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One of the laziest professors Ive had. When I asked her to speak up In the first class because we couldnt hear her, she told me to move closer as if there was space to do so. Her lectures are her whispering for an hour. She cant give enough info for her life. Gave the wrong exam room, doesnt tell us where to submit work, when, etc. A mess.
her lectures arent clear and hard to follow and she speaks very quietly. However she does answer most questions. However if you have to many questions she tells you to go to tutoring. She also makes her own midterms which she changes the usual multiple choice midterms into her own short answer midterms. Makes it far more difficult. AVOID IF YOU CAN
Absolutely terrible prof. You can't hear her during lectures because she whispers even when you ask her to speak up. Lectures are confusing and hard to follow. There are no power points, she posts her own HANDWRITTEN notes that are also hard to follow. The test was extremely hard, instead of M/C she made it into her own short answer. AVOID HER!!!
Never take her course. Out of 3 classes, half either failed or got below C on the test... it's clear to see who's the problem here when only 18 people out 0f 148 got above 80%. Tests are unnecessarily hard. She does not know how to teach and you're better off learning on your own than relying on her.
I thinks shes new to teaching based off how quiet she speaks but she does teach the content fine & as long as you attend the classes and do the modules you'll do good. Only issue is she seems disorganized. Currently have a test tomorrow and the mystatlab hasnt been working the past 2 days. No way to study apart from her unclear notes :/
She is not very helpful when it comes to the final project and usually says "its in the textbook." If i could study off a textbook why would i be paying you
She is literally the worst professor. From Teaching in a lecture, Slides(She doesn't have any.), for help or clarity on a question, she is unable to explain or do any of these things. IF u ever have her I highly recommend switching out asap.
No doubt worst experience of my life. Nothing is organized and it's like she speaks a different language. Take her class if you're ready to teach a course to yourself.
Professor Van Hilten is very nice but seems disorganized. You should be ok if you read the book and do the homework but this is not the type of professor for those who are looking for an in-class experience. Lectures were always cut short and even cancelled and the explanations in class mean nothing if you don't read every single page in the book.
She has the be the worst prof ryerson has. She will not help out her students and does not provide any powerpoints. It is super hard to understand her notes and she speaks so quite. My best advice is to drop her class if you have her because she is not caring and doesnt care if you struggle. She told us our test was multiple choice when it wasnt.
Not a good prof, talks very quiet and does not offer much help to students. Avoid at all costs
Where to begin, I have never experienced such an ill equipped professor at Ryerson. I have never rated someone before but I had to in order to save others. Do not take her at all costs but if you do, prepare for the worst.
Avoid at all cost. Does not care to help her students. At times will go out of her way to made life for her students more difficult
She's clearly new and clearly incompetent. Continuously changing the course as it went on, even though it should be the same as all the other QMS202 classes. Refused to make exams multiple choice, and though the final was online due to Covid, she made it as difficult and confusing as possible. AVOID at all cost!
Not helpful at all doing a really bad job at teaching even she claimed she is a doctor but she knew nothing about teaching during this pandemic, organize a really messed up exam and totally not recommended
Actually just dreadful. Has no business being a professor. Stay away!
She is the worst professor I've had in my entire four-year undergrad. Avoid at all costs. I've never met a more incompetent person in my life. She can't teach and can't help. Better off staring at a blank page. Can't even get the exam posted on time. Waited two hours after expected post time. Students have lives too, shes a complete and utter moron
teaching isnt THAT bad but damn shes incompetent as hell. How are you not posting a whole FINAL EXAM on time
HORRIBLE! DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS. Shes a nice person but an awful prof. She doesnt post PowerPoints but instead posts hand written notes. Final exam was all written answers and EXTREMELY HARD. Had to teach myself everything. Class is somewhat hard to follow. Switch or drop the course if you have her.
Do. not. take. her. Extremely disorganized, extremely unresponsive on Email and her tests are hard. Short and Long answers for the final??????? 120 marks and 180 minutes, you cant finish that exam on time. Did not get exam details till 3 HOURS before the exam. 2 Hours delay with getting started AND forgot to put a vital part of a question on Exam.
Awful. Do not take her under any circumstances. Believe all the other reviews here, she is just incompetent
This is by far the WORST professor I have ever encountered! Her tests are so unnecessarily difficult and she does not know how to teach. On top of that, she is extremely rude. I'm not sure what's going on in her life, but she is very unprofessional (scolded me once) . If she had any reviews before this sem started, I would have never taken her!!
The final exam for this course is worth 50% and she decided to make it the hardest exam ever. It was supposed to be multiple choice, but she made them time-consuming short/long answer questions instead. Her exam also had many mistakes and we were not able to go back and forth between questions, so we had no idea what it looked like going into it!!
She does not know what she's doing. She delayed the exam for over an hour and a half just for it to be filled with mistakes. The questions were also very different from any of the homework questions/modules. Take her if you want to fail.
