Want an easy A? take it. Because I have not seen a more submissive and obsequious professor in my life. Want a regrade? you will get it. BUT you won't learn anything. Students are treated as if they are in high school. Quizzes every week, tests, finals what not. The grading is so easy that people actually end up learning nothing. Sorry but pass!

Kind, sweet lady who knows material well BUT an extremely poor prof. Had her for Dynamics, currently taking her for Mechatronics. Course is structured well and makes passing easy, but not worth the frustration of her lectures. If you take nothing away from them, that is hardly your fault. Incapable of communicating material or answering questions.

So many assignments yet she does not know how to teach. Extra credit is barely related to the topics. She has no idea what she is doing. Passed by learning on my own because the way she teaches is not conventional in any sense and is totally unnecessary. Does not know how to command a classroom, doesn't answer challenging questions. Terrible. SAD!

Had her for Dynamics and Mechatronics, consistently poor lectures but she is very nice. Labs had no correlation to lecture, homework assigned on material she hasn't taught yet, showed up 30 minutes late to a midterm, overall the class itself is disorganized.

Although she is very sweet in person, she has no control over the class, cannot keep up with her own material and does not know how to explain anything. She takes over 10 pages to solve one homework problem and that makes trying to relearn stuff very difficult. It's an overall maddening course and avoid her if you can.

Annalisa is probably one of the worst professors I've had in my time at Rutgers. Lectures make absolutely no sense, as she just babbles on and gets distracted easily. Hand written notes are totally illegible. Not very understanding when it comes to things going wrong. (ie. missing class, turning in work late) Recommend not taking her.

horrible.

She's incapable of holding a lecture hall's attention. She can't teach, and it's sad. Anytime I actually went to class, I left more confused than when I had come in. I relied on the textbook for this entire class, exams are pretty difficult and her grading is often unfair. My advice, skip class, and do as many practice problems as possible.

Like most people can attest to, she's an incredibly nice person! Unfortunately, she can't teach. Here's why: 1) Her accent is very thick. She has difficulty communicating concepts to students because of the language barrier. 2) Her handwriting is awful. Diagrams get messy fast. 3) Can't keep control over a lecture hall. Doesn't finish lectures.

just dont

This professor is the complete opposite of a good professor. Get ready for a fake smile with no answer to greet you when you ask a serious question about the lecture material and pictures of Italy instead of the time on the board when taking exams. This professor is careless and has no idea how to teach. Terrible in every way.

JUST DON'T DO IT TO YOURSELF. REALLY DON'T. I WARNED YOU FOR YOUR OWN GOOD!!!!!!!!

I'd be shocked if you could find a worse professor than Scacch. Avoid her like the plague and if you have to take her, just try to do everything on your own.

I've never met a more unprofessional professor in my time at university. In her office hours she's even more rude then she comes off in class. She isn't capable of teaching a lecture, her notes are so unorganized and her expectations are always unexpected. She complains about doing "professor things" that she is paid to do. Run, far far away.

Can't warn you enough not to take her. Hands down the worst experience I've ever had in a classroom or lab and in shock that she still has a position. Mechatronics has the potential to be one of the most crucial MAE classes as you peek into the applications of electronic components but you're stuck following an instruction manual the entire time

wow. Hate to be this person but she is prob the worst professor I have ever had. let me list the many reasons why. 1) comes off very rude 2) is not helpful in office hours 3) takes 20 years to grade an exam 4)her lab has nothing to do with in class 5) if you use a different method than the one she is familiar with she will mark you wrong. STAY AWAY

Attendance mandatory and worth 10% of the final grade. (with homework and "Quick Questions" worth together more than all of the midterm exams combined.)

Three midterms are worth less than all of her QQs, attendance, and participation combined. She cannot hold the attention of her class, a problem in a 300 some-odd person lecture. If you dont pay attention in class, trying to teach yourself the class is virtually impossible because she gives you the bare minimum of study materials. Good luck

Definitely worst professor ever at Rutgers. Spends 40 minutes, 20 slides doing 1 problem on the board which textbook already answered that perfectly in less than a page. Uploads wrong files on Canvas. Crammed 3 last chapters in the last 2 lectures. Treat you like a high school student. fake smiles. Dont do that to yourself

As you've probably heard from countless others, she's a terrible teacher. Unfortunately, she's the only professor for some required MAE courses. Really wish it wasn't the case. The lab incredibly easy compared to the lectures/hw/exams (you just follow exactly what the TA and instructions say, you could do it mindlessly).

Stay far away.

@all saying just don't unfortunately you probably have to :C You will probably learn nothing from this class :)

Had her for both dynamics and mechatronics. Just go through the motions, play her little game. She is bad at communicating and AWFUL at being punctual. She gives 30 in lecture assignments so go to lecture. Homeworks are fine and exams (there's like 4 or 5) are relatively easy if you do the posted practice exam the night before by yourself.

Her lack of preparation has resulted in us cramming an abnormal amount of material in a short time. Even without cramming she isn't great at teaching.

Just no. Course just repeat physics123124, but a more pain in the a way. Try u best 2 figureout what will be on 3 midterms, which count less than 30% of u grade.

Studying for the final made me realize how little she taught us.

You will have a hard time in this course. She does not teach that well, and so you have to be ready to study on your own to help yourself. Takes forever to grade things too, it is really bad.

Annalisa will wait until the last minute to grade your assignments and exams. Notes are unorganized and unclear. She will ask for improvement, but will justify why she is teaching well. You basically need to teach yourself in this class. And because she is a tenure professor, she is not going anywhere soon. Good Luck.

