tests are literally impossible, don't take the class unless you have to

Absolute waste of time. Extremely forgetful in posting promised assignments and resources. She lectures for herself and not her students. If you intend on passing, her lectures are absolutely useless and the text will be your only hope. She puts emphasis on application but does not seem to know the basic material herself.

Don't fall for her "nice" appearance. She's a snake. Doesn't care about the class or the students. She's totally fine with giving everyone Cs and Ds. Makes everyone by her textbook, which contains no relevant info what so ever. Be prepared to cram for days before the tests. If you don't have to take 216 for your major, avoid this class hurtsGPA

I took this class online and I have to say it was a the worst experience I've had with a professor at CWRU. Dr. Kuemerle's expectations were very unclear. She told us that since there was so much information and so little time her tests would be big picture, yet almost of her questions included minute details or semantic trickery. STAY AWAY

89% of the course grade comes from 4 multiple choice exams, which she expects you to know every detail of every slide. The online lectures are useless and so are the in-person classes. DON'T TAKE HER IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO- RUN. And if you have to take her, well good luck. I would have taken the course over the summer if I had to do it all again.

Dr. Kuemerle is easily the worst professor I've had here. The course has so much material, and the tests are over the slightest details. She had a flipped classroom during COVID and didn't switch back when we returned in person, but her recorded lectures are nothing more than her reading straight off her slides. If you can't memorize easily, drop.

Exams focus on material never covered in class. Classes are essentially useless. Never had a B in any course except this one. She has to give extra points to just have her class reach minimum acceptable grades

In lectures, she eithe gives a half-baked rundown of the course content or recruits med students to discuss case studies. Everything important is online in videos, where she reads PPT slides choppily without explaining anything, which is the most irritating to me. Memorize them for an A, but self-teaching is needed if you want to understand them.

Her textbook is not as useful as the PowerPoint and lecture videos online. I've never had a flipped class for biology, where you come to class prepared with questions. I think that may work in seminar classes, but to fully understand concepts at a STEM school, I'd like to be taught in a more productive manner.

She is really nice, but her class is awful. Even if you know the material, the tests are impossible; they're multiple choice, but have "A and C" and "all of the above" and "none of the above" answer choices. She has a flipped classroom model, which means she gets to slack off and overwhelm you with content. You need divine intervention for an A.

Flipped-lecture class with Prof just re-reading off her slides during class or discuss random case studies instead of pointing out important areas to study for exams. The exam questions were misleading and confusing (answers were counted wrong because of one vague term in the question). It was clear she didn't care about this class or the students.

Expect lots of self-studying. Her lectures are interesting but teach almost nothing about course content. Her lecture vids are comprehensive, but it's a hassle to watch her struggle and take an hour to explain concepts. This is even worse when each test requires you to know an unfathomable amount of content. I heard she's better in 3-level courses.

Literally the worst class i've ever taken at CWRU. Escape while you can

She literally just yaps about random stuff that will never show up on the exams in class. Flipped classroom is actually useless, and half of the time, her videos contradict each other. Also she has some questions that never showed up on the exam. I had to rely on outside knowledge for some of her tests.

Class unnecessary to attend. First 2 exams I paid attention and engaged in class and performed significantly worse than the final 2 exams, when I used class to watch the lecture or YT videos. Frequently got off-topic with unnecessary information. EC and memorizing make an A not difficult, but learning the content is very difficult with Kuemerle

I was constantly working easily 20+ hours a week studying for this 3 credit class. First 2 tests were hard but she made the 3rd and 4th easier. Lots of extra credit. Go to class for the extra credit, you don't have to pay attention.

I think the only thing you need to know is that after this class, I went to talk about the content with a doctor I shadowed. I could not pronounce a single anatomical term correctly. That's how little she actually taught, most of this is reviewing 200+ slides on your own a week.

