This woman one of the worsts profs I've ever had. If someone else is teaching chem271 take them and do yourself a favor. Her tests are poorly worded and the average is about 54. It is impossible to do well because of this. She has clickers and homework all of which don't reflect what her exams are like. Her lectures are boring and confusing

this prof is beyond useless. the only way to get a good grade in her class is to read the text, memorize all the problems assigned and not assigned. she can't lecture and often gives erroneous info in lecture you have to figure out at home yourself. she is rude and insulting when you ask for help. She should be fired!

This class has been terrible for me! The online work took hours to complete, but weren't worth many points. The practice tests weren't always accurate depictions of the actual test. I am doing poorly, and have to drop the course! Do not ignore these reviews. Some people don't mind her, but she didn't work for me. Be cautious when choosing this prof

I dropped her class half way through because I was SO frustrated with her teaching. In lecture all she does is do "example" problems on the board without really going into any explanation as to what the hell she's doing. The book literally taught me everything. The only thing is, her exams weren't anything like the book problems.

She is the worst teacher that could possibly be teaching gen chem. She makes math errors in calculations and explains nothing during the lecture. Attend discussion and teach yourself from the book if you want to do well/learn because she will teach you NOTHING. If you have a question, she doesn't give you an answer and gets frustrated with you.

She is a terrible teacher who is not clear whatsoever about what she is teaching. 1010 would not recommend taking this course with her. She does use balloons though for one lecture, so there was that.

Alice mignerey is the worst chemistry teacher i have ever had. her lectures are not clear whatsoever and she make a lot of mathematical errors. i never understood when she teaches and she gives quiz question at the end of every lecture so missing her class actually could affect your grade. exams were very difficult but big curve at the end.

Mignerey is terrible. I worked immensely hard and it was my lowest grade. She fails to explain and makes connections in problems; students can't follow. I went to office hours and sought help multiple times only to receive pure arrogance and no help (she laughed at my poor test grade). Even a TA admitted she teaches as if you already know chem

Alice has the best intentions, sure, but she makes it obvious that she does not know what she is doing. The class is difficult on its own, but with a professor who is unable to balance chemical equations, doesn't understand orgo, and wastes lecture time with balloon molecules, the class becomes impossible. Huge curve so that some people can pass.

If u want to learn any Chemistry DO NOT take her class. She did not teach any of the material well, always struggled going through problems in class as if it was her first time doing them. When students asked questions she answered in a sarcastic tone making us all feel stupid. Basically have to teach yourself everything (unless you took AP Chem).

Tests are impossible and will get mad at you for doing poorly. Literally just reads of slides during lecture and tests are way harder than study guides/practice problem

Easily the most pathetic professor in the UMD Chemistry Department. Although she is no doubt a smart person, her inability to teach basic chemistry was extremely frustrating. Often times she would make mistakes and she was easily flustered in class. The tests were very difficult and not at all similar to the practice exams given in class.

Mignerey makes CHEM135 much harder than it should be. She moves at an incredibly fast past and I find myself behind no matter how hard I try to keep up. She is often flustered during class, does not understand questions asked by students, her writing on the board is not clear, and she does not explain topics at the level of detail needed.

She seems very smart but she made lots of mistakes in class and seemed to jump between different topics and chapters at random. It was super difficult figuring out what was going on in class and she didn't really seem to know how to use the grading system, so our grades appeared far higher than they actually were until near the end of the semester.

Prof Mignerey definitely means well but she lacks the ability to hold an organized lecture and communicate complex ideas. She also teaches the class as if youve already taken AP/IB Chem. On top of that, practice exams are 20x harder than the real ones. Fortunately, theres a huge curve.

