Lawrence Sita

This professor has taught: CHEM247, CHEM401, CHEM601, CHEM602, CHEM608P

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Lawrence Sita CHEM247 Expecting an A Anonymous 03/07/2024	Dr. Sita is not by any means a great ORGO 2 professor, but if you're interested in the applications of organic chemistry IRL then he had some pretty fun bits of information to share. The class is definitely among the harder classes I've taken, but the curve is around the class average, so if you can do better than average, you're fine.
Lawrence Sita CHEM247 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/30/2023	Terrible professor, doesn't explain doesn't care about the class. He canceled class like 5 times and never held us to the full-time, he acted as if we were some humanities class instead of Orgo 2. Not to mention he never showed up to any of the exams, not even the final. His lectures are pointless.
Lawrence Sita CHEM247 Expecting a B Anonymous 12/23/2023	He has a tendency to skim through some slides but talk about others, so I'd suggest reviewing them before class. He does seem to want us to actually know the material, and wants us to grow as students as well. For me, his exams were quite difficult, but then again I have always been bad with exams. Exams typically went better for my classmates than for me, even though I would study a lot. But the curve is really good. At first with the curve in the syllabus, I was expecting a C+ (was a couple of points under a B-) because I had been doing average or below on my exams, much to my dismay. But he adjusted the curve and I am now with a B, so I assume many of my classmates have B+ and higher. Overall, I did feel like he cared for us as students, but his exams were quite hard (for me) and I wish he would have other work besides only exams for the lecture part.
Lawrence Sita CHEM247 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/21/2023	Dr. Sita is not the best professor. His lectures are very unengaging and for a lot people they were not really helpful in learning and understanding the material. A lot of people just used the textbook along with other resources to learn everything in the class. He will either only go off his slides, which are not good for learning things like mechanisms but are good for the general concepts. Or he will completely disregard the slides and start using the white board and for some topics he would only cover maybe half of what was on the slides and end up moving onto the next set of slides. His TAs were decent and they could be helpful. His exams were for the most part fair and he curves this class very well (effectively a 10 point curve) so even with him not teaching the best, if you practice and self study properly, you should be able to do great in the class.
Lawrence Sita CHEM247 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/20/2023	this class by far was the worst class i've ever taken. at the beginning of the semester, he lectured from slides, didn't write anything on the whiteboard, and didn't give out any practice or do any practice in class. our exams were unfair given how much he taught in class. actually he didnt really teach, he just read off slides that were not helpful in explaining any concepts. he's also so boring to listen to. after our second exam, many people gave him feedback about the class and the exams, and he had a temper tantrum during class for 25 min where he basically got mad at us for not doing well on his exams. he also does not take feedback well and is not responsive to it. he does have a set curve so an 80% is at least an A- and the plus/minus cut off is determined by the class. the averages for our exams were 69, 70, and 58, with a bonus question worth 10pts, so the exams did not go well. the only thing stopping me from giving sita 1 star is that his final had like 5 questions that were previous exam questions and was incredibly easy.
Lawrence Sita CHEM247 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/06/2021	Dr. Sita as a professor is not the best. He cares a lot more about his research than about teaching, but he is very accommodating/understanding and his lectures have all the necessary information that you need for his exams. His TA, Charlotte Wentz, was the best TA that I have ever had and helped us understand the material so much better. Sita is the type of lecturer to go off on tangents about unimportant information (he talks a lot about real-life applications) and then rush through the slides that have information that will be on the exams. If you go to lecture and lab, you will most likely get an A. He curves the class really well and his test averages are higher compared to other orgo professors. If you're a Chemistry/Biochemistry major and debating taking CHEM247, do it! It is so much better than regular Orgo II, especially since your lab grade and lecture grade are one.
Lawrence Sita CHEM247 Anonymous 12/18/2014	Literally, the best professor I have taken so far. No... he IS the best professor that I will ever have. Dr. Sita is charismatic, approachable and a very good lecturer. I went to his office hours once and I completely regret not going to him more often. He is the nicest man you will ever meet and his exams ARE fair. If you EVER have the chance to have him as your professor, take him before the seats fill up!!!
Lawrence Sita CHEM401 Expecting an A- Anonymous 05/22/2009	Really good professor, who always has his students' best interests at heart. Exams were very fair and came directly from lecture notes (so go to class, pay attention, and take good notes). Don't panic if you do poorly on the first exam...I failed the first two and still managed to get an A-.
Lawrence Sita CHEM401 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/20/2009	Hes a great teacher and he really tries hard to make the students understand inorganic chemistry.All the questions from the exams are pretty much straight from the notes. Its not an easy A but it isnt too difficult if you go to every class. The book did not really help a lot. Only four tests and a final, which was take home.