She is the worst prof by far in Ryerson, take her if you want to fail. This course is not hard, but she made it extremely difficult. All other sections had MC, but we had short and long answer questions... she is rude and unhelpful. She will make you feel dumb for asking questions. Someone like her should not be a PROF. PERIOD.
Well where to begin, I Worked myself so hard for this course that I got physically ill. She should not be teaching this course under any circumstances. I could go on and on about her short comings and disdain for her students. In most cases in my direct dealings with her, she had left me speechless, primarily because of her sheer incompetence.
First off, the rating scale isn't low enough to even rate her. Secondly, the reviews speak for themselves. I would not recommend taking her at any cost.
Get ready to learn everything by yourself and be given literally no resources to succeed from her. Avoid at all costs and I hope honest to God that she gets fired before others have to go through what we went through. If you're beyond inept as a prof, at least reply to your emails on time or at all for that matter.
She was pretty well organized in class but when everything moved online cause of covid it became a nightmare. The actual class is pretty easy but alot of the negative reviews on here about her are coming from lazy students that do not attend class or even try to succeed.
Wasn't helpful at all. Uploaded written notes onto D2L that were barely even readable. The lecture was very boring and dry.
Student asked if we could go over HW questions and concepts we were struggling with, she said " NOPE we don't do that here" Also does not record any lectures to be posted. Claims she is a teacher, not an actor
Very terrible teacher. Does not teach well. Avoid if you can.
Horrible teacher, impossible to learn through her zoom classes. Does not go over homework questions, does not finish examples she starts, always makes mistakes when trying to teach something that confuses the whole class. Does not record her lectures so students can't go back and rewatch it. So if you forget what she taught in her 3 hour lecture GL
If you end up in any course with this professor, i suggest you switch. Trust my advice You need a therapist to keep on going with how unfair and messed up stuff are going to be with her.
A really great professor! Hes fun and really enjoys what hes doing. He answers emails in a timely manner and makes sure you understand whats going on. Coming to class is not mandatory since everything he says is on his notes, but I encourage attendance for clarification, it helps. The material is easier to understand if you do microeconomics.
Avoid her at all costs. Even a student can teach better.
1. She's unbelievably passive-aggressive 2. She is unwilling to answer questions and will be irritated if you try 3. She doesn't seem to care at all about her job Didn't attend another lecture after week 1 because my brain genuinely could not handle her teaching style. If you have her as your professor, switch out ASAP.
Honestly, I believe the reviews were a bit harsh in my opinion. I currently have the professor right now and I think just the course is really difficult and what they teach is completely different than what's being tested on. Professor Van Hilten is actually quite nice and will try her best to explain, that being said, that isn't enough to do well
you're on your own, better be ready to teach yourself the entire class.
I don't know why this professor has such a low rating. At times I will say she may be passive-aggressive but she actually tries to answer questions when she can and genuinely cares about the students. The exams aren't too difficult as long as you study the course material.
LIterally the worst prof you can get. Try switching
Good luck
I understand the reviews on here. She is passive-aggressive and the next second tries to act all nice like she wasn't just being rude. Honestly, can't teach either. I do my best to learn everything myself and watch videos. The content in this course is hard as it is so having a teacher I'm afraid to talk to doesn't help. The tests aren't too bad
She gets a lot of hate and personally I can see why. Is she absolutely terrible? No. But is she a good professor? Definitely not. Her tests are very hard and they make up the majority of the grade. She also heavily avoids answering questions and is often passive-aggressive in her responses. If it were up to me I wouldn't take her.
Not a bad prof, although, her exams had a bunch of typos and missing variables which made it impossible to answer some questions.
Absolute horrible prof. Shes super passive agressive. Lessons are literacy useless/confusing/ boring and filled with errors . Theirs basically no point in attending since YouTube will do a better job. She gets mad or gives some bs answer when you asks questions in class. AVOID AT ALL COSTS
Not a good professor at all
This professor is not good at all.
Passive aggressive, gets angry when students ask questions. She makes simple high school concepts way more complicated than it needs to be. Lectures and exams are riddled with mistakes. Don't go to class - she'll waste your time. Organic Chemistry Tutor and Khan Academy will get you through this course.
Oh boy, where do I start? Firstly, she is gets super irritated if someone DARES asks a question regarding their confusion. If you're not willing to answer any questions properly, what are you trying to accomplish? Also, if you pay just enough attention, you'll notice she makes errors in every other calculation and claims its a "test". BAD PROF!!
I don't even care anymore. this prof is awful and could not teach at all. She released the final exam an hour late. Don't even bother taking her.
Her lectures are just her going through the problems in the textbook. I attended a few and they were a waste of time. There are errors in every other slide and she get's annoyed when someone asks a question. The only way I passed this course was self-study (youtube and khan academy). I would suggest switching profs if possible.
