If you plan on taking this course, good luck. An absolute horrible lab manager, I am calling her that because she has not earned the right to be called a professor yet. Unorganized, unnecessarily rude towards students, acts like a know it all, calls out students for getting things wrong. If you sign up for this course and you get her have fun.

Terrible lab manager. Had the pleasure of interacting with her multiple times this semester for the labs, she was extremely rude and condescending towards students. For the lab final, she walked around yelling "5 marks off" to around 10 people who were finishing up and were not aware that the time allotted for the experiment was over.

The most condescending person I have ever met in my life especially for a professor. It seems like all she wants is for the teacher to fail. Also the grading scheme in this class is so random that it's unfair, my TA took pride in finding the smallest mistakes that we made whereas I know some of the other TAs were a lot more relaxed.

Insanely bad and most tough grader and terrible lab manager. seems like she has a problem with students

She was condescending, rude and belittles her students. She has no sympathy for those in her class and even builds on your stress when she can see that you may be struggling. 100% a terrible lab manager

The assignments will often have unclear instructions, and if you ask her about it she's weirdly rude and condescending about answering them. For example, the instruction will be vague about where to submit an assignment and the whole class will be confused, and when asked, she'll tell you to read it again carefully when it's clearly not there.

She won't listen to you, she won't try to help you, she doesn't want you to succeed, she'll think you're stupid if you make the slightest mistake. I've tried very hard to like her, but I can't. She doesn't belong in the education field. People who are in this field are meant to teach you and help you succeed... she's the polar opposite.

Being strict is fine, however, she sounds discouraging and impatient, and does not treat students with respect. Her instructions are vague and confusing. If you ask for clarifications, she thinks you have not paid enough attention and would often quote "As clearly states in the instructions" or "read the instructions again very carefully".

Had to take the lab component of CHEM 120/123 online and honestly worst experience ever. Online lab was a video played over zoom, which gives like 1 frame per second and I emailed to ask for the video and got a message saying "sorry we can't have students download the video." We can't even see the procedure but are expected to get all observations.

Doesn't care if you accidentally submitted the wrong thing, lots of prep required for the labs

Walked into this class with the hope of learning about entry level labs. Then I met Thomas, hands down the most rude and condescending teacher I have ever met. Will lash out at you via email if you ever question the instructions or ask about a grade. The whole lab is awful because of the way she runs it. Be better

Just finished the course and I've never been so happy. Those were the 4 worst months of my academic life. Poorly designed course. Terrible instructions. Mean/Condescending teaching from Thomas. We were given 45 mins to do the final lab when it takes over 120mins to do correctly. My prayers go out to all the freshman who have her next year

First of all, I just finished a final we were promised 2 hours for the EDF, and Um, we were given 45 minutes instead. Criteria for marking is completely random. And even being the most Knowledgeable student wouldn't save you.

I thought I was supposed to learn from a chem lab. instead i learned how to type w super speed bc the final was 45 MINUTES???? greatly under qualified. extremely poor course design. be prepared to cry. sets impossible standards with absolutely no consideration for students.

I have never seen a more disorganized, inconsiderate course structure and management, especially considering the new online format. The final exam was 45 minutes for an exam that takes minimum one hour. Even through technology errors, it was considered the student fault. This is new territory of teaching online, but this was unjust.

Be prepared to not know what's going on at all. This class made me want to rip my hair out, and not because of the material, that was relatively simple. The lack of information given was insanity. For the final we had no clarification on what was happening, I asked one of the TAs and they were told nothing, if the TA's have no info what am I to do?

Absolute worst course I have taken. Extremely unfair grading and 0 guidance. Given an outline for our final exam yet to our surprise it was closed book, and we were not given a second more that 45 mins to finished things we were used to doing in multiple hour sittings.

Let me start of with this, this class is absolutely horrible. 1) The class is extremely disorganized to the point where the TAs are useless. 2) the final was a disaster (didnt tell us the time frame before hand and was EXTREMELY unreasonable) All being said, do better to create a fair graded class next time. ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE.

