AVOID! Dr. Pettit is the absolute WORST professor I've ever had. Lectures are unfocused, messy, and useless. Exams are impossible if you don't memorize the textbook. Does NOT care about the students' educations. ONLY cares about a high test average. Will NOT help if you are struggling... Will encourage you to withdraw from the course instead.

Lectures are too fast, the teacher does not care if you are there or not. Does not want to help you, more just getting through the slides

I came to this school hopeful to graduate as a bio major. This teacher has made me hate the subject I love. We have 4 tests total, 50 mcq. She reads her slides in class, no extra information, no explanation, does not give room to ask her questions. I now have doubts about my major, my friends are changing majors, I strongly suggest u avoid her.

She is the reason why I do not love Bio anymore. Worst professor ever! Avoid! She SPEEDS through the lecture slides. Her tests are so hard. worst class I've ever taken!

UM. NO

If you are good at memorization and studying, take her. If not, I would not recommend this teacher. Her exams are tough and her information is all over the place on her slides. Doesnt care if you come to class.

Dr. Pettit is not available for office hours and won't make time to meet with you. She'll continuously imply that students should withdraw from her class rather than try and help. She doesn't seem to care if her students do well or not or about their stress levels. Nothing was gained from showing up to class, she just reads directly off the slides.

Dr Pettit screwed me up in my PA program and told me to withdraw. She refused to help me and should suffer like us. She is just the worst teacher I ever had. Ask any of her students. AVOID DR PETTIT AT ALL COSTS.

Worst Professor ever. Wants you to withdraw. Horrible

I studied really hard for all of the exams and took notes on all of the lectures and that still wasnt enough. Her exams have barely anything to do with her lectures.I need to retake her class next semester, which is putting me behind in the PT program. wish me luck :/

I do not recommend taking her as a professor, she does not care about the well-being of her students or how the class preforms. She was the most discouraging professor I have every had and she consistently discouraged her students from taking her class and going down a science major path.

She is literally the worst Bio professor ever. All she does is read off of her slides and half of the time doesn't even know about topics herself. I just hate her and I recommend not taking her, she's just horrible.

Do not take unless you want to teach yourself. Will standardize you like a test. You are just another number. Need help? Better drop the class before last day to drop.

This is the worst professor I have ever had. If you are reading this review, DO NOT TAKE HER. She does not care about you at all. She doesnt care if youre sick. She states in her syllabus she doesnt care if you go to health services. Her class is so boring and she reads right from her slides. She is not understanding at all. Beware!

Insanely hard class. Do not take if you do not have the determination or attention span. I had to put in a couple hours everyday to get an A in this class. If you study last minute you will fail.

She reads off her slides at super speed and does not give you time to write, so you might as well sleep through lectures. Does not give back exams, rarely gives curves. Spent most of my freshman semester studying for this class to get a B+.

please, im begging you not take this this professor. She is kind of nice but her teaching style is garbage, made me hate school and made me hate bio. You literally have to memorize 4 lectures for the test like piss off

I despised going to her class day in and day out.

She used blackboard collaborate instead of in person my year and had the camera function turned off. There was no participation at all and she just read off of slides. I didnt learn anything tbh. She never responded to my emails either. Dont recommend at all.

DO NOT TAKE HER. She said to my class that she doesn't answer our emails because she has "more important emails to respond to". I sent her an email a month ago and she still has not responded. She lectures the whole class so if you want to ask questions you need to wait until after class. She assigns 6-10 quiz assignments a week. Very unsupportive.

DO NOT TAKE HER. She knows her information but is horrible with her students. You want help? Nope. You want support? Nope. You want an email back? Nope. You want to talk about grades? Nope. Very smart, but awful when it comes to being a professor. Look elsewhere for a bio professor.

Professor Pettit will make you hate being a Biology major. She goes through her slides like The Flash. Although she is very intelligent, her teaching skills are subpar and you will have to rewatch the recordings afterwards for notes. Her exams are on the topics she barely talks about during class compared to the entire chapter mentioned.