The 3 hour lectures were unnecessary to explain the slides, the PPT slides themselves are useful for tests. Makes snarky rebuttals to student questions or comments. Land acknowledgement every class seems disingenuous; a show of moral exhibitionism. Attendance unnecessary.
Very bad prof!! Comes off as very standoffish during lectures and gives passive-aggressive answers to questions. Replies terribly slow to emails and hardly makes an effort to understand the student's difficulties in the subject. Lectures are very slow and uninteresting and not necessary to attend as they are not helpful whatsoever.
Honestly one of the worst teachers I've ever had. Has great credentials but has no idea how to teach. Be prepared to learn everything by yourself as what she teaches is the bare minimum you need to know. Unfriendly in zoom meetings and made it feel like she wanted you to fail. Shout out organic chemistry tutor for carrying me through the course.
If there is another prof teaching this class, don't even bother considering van Hilten.
Helpful sometimes. bitter most of the time
She's a decent prof, I don't think the reviews are reflective of her if you just do some of the work you can easily pass, and I barely attended class. majority of this course is grade 12 material.
Avoid her at all costs. She is not accommodating at all. Usually neglect students emails. Her exam is really hard if u dont pay attention to class. Also her lectures and exams are full of errors and incorrect answers. It is a difficult course itself but she makes it harder, trust me.
lots of mistakes on the tests
Don't take this professor if you want to pass
I would give you a zero but that is not possible so I give you a one. She was extremely rude, cut off students that asked questions. Also her writing on the board was messy and difficult to understand.
This course is one of the more demanding courses but sadly she makes it so much harder :( Dont listen to people who say its an ok class they are like 1 in a million who think so. I can't describe in words how bad this course was due to the prof
Dont take this professor if you have the option.
Honestly, she has been one of the worst profs I have ever had. She never responds to emails, releases the final exam over an hour late, doesn't like when students ask questions in class, is super rude, lots of homework. My least favourite thing was that she straight up lied to us about the contents of the final and had lots of errors in it. Beware!
Very rude and unaccomodating
Put a lot of incorrect answers in the mid terms and the final exam
so rude, doesnt answer questions, cannot read her handwriting even if your life depended on it
Got this B- because of makeup tests. Would've completely failed if the whole class didn't call her out. Very bad professor, do not recommend one bit. Had to buy the QMS110 textbook for the MyLab code, but never used it.
Worst prof everrrr!!!! She never answered emails and so rude whenever somebody asked questions. Although got an A+ for the course, I had to work a hundred thousand times more than other classes. Also, she keeps making mistakes while teaching. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!!!!!
Avoid this professor if you have the option
Worst prof ever
Dont take this professor if you want to pass the course
Lectures were full of mistakes and hence it made learning difficult
The absolute worst
Worst professor
Does not care for your grade. I asked for help during class, and she told me to attend office hours because she was more interested in getting through her class. Had an assignment where more than half the class asked for an extension because many students are still waiting for the calculators to order, but she did not give an extension.
She is very unaccommodating, mean, and does not care about her student
If you have Van Hilten do yourself a favor and find another professor. Worst prof i've ever had in my life. She doesn't care about her students and will NEVER answer your questions. No matter how small your question is she will refuse to answer it. I would of gave her a 0.5/5 but it doesn't let me do that.
Super tough professor, really hard on students. Not the best at all but she's improving
Professor van Hilten is very incompetent, demands too much from her students. Her lectures are worthless and the tests are nothing like the textbook practice questions. Because of her my gpa is probably dropping and for some reason shes the only one who teaches this course (Im actually talking about QMS 442).Try finding another professor if you can
Avoid this professor at all costs. You’ll have to teach yourself in order to do well
you will have to teach yourself everything. be prepared to put in countless hours weekly to understand each lesson because she will not teach you how to solve the problems, she only reads off slides. slides dont show you how to do all calculations so Goodluck. she also doesn't respond to emails if you have any questions either so your on your own!
I had her for QMS130, which was an awful experience on its own. I began liking her a bit more this semester, but she ruined it entirely with her misleading exams. She does two midterms, both of which are terribly made and do not even contain the right m/c answer sometimes. If you can avoid her, do so at all costs. Nice person, but worst prof ever.
She sucks at teaching. Her lectures are literally her reading off slides for 3 hours barely going through how to solve problems. We have weekly mylab homework to help us go over the topics, but the Midterms related to those weeks are nothing like the homework questions which is what we are supposed to use to prepare. + reading lots of extra hours.
Exams are nothing related to the assignments and the materials covered in class
This professor does not include the correct anwsers for some mutliple choice questions on midterms. Some are smilar to homework but yet the right answser is no where to be found!
You’ll get lost during her lectures. Just reads off her slides for three hours
She is a really nice person, but should not be teaching. She is not sure of her material. Does not help when you ask for clarification, she says "What do you think?" to every question asked. She picks on people in the lecture to answer questions and sometimes does not even clarify if their response was right or wrong. A tough course and teacher.
