She's the worst professor I've ever had. When she came into class the ONE time during the semester, she yelled at a girl wearing a long skirt (which she was wearing for religious reasons) and made her go change. Absolutely unacceptable honestly.

Meanest human I have ever talked to in my life. No getting around it she is the grumpiest people you will ever have to talk to. Its not a one day thing its an every time you ever see her thing. Avoid her at all costs.

Absolutely awful. I never had to meet her in person, but I have had to email her and she has been extremely rude. Once, when I submitted a lab report into the wrong slot, she told me I had to take a zero for it. Hope for a good TA, they will save your life.

Basically the most miserable experience I've ever had with a teacher. The one time I had to speak with her for help, she was utterly rude and lacks a personality. She sent me out without helping me and I received no points for my given question. I regret to say that I will have her again next semester. I hope you get a good TA.

Dr French is extremely unhelpful. If you have to speak with her for any reason she'll talk condescendingly to you as if you're extremely dumb. It's patronizing and shows she clearly has no interest in helping student succeed. The class is extremely disorganized and French doesn't communicate with her TAs so everyone ends up confused.

She is by fat the most unpleasant person ever and unfortunately I have to take her again next semester. She offers no help for things that could be fixed by her in minutes.

Dr. French carries a bad reputation for the chemistry department at UK. Although I had no personal encounters with her, other students in my class were treated harshly by her. Don't bother asking for help. In my opinion, if you're going to be a supervisor over a whole CHEM Lab Department, you should be willing to help students. Good luck w labs.

Dr. French is the worst teacher I've ever had. I understand that as a lab supervisor she has to be strict but there is no reason to be as heartless as her. she was very unhelpful, condescending, disorganized, and just plain mean.

If you have to take this class, prepare yourself now for a long miserable semester of pointless lab reports and a horrible lab supervisor. She will not help you at all throughout the semester, and if she takes the time to stop sitting around and actually talk to you, she will probably be one of the most condescending people you ever meet.

Awful. Super strict, but does not fully explain what the criterion for this strictness are.

She is the worst professor that I have met at UK. She does not care about her students or their success. Students should not be heard or seen or alive in her opinion.

The whole class it taught by the TA. The homework is always confusing and difficult if you haven't already done the lab in high school. There's usually a lab report, data entry and calculations, pre lab assignment, and procedure write up each week. The programs she uses for class are not user friendly. Good luck finding any other teacher though.

You have to take her. But prepare to be miserable

She has a condescending attitude and is not pleasant to talk to.

This is not only the worst professor I have had, but the worst overall teacher. I have never had to deal with someone that does not care about her students as much as her. She is extremely cold and bitter. I was 1 point away from getting a B (the class was out of 1100 points) and she wouldn't round it up. Also, she uses a tougher grading system.

She is very arrogant, disrespectful and completely unreasonable. By desperately trying to be officious, she puts away reason and common sense. No matter how sensible you're trying to be, she totally lacks connection with students (and probably TA's), and will most likely misinterpret your good intentions as inherently dishonest and deceitful.

I am honestly surprised that April still has a job with UK. Everything said about how horrible she treats students and her TA's are 100 % correct. Do yourself a favor and take the Chem labs at another school. Yes, you are responsible for your own success in college but the way she has everything set up, sets students up for failure in the beginning

She literally makes everything about this class soulcrushingly difficult just for the fun of it, I swear. It's like she actually gets off on this. Just a despicable person.

April French can be sum up as unhelpful, heartless, and difficult. Her lessons are unclear and difficult. Instead of teaching the course's content, French piles on assignments that students are automatically expected to know. Zero pre labs are helpful and the course is very vague and unclear. Good luck with the course, you're going to need it.

April French is the result of satan boning hitler in a long hot round of hateful sex because they couldn't save the relationship and its all they knew to do.

Be glad that most of your interaction in the lab will be with your TA. Dr. French is simply a disrespectful, rude, and unpleasant person - not to mention an apathetic lab coordinator. If you have questions in 111 or 113, direct them toward your TA.

Yikes. Good luck to you.

Pray for a good TA. Do the assignments and follow the rubric strictly and you should be fine. It is a lot of work for a one credit class. You learn more about how to work hard and survive on little sleep than you do about chemistry.

In the four months I spent in CHE 111 I saw April French once. I had heard the horror stories but I haven't yet seen them myself. Her emails always have a tone of disdain though. The class is very hard to get an A in. Your have to spend a lot of time working on your drafts before turning them in, they count just as much as the final.

I have never met such a disrespectful professor. She is even rude and disrespectful to her TAs. She acts very childish in the fact that she has to have the last word or makes a snide comment towards the TAs. The worst part about her is she is almost inevitable, you have to have her if you have anything to do with chemistry.

Final was ridiculously hard for a 1 credit hour LAB class. You have to pour in a ton of time that you just don't have in order to get an A. You also have to get a 92 in order to receive an A. Focus on classes that are worth more to your gpa. You will put a ton of work into this class and get nothing out of it. Chem21 also is terrible.

Although most students never come in direct contact with Dr. French herself, she often talks down to students and is unhelpful when you ask her questions or e-mail her. Pray that you have a good TA and a good lab partner or you're probably screwed. It's very tedious work for a 1 hour credit lab class and you have to work extremely hard to get an A.

Your lab report grades depend on your TA, so it really just depends on how easy your TA grades. I've only had one interaction with April French, and she was extremely rude and unhelpful. Good luck

Dr. French is the worst professor at UK. She is a miserable human. One of the rudest people I have ever encountered

This was by far the hardest class i have ever taken thus far. The lab reports take a day to write & there is also additional homework along with it. Never talked one on one with april because she just oversees the TAs. Make sure you discuss with previous students who their TA was because they mostly dictate your grade.

Although I have never formally met Dr. French, the way she administers the labs speaks volumes about her. Every class we (the students) show up confused and worried that we missed something. The instructions are given in a kind of scavenger hunt format; nothing is straight-forward. This is a course for chemistry majors only. All else are doomed.