Very hard professor. Bad lecturer, makes many mistakes while teaching. Goes through material quickly without giving explanations. Teaches from Power Point. Gives quiz almost every class. Doesn't help build strong foundation of chemistry, will be difficult without at least basic understanding of chemistry. You'll have to teach yourself most material

Possibly the worst teacher I ever had. Doesn't explain anything and makes SO many mistakes. Quizzes basically every class. I basically taught myself the whole course and still am struggling to pass. I would rather have to take chem for an extra semester than ever take her again. Did I mention TO NOT TAKE HER?

Mignerey is a nice person, but horrible professor. She is one of those that knows a lot about the subject but just doesn't know anything about teaching. I basically had to teach myself in this course. The practice exams were helpful. The only good thing about this class was that there was a huge curve.

sucks. just dropped.

Professor Mignerey seems like a nice person and I'm sure she means well. But her lectures are just all over the place and don't make any sense. She is the worst lecturers I've had throughout all of college. One of the only good things about her class is that she allows for a double-sided cheat sheet for exams. The average for the 1st exam was 64%

Very rude responding to Emails. Very unclear on significant figures as its different for her class, Tophat and Chem132. While other professor gave points back in the third midterm for questions that were unfair, she refused.

If I was forced to choose between taking Mignerey's class again or taking a bullet to the brain, I would take a bullet. Awful lecturer, doesn't put grades in until the very end of the semester, technologically challenged, should be fired.

Too old to still be teaching with online classes. Our average for our last exam was a 56, half of the material on the exam was never discussed in class. The other professor gave points back to students because he realized the test was unfair and Mignerey refused simply because she was feeling petty. So not worth it. Literally take any other teacher

Mignerey is a sweet lady, but her teaching is not. She isn't good at lecturing especially over zoom. The HW on TopHat + Chem101 are long & tedious. Quizzes/ graded questions during lecture. Tests are hard, people usually avg

The TopHat (textbook) readings are worthless. Dont bother reading just do the in-text problems and move on. Dr. M is terrible with technology and a bit sassy with students, but shes very pure. I personally liked her style because it gave me freedom to learn on my own, but the class was harder than it shouldve been. Dont take if bad at chemistry

30 minutes of every hour long lecture is devoted to technical difficulties. You'd think after a year of using zoom she'd have figured it out by now; nope. She is not good at explaining things clearly, and if you ask a question she will laugh at you and act like you're an idiot and not even answer the question.

She was extremely unorganized. She wasted time each class simply trying to use her technology. She never answered any questions directly. Would not recommend if you're genuinely trying to learn the material.

Doesnt know how to explain or answer questions. Only shows calculations examples the whole class, with no topic or concept talk/explanation. you're lucky if you get any partial credit if you get an answer incorrect. TAs associated with the class arent a help either.

never take any of her classes. she looks down upon students and will not explain any of the topics covered in class. exams are on material we hardly go over, and she never cares about her students and how she makes them struggle. way too much homework is assigned (abt 100 questions a week). worst prof ive had and the ta's arent helpful either.

I hate her. Worst teacher ever. Cannot do a single thing right when it comes to technology and all her grades are put in at the last minute. All homework is worthless; try reading the TopHat and maybe something will click but she is literally the worst lecturer I've ever seen. She gets her own practice problems wrong. Take literally any other prof.

Awful professor that talks at you instead of teaching you. She'll go over problems in lecture but she stands so close to the board that you cannot follow her work until she steps aside. She'll ask if you have questions but literally laughs in your face when you ask. The only good thing is that her practice exams are very similar to the real exams.

Professor Mignerey is tough. It is very hard to follow what she is saying when she teaches. She writes her work on the board, but it is all over the place and she skips explanations as if we are just supposed to know what she is doing. If you ask her a question, she gets annoyed you don't understand. There are also quizzes every single lecture day.

Dont recommend, save yourself and pick a different professor!

The class is hard to keep up with. She doesnt go through all steps to solving problems. The class feels extremely rushed with very few grades and an outrageous amount of exams. Would not recommend.

Worst professor Ive ever has. She forgets that shes supposed to teach us, as we do not have a PH.D in chemistry. Extremely unfair, would not recommend.