This is the most horrible prof I've ever encountered in my life she literally does not give af about her students. She would make everything harder just to set you up for failure. If you don't want to drop the course avoid her at all cost
Very inconsiderate towards the students
At first, I thought she wasn't that bad, and wondered why there were so many negative reviews. Man I was wrong. She makes everything so unnecessarily complicated and 10x harder than it needs to be. You must be mental to assign 50 questions with 5 parts to them for weekly MyLabs. Oh, and the midterms? Nothing like the MyLabs - useless torture! Lol
please if you are reading this and are in qms230 this semster, if her final is anything like her midterms that contain wrong anwsers we have to confront her. My grade would be horrible after the exam if its like the term tests. I study and can do all the mylab but her questions don't even seem right. We must stick together and do what is right!
Her exams were incredibly hard compared to the material we covered in class. On top of that her lectures tended to drag on quite a lot.
Marks all allocated to near impossible tests and exams
Avoid this professor at all costs. She complicates the course materials and the exams are nothing like it
Would not recommend you take her. Avoid it. She does not do a good job covering course material and there's a lot of confusion in general. Tests are hard and sometimes are on things not covered in the lecture. Only really covered indirectly. Not a pleasant experience so avoid it
Does not understand what she is teaching. Terms are often incorrect and generally feels like she doesn't want students to succeed. Also very rude for no real reason
DO NOT TAKE
Took her for QMS130, had her for 230 as well. Do not take unless you want to work 10x harder than you should for these courses. She doesnt understand her own material and does not seem to care about teaching it. Learn yourself or avoid.
I had Adriana for QMS 130 and unfortunately had to take QMS 230 with her. The course itself is not hard (I say this because I relied entirely on myself to study), but she makes it difficult for no reason. She does not care about students at all... I sent her very urgent emails throughout my course to which she takes over 4 days to respond. AVOID!!!
After taking Van Hilten for QMS130, QMS230 was a small improvement. She seemed more interested in the material and less grumpy, maybe because of the timeslot change from 9-12 to 12-3. Still not particularly engaging during lectures or caring about students, good luck teaching yourself for the whole semester if you take her class (or are forced to)
The professor makes the content difficult to understand.
Does not want students to succeed! Lied about how the final exam questions were split up. Not very good at teaching and rarely responds to email. Rude and takes about 20 minutes to set up the lecture. Not every smart person is a good teacher. Will do everything to avoid in future classes.
The worst prof I've ever had. I had her for QMS130 and QMS 230 and I thank god I never have to take another course with her again. Her lectures are useless, exams are filled with mistakes and it is impossible to get ahold of her outside of class. She's terrible.
Does not record lectures and got upset when we asked if she could. Her powerpoint lectures are very vague and does not help at all. The material was not explained clearly and a lot of students had trouble following along. I mostly taught myself everything through the textbook and mylabs.
she's atrocious to say the least. there is genuinely no point in going to the lectures you can learn everything from the textbook which gives a lot more detail. she doesn't explain anything well, ignores questions in lecture, doesn't answer emails, and seems quite disinterested in student well-being. by far worst learning experience.
there is something seriously wrong with her midterms and exams! That's all.
If you're in SAF get ready for a roller coaster ride as she is the only professor that teaches QMS 130 and 230. Lectures are basically useless (especially if in-person) as it is boring and she lacks engagement. Also, her ppt are vague and do not help at all. Lastly, her midterms and finals were completely different from the labs that we were doing
No point in going to her lectures as you can learn a lot better from the textbook
This professor complicates the course materials hence making it difficult to learn
Very bad prof at this university, I had her for QMS110 and QMS210 and she was very difficult when it came to helping her students. She gave us a lot of of work for the assignments and refused to give us extensions on it. Her helping on our questions is also difficult, she makes more hard to understand when helping you. She does not care about us.
QMS 230 is a challenging course and Adriana made it worse. Her lectures are not useful at all, they make the content more confusing. I stopped attending them after 2 weeks, luckily attendance isn't mandatory and the textbook is actually good. Exams are quite difficult. Adriana is blunt with students to the point of it being somewhat rude.
if u are GENUINELY disciplined u can avoid going to class at all, learn the calculator, read and make simple textbook notes, and do EVERY SINGLE QUESTION IN THE CHAPTERS b4 the mylab her lectures are really confusing and leave u more lost than before u went to the class, just study the content at home in the time u would be going to class, gl
Lectures were designed in a way where you had to attend her class since the PowerPoint gave minimal information. She is not willing to give extensions and gave students a hard time when you ask questions. Lots of homework, get ready to study hard to pass this course. DO NOT recommend this professor.
I have zero words.
I am currently in a lecture as I'm typing and i regret no switching to another prof. The answer on one of her slides was wrong and a student had to correct her. She is in a huge class and isnt using a mic. slides barely teach you anything
Very arrogant and does not help students fully. For example, this one girl asked her a detailed question during break and she told her "Im on my break too you know" instead of asking her to come at the end of the class or something.