April French is not a caring person. Don't expect to get any special-treatment or generally any compassion whatsoever from her. Traumatic events or relatives dying, she won't blink. I cannot emphasize this enough. Long lab reports and only 1 credit hour it to expect. However, if you follow the rubric to a T, then you can do fine.

Dr. French should not be a professor. I completely understand having the same standard across the board for all students since she's over a lot of the chemistry department, but the way runs the Chem lab courses is a nightmare. She berates her TA's and students. If you have a special request or situation come up, do not expect any help or sympathy

I just wanted to comment to say that everything you're reading here is 100% correct. She is every bit as bad as everyone says she is, and this botched abortion of a class she designed is probably the most vague, frustrating, and pointless thing I've ever had to sit through. I cannot tell you how many times every student in class was totally lost.

As a decent chemistry student (all A's on the exams in lecture), I thought this lab should be an easy A because it was associated. However, this lab, for the most part, does not involve chemistry, but moreso jumping through hoops to appease your TA. In addition, I found the exams unnecessarily hard to prepare for (the lab taught nothing).

Che 111 really is the worst course at UK. Probably the worst course in the SEC. The TA won't explain anything about the class format or grading. I cant stress enough how horrible this class is, go take its equivalent at BCTC don't waste your money or sanity on this class.

Most difficult class I've ever taken; 10x worse than the actual lecture. If you want a decent grade, get ready to dedicate an excessive amount of time and work. Everything is graded ridiculously tough, and you need a 92% to get an A, not a 90%. Each point missed counts against you. Definitely worth more than 1 credit hour.

I took CHE 111 and CHE 113 and both were nightmares. She doesn't personally oversee any of your labs, so you'd best hope you get a good TA that SPEAKS ENGLISH (Mine was from Bangladesh and could barely produce a sentence). Lab papers are tedious and midterm/final is ridiculously hard considering this is a lab. Avoid at all costs.

French is the devil but she's your only option lol good luck freshies

You probably won't have to deal with Dr. French since a TA will directly oversee your lab, so don't immediately freak out when you read these reviews. Took CHE 111 and CHE 113 and both sucked. The midterms/finals are awful considering its a lab course.

There is no mercy in this course, or April French. Prepare to spend 10+ hours a week writing procedures from an incomprehensible lab manual, performing calculations, writing endless reports, and studying for the exams that actually test your knowledge of 105 and 107 concepts, all for the meager reward of a B or C on this two credit hour LAB class.

One of the worst people the University has hired. I'm appalled that they've kept her on staff for this long. Hard to get into contact with and rude when you actually do. The midterms are ridiculous and the TA is the only redeeming part of this course. Luckily, you won't come into contact with her much.

April French is essentially Professor Snape, but without any of the redeeming qualities. She is rude to students, TAs, and the class is unnecessarily difficult for a one hour class. The TA will make or break you in this class, so hope you get a good one. You better follow the rubrics to the letter or those small deductions will add up fast.

Professor April French delivers a course so arduous and incomprehensible that by comparison the Herculean labors will seem as the most measly of undertakings. The cruel hands of Dr. French have facilitated a degree of suffering so severe that students will find gargling battery acid more alluring than remaining in this course.

The tests and workload expectations for a lab are ridiculous. The CHE 113 final was cumulative for CHE 105, 111, 107, and 113. Also, the grading scale is not done on percentages but rather points. It comes out to be like 93% and above is an A. Also, the lab is always ahead of lecture, so we have to teach ourselves the material to do the pre-lab.

if you want to save your gpa and a good college experience, avoid her. Uk should really replace her asap. She scared me so much that just seein her can ruin my day.

Che111 and che113 shouldnt be that hard but she made it 29299183839 times harder What is the point of making it so unneccesarily difficult with tons of lab reports with cummulative exams since they are only 1 and 2 credits courses Pray and hope fo the best if u take her courses

Dr. French's Chem 111 lab is a 1 hour course, but she expertly makes it as miserable as possible. The sheer amount of work we are assigned on several different mediums (Chem21, Sapling, Canvas, Lab notebook) is overwhelming. My 5-credit hour PHY 211 course has significantly less work than what I'm receiving in this lab.

You probably won't deal with Dr. French directly but the gen chem labs are designed AWFULLY. Why do students have to pay for an EXTRA sapling on top of the one we already purchase for lecture and pay for a chem 21? Can the weekly pre-labs not be taken through Canvas which is FREE? Also the midterm and final are way too hard and Dr French is rude.

This class is designed to be much more work than what it is worth for 1 credit hour. The exams are hard and what they give you to study is from 3-4 years previous making it NO help. Luckily, I got an awesome TA because that also makes or breaks this class. April French is no help and rude to students.

April French is the kind of person that when you take a look at them you automatically hate them. Add on top of that the lab is just dumb work. I just really cant explain how much I dislike her. Terrible human being

The only good thing about taking CHE 111 was finding April French's Instagram (@chemie2007). This is a 1 credit course with the workload of a 4 credit course. The only advice I can give you is to follow the rubric precisely and to hope and pray to Jesus that you get a good TA.

April French sets up the labs in a way that makes them absolutely student unfriendly. Everything is due at 5pm for some reason, and Chem21 is the most frustrating program that I have used. Freshmen: Work ahead of time and always follow the rubric. Don't be surprised if you're spending +4 hours on this 1 credit hour class.

You know you dont deserve to be a teacher or professor or whatever when there are more than 100 extremely bad reviews about you. Few positive ones are probably what she wrote for herself. Being rude and mean just show the immaturity of her, not cool at all. The way she organized the lab can destroy ton of dream and passion.

