Garegin Papoian

This professor has taught: BIPH708A, BIPH708B, CHEM131, CHEM131S, CHEM271, CHEM481, CHEM482, CHEM684, CHEM687, CHEM889E, CHEM889F, CHEM889G, CHPH709A, CHPH718I

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Garegin Papoian CHEM131 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 05/28/2021	The lectures were rarely useful. I mostly learned from the software TopHat which had assigned readings and questions. These readings were long-winded and usually convoluted. The exams were fair(no trick questions). However, at the end of the year, he curved down the grades. For example, a 90% translates to a B+. I feel like taking this class in person would be best.
Garegin Papoian CHEM131 Expecting an A- Anonymous 05/17/2021	Not a terrible teacher but make sure you don’t learn too much or they’ll curve down your grade. Wtf
Garegin Papoian CHEM131 Expecting a B 02itonti 04/22/2021	He understood what he was talking about and usually answered questions pretty well. Was not very helpful on the interactive textbook, which has a lot of glitches and answers key issues. Other than that his exams and homeworks are very similar to those in the past. DIfficult material for any freshman I think but if you study a lot you should be fine in his class. However, having him online and in-person are two very different things. Easier to get a good grade in person so I would wait to take his class until the apocalypse is over.
Garegin Papoian CHEM131 Expecting a B Anonymous 01/22/2021	He was an alright professor. I chose an asynchronous class and he recorded his lectures. I mainly used the textbook and CHEM101 homework to teach myself. I only used his lecture if I really didn't understand a concept but I only needed to do that once or twice. The class is manageable and the textbook was my main resource. The homework was reasonable and it really helped me in the end. He also is willing to work with students. My class did really bad overall on one test so he let everyone take the make-up but if we ended up with a worse score that would be our grade either way. I think he was better than the other teacher for the semester. Overall the class was fine.
Garegin Papoian CHEM131 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 12/09/2020	The professor mostly went over the same topics we did as homework. Lectures were okay, not very interesting. The workload was by far the worst out of all my classes but its not too hard to get a decent grade, just VERY time consuming. Practice exams were NOTHING compared to the real exam so don't be fooled. Same concept but much more difficult problems. One of the exams ended up having a horrible class average (many 40s) and from many complaints, was curved at least 18 points.
Garegin Papoian CHEM131S Anonymous 12/09/2020	Do not suggest taking him online by any means.
Garegin Papoian CHEM131 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 04/25/2018	Dr. Papoian seems like the classic archetype of a professor who understands his material so well that he struggles to teach to people with little to no chemistry background. His lectures were unenlightening but he is a nice enough guy and the class isn't challenging if you just do your work.
Garegin Papoian CHEM131 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/21/2017	Dr. Papoian is a good teacher for what is usually a difficult class. His lectures are clear and helpful. He spends time going over quantitative problems and makes it clear what will be on the exam via practice exams. The exams are relatively easy compared to other 131 profs (esp. Friedman). The average overall grade for our class was 81.9.