Has lot's of attitude and is incapable of teaching.
Adriana made our first midterm on Thanksgiving weekend, right before reading week! Our practice exam does not correspond to the content we have been learning in class or the MyLabs. She is passive-aggressive toward student questions and is unapproachable. I have taught the majority of the course to myself. Take advice from these reviews and switch.
This professor is absolute terrible. AVOID HER AT ALL COSTS, SHE WILL MAKE YOUR LIFE MISERABLE.
Avoid her!
I could write an essay on why you should switch out of her class. Basically from my experience, when you asked a question she would give you this attitude or give this vibe to not ask questions. She either says the solution or writes it on the board. You can barely see the board cuz the markers she uses don't work and is reluctant to buy new ones.
This Prof is complete useless. She as a lot mistakes on slides. Does not know how to teach. Get ready to do everything by yourself with no understanding. Overall do not recommend her at all.
has no idea how to teach switch at all costs
deez nuts
does not know how to teach or explain concepts, makes students life hard on purpose
She overcomplicates lessons and literally just reads off the slideshows. She hates it when you ask questions. The exams have nothing to do with what you learn.
Avoid taking a class with her at all costs... she is the worst prof I've ever had. Numerous times she has called me out by name in front of the whole class just to point out that I look "confused". her slides and my labs have mistakes and forget asking her a question, she will talk to you like you're stupid and talk down to you.
Good luck trying to read her slides. They are poorly written and incomprehensible. Poor teaching skills too. Avoid at all costs!!!
Unapproachable to talk to and passive-aggressive when you ask questions. The MyLabs are heavy and when you ask for an extension she gives you a hard time about it. Not understanding and she does the Land of Acknowledgment at the start of every class and sometimes made students do it before starting the lecture
MyLabs questions are nothing like the midterm and exam questions. Most of the class needed a +60% on the exam to pass the course, which seems impossible.
Made me rethink my whole existence.
Shes herself is confused during lectures and marks heavy.
A professor that will only be remembered by her incompetence.
Not good.
She likes to make the life of students as hard as possible. She enjoys it. I suggest teaching yourself most of the concepts.
I strictly urge everyone to not take her. The course itself is not hard but the professor cannot and does not teach. She is not willing to answer any questions. If you want to pass the course do not take her.
Absolutely awful. Not helpful at all and dismissed students' questions. Her slides were impossible to read and there were no explanations. You're better off teaching yourself. Practice material was nothing like the exams so good luck on them. If you can't avoid her, get ready to learn literally everything from Youtube and Khan Academy
Honestly, she's just very confusing. The exams aren't horrible just make sure you practice and do homework and understand the concepts as best as you can. As for the professor, she's not very helpful. She doesn't explain things well at all so if ur a good independent learner who doesn't need help, u should be fine. Avoid her if u can.
She was the best professor out of all courses I had in my first year at ryerson. I genuinely feel her rating is underrated and she is just truly amazing. If you do the work needed to be done than it is very easy to get an A-level course. She helped me out so much with many concepts outside of class hours and I understood it all.
Don't listen to the good reviews. Absolutely horrible prof. You will cry during the exam. Try to get every free mark possible through labs, otherwise be prepared to fail, her test is unimaginably difficult. She may act very positive and upbeat and teach the material very lightly, but do not let it fool you.
TERRIBLE PROF! She does not teach anything in class, you have to study all by yourself, trust me if you have her RUNNNN!!!
Terrible, no words could explain and she knows nothing. She just tells you to use the calculator and not what the calculator actually does.
awful. the modules were nothing like the exams
I hate this prof. Genuinely dont know why this prof even exists at TMU. She cannot teach at all, calls you out on the spot and expects students to know everything. The slides arent even clear enough. The mylabs take forever too and she makes every concept a lot harder. 3 weeks in and im already done with this prof. AVOID AT ALL COSTS.
She doesn't teach the slides, she expects you to know everything, she expects you to know things and puts you on the spot until you answer her, she will keep pushing you. if i could rate this prof in the negatives, i would. beware. do not take her or this class.
She is totally crazy and aggressive!
Beware!!! The quizzes are not like the Mylabs!!! If you have her, switch out if you can. Run!!!
I don't know why she even became a prof!!!, she is extremely aggressive and rude, and gets mad quickly. Please start a petition and gather signatures to force the university to fire this lack of a professor.
I had to teach myself the entire course. She was genuinely the worse prof ive ever had in my entire life. She was really rude and got mad when you ask a quesiton. The happiest moment in my life was making her cry in one of the zoom classes (if you know you know). She should not be a prof and needs to get kicked out. I pray for her downfall.