Professor Mignerey is a terrible teacher. She has a tendency to simply put things on the board without any proper explanation as to the steps or the logic behind the problem. Additionally, she is very rude. She has no respect for students, your answer could be correct, but off by a decimal, and the complete answer will be marked wrong.

Honestly, Professor Mignerey is mean. Countless people would ask questions in class and she would laugh at them or give an extremely condescending response. The class has so few grades so it makes it very difficult to get an A and the final seemed way harder than any of the problems we did before. Don't take her

Dr. Mignerey is very smart but she often skips steps, goes too fast, and covers too much content, making lectures very confusing. We had 4 midterms, a final, daily pop quizzes, and an absurd amount of homework (hours every day). Her tests are difficult and each one averaged a C or D. She does offer a generous curve at the end though.

Professor Mignerey accused me of being a liar when I asked her about inconsistent grading on her test, when a classmate received credit for the same work that I did, when I had not. She is rarely available, pretty rude, and practice assignments do not correlate with the tests provided. Rely on Organic Chemistry Tutor on YouTube for learning this.

DO NOT TAKE W/ MIGNEREY. IF YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO LEARN AND UNDERSTAND TAKE SOMEONE ELSE. MIGNEREY is very rude and highly unapproachable. During lectures, if you ask a question she gets an attitude and responds with im not gonna ask you that. Exams are mostly mathematics.

THE WORST PROFESSOR."Teaches" high level physics rather than general chem. Teaches is in quotes bc she really just does practice problems and expects you to understand. Then if you ask her a question, she is super rude and condescending and will laugh at you. Save your time, pick a diff professor.

They give you online hw (~ $30-80 dollars) and every week you get 144 questions and more if you get them wrong . It takes me a WHOLE DAY ( 7am to 7pm) to finish. Don't go to lectures she doesn't teach use YT and have gpt 4 explain the slides. I could've saved 240 hours (Literally 12*16weeks =192 + (1 hour to dissect each lecture *3) *16=48 )

She doesn't even know what she is doing.

Professor Mignerey's lectures rarely *explain* new concepts when they are introduced, so if you want to really understand anything, your best bet is to teach it to yourself before lecture. Test averages were consistently low, and the tests were usually harder than the review material. Don't take this professor if you can help it.

Just a heads up for those taking CHEM135. Take Griffith or wait till another semester. Never take this woman at all COST. She is the worst UMD chem professor I ever had. Took Griffith after her and pass calmly since she relates it to engineering. Mignerey is just doing hardcore general chemistry with extra unnecessary work.

She could barely read off the slides. The discussions were useless. The test prep was useless. The class got curved at 45% to pass because she is such a bad teacher. Genuinely such a terrible experience in her class. There are little to no resources available. Go for Griffith, I haven't heard one complaint about her.

This woman is easily the worst professor on campus and don't know why she isn't yet fired. Her lectures make 0 sense because she does examples & more than half the time makes mistakes in them too. She spends atleast 20 mins of the class trying to figure out how to use the technology. Her exams are poorly worded and homeworks take 15+ hours.

very bad lectures miserable homework if you take this class be prepared to learn all of the material on your own time

she is terrible. her writing is incoherent she expects you to already know chemistry and when you go to write down the important information she changes the slides on accident because she doesn't know how to use her iPad. don't take her unless you have no other option.

She's not a mean or bad person, just a horrible teacher. She covers roughly 30 to 40 pages of textbook content in a singe 50 minute class, and explains things in the most confusing way possible. Every single person I know who took this class spent upwards of 3 hours a day just studying the textbook to make up for her horrible teaching.

I made the mistake of thinking, “all of these people giving reviews are over exaggerating”. It's worse than words can explain. By the third lecture I was completely lost. Don't make my mistake. Please

i have no words

do NOT bother going to lecture if you have her. You will be teaching yourself the course anyway