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New, but she is good.

dr. van roo is really enthusiastic and helpful. great power point and makes the info. interesting to learn.

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Very Hard Bio professor. She makes it fun and interesting.

She is a just OK teacher who has respect for her students and tries to help them out where ever and when ever she can. She is also one of HOTTEST teachers, scratch that, women I have ever seen.

Absolutely gorgeous and very nice. Lectures are interesting because she is interested and enthusiastic- Very down to earth and did I mention gorgeous?

Professor Van Roo was a wonderful teacher in lecture. I liked her great attitude toward everything and she's the nice lady ever !!! I hope to take another one of her courses !!!

The hardest FSC class, period. Great professor who had rough spots early, shaking out just fine now. Oh, and she is very easy on the eyes...

best teacher at FSC. respects all students and is always willing to help students in her office hours, after class and by email. a hard teacher, but she makes it fun and interesting. she is well organized and a fair grader.

van roo is the best. bio concepts was very challenging but she has to be one of the smartest professors at FSC. she's also one of the funniest. i almost wish i failed bio concepts so i could take her course again!

She is extremely nice and very helpful, but she is a tough grader! I would take a class with her again.

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I am horrible in bio. But she made things very clear by using icecream/shoes as examples. She is a fair teacher. As long as you study and go to class you will do well with her as your lecture prof. The material is hard and she makes things a lot easier.

The easiest of my three bio profs last semester. She's great. Not bad to look at either.

This professor is an AWSOME professor! She keeps the entire class on their toes and makes class so much fun. She always has a perfect example and is so animated. She makes class so interesting. Take good notes, which isn't that hard, and the tests are a breeze. Her tests are straight off material we go over in class and to the point!

Van Roo was incredibly helpful and one of the best professors I have had so far at FSC. She pushes you to succeed and uses real life examples to explain subject matter. She has an awesome personality and is young so she which helps in relating to her students..Highly recommended.

Class taken over the summer. Very difficult grader although a very nice person and enthusiastic teacher. She makes bio semi-fun. I do not recommend taking her over the summer as she tries to cram every full semester's detail into 5 weeks. Otherwise, I would recommend her

Very hard, but I learned a ton!

Very interesting class. There's a lot to learn. She uses every minute of class time. Lab was a bit tedious, sometimes fun.

The course material and labs were awesome, but she is a very tough grader which brought down my confidence in some areas. However, very easy to talk to and always willing to help.

For someone who was absolutely not looking forward to taking Bio, I didn't think this class was too horrible. It was very boring, but it was basically a review of high school bio. The tests were challenging and you really do have to go to class or you'll be lost. Van Roo is nice and helpful, but intense.

She is very hard but is very upbeat during lecture and is funny. You do need to go to every class and pay attention. Her and the rest of the bio department are very helpful

Most Crystal Clear Class I have Ever Taken. Great Teacher.

I took Bio Concepts over the summer in the five week course. It is a very intense class. You rarely get out of your 5 hour 15 minute lectures early. Be prepared to work hard. She is a very clear teacher but very challenging. There is no possibility of coasting through her class. She is very nice and very helpful.

very fair, tough grader especially on presentations and lab reports. Constructive criticism. No sympathy

She is very nice and always willing to help you. Her lectures are very clear and understandable. She covers a lot of material in each class so if you miss a lot you are screwed! She is insanely hard grader on lab reports. tests are multiple choice and mostly fair but she often throws questions at you from left field. Expectations not always clear.

she's crazy. She thinks everyone should be a bio major and the tests are impossible. Try your hardest to not be in her lab.

Fun lectures, she really loves what she does and is teaching. My first impression was that she was just a beautiful face but her mind in amazing. But beside the fact that she is extreamly smoking hot, and would look amazing in just about anything, I learned so much from her. She is not easy and has high expectations of her students.

she is so funny and really tries to help her students.