Only slideshows all day everyday. No point in going to class. Tests are completely multiple choice will “none of the above” as a possible answer to everything. Worse class I've taken in my entire existence. DONT TAKE. SWITCH MAJORS. I HAD A 4.0 BEFORE THIS.

barbara really just needs to completely rework this entire course. everyone failed exam 1 and she refused to curve "until the end of the semester if its really necessary". homework is a waste of time just a ton of ted talks that say you are responsible for your own learning so it doesn't seem like her fault when everyone fails. girl can't teach.

Would've rated higher if she didn't put an exam the day after fall break.

$70,000 tuition to TEACH YOURSELF. HOURS outside of class trying to make sense of power points. Tests are super unfair and include many: "which of the following answer choices are false" or "none of the above" which seems more like rage baiting then testing student knowledge. Schedules tests at poor times (holidays or after breaks). Steer clear.

Run. Take it in the spring if you can. There's no point in even going to lectures when you have to teach yourself. Even that is impossible to do since the slides aren't reflective of what type of questions she pulls out for exams. Please save yourself.

This may be one of the worst classes at CWRU. Anatomy is hard, but Kuemerle manages to make this class completely insufferable. Lecture is pointless as she just points at slides and says "yeah you need to know this", and then does case studies that add absolutely nothing to my understanding. Also putting an exam the day after fall break is cooked.

Wants her entire class to fail.

Doesn't care about her students' success at all. The videos are just her reading off the slides.

does not teach at all. her videos are just her reading directly off the slides. The exams are diabolical. acts like she's “challenging” students, but she just doesn't know how to teach. Doesn't respond to questions, doesn't care about students, and offers no support. It's honestly shameful that someone like this is in a teaching position.

She's outwardly sweet but doesn't actually want her students to succeed. Exams are written in such a way that each MCQ is 3 sentences long with hyper specific vocab with one letter off and then a “none of the above” option so that even if you understand the concept, you lose points because the question is DESIGNED to trick you. HW is useless.

Avoid her at ALL COSTS. You could be the best student in the entire world but if something unlucky happens, she's the least understanding professor to exist and will insult you just for asking. You're better off with literally anyone else.

would have given a 0/5 if i could. she has published papers on "metacognition" and how students best learn but she can't teach. she is a researcher who is forced into teaching and it shows.

Dr. Kuemerle is one of the worst professors I have had at CWRU. She is a kind person but her exams are absolutely impossible, formatted with mcqs that are designed to trick you. You can go into the exam being able to explain every pathway but the wording of her questions makes it so difficult to do well. Just take 216 with literally anyone else.

PLEASE take this class in the spring if you can. The exams make it impossible to do well and she gives homework that doesn't add much value. This class made me re-evaluate my future.

Do not waste your time and effort, take it in the spring semester. Her homeworks do not help you in the course and some of them were huge time wasters. She teaches outside of the scope of the course, and frankly doesn't seem to enjoy teaching this class at all. If she proctors your exam, expect to start 5-8 minutes later then the intended time.

This class is taught entirely flipped, so all of the information is learned on your own. She discusses things that do not matter for tests, and assumes that everyone understands the material from the slideshows. She says things like, "have they taught you this", when I am fairly sure that she is the TEACHER for this course. Would not recommend.

Do not recommend. Her exams are intentionally designed to trick you up, even if you know the content. Her homework is utter garbage and useless. I didn't do well on her first exam, and I thought i can chalk it up to not studying it properly, but the second exam, even after I've study four at least an hour each day for weeks, it barely improve.

Unless you memorize every single detail on every single slide from her online power points, you will not get an A. Questions on the exam are confusing because there are none of the above and all of the above for every single question so you will always second guess yourself. Anki will be your best friend in this class and even then might get a B.

I think she uses all her brain power on schemes to make students miserable rather than using it to find a helpful way to present class information. My family, friends, extended family, neighbors, and coworkers know this woman's name and that goes to show how miserable I am in this course. Send help. Free us.