This class is structured in a highly confusing way. Lots of assignments due in short periods of time. For each lab there are pre-labs, in class parts, quizzes, full reports, and online reports. TAs are hard to understand, but teach the entire lab. Grading is extremely specific and hard to get A's

3 weeks in and I already can't stand her. Doesn't respect students or their questions very much. Also makes us pay for 3 or 4 extra homework websites when Canvas is FREE and much easier to use. Makes you question if she gets something out of us being charged more than what the average student can afford.

Dr. French is bad at her job. To make that worse, she is extremely rude. 111 is a 1 credit hour class, and 113 is a 2 credit hour class. Both courses I have more work outside of class than I do for any of my classes. In addition to this, the class and grading are structured extremely poorly. UK needs to start fresh in the chemistry department.

Almost every student at UK will have to take Chem lab at some point. It will be one of your worst classes that semester. The poorly designed third party website, excessive amount of out-of-class assignments, bad TAs, and rushed class time all make for a stressful and destructive "education" experience. I can't believe it's only 1 credit hour...

Took her lab freshman year and now as a junior, my opinion of her and her class has not changed at all. HORRIBLE. Incredibly disrespectful to students and her own TAs. Labs designed like they are supposed to fail and youll learn nothing from them. This should not be the first lab experience students get. It is absolutely nonrepresentational

She is very rude and has a terrible reputation throughout UK. I am really not sure why she is still in charge of chem labs. She is very disrespectful to students as well as the TAs. This is not the experience she should be giving students when most of them are freshman but it is most likely unavoidable. So much is required for one credit hour.

Incredibly high workloads. Im taking 16 hours of STEM and my 2 hour lab course through Dr. French was easily over half of my total work for the semester. Just a completely miserable experience and I pity anyone who has to have her in the future.

This lab took way too much time outside of class for only one credit hour. Dr. French is also strict and not friendly to students, which made this difficult class even worse than it already is. This lab is designed to make people switch their majors.

The other reviews dont lie. Also to get an A in this course you need a 92%, which makes this class unnecessarily harder than it already is. If youre a straight A student, youll have to work your hardest ever, and to get a B. #rip

really mean does not care about your grade or being

Listen to the other reviews, because its all true. This class, although one credit, had the most work out of all my other classes. The experiments could be ridiculous and the amount of work for the credits is insane. Required for most people, but this serves as your warning. This is why this class tends to cause people to switch majors, so prepare

Very disappointed with UK that they still haven't held her accountable for creating a truly miserable learning experience

This class gave me depression

high-key the worst experience of freshman year. I love chemistry, but this class made me despise it. it seems like all the TA's she hires are on a power trip and try to take off points for absolutely no reason. by the grace of God I managed to get an A on the ridiculously hard final. I swear she just pulls questions out of thin air. best of luck

Worst experience of my college years.

Mrs. Frenchz should really chill a little. Life is hard but no need to project it on ur students and TAs.

Taking CHE 111 was genuinely one of the worst experiences of my entire life. I worked harder (and longer) for this 1 credit hour course than I did for any of my other classes and labs. The TAs must have to go through some training to be especially harsh, rude, and degrading toward the students in the class. I dread taking 113.

I had chem lab every Tuesday. Every Monday night I prayed I didnt wake up.

I know this is one more in the sea of bad reviews but i have tried to be objective with this. April French has built what is possibly the class LEAST ideal for student success I have ever encountered. 8-10 page lab reports every week. Follow the rubric and you will do alright, but don't expect an A in the class. You'll need a 93 or higher for that.

More work than all of my classes combined for this 1 credit hour class. So grateful to have gotten a nice, easier TA who understands the amount of work we put into this class. If you do not get a good TA you need to work super hard only to get a B or a C.

If you take CHE111 or 113 you may not ever even meet April French because her minion TAs are in charge of teaching but you will STILL learn very quickly that she is the worst hire UK has ever made. She is incredibly unwilling to help help students in any way. The TAs are crazy strict about grading. I recommend taking chemistry elsewhere.

Hello MTV, welcome to the weed out class of the century. It's not impossible, but it still made me want to shave my head like Britney Spears. Every lab varies by TA and they all grade differently, so ask questions before turning in lab reports. Go to the Gen Chem Learning Center; they're why I'm alive.

Hardly spends time with students, doesnt care about your class wellbeing.

I've never done so much work for a 1 credit hour course in my life. They hate comfort and make you stand for 2 hours and give you cheap goggles that give you migraines and fog up immediately. A ridiculous amount of lab reports that are graded very harshly. I wouldn't wish this class on my worst enemies. Spare yourself and don't take chem lab here.

April French is literally one of the hardest tests makers and makes things WAY too ridiculous. A simple lab should not have a midterm and a final exam with the EXTREMELY HARD CONTENT on it. Especially since that can make or break your grade when you spent the whole semester working on lab projects.. She is literally the worst thing at UK and chem.

Well If you're looking to hate on April French look no further. I found her Instagram and by far the amount of cringe in her posts is funny af. Her Insta is: Chemie2007. Go My fellow brothers and sisters!! Oh yea here is the actual review: I would rather have cancer than be in that class again. OMG what are up with the TA's and the grading. ):

Everything you read is 150% true. This class requires a ridiculous amount of work, and it builds as the semester goes on. Stay organized and stay ahead, the its manageable. Get on good terms with your TA early, it helps a lot. The final is terrible. Work hard all semester so that you dont need a super high grade on the exam. Its impossible.

April French does not put any effort into helping students. There is a final exam after not being taught anything all semester, which includes material that is not taught in lab and cannot be found in the lab manual! The labs are stressful and there is little to no guidance on the chem21 assignments or lab reports which as graded very hard.

I understand that chem labs are supposed to be difficult. I personally enjoyed the lab portion, but my problem with April French came with the final exam. We were presented with no study material, and everything on the exam was foreign and could not be found in the lab manual. It basically sets students up to fail after working hard all semester.

passive aggressive

You need this class for major or pre med most likely. Take class and wait for your score of the first paper to come back. If your TA grades really easy, then no worries youre fine. If you get a bad TA, meaning they grade ridiculously hard for no reason, then drop. TA grading is not consistent and find a good one and youll be fine.

