Antonio Lara - New Mexico State University

Professor: Antonio Lara
Department: Chemistry
College: New Mexico State University
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM115
  • Grade Received: B-
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
He expects you to know everything and to teach yourself. Very rude and will ridicule you if you do not understand something. My mother who is a chemical engineer listened to a few lecture ZOOM and said he is the worst chem teacher she ever seen and should not teach this course. Skims/jumps through lectures and is not helpful if you need extra help
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM100
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Dr Lara does not work with students even in the entry level course. If you get something wrong he will call you out in front of the class and show that you messed up by telling the whole class your grade. He will sit there and yell at you for answering a question wrong. I would not recommend him
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM101
  • Grade Received: A+
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
I always study hard and just took this to make sure I ace 111g. However, this professor is a fraud. He constantly up sells the class and his ability but has trouble adding small numbers and doesn't even understand units. What's worse is he knows he is a bad prof and makes up for it by bulling his students. Expect abuse even if you ace everything.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM111G
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Dr. Lara is an amazing Chemistry professor. If you have taken his class you will know how much he cares about his students and the "history" of Chemistry. Yes, he seemed to yell at the class daily and get on our cases. But, that was only because he wanted to see his students succeed and understand the concepts. Take no notes and follow the story.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM111
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Dr. Lara is amazing! A lot of people don't like him because he is strict, but he's just honest and cares a lot. He want to make sure you learn something, so pay attention and do your best if you want to succeed. Show up to class, pay attention, and read the book. Do what he says and you will learn something and get a good grade.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM371
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
3rd year biochem -- passionate professor, cares about his student's understanding, will go extra mile to explain related concepts to course that might not necessarily be part of the curriculum as supplemental lectures outside of class. He might be slightly unorthodox with his teaching style but if you have some faith you will see he is intuitive.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM111
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Knows what hes talking about
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM111
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
As an upperclassman who's has dozens of professors, he is one of the worst. I recommend choosing another professor from the CHEM department.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM111G
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
He really did try to push us to work but really didnt have lectures that went over materials of the test. Sure there were few things but most was from the book. He said me standing up here teaching wont help you learn and made us learn equations and formulas ourselves. Cool dude but not great if you like learning from lectures
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM422
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Dr. Lara is one of my most favorite professors. He actually cares about his students (my class was about 11 people). He is so passionate about chemistry and that helps me want to learn more.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM111G
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Dudes a real G got a 77 and curved the class to an 87.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM112
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
This man is an amazing professor. I have never felt more in touch with a subject and the way he presents is very memorable. If you have this man PLEASE read the text book. This is seriously mandatory if you want to pass.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM111
  • Grade Received: A+
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Amazing professor!!!! Show up, show that you care, do your part (Read and study textbook material) and you'll do great
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM111G
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Dr. Lara takes his time to explain different scenarios of how the chemistry works in order for his students to make a better connection. He has visuals and is mostly very clear on what will be on each exams. He falls behind compared to other classes, but that is to make that the entire class understands a key concept.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM111G
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
This review is from two people: My friend who took the class (she's next to me) and me who isn't in his class and had Dr. Mahmoud (he's the best ever please take him). In the testing class Lara came in (NOT MY PROF) and yelled at us for 20 min. huge jerk. my friend says he doesn't teach anything in lecture just yells. Good luck with him.
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM111
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Professor Lara's style of teaching in not very traditional. He expects you to hear him Lecture and gets mad when you take notes during Lecture. His Lecture serves to tie loose ends but it really is up to you to read the material preferably prior to lecture to understand what he is rambling on.
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM111
  • Grade Received: C-
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Probably one of the easiest but most difficult test taking classes I have ever taken. You have to teach yourself by reading if you dont do that then you wont understand the lectures and he wont really "teach" you.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM111G
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Thia class was both hard but fun. Dr. Lars is a great man and very funny. You NEED to read to do well in his class, its insanely hard unless you have extensive pre existing knowledge of chemistry. I would recommend him over some of the other professors. He speaks English and spanish fluently. No accent.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM111
  • Grade Received: A+
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Dr. Lara is a passionate chemistry teacher who is as real as real will get. You can see his love for chemistry and just want to be just a passionate as he is. I personally hated chemistry, but with him, I tried so hard to understand the way he did. He inspires students to do more and learn more. He wants you to understand the story behind it.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: CHEM111
  • Grade Received: A-
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Dr. Lara is passionate about chemistry! If you are interested in learning chemistry then take Lara's class! It won't be the easiest, but you will come out with a deeper understanding of basic chemistry than any text book could give you. He is funny in lecture and requires participation.
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