Peter Nemes | PlanetTerp

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Peter Nemes CHEM425 Anonymous 12/10/2024	Just like the review on 12/09, Nemes really does structure his exams quite easily, but if you do not attend classes or you miss a class, there's basically no way to get that information because he does not record, and a lot of what he talks about/delves into in class aren't written on his powerpoint slides. If you go to class and pay attention, you'll do well with the exams for the most part.
Peter Nemes CHEM425 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/09/2024	Very silly goofy guy; he makes me laugh in lecture. Exams are pretty easy or else a random made-up question that everyone gets wrong and gets curved out. Exam questions are very surface-level. For the first exam I studied for days and the hardest question on the exam was "what's your favorite step of a redox reaction?"(mass transfer duh). The exams literally take 15 minutes. Lectures are half random stuff that he says you don't need to know. It is simply not that deep. Would definitely recommend Nemes for this lecture.
Peter Nemes CHEM425 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 01/16/2024	If you take him for instrumental, he is a super funny lecturer, but at the end of most classes, his 'real world' example is one of his publications. His exams are totally random and weird. You have to do a lot of prep for them anyway, and he'll ask you a mix of super general and super specific questions and sometimes about things he didn't talk about at all. Overall he's not the worst chemistry professor in the department, but he has a huge ego and is sometimes mean. He was usually considerate of the greater stresses people were having which was nice. He also did this strange thing where he allowed no one to ask questions during exam at all, and he didn't show up to our exams, having Natalia proctor them. The lab is run by Natalia White (such a queen), so Nemes will never talk about it.
Peter Nemes CHEM425 Expecting a B Anonymous 12/19/2023	this is probably the weirdest class i’ve ever taken. the lab part is super helpful and i’ve learned a lot, but i think the lecture was utter nonsense. there’s so much dense information and the exams are not indicative of the material. the final was like maybe 10 questions all worth 20 points and only covered a small section of the material. i feel like i studied all of this for nothing. the grading is harsh and you have to predict what he wants you to write very carefully or else you will have no credit. i do think this is one of the more useful and important classes in biochem/chem, but the way they test your knowledge is upsetting and unfair. averages were generally low as well. he also talks a lot about his own research which is not very useful for us but i understand him trying to flex. decent guy i guess but he is not a super great lecturer

Peter Nemes
CHEM425

Anonymous
12/10/2024

Just like the review on 12/09, Nemes really does structure his exams quite easily, but if you do not attend classes or you miss a class, there's basically no way to get that information because he does not record, and a lot of what he talks about/delves into in class aren't written on his powerpoint slides. If you go to class and pay attention, you'll do well with the exams for the most part.

Peter Nemes
CHEM425

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
12/09/2024

Very silly goofy guy; he makes me laugh in lecture. Exams are pretty easy or else a random made-up question that everyone gets wrong and gets curved out. Exam questions are very surface-level. For the first exam I studied for days and the hardest question on the exam was "what's your favorite step of a redox reaction?"(mass transfer duh). The exams literally take 15 minutes. Lectures are half random stuff that he says you don't need to know. It is simply not that deep. Would definitely recommend Nemes for this lecture.

Peter Nemes
CHEM425

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
01/16/2024

If you take him for instrumental, he is a super funny lecturer, but at the end of most classes, his 'real world' example is one of his publications. His exams are totally random and weird. You have to do a lot of prep for them anyway, and he'll ask you a mix of super general and super specific questions and sometimes about things he didn't talk about at all. Overall he's not the worst chemistry professor in the department, but he has a huge ego and is sometimes mean. He was usually considerate of the greater stresses people were having which was nice. He also did this strange thing where he allowed no one to ask questions during exam at all, and he didn't show up to our exams, having Natalia proctor them. The lab is run by Natalia White (such a queen), so Nemes will never talk about it.

Peter Nemes
CHEM425

Expecting a B
Anonymous
12/19/2023

this is probably the weirdest class i’ve ever taken. the lab part is super helpful and i’ve learned a lot, but i think the lecture was utter nonsense. there’s so much dense information and the exams are not indicative of the material. the final was like maybe 10 questions all worth 20 points and only covered a small section of the material. i feel like i studied all of this for nothing. the grading is harsh and you have to predict what he wants you to write very carefully or else you will have no credit. i do think this is one of the more useful and important classes in biochem/chem, but the way they test your knowledge is upsetting and unfair. averages were generally low as well. he also talks a lot about his own research which is not very useful for us but i understand him trying to flex. decent guy i guess but he is not a super great lecturer