It's a lab so you'll rarely see her but when you do you wish you hadn't. She just seems like the type of person who hates other people. I've never had a good experience where she was involved. If this is one of your required classes like it was for me I am so sorry, just remember you're not alone.

I completed CHE111 a few points shy of a B, dropped CHE113 for various reasons. To her credit, she is very prompt in emails and the like. She is also an incredibly arrogant and unfriendly woman that made a 1x week lab the most intensive course I've taken in 2 years of college. TAs are very inconsistent & most barely speak english at all. Horrible.

There was one time when I had submitted a lab report a day early, but submitted the wrong thing. I emailed her immediately and asked her to take off my first submission so I could submit the correct assignment before the deadline. She waited until 20 minutes before the assignment was due to email me back and took off late points. Wouldnt take again

Class is A LOT of busy work, especially for only one credit hour! Not empathetic or understanding.

She is literally no help. This class would be better off without her. By classes switching online, she has became NO HELP. Anytime I have reached out for help, none is given.

The TAs can make clear mistakes on grading and nothing will be done unless you submit a regrade form, meaning your entire lab report is reviewed and you could earn a lower grade for a clear-as-day mistake! She herself is also very rude and only replies with generic comments.

My TA tried to help but often gave me the wrong information. Dr French is rude and I would steer clear of her at all cost. This class was probably the most work out of my whole 18 hour schedule, which is saying a lot.

CHE113 is awful. You have to write your own procedures for lab, which leaves a lot of confusion. Pray you get a good TA. Try & get as many points as you can on assignments so you dont need a super high grade on the final. She makes her finals insanely difficult. Oh & you need a 92 for an A which is ridiculous.

I took this class as a one hour credit and it was one of the most difficult classes I have ever taken. Everything depends on who you get as you TA as they all grade completely different. I had Tareq Hossain and he was such a tough grader. I would have other TAs help me with my papers and insist I would get a 100 and I would do bad. 0/10 terrible.

i never saw dr. french. the only contact I had with her was an email and she sounded snotty in it. depending on your TA, the grade you get will depend on that a lot. most of the labs are in partners but my partner was no help when it came to chem21. the grade scale is messed up. its based off points not percentage. i don't recommend this

So useless and too hard for a che 111 class. I would want a different professor.

This class has to be the worst class in the world. Nothing is clear to the students and the TAs are lazy and do not help at all. Everything each one says contradicts the other. Absolutely terrible class and I have no idea why this class has not been turned upside down. Beware.

Dr. French doesn't care about anyone, except to make everything more complicated than what it needs to be. She doesn't care to help you. That's all... she just wants a paycheck.

many tears were shed this semester

dr french never responded to any of my emails when i had her; my TA did but hated teaching and got frustrated with students easily and was vague. worst. class. ever.

By far the worse class at the University of Kentucky. If possible, try to take it at a different university (during the summer or winter session). 8-10 page paper due every week, and it is graded very harshly. Far too stressful.

Very passive aggressive and doesnt explain answers to questions clearly. Expects you to know everything and tries to trick you. TAs matter the most in this class, though.

Terrible. Literally the worst professor I have ever had. Has little to no contact with students. TA's do all the work. Makes things so much harder than they should be and does so just to be difficult (in my opinion). Little to no guidance on any assignment. Exams are tough. Your grade here really depends on how easy your TA grades. Good luck.

A good professor inspires their students to ask questions. With her the only question u will be inspired to ask is how she has a job. She shows pure laziness having her TA's to do most of her work and lets the online lab do the rest. Rubrics are unclear and she is unavailable for help. I don't know what they pay her for. No instruction and no help.

This professor prides herself on making a lab ridiculously difficult - the recourse offered by UK is an evaluation. She has been evaluated poorly for a good while, yet she remains on staff.

You will probably never be able to get ahold of this professor. She ignores emails consistently and doesn't clarify any questions you may have. All of your questions will be directed to TA's and when they don't know the answer (which was unfortunately my case) you will not get a solution from the professor.

The class is very independent of the professor, you will not hear or see any content and a lot of it is confusing to understand. Do ALL of the assignments with points as this will allow you to do better overall and not have to worry about the final. I hope you have a good TA, I did not.

I didn't even have this professor, I've just heard this woman's name so many times, I had to rate her in place of my friends who won't. So glad I don't have to take Chemistry solely because of her. Good luck, STEM majors! April French is the worst.

This class (CHE 111) felt so disorganized and did not even feel like a chemistry lab class. We spent the first month on things that should be covered in an English class and Dr. French is extremely confused with the whole online school thing and Canvas. I understand it is hard for teachers to understand too but Lord have mercy.

Honestly, this class is more based on how good your TA is, considering she borderline told us not to contact her throughout the semester... I did perfectly fine in this class, and still would not EVER take a class with her again if I had the choice. It's not impossible to pass though, if you communicate with your TA frequently & DONT PROCRASTINATE!

Hardest A, I've ever worked for. For a 1 hour class, this is a joke. She does not teach the class at all and relies solely upon the TAs. If you get a helpful TA that grades well and easily you will do fine. If not, this class will be very challenging. Lots of work and very little to show for it sadly there is no other option for 111 or 113.

I think she did a really good job transitioning to an online style because of covid. That being said, she definitely designs the classes to be a lot more tedious and unnecessarily hard. The content isn't what will trip up your grade as much as the awful setup of the lab. You can do well, but it will take much more time than I think is necessary

Horrible, April French doesn't do her own work, always getting the TAs to do everything for her. No one ever knows what is going on, and it doesn't matter if you are right don't argue with her, you will not win.

April French is the worst professor I have ever had. the class is very difficult and she doesnt actually teach. We get a few playposit videos and thats it. It is also incredibly hard to get in touch with her. I've sent many emails that are straight up ignored.