Mixed feelings. Assigns ~20 hours of practice / week. Exams are designed with that assumption. Ask a question in class and she'll just look at you like she's sick of her job. However. Her actual lectures are really useful. She engages students in class. And if you need help and seek it out privately, she will move heaven and earth to help you.
shes ass
This professor singly-handedly is the reason why the qms department has such a poor reputation. We should go strike, while the dept. fires this prof!
Very rude prof who has no patience. She also makes a lot of mistakes in her slideshows. She just reads over her slides and expects you to know everything. If you ask any questions, she gets upset with you. There are better profs than her
Statistics is a critical resource for students pursuing careers in finance. Unfortunately for TMU students, Adriana is gatekeeping their success in mathematics. If you have her in a coming semester, switch to a new professor. If she is the only professor teaching it, defer to a later date. If you can't defer it, read the textbook, teach yourself.
Honestly, exams are okay for this course, I don't know about other QMS courses she teaches. Modules are crazy, you have to spend an average of 5 hours to complete a single module assignment. Try to take all the lectures given, this course will be easy when you spend at least an hour a day. Just make sure how to use all the methods in the calculator
Doesn't answer any student questions and is condescending to people. Doesn't return marks in a timely manner. Doesn't teach the subject properly and is very vague on her expectations. If you ask questions she will shame students asking them and won't actually answer. Doesn't release marks untill the last minute. A waste of money and time.
Not worth the time or the money terrible. I'm surprised that Tmu condones this at all.
Her assignments are the hardest and nightmarish. If you don't write with the best accuracy to her understanding you are going to suffer. She is not easy to approach to get your doubts and questions answered.
Terrible teacher! Try to take any other prof, she does not care about students. Calls on students and does not teach thoroughly. Writes in fine print on a white board that is impossible to read. 0/10 would not take.
It's staggering how poor of a teacher Adriana is. She is combative and rude when approached for help. What's frustrating is how little integrity she has behind what she says. She will say that a midterm will be entirely multiple choice, when it's not the case. Or she will say that downloading SPSS is not necessary when a timed quiz requires it.
Dont take it
Honestly she's a pretty cool person, but her multiple choice exams are extremely confusing. The final was short answer and I scored over 95 whereas MC was in the 60s. A lot of this is on me for suboptimal prep though. Outside of that, yeah there's some rough edges but she does care and 1.3 is a criminally low rating
Jesus Christ. How isn't she fired?
She should not be teaching the course.Avoid at all costs
She's not that bad. I'm pretty sure she saw her current rating and she's trying to do better.
The average rating is too harsh. She is not terrible to be a 1, she definitely saw the ratings and is trying to be better. Stats itself is a difficult course if you fall behind, but she does a good job of helping you through questions. The online textbook and practice questions are your best bet to do well. recommend going to the lectures for help.
Easiest Prof ever, read the textbook don't go to class and you'll get an A
worst teacher ive ever had
dont take her
Run while you still can
This class is why the TTC subways have to slow down during midterm and exam season, would not recommend this prof, she never explains or even writes down solutions, would "accidentally" make mistakes on her slides, and never answer any questions from the class. Be prepared to study and understand everything all by yourself.
Constantly getting distracted and sidetracked, teaching isn't engaging at all, needs to work on projecting her voice, flies through the slides on her PowerPoint without actively explaining the steps to get to the solutions.
She does not know how to teach, she just reads off of slides.
Not the easiest class, but Adriana is trying to improve. Lectures and the online textbook are key to doing well. unstuckstudy was a lifesaver for practice problems too.
Hilarious how she isn't fired. Will disregard all your questions by saying “ I don't know you tell me”. So rude and is very abusive of her power as a prof. This is the worst teacher i've had in my life. I'd rather be taught by one of those crackheads next to Tim Hortons, maybe I'd actually learn something.What a way to kick off my first year!
Publicly humiliates students for no apparent reason. I stopped going to her lectures because the energy in the room was constantly terrible, everyone is on edge, she stresses students out for no reason. Be careful.
The weirdest prof i've ever seen she's almost cartoonishly bad. She constantly berates the back row; you'd be called on less if you sat near the front. She's also easily offended when you question her teaching methods when she purposefully makes concepts learning IN HIGHSCHOOL COMPLICATED. If you got into uni u can do this class, just avoid Hilten
she got dementia fs
try to switch if u can, don't go to her class ALLTHINGSMATHEMATICS is clutch
Khan Academy and peer tutoring is CRUCIAL if you take this professor. The weekly assignments did not reflect the exams. The lectures are extremely unclear and confusing. She also is very defensive and rude. During the first midterm, my room ran out of seating, and she was screaming at the invigilators over the room setup. She has anger issues!
Ive heard that she picks students from the crowd (especially the back row) to answer questions. People tell me she's trying to do better but man, when i checked in for a test overview she skimmed through the whole thing. That was less than the ten minutes she gave for the one on one session. Please save your soul and pick anyone but her.
if i could go back and tell my august self to pick any other prof I would. van hilten is an utter mess, she doesn't teach anything, her lectures are useless + when you ask a question she tells you to read the whiteboard when there's nothing on it. honestly opt for a prof w an accent cause they have slight care for you and the course.
