r/WakeTech • u/LeaveAlternative8946 • 1d ago
BIO 163! Avoid Prof *oles at all cost!
I don’t want to put the professors full name so please private message me and I’ll tell you the professor. But please avoid this woman’s class at all cost! I tried doing a review on rate my professor but there weren’t enough characters to describe the set up of this class in just a few words.
I’m a straight A student and this will be my first class that I barely have the ability to pass. Don’t get me wrong, yes it’s alot of work but it’s manageable if you have the time. My only gripe with this class is not the workload but the teaching style and exam style questions that are given to students by this professor. No matter how much time you spend studying the grade for lecture exams will not reflect that time due to how she words her exam questions.
The first 4 weeks of class she had cancelled due to “work meetings”. Then class was out for holidays which left most of class time being taken away and forcing students to learn at home. Okay no biggie. But I quickly learned that this was just a set up for how the rest of the semester would go. For starters, she may only cover 2 or 3 out the 4 chapters you have to learn for the exam. Which leaves students responsible for teaching themselves the remainder of the material. She doesn’t teach either, but mainly just reads the PowerPoints in a haze to get to the next chapter in time. No outside lectures to help students and if you go to her about going over your grade or exam, she will either tell you she’s swamped with other students who are “in line” to have theirs reviewed it just won’t respond at all to your emails.
Lab exam points are taken off for spelling and she may or may not grade you on every misspelled word depending on which student you are. Extra credit in her class means jack shit as it won’t reflect on your final grade. Assignments don’t weigh much so don’t expect those to bring your grade up but of course if you don’t do them they will drop your grade tremendously.
And lastly the lecture exams. I guess those exams are going to be worded based on how she feels. Sometimes the exams reflect the study material she calls “hit list” and sometimes they don’t. The questions are vague and don’t give much to the imagination to understand what she’s asking or looking for and then sometimes you will be tested on very minute details that weren’t apart of the main concepts. If she says focus on something and learn a specific concept. Forget about it and just try your best to learn every damn thing because typically the main concept she harped on won’t even be tested.
Finally, please understand that most students who are in her class and are passing with an A have either taken the class before, have a background in science or have taken other science courses that helps them. If this is your first exposure please find a top rated professor to take. Don’t waste your time or money if you pay out of pocket on this professor.