I have no idea what her intentions are with us. I believe something happened to her mentally because in no way would a “average” human want her students to be this miserable. No need to attend lecture because she gets off topic and you need to memorize literally every letter in her lecture. Also why ask us to do useless homework assignments.

Honestly top 5 worst teachers at CWRU, tests are purposefully ambiguous to trip you up, amount of information to memorize in tandem with other classes is unreasonable (hundreds of slides). HW is useless and tedious, she does not teach in class. No EC, no curves, and just generally a horrid professor. Please inspect her class.

Probably a good person like nice ig and really passionate about biology but can't teach to save her life. Also, its a flipped classroom.

I stopped looking before I crossed the road after I started taking this class.

Makes me contemplate life on a daily basis. Least understanding and sympathetic person I've ever met, she might be a robot.

Hardest class I've ever taken, and yes the content is difficult, but Barbara makes this course 10x harder. She assigns incredibly tedious and difficult HW, and makes test questions that are so specific, when there is already SO much content. No regards for her students' grades, or mental health. Good professors listen to feedback, she doesn't.

Potentially the worst teacher at CWRU. Makes you do 11 slideshows per test with 40-50 slides of info per slideshow. If you think that's bad, you have to know EVERY SINGLE WORD DO NOT MISS A SINGLE WORD ON THESE SLIDES. it's sad because you're not even being tested on whether you know the content or not as the tests are designed to trick you.

she's a horrible lecturer, doesn't care for students, and assigns useless homework that have no contribution your learning. Development and physiology is difficult yes, but her class is a million times harder because of her f wording on tests. dont take this course

She is like any other biology teacher at Case. She doesn't teach much in lecture and just reads of her slides which she posts on Canvas. The tests are only easy if you spend copious amounts of time learning everything on her lecture slides verbatim.

She is by far the worst professor I have had at Case. She doesn't seem to put in much effort for the class although this is her main class that she teaches. She gives videos that are years old and her powerpoints have extra resources that have been taken down showing that the powerpoints have not been looked at. She also gives some outrageous hw.

Her point system is so aids. The year before, she provided plenty of opportunities for extra credit, but this year, she replaced most of them with homework assignments. She refuses to curve the class this year, despite having done so in the past and having the same difficulty tests as previous years.

reads slides and does nothing else.

Super lecture heavy, but gives irrelevant and wordy problems. Always brings up "pre-med" students, seems to attempt to weed students out. AVOID AT ALL COSTS

If I die before I turn 20, it would be because of the repercussions of taking this class. I stare longingly at the cars on Euclid because Kuemerle does not teach you anything while also making the tests so hard that you have to remember EVERYTHING on her slideshows. Unreasonably hard course for content that's already hard.

Kuemerle has no sympathy and takes pride in making her course overly difficult, but what's shocking is her lack of shame in her inability to teach. Very two-faced; doesn't have the courage to be upfront with students and instead leaves everything open-ended, although she already has her decision in mind. There's a reason for all these reviews.

this class mak me sad :(

Actually the worst professor I have ever had. Not only does she not teach during class lectures and leave you to teach it all to yourself through her horrible videos online but she also does not care about her students.

go back to avon lake please dont teach this class anymore please just go write books about crispr

Chat is a better professor.

this class makes me wanna take the bio out of the biochem major. or just drop out of school.

The content she goes over in class is not AT ALL what the tests are about. Attending her class is a waste of time, you have to study COMPLETELY on ur own for the content you will be tested on.

While taking this class, I stopped looking both ways before I crossed the street. Whatever happens to me, happens. I'd rather take that than ever take this class!

I cry myself to sleep every night thinking about the fact that I have to wake up in the morning and study for this class. She's in denial that she has a flipped classroom.

Doesn't teach, not willing to work with you for grade concerns or scheduling, gives goofy homework assignments unrelated to class content, and makes her tests based on absurd amount of niche terms. You're better off taking this at a local community college or changing your major. Her GTAs are also loyal followers of hers and are unwilling to help.

