Her quizes are very hard and count as 30% of your grade. She knows her math but does not teach it very well. She does not slow down when asked. I would never take her again. She is not helpful. Not good quality.

She goes too fast and 22 out of 26 students have failed the first two tests.

Carol Cordova is extremely unhelpful. If you have difficulty with math do not select her as your instructor. She doesn't care about students.

Worst teacher I've ever had. Extremely unhelpful. Expects you to already know everything, and if you don't, you have to teach it to yourself. She treats you like you're stupid if you don't understand math. Even if you're good at math, do not take her class.

Cordova speeds through lectures; this makes it very difficult to absorb the material fully. Also, she seems to rarely show up for the study group that she offered to my class. She told my class that "if you show up to class, do homework as assigned, and study for tests.. you should be getting about 75% on your tests." I wouldn't recommend her.

Cardova is the worst math teacher I have ever had. Math doesn't come easy to me but when there's a good teacher I can at least do decent. She runs through her lectures extremely fast and when she says shes there to "help you" she just says look back at my lecture notes. Her tests have NOTHING to do with what she taught in class or what we learned!

Like she doesn't care about the struggles of a non-math person. seems very snotty and all about herself. great at math- not so much teacher.

Takes off majority of points on a problem for small mistakes. She is very scattered in her discussions. She loves to talk about her personal life instead of math. Rarely gives extra credit. Gives homework every night. No study guides. I would not recommend her as a teacher, I ended up more clueless at the end of the course than at the beginning.

I don't have enough characters to go into detail as to why you should absolutely not take any of her classes. In short - does not care if you succeed, encourages you to NOT ask her for help, covers huge amounts of material in each class, no review, no study guides, extremely tough grader. I have straight A's but a F in her class. It is ridiculous.

Very hard to follow her lectures. I think she is a nice person, just not a very good teacher. I have never taken a math class before where the teacher was so removed from one on one help with students. Nothing against her personally, but I would not recommend taking her classes.

Assigns hw every night, rushes through material, & shows no mercy. Tells you straight up that if you fail the course it won't affect her, and she doesn't care if you come or don't come to class bc its your grade. (I guess she treats you like an adult) Personally i struggle with math & this teacher did not work for me, eventually had to drop class.

She's fun & nice and really knows what shes doing. However, she teaches WAY WAY too fast & doesn't go into depth at ALL. She assumes we understand what she is teaching just as well as she does but that's not the case. Everyone is failing & more than half of the class dropped. I do not recommend her at all unless you are a very very quick learner.

NOT a fan of her, she doesn't care about her students. I have never failed a class before until i took her. Not to mention about 3/4 of the class dropped. She teaches at a quick pace and her tests are very difficult. She thinks we are Einsteins and know how to do everything as easily as she does. Sorry, we don't have a Masters Degree like you do.

Poor, very very poor. In high school I excelled in math but hadn't taken it for 2 years. I thought the R for review would be geared towards me to get me back into the math grind. Wrong, she expects you to already know the stuff. Grades are 3 tests, 10 or so quizzes, 1 final. Gave us a quiz first day back from winter break. STAY AWAY PLEASE.

Lectures are hard to bear. She has OCD & will say it everyday. Very fast in teaching. You can view her Facebook page & hear about her personal life a lot. If you have a problem with teachers not staying on topics, stay away. She will tell you she already been lecture about spending time talking about her life by division chair so don't waste time

Attendance isn't mandatory but there are several pop quizzes that are a good chunk of your grade. Ms. Cordova has extremely difficult tests. Lots of students drop this class. Tests are made intentionally extremely difficult. I made almost 100% in my algebra class before this one and failed her class. Retook it with another professor and did great!!

DO NOT take her. Thinks because she did it alone with 3 kids, and a job that everyone else should be fine, study and only focus on her class, and spend your life doing hw. exams are hard. Goes super fast, wont slow down even if you ask, or tell her you dont get it. No study guides. I wish I would have listened to the people who said not to take he

First off you have to everything her way exactly or it wont work for her . Extremely passive aggressive and will make you look stupid. Taught myself most of the material and tutors did more teaching than she did . Wish I could say something nice

Save yourself the time and money and don't take any classes with her. I don't mind a faster pace but when she refused to repeat anything she's ever taught us because she's not "reteaching" it makes it almost impossible to pass. She gives no study guide or insight to what will be on tests. Only take this class if you have a photographic memory.

Cordova does not really seem interested in whether her students succeed or not. Shes hard to get in touch with, loves pop quizzes on things taught weeks ago, and her tests and quizzes dont resemble the assigned homework. Shes also extremely particular. Do not take her class unless you are ready to teach yourself everything!