She is very rude in her emails. Not a good professor at all. The whole class is based on four tests and she doesnt take time to explain things in class, she just rushes through powerpoints. If you take it her, be ready to have to rewatch lectures because you will miss things from just blinking.

DON'T TAKE PETTIT UNLESS YOU ARE A BIO MAJOR. THIS PROFESSOR IS CRAZY AND HER COURSE WAS A NIGHTMARE FOR ME. ONLY D I HAVE GOTTEN IN MY COLLEGE CAREER...

Tests are too hard for people who even know the subject well. If you're a bad test taker you will FAIL. You would know everything for a test and still get 60s because of how her tests are formatted. Your grade is not going to reflect your knowledge or effort you put into this course. Take anyone else

She blows through the slides & doesn't care if you miss any. Her course is test heavy so you don't have a lot of chances to bring your grade up bc hw is only 4%. You won't pass studying the night before bc one 50 mc question test is based off of about 200 slides which is just outrageous. She didnt curve anything for us even when so many ppl failed!

this professor is the worst teacher/professor I have seen in my life. I somehow managed to excel in my chemistry class but struggled so hard in her BIO class because the only thing she does is read off her 1000's of slides. she tried to teach us about the entire excretory system in one day, right before our last exam. that's all i have to say.

attendance isnt required, but if you skip a class make sure you get the notes because everything is based off of the slides. pretty much your entire grade is based off of knowing the 300 powerpoint slides per test. she is so bad, i want to give her a zero, but thats not possible. so i give her a 1.

Don't taker. She is very slide heavy and each test had at least 600 quizlet terms to study. Even when studying for more than a week before the tests, most of the class still did poorly. She doesn't curve and about half of the people are retaking the class now. If you miss one class you will miss about half of a slide show and she won't help you.

Don't take her, she just lectures the whole class and does not really make sure you understand. You basically have to teach yourself 350 slides per test that is wort 96% of your grade. She rushes through the slides as well, which is not what a teacher is supposed to do. She is the worst, please find someone that will teach you.

This teacher speeds through the slides and packs so much information that when it comes time to study you are overwhelmed with the amount of information you must learn. In addition to this when you do learn the concept and information the test that she give expect you to know the information inside and out which is quite difficult for freshman.

Your only grades will be the 4 exams. There is a ton of homework. The exams are 50 question multiple choice and she does not curve. She may toss in 2 points depending on how generous she is. all she does is read the slides and its extremely difficult to memorize everything. She does not really work in your favor and I would avoid her at all costs.

At first I really liked Dr. Pettit, but the worst part of this class is her unforgiving policies. I had COVID and couldn't take an exam because I had to isolate. It is stressful enough that 4 exams make up 96% of your grade in the class, but the makeup exam automatically deducts 10% of your grade. She didn't care about my health.

I took Dr. Pettit for Gen Bio 1 and did fine in the course. She had a completely different set up for both slides and exams for Gen Bio 2-Cell. She does not care about her students and deducts 10 points off makeup exams, even with emails from the dean of students and medical documentation. She wants students to fail the course. Do not take her.

Absolutely not class was very difficult. Emphasized stuff that was not on exams and glossed over things that were. DO NOT TAKE HER! YOU WILL FAIL! GPA TANKER

Don't take her. She is the worst professor I have ever had and does not care the slightest bit about her students.

worst professor I've ever had. her exam questions do not make any sense and she is literally setting you up for failure.

This person could not possibly care less about her students. her grading criteria is probably stricter than the military and no matter what is going on she will not give you any sort of flexibility with due dates. her exam questions are unfairly hard for literally no reason and I'm convinced that the good ratings she has are written by her. avoid.

She is an AWFUL teacher!!! Everything you have heard about her is true. Only four exams that make up 96% of the grade. No curve. No extra credit. She isn't approachable, considers her lectures her own comedy routine. If you reach out for help she'll only tell you to go to her lectures. Don't waste your time studying anything else, its fruitless!