As a former teacher and a non traditional student, this class is ridiculous. It really is all based on the TA you get. Best of luck!!

If I could give this professor negative reviews I would--this course was overwhelmingly unorganized. The TA's act as robots and were barley any help. A one credit course should not be this difficult.

I'm taking Dr. French for Chem111 right now and I'm studying for the final. First off, the final is tomorrow and I still don't have my last 4 assignments graded (one being the final lab report that was turned in like 2 weeks ago) so I have no idea what I need to get on it. Also, the amount of work you get is not equal to 1 credit hour.

I have never even met the professor. I couldn't pick her out of a line up. You will be assigned a TA. Good Luck!!! You thought you were signing up for a class with a professor and you are really just getting a class with a TA. If you have questions or need assistance then forget it! This would be a better class if it was a self study class.

This is only the 2nd B I have ever gotten in college. I'm thankful I took the course over summer and online. However, it is the hardest I have had to work for a course with the worst grading. I've had neuroscience courses that have not been as tedious or as harshly graded. The TA was absolutely awful and would take points off on a whim.

Absolutely terrible teacher. I thought "Oh how bad could she be?" and I was impressed with just how awful April French truly is. Only thing that matters in this class is whether or not your TA is a tough grader. French is never there to help you. I wish I could give her a zero

DO NOT TAKE AT ALL COSTS. I have never had a more horrible professor than this woman in my life. You will never see her, your grade is based on the TA you get, everything is graded harshly. Worst teacher ive ever had by far, and if you see her show up on your schedule do everything in your power to get her off.

French herself is horrible and makes this class a lot harder than it needs to be but if you get a good TA then the class can actually be pretty fun. It was not my most frustrating class this semester which says something. It is a lot of videos for pre-lab work but overall the class is not as bad as people on here make it seem

She is widely unliked. It is almost impossible to get a good grade on lab reports because of the way peer reviews are constructed. You hardly ever see her unless she's there to monitor and disapprove of you. She offers no help. This class is mandatory, but run almost entirely on TAs, so you probably won't have to deal with her directly very often.

This class was a joke as far as accessibility goes. French has behavior similar to a distant relative and if you need help, you should hope that your TA actually cares about you learning anything in this class. TAs are your key to survival here, if you get a good one then the experiments will run smoothly and all is was. Have fun bio majors.

Probably one of the rudest professors I have ever had at UK. She never shows her face during any of the lab times, unless it is to yell at someone. she accuses students of cheating when it was a technological issue, and she also yelled at a girl on crutches in lab because they didn't send in a disability accommodation form. Never take her class.

the worst staff on campus!!!

TA'S ARE YOUR BEST FRIENDS FOR THIS COURSE!!! Ask your TA questions about EVERYTHING to ensure you do your assignments and labs properly. If you want good grades, you MUST follow the rubric exactly as asked. Ensure that your lab partner is a good fit and easy to communicate with (you need them A LOT). Dr. French is difficult to communicate with.

April French is a literal human embodiment of the devil. I dont even understand how someone as terrible as her works at UK. She HAS to be on tenure, because the fact that the university hasnt fired her ass yet is astonishing. The fact that this class is worth only 1 credit is a huge slap in the face.

April French is possibly the most hated teacher in all the stem courses and that is for good reason. She doesn't even teach the class, the only time you will see her is when she looks you up and down and hands you what size scrubs she thinks you need. Completely unhelpful with answering any questions and she is extremely degrading and standoffish.

Don't try to reach out to Dr. French. Get close with your TA, go to the learning center during their office hours. Theres no leniency, make sure to follow the rubrics and listen to YOUR TA, as they are the one grading your paper, not other TAs. Its a chaotic class, you will have lots of questions so ASK YOUR TA ONLY. Not other TAs.

Dr. French will not offer much help with anything regarding the course. If you want to do well, create a good relationship with your TA because they are the ones grading assignments. Follow your TA's instructions to a T! Do your reports and Chem21 with your lab partner and get a group together.

My only encounter with Dr. French was her handing me my scrubs on the second week of classes. She does not make herself easily accessible outside of class. My advice is to build a strong relationship with your TA and make friends to do your work with; misery loves company. Grading in the course is ridiculous, so get points every chance possible.

Do not take this class if you dont have to. Extremely difficult for no reason. Horrible lack of communication, and different grading scale than any other classes; need an 82 for a B. She is lucky she is tenured because if it were up to the students she would be fired by now.

You have no choice but to take her class if you have to take chem lab so goodluck to ya.

Even though you will never meet her, her class is absolute garbage. The labs are unclear. The grading criteria is unclear. Half the grades are from peer reviews. TAs arent consistent with grading. She refuses to own up to her mistakes and will blame you for them instead.

probs the worst teacher at the university of kentucky.

This class was terrible. The only reason I did so well is because of my TA, Sashen Ruhunage. Thank God for him, he is one of the most caring and kindhearted TA’s I’ve met. I feel like the rest of the reviews should give you a fair summary of April French.

Listen, I get it. It is a college chemistry course, it is not supposed to be easy. However, this is the most unnecessary class I have ever taken. I am not a lazy student and I am smart, but this class is a killer. She is unkind and unsympathetic to anyone. This class took the majority of my time and was too much unnecessary work. Do not recommend.

Have had so many friends try to reach out to her about their TAs not grading properly, and she doesn't care at all. She is terrible!!

By far the worst professor at the entire school.

I have never actually had a problem with Dr. French (I've never met the woman) aside from her lack of care about unfair grading among the TA's. For one TA, a lab report may be worthy of an A, but for another a D. Your success in this class is dependent completely upon the standards of your TA. If you take concerns to Dr. French, you'll be ignored.

Accused me of cheating when I asked her for help on an assingment... don't bother asking her for help or visiting during office hours. She will make you cry.