The professor manages her time terribly and chose to teach three chapters in one lecture before the final exam so we can be tested on the material. She is a slow grader and you'll never know you grade until the minute you receive your official grade. She does not allow use of phone or laptops for class, so be prepared to take pictures of the slides

Dumbest Professor Ive ever had to learn from. Super unorganized and unclear during lecture. A lot of work for absolutely no reason.

The worst. Do not recommend. Always a mess and the grades for assignments feel random.

Super unorganized; teaching was a mess, grades ridiculously late, unreasonable amount of work. Work isn't something new in engineering, but there's no reason to have 5 weekly assignments just for the lab alone. She posted grades for some of the exams a month after we took them. She missed the grade due date and actually went back and changed grades

This class for me was kind of a waste of time because it is basically just physics. The lectures are okay, but not a lot gets done during them. A lot is unclear, like when the quizzes are and such. I did not have a good time in this class.

She explains things not very clearly and her lectures are all over the place. She was unorganized and late to nearly every lecture. The material on its own really is not that bad, but her explanation makes it much more confusing then it is. Nothing pleases me more then knowing I never have to take a class with her again.

Probably one of the worst, if not the worst professors I've ever been taught by. She is super unorganized and all over the place while doing notes. She used several different platforms, canvas, gradescope, slack, and perusall, which makes looking at due dates and assignments a nightmare. If you ask a question be prepared to get condescended.

The worst professor I have had so far. I'd say Hove is 10x better than she is. (that says a lot) If you have the luxury of taking this class online, don't attend the lectures. Just watch recordings on 2x speed and skip over all of the use less stuff she says. Other than that the material isn't hard so you can just teach yourself. Good luck!

Everything you read here is true, she's the worst. She acts like she is always open for feedback and communication with students but she never responds and is just extremely unhelpful. lectures always fall behind. Eventhough she sucks, the class isnt terribly hard especially if u have taken phys 2 already. Tests are not bad either. Good Luck :')

Her accent makes it difficult to want to understand and the material is very boring. For some reason she makes up new variables for things so understanding her work is every more difficult on top of her bad handwriting. She uses slack but apparently ignores it outside of class. QRR are pointless. Hw is short and she is a light grader on tests.

Please stay away, I'm warning you if you wanna save your GPA. She teaches us like we already know the problems and her method of teaching students is terrible. You know the professor is bad when 90% of the students don't show up and don't know what the material is about. You basically have to self study to pass.

She pretends to be nice. She calls her midterms 'quizzes' so that she doesn't have to offer a makeup under Rutgers guidelines if you miss it. Lectures are boring and unhelpful, I was able to pass because most of the class is just physics 1. She uses her own variable system which doesn't make sense unless you ask her specifically. Avoid if possible.

Advice: when you get your quiz grades back, go through it yourself. There is a high chance they just won't give you points that you clearly deserved, and you will be able to fight for those lost points easily.

She's a good person but not a good teacher at all, her handwriting is unreadable for lecture and notes outside of class. The effort she puts into the class is kinda apparent when syllabus' and information about stuff like the final are copy pasted from other classes she teaches.

She really is one of the worst professors. Less than 10 students came to her lectures every time and the class average on our final exam was 37%. I'm taking ME Measurements this semester (Mechatronics is a prerequisite), and our professor just said he's planning to report her to the MAE department head for literally teaching us nothing at all.

Easily one of the most frustrating professors to talk to with one of the most annoying, disorganized lectures I've ever had. She wasn't very accommodating re: lab groups when concerns about participation were brought up and refused to allow us to move groups despite letting others work alone. Her and the lab TAs teaching methods were both unclear!

Honestly, a terrible professor. No effort or energy to engage the class, contradicts herself during lecture multiple times and makes her own variables as she goes. She doesnt really have a way to teach other then off the textbook. Must study hard, but could get a bad grade as she has a terrible teaching style, exam problems are not like the hw.

Well,everything you read here is true.Disorganized lectures, multiple contradictions during the lectures, and poor engagement of the class. First exam the average was lower then a 40%. Good luck, exam problems aren't like the hw. Made me wait outside during her office hours for a whole hour (shes only avalible for two as well). Nothing else to say.

Just study textbook

Awful professor. I am probably passing this class because of how I did on her "quizzes" (exams) Did well because of my Physics 1 knowledge. Awful teacher super inconsistent grading. Lots of instances of students having very similar work for the quizzes and there would be a huge grade difference. Read the textbook, watch YT vids n you'll be alright

As a person she is very nice, the quizzes are easy and she gives a lot of extra credit. She is an awful lecturer, she would just talk about signing in to the poll system for 20 minutes. Don't waste your time going to lectures and just use online videos to learn. Also, buying Chegg is very useful for homework.

She's a nice Professor but the lectures are very different than the homework's, quizzes, and final exam. There are a lot of opportunities she gives for extra credit but it was very difficult navigating through this class.

Shes a great person, but shes terrible at lecturing. She makes up her own variables and calls her midterms "quizzes" so you cant miss them or make them up. Honestly, great lady, but poor lecturer and also terrible at grading. I think she is about to get let go by the MAE department and she is forced to curve our grades a little bit.

Yes, she is a sweet teacher and tries to be understanding. But as a professor, I'm sorry no. Her handwriting is pretty unreadable and her notes are so unhelpful. She is not organized with the way she does her problems so when you look back at her notes you are like what the heck?

Very nice person. However, she doesn't teach well. She creates her own variables for equations, which confuses students than actually making the content easier to learn.