Van Roo is a funny, smart, nice professor.. Knows her stuff better than any science teacher I've ever had... She will go to the ends of the Earth to help you, but sometimes that won't even be enough... Trying my best to stay above water in terms of her tests... AVOID HAVING FOR LAB!!!!!!!

Very Funny Teacher. Great Class

Class is very interesting and fun if she's actually teaching. She wastes a lot of time trying to be tough by sermonizing about how we should be studying/taking notes, etc. Maybe some people need the wake-up call, but I'm already a good student, so I'm here to learn, not to be treated like I'm 13. I've only had one quiz so far, and it was fair.

Very fun & interesting Class! Her lectures are crystal clear and on point! However, her class is not a walk in the park! Put forth effort and good studying habits! I really learned information that will last me a lifetime! Take her :)

Dr. Van Roo makes it very clear what she expects from you. She is tough but she's not going to throw tricks at you. She tests you on exactly what she taught. She is also really energetic and keeps lecture interesting. She's very friendly and is willing to help anyone.

Dr. Van Roo is a great professor! While her tests may seem difficult, they really aren't. If you study for her class on a normal basis you will do fine! If you need help she is always available for extra help. Wildlife is her passion and hopefully it is yours too when you take this class. It was by far my favorite class! :-)

Short and Sweet: Would not take again if my degree depended on it, but learned a lot about myself and the course material. Extended: Very smart, really knows her stuff and is passionate, but the tests are too hard. Average for large class was a C-. Syllabus grading makes sense, but test grading seems unfair. Really cool stuff taught though.

She is amazing, nice, really energetic and passionate about the material. Though she is a tough grader and wants you to be active in every class. Tests can be a bit confusing, but if you study, you can get them right.

Very smart lady and knows what she is talking about. You have to go to class to get a good grade and you have to actually listen very closely. Her tests are very hard and require a lot of studying. She doesn't give much homework other than pre-labs and her labs always last the full 3 hours or more. Her class takes a lot of time out of your life.

This class is impossibly hard. I ended up dropping out of it because she expects you to study like this is the only class you're taking. insanely hard tests and grader and the labs always go for the full time sometimes even more. Tests make no sense and shes impossibly hard for lab. I switched my major from bio after this. Thanks a lot van roo

Hard course, but an awesome teacher. You get graded most on exams, which are very hard, but if you pay attention and take good notes you'll be fine.

She is a tough grader, yes, she has very high expectations but that is because she is a really good professor. You learn so much from just one semester with her, and she is very thorough when explaining concepts. She is one of the most passionate/present professors I have ever had. Very inspiring, I am a senior in college and she is my role model.

She has very high expectations, but it is going to make you so much better. Her tests are very hard so study groups and effective studying are crucial to passing. Show up and take good notes. She is so passionate and makes everything in her class interesting

I love her so much! She is very smart and extremely passionate about what she teaches. She is a super fair grader and gives you all the material you need in lecture. Her exams are a little hard at times but you can always find the answer in your notes, so no trick questions. She is also available outside of class often.

Dr. Van Roo is an angel. She is so knowledgeable and she really cares about what she does. She does expect a lot from you and is a tough grader, but it makes you a better student! She is very clear about grading, clear with feedback, and very responsive when you reach out to her. She's my favorite!

I thought she was overall an awesome professor! She is very thorough in her explanations. Be aware that she expects that same comprehension on exams. Study your notes via fill in the blank/ re-writing them without looking and you should do well.

This was my favorite class at FSU! Lots of discussion and short ports, with a few Simone quizzes. Grading was very fair and I learned so much about what issues affecting Massachusetts wildlife. Anyone with a concentration in Wildlife Bio should

taught well but a little bit strict

She's wonderful and clearly passionate about biology, but she can be quite the tough grader. If you skip class regularly you won't pass. You should take lots of notes, or have an accommodation for a notetaker because she lectures quite a bit. If you have to miss class, ask a friend for the notes AND go to her office hours.