April French in the eyes of many has failed her students, personal conversations are rare even if requested. Upon asking for a meeting regarding a grade a friend was told a flat no. Course grade depends entirely upon the TA you are assigned to. This is at fault of French, to pass or fail may depend entirely upon which TA you have, it is not fair

READ THE RUBRIC and do everything it says. Hope that you get a nice TA and ask them every question possible. Try your best to understand what's going on and expect to spend hours to do so. Don't be too hard on yourself, I spent an unreasonable amount of time on all my papers and I got points taken off. Not sure why April French still works here.

Extremely inconsistent TA grading, a 92% to get an A in the class, a director (Dr. French) that people cry coming out of her office, and an already difficult course (Chemistry) make this class (Both CHE111 and CHE113) a stain on the school's learning environment. Good luck. Hope you get a good TA.

Avoid

Class is insanely difficult considering its 2 credits. Shes the only prof available for lab which wouldnt be bad except your grades fall in the hands of TAs (grad students) so grading is inconsistent. TAs dont even know what theyre doing half the time and will tell you to just google answers or basically do the work for you.

TAs take forever to grade (while also taking points off for anything) so its impossible to improve on the next report and they dont leave feedback, so losing points is inevitable. Extremely frustrating how difficult and time consuming this class is considering its 2 credit hours..

For this being a 1 credit course, I put so much time and effort in only to get a B. This lab consumed more time than the general chemistry course, which I did better in. Every TA is different, which makes the course extremely inconsistent. You should not have to take a final that is worth a large portion of your grade if you only receive 1 credit.

Everything you hear is true. The grading is difficult and often unfair, and Dr. French is difficult to communicate with, especially on grading issues for lab reports. However, if you get a good TA then you don't need to worry. The course material itself is not awful, and the exams are not terrible. Stick to the rubric to a T and you will pass.

This is a weed out course--not intellectually difficult but full of ridiculous hoops to jump through, for no reason. The culture fostered meant everyone, TAs and students alike, was always on edge. I took this class in 2015 and I still have panic attacks in lab situations, to the point I am changing careers. Good job weeding me out of the field

Professor French writes rubrics that are to say the least unhelpful and to be honest damaging. She makes us read a lab report the first day about how many students that think that bad teaching resulted in them not achieving their goals is the student's fault and they're just projecting. EVERYTHING you hear about her is true except for anything good

General Chemistry labs at UK are horrible. No way around Dr. French. I would recommend taking them at another college or Univeristy if possible.

BAD. The grading is super picky and depending on the TA you will lose points for no reason at all. :)

She is not a pleasant person at all. She makes the class unreasonably difficult and will not excuse anything. Don't even think about trying to speak to her because she will 100% talk down to you and try to make you feel small.

Didn't actually have a class with the professor, but every pre-med, bio, or chem student who I've spoken to at UK has said this professor made learning a horrible experience. Some many horror stories! Honestly should be removed from teaching staff! Avoid this professor if you can, but if you can't, get a study group so it doesn't suck as bad.

I only saw Dr.French once during the entire semester. The amount of stress that this course and the professor caused me was too much for a 1 credit class. The TA's do not grade the assignments fairly and will give you a bad grade for doing something the correct way. They also take forever to grade lab reports resulting in not knowing what to fix.

Her instagram is @chemie2007. Look at all the fun stuff she does while making everyone else's lives miserable !

Every aspect of this class is intentionally tedious. You can't see your grade throughout the semester, lab reports aren't graded until after the next one is due, and you have to write your "own" procedure for each lab. If you want an A, stick to the weirdly specific lab report requirements as much as physically possible.

She makes everything hard for literally no reason and leaves the teaching to her TA's. But if you get a bad one you are going down faster than hail in a tornado. You'll only see her when she makes you line up for scrubs and hands you what size she THINKS you wear. It is absolutely disgusting and I don't understand why UK made her tenured.

Overall your experience depends solely on your TA, but the coursework for a 1 credit class was honestly insane. Fortunately my TA was helpful and I was able to get an A by closely following the requirements. The way canvas is set up is very organized, but Dr. French is also a stickler for little details as shown in the rubrics and her demeanor.

The amount of outside work done for this 1 credit hour class is mind boggling. There is no instructions and you have to figure everything out on your own. TA's can make or break your semester. Lab reports seem to be impossible to get perfect scores. Having to write your own procedures. Take chem at BCTC. It will be much better and way cheaper.

The labs for this class, are fine. It's the work outside of lab. It seems like it's purposefully against you. The accessibility of needed items, the insane amount of homework for a 1 credit hour, and the lack of clear instruction at any time is abominable. The worst part of this class is the fact it is required, otherwise it would have been dropped

As someone who generally enjoys chemistry, the chemistry labs are made SOO complicated for no reason. Have to write a lab report almost every week, plus on top of all the other stuff that is due (at 5pm). The amount of homework is mind blowing, especially for a 1 credit hour class. Best way to get thru this class is to have a good lab partner.

If you can avoid her, do it. Don't take gen chem if you can help it. The grading is incredibly unfair (rubrics are 9 pages long), there is more homework in this 1 or 2 hour credit class than my 5 credit math class, and it's the most frustrating class I've ever taken.

Yes, this class is set up to be stressful to students and the TAs, but there is a way to succeed. Be prepared to take your time when writing lab reports and completing other assignments. Hope you get a good TA, and be sure to follow the rubric for lab reports to every detail. I recommend writing the lab report with the rubric open in another tab.

Dr. French does not actually teach any of her classes. She has TA's do it for her. All of these TA's also create their own grading criteria which makes it hard to ask other TA's for input on assignments. The lab classes for chemistry are so much work for one or two credit hours. One lab report I wrote for this class was 14 pages.

Be prepared to study content from previous courses for the exams. Study the practice exams, use the overview and rubric to write lab reports, and try on Chem21 and you'll be fine. Questions on the final were specific and required that you reviewed each experiment in detail but was easy to pass.

I got a C with an 80.8 in the class. Enough said.