Her lectures are a total mess and she doesn't do anything visually, she picks on the back row and skims through each class as if we already know the material. Never taking her again
Her lecture is useless. her slide has wrong information and wrong answers. her lecture gives wrong information. just don't take her course. if you do, do not go to her lecture. just studying on your own to get you a better mark.
the worst profs I've taken in uni so far. it feels like she doesnt even know what she is talking about. She is unclear and skims through the slides every class + shes RUDE everytime I've asked her a question I was met with unnecessary attitude. god forbid you to question her teaching methods cuz youll be met with attitude. just take any other prof.
The lectures are bland, her slides are so dull, and she barely does through examples or provides solutions to specific questions. The overall course is easy to complete, focus on the textbook, mylabs, and allthingsmathematics guy to help out, absolute legend. In terms of marking scheme, it went like this for me: Mylabs, Midterm 1&1, Final Exam
She doesn't know how to teach and is very rude if you ask her any questions. Her lectures are super useless. Learning on your own is way better than trying to learn from her. I learned absolutely nothing from her. The course itself isn't that difficult; you just need to put in some effort. Take someone else if you can.
I had her for QMS210 in the winter and she was a good prof. Her class was an 8 am so granted no one showed up but I found her slides to be helpful in terms of using the stats calculator (you'll see when you take the class). Overall, not the best prof but definitely not the worst.
Where do I even start with Adriana Van Hilten? As a first-year student, she absolutely shocked me. I now know that there are professors who just suck. Just suck. She can not teach. She does not care about her students at all. Lectures are so useless, just skip and study on your own. Do not go to her for help, she will give you attitude. WORST PROF!
Just no trust me no
She is not as bad as everyone says. If you do the assignments perfectly, you will pass the course. Her low rating might be because math is not an easy subject. Also, if you didn't pass the advanced functions course or passed it with a low grade, you might struggle with any professor.
evil, will pick on you in class, teaches nothing. but if you did well in advanced functions you will do fine
Very rude to students who ask questions and give answers. Calls on people. Overall unpleasant and hard to listen to.
Worst prof at this university. She is mean and causes scenes with students like she did with me. Her tests are very difficult, and no amount of prep or whatever can truly help you, as she never clearly outlines how to prepare properly. My best grades in this class were her assignments as I earned a 91% , but please make sure you never have her.
I guess you can call that a professor.
avoid her at all costs, her slides are not helpful and the lectures were not engaging whatsoever. she calls on people in front of everyone and is in general very rude and unhelpful. told her we were having trouble with graphing and she told us to look at the daily mail, oh and she made my sister cry and she wasn't even her student.
Adriana is very rude and does not care about her students at all. If you ask her for help, or in my case, to write the solution for the math problems on the slides, she will laugh at you and say, "No!". She picks on people in class and will wait for you to answer, even if you don't know. Overall do not recommend her AT ALL.
Yeah I only chose cause I can understand her better but boy was I wrong, she asks the class what she is writing is correct and kept on bullying other students within the class for no reason and goes way too fast through the slideshow.
just don't i am in total shock
terrible prof explains stuff poorly bad at teaching. also shes passive aggressive, rude, and not easy to talk to. tests were not very difficult but shed put stuff on there that we had never covered. its basically gr12 functions so its not a hard course. she writes stuff on this board thats basically unreadable unless youre in the front few rows.
She taught the course information very well, it's not that hard to begin with
She does not care about anyone and doesn't tell you if your answer in lectures are correct.
People really drag her, but honestly shes not terrible. I dont think the remarks about her being passive agressive are true. It may seem that way but I think she just has that vibe to her, shes genuinely helpful if you ask questions, and she teaches a lot tricks. Sometimes she overcomplicates things but its not hard to breakdown.
Absolutely terrible, does not teach anything, gets mad at students for asking questions, makes some simple concepts confusing, would avoid her at all costs
The most boring lectures I've ever participated in. You also can't hear anything she says even when you sit at the front of the class. Avoid this at all costs, I fell asleep multiple times in her class due to the fact. Someone start a petition to get her fired, ill sign it...
Honestly, she is not bad as people say she is. She is really nice and answers students questions. During break she helps other students on how to use the calculator needed in the course. However, if you speak in class (loudly, in a group) she will confront you and ask you to be quiet or leave. (so whisper)
Terrible prof
Worst professor in the history of professors. Extremely rude, would always shame/embarrass students who got wrong answers or needed help, and was passive-aggressive. Once, a student tried to hold the door open for her, and she crashed out on him in front of the class. I could write a 20-page essay on why you shouldn't take her. Please avoid her.