If you're not religious, then choose a religion and pray because this class was actually so terrible. She doesn't teach, and the test averages are horrific for every exam.

STAY FAR FAR AWAY.

the one good thing i have to say about this course is that it made me realize a future in stem is absolutely not worth it. would not recommend.

So. Kuemerle has caught multiple people cheating but will NOT curve the exams like she did in previous years. Stopped giving extra credit for going to class too, slaps students in the face with six useless bonus points. She was a premed in college with a low gpa who didn't get into medical school so she's making sure to give premeds a hard time

Take it with Peterson. Got same grades as my friend in Peterson class on Kumerles exams but due to her ridiculous grading my friend got an A in Peterson and I ended up w a B. Just do it in the spring semester freshman year before ochem with Peterson and do not even think about kuemerle.

Most unreasonable professor ever. Horrible lectures/slides, exams, and homework. Also makes you pay for the 6 extra credit points offered which for one I think is super inappropriate and two isn't enough for the challenging nature of this course. Your success is in your own hands if you feel the motivation to study for an ungodly amount of hours.

Real life Sue Sylvester. Don't know how this woman has not been fired yet. I have nightmares about her, not even the content.

"Madame Morrible, Flip It Around, Wicked Witch" (emphasis on Barbara being a wicked witch)

She is the worst professor I have had at Case. I get that the course content is hard but it is no excuse for giving grades back late, just reading off the slides, and not putting in much effort into the course. Please avoid if possible, you will have to do all the learning yourself.

Even though she's caught multiple people cheating, she hasn't punished them and instead punishes the non-cheaters. She both facilitates and excuses cheating and should be reported for academic integrity.

Cannot teach to save her life. She mindlessly reads off the slides in her recorded lectures, and if she starts trying to explain something not on the slides, she proceeds to say the wrong information or forgets entirely, as you can hear her start flipping through her notes to read off of again. Genuinely a robot of a professor.

Probably the worst professor for a mandatory premed course out there. Doesn't know what shes talking about and doesn't care to fix issues within her curriculum. So many terrible things I could say about her I could probably write a whole essay on. If ur taking this class just give up already

The last exam will be highly challenging due to the extensive amount of new and cumulative material tested simultaneously. Since the average will be be low, hopefully she curves as she has done in the previous years. She should have given more extra credit opportunities as she did previous years! Not sure why she changed this year.

she gave me a 5/10 on a hw and then when i asked for some credit back she gave me a 0/10 (2% difference in your grade) sums up the kind of person she is

Does NOT curve keeps saying she will but WILL NOT so just take it with Petersen and save yourself the time and aggravation. Only gives 6 EC points (1% overall), stopped giving extra credit if you go to class. 88 is A and 78 is B. I have a 4.0 and I struggled to get a 78%.

Dr. Kuemerle is a very nice person, however she is an extremely questionable professor. Her textbook and slides often contradict themselves, and as she never repeats questions, each year her class gets more and more difficult. This class is significantly harder than 214/215 and even Chem 223. Her teaching style is not conducive to student success.

People keep on mentioning extra credit yet they fail to acknowledge that she makes students PAY MONEY to even gain access it. I find this extremely inappropriate.

Please do not major in STEM so you can get out of taking this class. You only need to take 2 semesters of bio, and that includes literally any bio course. They brainwash people into believing you have to two 214 + 215 + 216, butyou can just take 214 and 215 since Dilulio and Haywood are actually do able. Everyone with an A cheats or no lifes.

No matter how much I study or how early I start studying for these exams, they genuinely feel impossible to do well on.

Many of the people who get As in this class cheat and get away with it. Kuemerle is not astute enough to catch all of the cheaters, so she interprets it as "high class avg great so now I won't curve!" DONT TAKE THIS CLASS TAKE IT WITH PETERSEN.

run. no matter how well u know the content, its not enough. also have to pay money for the one extra cred

I have post traumatic anger disorder from hearing her fake boston accent ramble on and on about nothing. chem223 x 100 + phys121 x 1000 would not even come close to the amount of pain I felt in this class. avoid. pls. avoid. pls. i dropped purely because i would get more anger issues from listening to her talk

Worst professor I have ever had. Stay away.

