miss him. Every lecture was perfect and crystal clear. He explained concepts perfectly. His sense of humor was amazing. If he wanted, he could easily change his career to stand up comedian. If anyone has the chance to take any course with him, I highly recommend it. Best prof.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: CHYLOTS
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Absolutely fantastic professor! The lessons are tough but Dr. Rasaiah will explain anything in detail to make sure you understand the theory and reasoning, during office hours. Just ask. Grading is completely fair. Professor is approachable and not judgmental. From 1 to 5, he gets a 10. If Dr.Rasaiah is teaching a course this semester, take it.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: CHY121
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He was a tough teacher, but he made you learn the material, and on days you got the tests back, there was no class...
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: CHY471
  • 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:
He seemed to bring the class alive. Good sense of humour (very dry and subtle).
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: CHY121
  • 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:
Didn't teach the material well and his English was very hard to understand. If it was not for the practice tests that were similar to the exams, I would not have done well in this course.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: CHY471
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Really good professor, very helpful when you talk to him, hilarious too. It's a hard course at the beginning, but gets easier as the semester goes on. As long as you put in the work you'll do fine
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: CHY121
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
He doesn't speak english very well and I think he's hard of hearing because he mumbles frequently. He doesn't do PLTL like all of the other chem profs and he doesn't explain the material enough. He was a week ahead of schedule for the entire semester, which meant he went WAY too fast. I think I learned more in high school chemistry than from him.
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: CHY471
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Professor Rasaiah is a great guy. If you need any help or don't understand something just go into his office and talk to him. He'll help you any time, he shows concern for the progress of his students. Plus he's a riot. (and it's NOT difficult to understand his english)
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: CHY121
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I learned better when I taught myself, rather than going to class. He showed no interest in his student's progress and minimal effort in his presentation of information. His tests were easy, but mostly because many of them were practically exact copies of the practice tests he posted online.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: CHY122
  • 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:
Explains most concepts very well.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: CHY121
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
doesnt speak english and doesnt teacher well
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: CHY101
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
screwed him a total of 3 times
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