All-round atrocious organization coupled with little to no leniency. Marking is incredibly strict, sometimes with little to no reasoning for deducted marks. Clear rubric for mark distribution only given halfway over the course, final exam was unintuitively structured and time constrained to the point where it was impossible for many to finish.

Also go review Sophia Nussbaum the other prof for 115. Both are essentially running the course like an authoritarian regime, no freedom of thought, you have to conform to their mold to do well on the EDFs. The quality of the lab videos are absolutely horrendous and the lab is very mismanaged.

I do not know how to comment on this ridiculous course, which completely turn off my expectation and passions about future chemistry lab courses. TAs can not help anything when I ask questions; the prof attitude is disrespectful and rude for replying email; all materials are so ambiguous. The worst, horrible class I even attended!

HORRIBLE!! Steer clear if you can!! Anne is extremely condescending and doesn't care whatsoever. This entire course is very poorly run and was a complete joke. I know I received a good mark, but the process was exceptionally difficult when marks are deducted without explanation AND there is no feedback :( NEVER AGAIN will I take a course with her!

This was one of the worst courses I have taken. If you don't have to take it DON'T. The final exam was sooo unfair. Something that they give you at least a week to do beforehand and then another 3 hours in class was supposed to be done in 45 minutes. Please tell me where the logic is? You don't even have time to think. Overall I was always lost:)

Anne Thomas and Sophia Nussbaum feed off of freshman tears. It genuinely feels like they want their students to fail. Most Chem professors in the dpt. are great and want their students to succeed. These two are pretty much the opposite. Don't ask them questions because they will scream/humiliate you until you have a full mental breakdown in lab

I feel that she is against us than trying to support & facilitate our studies, the disorganization throughout this course, and the final says it all. I don't understand the lack of information provided on the logistics of the final?? it's a test of our knowledge, not who can type faster or deal with random technical glitches. absolutely ridiculous

Going through way too much bs for one credit. The final is messed up. The time frame is shorter than regular lab times (3 hours), feel like they are trying to cut corners on everything, and having rushed through writing the final myself, it doesn't justify shortening the time. The half-assed guideline for the final just showed they don't care

Never showed up to teach. 0 consideration for students, 45 min final, like a typing test. Bad attitude towards everyone, a TA claims that when he emailed about student tech issues, Ann cussed him out and told him not to contact her! Under-qualified, rude, negligent, does not care! Lab videos are low quality, TA's are clueless, no consistency.

Don't take this class with her, thats all i can say

Class was poorly organized, expectations were not clear in the beginning. No point in emailing her anything because she'll respond in an unhelpful and condescending way. Wasn't as difficult as others made it to be but I strongly advise against taking this course with her unless you have to.

Not a difficult class, but this prof doesn't seem to care about their students very much.

Truly HORRIBLE!! Not only was she extremely unhelpful when you email her with any questions, but her tone was also extremely condescending. I uploaded the wrong pdf, and I emailed her before the deadline. She said she would only allow me to reupload if I let her take 4 marks off from the assignment, which was out of 25. Makes no sense!

I've yet to meet once person that has anything remotely positive to say about anne thomas. This course is completely doable to get a good mark if you put the work into it, but anne is just super condescending and not a great person to interact with

I took the summer course with Anne and it was not fun. Although my work was at the level that it should be, it didn't matter. Everything comes down to your TA. Some TAs mark real hard and others don't. I was deducted for things that weren't on the rubric; my friends didn't include stuff and got full marks. I contested it with Anne; she didn't care.

Zero organization with this class, so much work for one credit. Super unclear teaching and I hated it.

Unwilling to use proper pronouns and prefered names. Made experience in this class extremely unpleasant

The absolute worst Chemistry lab coordinator there is. There is so much to do for only 1 credit. She forces students to hand in lab reports in person at her office because "she doesn't like using Canvas". I have to commute for 3 hours so I can just hand in my lab report for her when it should just be on Canvas like ALL OTHER COURSES

There are barely any instructions to the lab, they are not teaching things. Every lab you have to do things w/o any pre-teaching, and WAY TOO MUCH work to do for 1 credit.