She made me mad every time I came to her class. Has no respect for her students but expects respect back. She yelled at my friend because he called her ms instead of professor, twice!!!!!!! Shes super rude and she doesn't want you to succeed. She doesn't answer any questions and tries to make your life more difficult!!!! PLEASE AVOID AT ALL COST!!!
She can be rude and picks on students for no reason and can get upset if you ask her questions. She gives two very hard midterms and two spss projects for this class which she never explains how to do. Her slides are missing parts and have the wrong answers on them. Overall, I do not recommend take any one else.
Had her for both QMS110 and 210, only thing to beware is the MyLabs are a headache, itll be 25 questions but some questions have up to 7 or 10 parts, personally for me i didnt attend any lectures and still did decent. For her exams just practice the mylabs and if you can do those yourself and solve them then the exam should be a breeze.
Prof Van Hilten is an excellent professor if you go to every class and give a damn. She is very caring to the students who ask questions, participate and are engaged overall.
Learning statistics for the first time takes a good prof who explains concepts thoroughly and stops when someone has a question. Prof Hilten had very detailed slides you could look back on for clarification and ensured everyone understood the concepts she was teaching. She even stayed behind after lectures to help students who didn't understand
I thought I would be in for trouble, but I got the burdensome 6pm-9pm class, and she wasn't the worst. I have had way worse, but I saw her helping out, and she tried to finish class early because she knew leaving lecture at 9 pm was wild. We usually finish at 8:30. But you pretty much have to still do a lot of the heavy lifting studying yourself.
She made me cry
i lowkey feel like an alien here but i truthfully loved professor hilten, extremely hard course, yes, but if you put in the effort, you'll do good.
QMS210 is already a dreadful course for most students who aren't a genius mathmetician. There are *FAIRLY* simple concepts mixed in the course, but its A LOT of work and you'll dedicate hours just doing the MyLabs every week. The tests are also super long. Hilten can't teach. Praying for anyone who enrolls in her class.
Doesn't know how to teach. Just reads the slides.
her slides are hard to understand and teaches? na she just shows you some hard to understand steps and goes full bonkers on you if you upset her and even the littlest things she sasses about it. theres quite litterly no point in coming to class since at the speed she goes through slides and how they have very little explanation theres no use.
really hard to follow along. she had open hours to help but when I didnt go she looked at me with annoyance and disregarded everything saying i was smart and should ask someone else. when i asked for peek help she said I wouldn't need it now im struggling to understand a single thing. im cooked
She made me cry and feel like shit. In my four years of uni, I have never felt more stupid in my life. Its not kind to treat students in this way. I dont know why she feels the need to belittle others.
Avoid. If you cannot avoid, don't go to class, you will get more confused and waste 3 hours. Just study off of the textbook and my labs trust. She will embarrass you infront of everyone and yell.
Terrible teacher, doesn't teach at all, slides didn't even help that much, and did not provide any extra material to help us prepare for the midterms and final. She's also rude and doesn't respect the students at all. Answers on her slides were wrong sometimes and even gave bad advice saying that the midterm would be similar to the mylab
Thank god I took the same subject before Uni or I would have failed. Terrible at everything, other than being racist to one student ( lets not talk about that ), I would never never take a course with her again, after that I had qms210 and I was ready to drop the course rather than taking it with her. DO NOT TAKE CLASSES WITH HER
pray to God you dont end up with her as a teacher. and if you dont have a religion-- get one. [midterms/exams are short answer with few MCq; shes mean-- really, really, mean; not that bad at actually teaching to familiarize yourself with the content, but you end up doing the bulk of your learning yourself while working on the mylabs] AVOID.
AVOID. She makes students feel so uncomfortable by calling them out or insulting them.
Honestly, I would rate her 2.5. She is disrespectful at times, and she blames students for bad marks, but otherwise she is ok. The textbook material she gives is helpful, and, she even alloweed me to recieve a grade for a test which I didn't circle what type of test was mine (there are different versions). Overall, her rating is a bit unfair.
The reviews are over exaggerating. She can be rude, but she's also nice a lot times. If you practice the mylabs and read the slides you should do well and pass.
doesn't know how to teach, just reads off the slides and sometimes the answers are wrong. do yourself and favour and don't take her class, and if you do, don't even bother showing up to the lectures and just teach yourself
Idk why all other comments are so rude, Prof is fine, do MyLabs if you want a good grade and do all of them, tests are basically MyLabs examples. Prof is always responsive and able to give me more info on office hours; she is caring and wants you to succeed. Don't be a dummy and take her, study labs and practice, and you'll be good.
She did not teach and very impatient with the students' questions. During the class she only read the powerpoint. Did not explain it at all.
Do MYLABS if you did well on calc in hs you'll be fine, never used a textbook, only mylabs. Go to office hours, don't ask a bunch of questions in the lecture; the professor doesn't have time; she needs to go over the material. Very accommodating and helpful if you approach her right. She does want you to succeed if you put in the work.
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