Grading scale is terrible. If you get above 90% it is not an A. None of the TAs know how to grade. So much work for the class and the final is worth so much. This class is just a weed-out class where the main goal is to see students fail. Doesn't matter how hard you work. One slip-up on one of the exams and your grade is brought down a letter.

This class is just designed terribly. Students regularly pass out based off the horrible conditions (standing for up to 3+ hours in heavy lab gear, no food/water allowed, etc). Your success in the class is 100% decided by a TA... some give easy 100%'s, others, you're lucky to get a 70%. There are countless reasons this class is the most hated at UK

You will never see this woman, except when you first receive your scrubs and you may also see her walking around during your lab time checking on things. I never personally met with her outside of class because I heard too many horror stories. Just be hopeful that you get a good TA who grades easily and helps out because if not you are screwed.

Lots of homework and many assignments feel impossible. My advice to students who have to take this course: if you have a bad TA on the first day of class, SWITCH sections! Do all pre and post lab assignments in the Gen Chem Learning Center, and ask your TA for feedback on your lab report before turning it in so you can maximize your grade.

i am still unsure of why an A is a 92. I ended up getting 0.007% away from an A but there is no leniency in her grading criteria. Read the rubric, hope for a good TA, and really study for the midterm and final exams, as those 70 questions are worth a huge part of your grade, even though they do not always pertain to what you're learning in lab.

Everything you hear about this course is true. The lengthy weekly lab reports, heavy exams, intimidating TAs and supervisor. GET A GOOD TA AND LAB PARTNER!! If you feel unsure on the first day, get new ones. Also, definitely use the GCLC. The TAs can help you with the reports (they are the ones who heads them, not Dr. French). You will survive.

If you are taking this class for credit, be prepared for hell. This class is no joke. I know I don't have my grade listed, but I will either have an A or a B once the final is posted. You have a lab report due EVERY WEEK during the semester. I took this during the summer, so we had 3 reports every week. Study for the final and midterm. She sucks.

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French Pie with some wipping cream. Enjoy in April!~

This class requires way too much homework for a 1 credit class. All work is graded on formatting more than knowledge of content. Prior to doing a lab report for the first time, the TA does not teach you how to do it, you are on your own. I think the goal of this class is to watch students fail, Good luck!

She honestly doesn't want anyone in the chemistry department to succeed and she has made it clear. BEYOND rude. So much effort that has to be put in for the course and is only worth 1 credit. No partial/extra credit given.

Good luck soldier.

She hides behind her TAs during course evaluations. Her grading policies are inconsistent and truthfully unfair. Other students' peer reviews on my work should not be something that is actually counted as a grade. While you can't avoid her if you need Chemistry lab, just be forewarned.

probably one of the worst professors here. she is unavoidable if you have chem lab, but you'll work under a TA the entire time, so you barely see her. She assigns too much homework for a 1 credit class and grades harsh. good luck to all the chem majors.

This class is absolutely terrible. DO NOT take it unless it is required for your major. The amount of work is insane. She makes is so ridiculously difficult on purpose. The lab itself is run by TAs so if you get a bad one, good luck. Also the peer review assignments are completely unfair because other students intentionally tank your grade.

worst professor ever. was literally dying of covid and got a huge grade reduction. what a joke

If the American Chemical Society witnessed what I saw in lab the UK General Chemistry Labs department would lose their accreditation.

I've never met a professor that cares less about their reputation or the people they interact with. You'll only see her if she bothers to come by when you receive scrubs. She's rude the one time you interact with her and refuses to be accessible. She body shames students and berates TAs in lab. Say hello to the worst class of your life.

Absolute terrible class, worst class at UK. Nothing makes me more angry and upset than thinking about this class. It is extremely difficult for no reason. There is way too much work for it to be a 1 credit hour class. April French doesn't care about her students, when they come to her with complaints she disregards them. Everyone at UK dislikes her

I'll keep it short to keep you from scrolling: she's unkind, unhelpful, if u have a bad TA good luck passing, is way harder than it should be for how little credit you actually get from this awful, yet necessary for many, lab.

I've loved almost all my professors and I try to give them all the benefit of the doubt, but april french is another breed. V much feels like she's out to get you and like she's trying to prove how hard chemistry is for some reason. Sadly theres no escaping her if your major requires chem... good luck w her you guys!!

A 90 in this class is counted as a B, an A is a 92 and above. The midterm and final exams weren't difficult but cover topics from CHE105 and CHE107. Labs are graded by your TA, so you can do well or poorly, depends how helpful they are. My TA was the sweetest. However, she graded our first reports "too easily" so April French made her regrade them.

Didn't realize 113 would be worse than 111. The lab themselves aren't bad BUT everything else is. Writing 10 page lab reports every week is wayyy too much work. The final was cumulative of 105, 107, and 111 as well but we weren't told that. This class is absolutely miserable thanks to April French. Weeding out really works and she does just that.

Absolutely awful. Avoid this class at all costs. Made my semester a completely awful. Changed my major because of her. Good luck I def don't recommend

I changed my major after taking CHE111 during my first semester at UK, that's not an uncommon comment... it's a weed out class taught by someone who seems to want you to fail.

Absolutely terrible. I have no clue how she keeps her job. Classes are heavily dependent on TA.

Terrible I'm sorry for anyone that has to take this.

The ground shakes when she walks... she is the reason the moon still orbits the earth

When students are faced with problems, she will email the student back basically saying that it is not her problem. When students email their TA's she controls the emails and will also say it is not their problem. Ironically, she says to ask for help.

prayer you have a good TA

She eats 10,000 calories during lunch

Goodluck! Horrible class. Just hope you get a good TA.

Even though I will either get an A or high B in this class, I hated it. I am lucky to have had a great TA but without her, this class would have been a struggle because of the assignments. It genuinely feels like she is out to get you. The assignments are tedious, and you will lose points for silly things. That being said, you will survive.

If you don't have to deal with her during lab it's fine but she is insanely rude and degrading to students. Also thought it was weird when getting the lab uniform she had you line up and would look you up and down and tell them what size to give you.