Horrible teacher. If I could give her a zero, I would. You will be significantly better taking Tall or Hill.

She is the worst professor in seton Hall at the bio department . do not take her even if you got no other choice. She is the the death mother of biology in Seton Hall. DO NOT TAKE HER EVER. You'll hate your life after the first test .

she is actually the worst professor at seton hall. i would rather chew on glass than ever take her again. avoid at all costs!!!!!!

tanked my gpa. studied for hours and still failed. more than half the lecture failed my semester. i met with her and she didn't care. she made life hell. she's on academic probation yet is still allowed to teach. doesn't care about you, don't try talking to her. if ur stuck with her u should drop and wait for another semester, you will get an F.

Zionist discriminative professor, very unfair, her teaching style is discriminative in terms of engaging with diverse perspectives. during discussions, there seems to be a tendency to prioritize certain viewpoints while dismissing others without adequate consideration. created an environment where students may feel hesitant to share their thoughts

Do NOT take Dr. Petit. Her exams are difficult for no reason. Her slides are disorganized, jumping from one topic to another and then back to that topic. Isn't very good with her teaching style and doesn't slow down and explain the content in ways students can understand. First time I'm retaking a class in the winter and paying out of pocket.

the worst professor I have ever taken. Tanked my GPA. Every exam taken took multiple weeks to grade, then was never even handed back. I never knew what i got wrong so i couldn't learn from her. I tried emailing her and never got a response. No matter the countless hours I put into studying, I never saw my work pay off. would give a 0 if i could.

Her and her exams are terrible. The reviews are correct. Save yourself. Good luck.

If you get stuck in this class, pray.

The notes she goes over in lecture barely help you on the test. The achieve questions don't help either. I made maybe 300 flashcards, completed achieves, attended si sessions, made quizlets, one-note study guides, and even wrote everything out on paper and on a whiteboard to quiz myself for each test, Nothing helps honestly better off guessing

Tests aren't really based off lectures. Yes her test questions surround the topics but she asks the most random questions that aren't brought to our attention in achieves or lecture

Ashley is one of the worst professors I have ever met during my time at Seton Hall. Not only does she not respect students as human beings, she is ableist and taunts students for their disabilities. It's clear she is highly unhappy with her life and wishes to let it out on her students. I hope she chooses to become a better person.

Better luck talking to a brick wall then trying to ask her about anything you don't understand. She does not teach at all. Nothing. She writes sloppy all over her slides. She sends out blank slides, not annotated, and writes EVERYTHING in class. If you miss anything in class she literally will not help at all. Take anyone else but her.

Worst professor to take. Need chem in order to know what she's talking about half the time. She gives so much attitude to anyone who asks a question. I politely asked for help and she acted like I wasn't worth her time. DO NOT TAKE HER. Drop and take with another professor at another time. It is not worth it for your GPA.

horrible; dont take the class.

everyone who has rated her above a 1 and says her class isn't "that bad" is lying. everyone i know in this class, including me, has nothing good to say about her. you can memorize the slides all you want, read the textbook over and over again, take practice quizzes and read other sources, and nothing would help you. save yourself

lost my mind studying for this woman's exams. NOTHING, and i mean NOTHING (textbook, achieve assignments, videos, practice quizzes) that she gives us correlates to her tests. you're better off being a good guesser than actually studying. either get a different professor or wait a semester. save your GPA and your sanity.

i usually do not do reviews on professors. but her class is so terrible it is my duty to save anyone else who will listen. please stay clear of this professor. do not think that you can get through her exams by just studying enough. do not make the same mistake i did by not listening to these reviews and taking her class. save your gpa at any cost.

Insane amount of homework, only worth 4% of your grade, and exams make up the other 96%. Her exams suck because they're not anything like the homework or the lectures. I showed up to class every day, studied my ass off, did all the SI and online practice I could find, and did all the homework, and still failed her class.

Please choose anyone else. Spare yourself.