This is the worst teacher I have ever had and she is probably the worst at Delta College.She is unclear about everything. If you ask her a question you are wasting your time,you have to look it up in the book.The book is your teacher. You are your teacher. She is very boring, she tends to talk really slow. Her test are hard.I hope she gets better.

This is by far the worst teacher ever. This lady needs serious help, she does not know what she is doing. Besides being slow.....she is just incredibly boring.

I WILL NOT RECOMMEND HER TO ANYONE.IF YOU ASK A QUESTION, SHE EITHER WONT ANSWER OR WILL START TELLING SOMETHING ELSE. VERY UNCLEAR. SHE TRIES HER BEST THOUGH. HOPE SHE GETS BETTER.

I completely disagree with the previous person's comments. Gamarnik is horrible!!!! I am not the kind of person to give up easily though so I have a solid B in her class and I study VERY hard, but this lady is no help at all. I have asked her q's before and sometimes she even gets an attitude!!!! at least 90% of my 75 classmates would agree.

Not very helpful, very hard to understand.

this lady is so hard to understand. there is no way in passing her class. half the time her lectures dont even make sence. and when you ask her a question she would get all pissed at you like your her worst enemy.

She is by far the worst chem. teacher ever.

Her class is hard only because she doesn't know how to teach. She leaves problems on the board, and lets you work on it for 2 straight lab hours while she works on grading her paper because she doesn't wanna do it at home. The only time she actually taught was when the inspector was over at the class, no test review at all, not recommended.

Absolutely horrible; lecture runs over into lab time making the class hard to stay awake. Learned more in my Chem1B class than in her class. Does not prepare us for general chemistry at all; is good at teaching organic though. Cannot even handle review questions, learn to teach yourself, book is hardly used. Needs to update her lecture notes!

She is kind of creepy and thinks herself superior to students. she doesn't explain things well. She has ocd. Gets pissed off when asked simple questions. Tricky questions on test.

Worst chemistry professor ever! She does not help students, never directly answers students question with clarity, and exams were difficult. DO. NOT. TAKE. HER.

Very hard and in-comprehensive teacher, worst science teacher ever! She usually left you in the class the whole two hrs to work on problems from board or wksht, then she goes outside doing something else. Also, she's very unorganized and very strict in grading. You have to understand the concept of chemistry PRECISELY in order to pass her class.

Definitely NOT the best Chemistry teacher. Teaching methods are VERY SLOW and often confusing. She goes off topic MANY times. Not helpful and doesn't give you clear explanation/response. Gives little to no instructions. Quizz and tests are ok. You need to put in effort to figure things on your own and work with other students to survive this class!

Horrible instructor she thinks she explains everything. Im a great student but ur literally left to teach ur self. Never take her if u need this class for ur future even if ur pre med or any health occupation. Shes utterly horrible and im a student who had her for two semesters and i had no choice

I had for chem 1a and 1b. She is super confusing. You are better of staying home rather than going to school.She doesn't even review for the exams and she can't answer any questions that are asked in class. She is unorganized and there is no due date for labs.She doesn't return the labs on time.

She is veryyy confusing! she doesn't explain things well and is always rushed because she is so unorganized. If you ask her questions, she is very rude and makes you feel stupid. You are basically on your own. If you have trouble with chemistry, DO NOT TAKE HER.

Gamarnik is the WORST professor at Delta. The quizzes are easy, the midterms have a lot of conceptual (so read the book) but otherwise aren't terribly hard if you study thoroughly. She likes to take points for sig fig.WATCH OUT! CAN'T TEACH! I TAUGHT MYSELF!!If you correct her she tries to make you feel dumb. . .not apprachable, she yells at you!!

Be prepared to teach yourself. She will not answer questions. The class now is hybrid with online homework that costs $30 in addition to the text book costs. Overall, you can tell she just doesn't care about her students at all or helping them learn.

no . she won't teach you

A very rude person and she will not answer questions unless she likes you.

SAVE YOURSELF SOME GPA POINTS AND DO NOT TAKE HER. VERY HORRIBLE AND CONDESCENDING!

She does not care about her students. She told my class that she does not care if everyone fails, she is guaranteed 10 years at Delta anyway. I failed and retook the class with Reedy and passed with no problem. She just gave hw out and expected you to learn through that. If you can avoid her. DO SO. She is also really rude, & extremely unorganized.

She gives reviews to where you think you are prepared, and then blindsides you on the test. She is an extremely tough grader. I you got half of the problem right she will give you zero points. Very unapproachable, and does not like to explain things. KNOW THE CONTENT OF THE TEXT BOOK LIKE THE BACK OF YOUR HAND, OTHERWISE YOU ARE SUNK.

So unorganized!!! If you can take this class at another's college, DO IT. Her teaching method is god awful and she is not open to questions. I received a C in her class with a B+ average on exams and A's on hmwk. Throughout the entire semester you never know your grade and now that the semesters over I can't ask how I got a C!!! Avoid at all costs!

Took this class online because of COVID and instead of being more bearable it was confusing. Almost all test and quizzes were written/free response even though she knew that some of us didn't have access to a printer. That was because she didn't knew, like every other professor, how to write a test on Canvas. We got grades, at least 3 werks after.

She says she cares about her students, but does the opposite. Test/quizzes are written and uploaded in a PDF FILE! If u don't have a printer and scanner ur fried. She doesn't know how to use Canvas for tests, she doesn't even how to unlock the correct answers .The least empathetic prof. Unclear grading criteria, misleading, never uses rubric. DON'T

If you've never taken a chemistry class before, this is not the professor for you. She speeds through material in labs, often goes completely off topic in lectures, and gives tests and quizzes every third lab. She is incredibly rude and is not afraid to ridicule an entire class for not understanding material. Check canvas every day for schedule.

If a 0 was possible, I would give a 0. She is terrible. Save yourself while you can, she is in no way fit to teach organic chemistry. Both lab practicals were given within a week of each other on the same day as a midterm and a quiz because of how far off schedule we were. Four of the six lab reports were due during the same week. Awful.

Has no idea how to teach intro to chem. When our class called her out on it her response was "I am contracted with Delta College, so it does not matter to me who passes this class and who does not, i will still have my job." There was a waitlist when class first started but by the middle of the semester there was mayber 8 of us left. SAVE YOURSELF!

Organic chemistry is a difficult subject, and this professor makes it much more complicated than it actually is. If you have the ability to take this class at a different community college, I recommend you to take the opportunity. In order to pass or get an A, be ready to constantly use outside resources to understand concepts.

I scored above average on all her exams, nearly 80-90% with a middle in-between for the unit tests. Lab papers were graded VERY last minute and caused me to fail because they weren't good. Really not fair because feedback was given so late. Lab materials are non-existent. You'll have to ask her, get yelled at, and then wait for her to get HALF.

DONT TAKE HER CLASS. She makes things more complicated than they are and makes you feel stupid for asking questions. Midterms every 3 chapters along with quizzes each week per chapter. Labs each week are done on your own, no partner. She is nice but doesn't know how to teach well and goes over material fast.

Guys, if you're planning to take Chem 3A, do not take it with Alla Gamarnik, I repeat, do not take it with Alla Gamarnik. It's hard as hell, she doesn't know how to explain things, and she talks to you like you already know everything. At this point, she's the worst professor I've ever had at Delta.

DO NOT TAKE HER! this prof makes everything 100x harder than it needs to be. exams every other week, a quiz (or even two) a week, labs are done by yourself. she is terrible at explaining things and moves through the material very fast. had to teach myself almost everything, and atp there's only 10 out of the 40 something students left. be warned :p