I have only seen her once, and when I did she was rude and rolled her eyes at me when I told her she gave me the wrong paper. She treats the TAs poorly and even yelled at one because they gave out "too many A's on the lab reports." If she does not like your question or email, she ignores it. Too much bull to put up with for 1 credit.

Everyone - Take Chemistry 1 and 2 and the laboratories at Bluegrass Community and Technical College (BCTC). It is WAY cheaper and you can just transfer the credits over to UK. Don't believe me? - just keep scrolling....

You genuinely will never see French. We only saw her when she gave us our scrubs for lab. Just make sure you get a good TA, otherwise you are screwed. I had Tyler St. Clair and he was so easy to get along with and genuinely a good TA. Without a good TA, the class will be very hard. Just be prepared for lab always or you'll be very behind.

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You will never see her except to get your scrubs. Your grade in the class depends 100% on if you get a good TA or not. DO NOT take labs if you don't have to!!!!

UGHH this class, you wont see her at all this class experience all lies on your TA, if you feel like you have a bad TA switch to a diff section for your own sanity. This class wasnt as scary as people made it out to be, just put in your best effort and get your work done youll be fine. Lab reports suck but they get easier to write through the sem!

I only saw Dr. French once at the start of the semester when giving out scrubs. This class is ran solely by the TA's. The lab reports are graded very harshly. This course is not as bad as everyone makes it out to be if you put in the effort. Read the feedback from the reports!! There is one final exam (worth 25%). TALK TO YOUR TA!!

So grateful for April French!! She made me religious again, if only to believe she will go to hell! To all students forced to take her lab, I wish you the best!

If you're reading this TAKE A F-ING SEAT. This ho actually hates her life and yours. She is huge, loud, and smells like Sig Chi's basement. I wish I were kidding. If you want to wake up every day wanting to die, take chem.

Just follow the rubric exactly for your reports and you should be ok, pending your TA. There is little to no guidance on how to actually do the smart worksheets so good luck. They're not terrible, but they're pretty bad so just spend your time in the GCLC and have them tell you your answers are right. The final is easy but pointless

Her instagram is @chemie2007

This lab really depends on what TA and lab partner you have. If you have a good TA and especially lab partner, it will be okay. For 2 credits, the amount of work is a lot considering they don't give you any procedures like they did in CHE 111. You have to read the lab manual like 3-4 times to understand it. Literally just trying to pass.

spawn of satan

April French is one of the least respected professors at UK. She is impossible to work with and literally has no compassion for anyone. Her class is insanely hard for only 2 credit hours. When she spawns randomly during chem labs, everyone panics and is worried that she will yell at you for breathing wrong. I hate her and I hope she gets fired.

She basically does nothing the whole semester except be condescending honestly. Not only rude but also incapable of providing anything of value within the course. Additionally, she is not lenient on grading whatsoever and requires a 92 to get an A. All around horrible professor and I would like nothing else but to see her fired to be honest :)

I'm an engineering student and deal w/ bad professors often. None of them compare to French's lack of respect and care for students. I ended with a 90.07% and apparently that is a B. If you plan on taking CHE 113 at UKY, DO NOT!!! You'd be better off at ANY other school, seriously. She will delete your email if you ask about your grade lol.

I hate that the Chem System goes by a point system making it so that even if you make an A percentage wise you still can make a B bc they choose the cut off points god knows how. There is no helping your grade. What you get is what you get even if you are super close. The final exam was so hard I do not know anyone who made above a 75%.

Most rude and uptight professor I have ever had the misfortune of dealing with. She encourages TA's to fail at least one person from every class. If you have an issue of which you need to speak to her I don't think I've met a more unhelpful person. She is rude with her reasponses and ultimitly is unwilling to help.

Being honest, this course is hard. It is essentially like 111, but you make your own procedure, there's a midterm AND a final worth a large portion of your grade, and there are more reports due. Make sure you get a good TA!! Also, the midterm is not insanely difficult, but the final is a bit harder. Make sure to study well for both!! You got this!

Very unfriendly, not understanding or caring at all.

Nothing is easy to understand, never given clear instructions.

Dr. French makes the lab very difficult, and you'll mostly rely on your TAs because her emails are often passive-aggressive and unclear. Her midterm and final are extremely tough, making your long lab reports feel pointless. She's not understandable at all, which becomes obvious in her end-of-semester announcements when students ask about grades.

Sets students up to fail. Please get rid of her.

She came across as very short-tempered. Very little instruction in the course in general and very harsh when it comes to grading. Tip: Take the CramBetter Chemistry 2 course with Marty if you need help. It really made a difference for me in this course so far. Little explanation was given during class, so this helped me to understand exam topics.

April French is the worst. She is extremely disorganized in the way her class is set up and responds to questions with "see canvas" even if there is nothing to see! Her final exam included MULTIPLE typos, some of which affect the answers! I find this extremely embarrassing considering I had points taken off for a period in a lab report.

She is there to ensure the course is as hard as possible. She does not want you to succeed and is unnecessarily difficult. On the final she intentionally made it to where the questions were swapped around with the answers. She is rude and none of the staff and/or employees like her. She will respond to emails but expect them to be passive agressive

warning she grades by points and not percentages. an A in her courses are like 92.5%. it was out of 953 points and i missed an A by 8 points and she was very rude and adament about not rounding. the final exam is literally so random but review the past exams in the repository and youll be fine. hope and pray you have a good TA.

She enjoys watching students struggle. Her emails are passive agressive. Pray that you at least get a good TA otherwise it's hell. The online worksheets are so difficult and don't make any sense. April French has no sympathy whatsoever.

there are no words I can say that will describe how bad April French's class is. her grade lines are unfair, and she is unbelievably strict on them. the TAs grade very harshly, and a majority of them barely speak understandable English. I had fun during the experiments themselves, but the workload outside the class was borderline cancerous.