So I'd recommend NOT taking this class :(

Without a shadow of a doubt, the most horrid professor I have ever experienced. This is the only class where there is truly no correlation between how well you know the material and the grade you receive. She has no sympathy for students. Genuinely heartless. Not the first RMP review I've written, but the only one I truly mean.

Genuinely terrible; one of the worst professors I've had at CWRU. She should clearly stick to research as she does not have a clue about teaching. Her exams are pure trickery and word play. She is not trying to gauge the students' understanding of the material, but rather tries to weed out STEM students with her insidiously hard exams. Pathetic.

I am literally going to wait until she gets fired to retake this class. DO NOT TAKE THIS WITH KUEMERLE. this class has no business being so hard. She makes typos all the time and her slides make no sense. I need them to invent zeros on rmp just to give this "professor" a lower rating

Wish I could give her a 0

By no means is success in this class an indicator of success in the real world. Her exams were very rigid and required heavy memorization off her slides with no critical thinking. Was not caring in class if people truly grasped the topics and would talk over kids many times. Be ready to be your own teacher as there is no purpose to going to class.

Dr. Kuemerle does not have any interest in teaching the material of this class. In this class, she went on tangents and did not care about students grasping the material. The environment of the lecture was not optimal for learning. 600 people, all talking over her and she does not care at all. Waste of time, with everyone just doing other work.

She does not want to see you succeed. This class has an absurd amount of information- over 150+ slides for each of the 14 chapters. There is also a CUMULATIVE final that is just designed to make you fail. This class doesn't correlate whatsoever to how successful of a doctor you could be. Try to avoid this class if you can.

It would help if Dr. Kuemerle was a good teacher but she isn't. She is one of the worse at case and honestly I don't think she even wants to teach. Her exam expectations are unreasonable. You're expected to memorize every single detail on every single slide (about 400 per exam) and even then that's not sufficient to do well. RUN AWAY.

you can't just screw the class over on test 1 and let the averages be so low, you should fix it.

final was overly hard

Physiology is naturally a content-heavy course. Don't waste time going to class, she just reads slides that are on Canvas. Plus, she got rid of EC. HWs are such a pain. Memorize every slide word for word, read questions carefully, and you're guaranteed an A (Easier said than done). Plan ahead. Space it out. Don't try to cram. You CANT do it. GLHF

Wasted $20 just to get 6 extra credit points (barely improved my grade btw) when I could've spent that $20 on 4 Mitchell's ice creams coping bc of how awful this class was. Such a shame she was a bad professor bc the content was actually interesting but exams were so hard and she never taught well in class.

Free time? Nope! Won't exist if you take this class.

Hardest class I've taken because of the volume of content. Use Anki to memorize EVERY word from her slides (make sure ur able to recite exactly how it is said on the slide) and use spaced repetition while doing this. Wake up rlly early in the morning of ur exam day, reset ur anki deck, and go through all the flashcards. Tests have lots of word play

Test questions are all a paragraph long: Don't read the paragraph, it will trick you. Skip to the question that's actually being asked. The answer is always something she mentioned in the slides.

Can't teach for the life of her yet gives the most time consuming homework assignments. Videos are not helpful. Take in spring.

She shows little concern for students and lacks effective teaching skills. Exams are unclear and poorly written. I would not recommend this course unless required. While the material is interesting, her approach undermines it, and promoting her own $20 book for extra credit raises ethical concerns.

Offers no support to students with evidence of medical emergencies, cannot lecture to save her life, doesn't take accountability for the problems she writes incorrectly on exams, took away ec from students because one person asked about it.

Could go wrinkle for wrinkle with hooded Sith lord. Don't bother going to lectures, memorize the slides on Canvas with Anki. Lots of content, so don't procrastinate studying