This was my second time with her, and it was worse than the first, which was bad to begin with. She is not an active instructor and is very difficult to talk to. She is not lenient whatsoever. The course canvas is very loaded and hard to navigate when there are different experiments being done at the same time. Too much work for 1 credit, -100/10.

The toughest grader and most terrible lab instructor I ever met

Way too much work and stress for 1 credit. I am glad I never have to go through first-year chemistry labs again.

lab was awful

I have known her for 4 years and is extremely rude. Needs to calm down and understand that its just a chem lab ....its never that deep

By all means, she strictly follows all rules. But she has 0 compassion or empathy for any student. There were too many occasions to name all but for example, I received a mark of 0 on a logistics quiz because I submitted the quiz 2 minutes late. To "promote equality among all students", she essentially forbids making any form of accommodation.

First-year labs are too much work. The information in the experimental overview is unclear and too wordy. Honestly, I don't see the point of writing your procedure. They said it's good practice for upper-year lab courses, but it's just an excuse for them to be lazy and not write the procedure themselves.

She has her moments of being really nice and friendly, but can also become verbally abusive in lab situations. It is honestly a hit or miss or her; you definitely do not want to ask her a question on a bad day for her.

Very strict and tough. Takes it too seriously. VERY harsh marking and late penalties.

Prepare to work on your own a LOT to get a good grade. Teaching nothing before she asks you to do the work.

She did not reply to my email. 0 empathy

IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER WAY, DO NOT TAKE THE LABORATORY WITH ANNE. TAs mostly mark your work but for this class, there is A LOT to do for just 1 credit. I cried before all the labs and after. We had to create our research experiment write a lot! and there were no examples. I didn't even know what we had to do... for what? 1 credit? worst coordinator.

Please don't take this with her. She has made these labs so difficult and I am crying every time we have a lab, I am having strong mental breakdowns because of the amount of work we have and I have gotten so depressed and no this is not an exaggeration.

I understand being in charge of all the 1st year labs is hard. HOWEVER, she shows no empathy towards students. She does not reply to emails, and is extremely condescending in announcements and in-person. You will not encounter her much in the lab, but having her replaced would make 1st-year chemistry much better for EVERY first-year student.

If you get her, you're cooked. She is not cooking. Get any other prof that's cooking. She makes you feel like a noob. #notaslay #cooked #noob

屎中屎。是死m的可以找她

give me a low grade without accordance

This lab is set up to make you fail. It is so tense and stressful, and they discourage attempting to get feedback so you can improve before your next lab, after seeing your grade. Definitely promotes a tense hostile environment that makes it hard to succeed. The pre lab in itself takes 7-8 hours before every lab.

Her name should be Karen not Anne!

Very hard to reach and unorganized.

Terrible at communicating, makes everything way more complicated than it should be. She is the only teacher for freshman labs however, so everyone in science has to take her class in first year.

she hates students. why not be approachable? "BuT rEall WOrld iS HaRSh." No, it is not. thank you for taking fun from chem.

Not the most welcoming face when you enter first year science. Over exaggerates everything and is very selective of what type of emails she responds to. I asked her a question that was very on topic and there weren't any rules saying I couldn't, but bro just ignored me like I was invisible. Always has that mean rbf and seems quite unapproachable

Someone tell the Chem Lab team that they don't need to be a d@$k to keep their job

horrendous

Incredibly unprofessional. I am shocked at her willingness to send out unbelievably rude emails, and how disrespectfully she behaves.

Had only one interaction with her through an email and the reply was unbelievably rude and vague... I am not sure about her in person however, the email made me feel really bad about myself, thus writing this review. I usually don't write reviews.

She lacks basic courtesy and respect in her interactions with others. This is merely an objective statement.