She is not willing to work with students who have different learning needs. You do it her way or she will refuse to help you or allow the TA to help you. She will take her frustration out concerning her children's health on the class. Also, she does not have a PH.D, she is NOT a Professor, she's an Instructor. Quizzes every week. No Homework credit

Cordova is a horrible professor if youre not a math student. I am an education major who had to take her class to get my gen Eds and it was horrible. She wants everyone to be passionate about math as a community college. She also brought her conservative politics and family drama up multiple times during class. Find anyone else.

she would hardly teach the class, made it hard to do quizzes, does not understand personal problems that hamper your ability too do something but will complain about hers as a reason for not doing her job. makes the smallest thing the most tedious process and let alone expensive. All in all she made an already hard time even harder.

does not give lectures at all. makes you work in groups but doesnt give answers or grade homework then gives random quizzes at end of class. if you are out she gives you zero on participation no matter the circumstances. requires a $150 book then uses an old one because she wont buy the new one

Throws a textbook at you and basically says teach yourself. The entire grade revolved around like 5 tests that only have 3-4 questions each with no partial credit on most. While she is nice that's about where it ends. She doesn't teach you. You teach you in this class.

Even with her bright smiles, she is very manipulative. Has a paranoia complex about people in her class cheating. Has long "rants" about how she used to cheat, this happens everyday class time. Will ridicule anybody for not understanding the problem. And treats the class like kindergarten. Words to wise, never pick her.

I've never had such a hard time with math. Between how much she assigns for homework, pop quizzes, and material on exams not being the same as on homework, this class was an absolute nightmare for a first-semester college freshman. I also took this class online in Spring 21, which definitely did not help. Very hard to keep up, especially full-time.

First off, she treats the class as a hybrid class, even though it was listed as an in-person class when enrolling. Has you do the lecture at home then you come in and work in groups she teaches nothing in class. She won't help the group if you need it. Pop quizzes are given almost every class. Shesays you need the new book but she uses the old.

Don't take her class. She doesn't explain anything, unless its her way. She does random pop quizzes that are tedious. Has periodic rants about how she used to cheat. And will pester you if you don't have a certain app to take photos of tests. If I was you, I wouldn't take her class if it was the only one available.

Don't take this professor, it isn't worth the money to take her class. She doesn't explain anything that isn't her way. She had pop quiz almost everyday even as she said your not having one. It's hard to trust her words even as she's teaching us. Likes to repeatedly rant about how she used to cheat in her old math classes. Even at random sometimes.

I have never left a rating before - but I felt like I would be doing anyone considering taking her Math 95 class an injustice if I did not share. I have dealt with many teachers & professors, but Carol is by far the worst. In short, she misses an insane amount of class periods & does not teach AT ALL. Complete waste of time & money.

If you are good at teaching yourself, you will be successful.

this is the worst professor that I have ever had and the hardest professor she doesn't do her job brings up lots of family drama and doesn't tell when test are and makes last minute work to do and is a very hard grader and the test are unbelievable hard and I go to ucla and this professor thinks her students are in Harvard

One of the hardest professor's at the school by far she will give you a 0 if you miss one problem

If you value passing a class and not wasting your money, do not take her class.

The only thing that saved my grade was extra credit But what anyone should know before taking her class(es) are unpredictable pop quizzes and tests that don't follow her teachings and TMI stories about her personal life and how she cheated on every math course when she was in school. Also another thing that I got from her class was anxiety. No thx

I took the eight-week online Math 120, and it has been awful. It has an online textbook, but the lectures are awful. There is so much homework and be prepared to work as fast. I recommend choosing someone else if you can or be prepared for this class to take up all of your time.

Cordova teaches like we have taken math 120 before. Gives pop quizzes and hard test with material we have not covered. Do not recommend more than 75% of the class dropped. She also is making us take exam 3, two days before the final. Fast pace is an understatement, she acts like that's our only class. Do not take her class.

Cordova teaches like we have taken math 120 before. Gives pop quizzes and hard test with material we have not covered.

I took her for the Math 95 Math 120 combo course and the work load was absolutely insane she tells you it'll be at least 6 hours a week outside of class and she means it. Lots of lectures to watch and you'll basically have to teach yourself. She also wastes way too much time talking about her person life and has a habit of canceling class.

she would just through tests in our laps, she never lectured she only told us to watch videos. she is nice but her teaching isnt the greatest.

By far the worst professor I've ever had in my life. Took pre-calc in high school and got an A. Took this to get an easy math credit since I'm not majoring in anything math-related. Instead I am likely going to fail my first class ever. Super unhelpful teacher with no care that all her students are failing and dropping. save yourself the struggle.

This was by far the worst professor Ive ever had. 80 percent of my class dropped the course while most of the ones who stayed failed the class anyway. You will have to learn all of the material in the class by yourslef with no help from the professor. Do not waste your time and money on this class!

SAVE YOURSELF

Within two weeks of starting class, the shift from manageable algebra to calculus assignments made no sense as this was an algebra course. I had to have surgery and requested an extension for my assignments. She instead told me to drop her class and offered no help what-so-ever. Seriously, find a different professor. She's a horrible instructor.

She is a nice and caring teacher, but I did not connect with the way she taught at all. I took trig in high school and almost got a b and I had to withdraw from this class. I think there is excessive homework to do and that its more difficult than it has to be.

She started every single class talking about her personal life and would begin lecturing about 15-20mins into class. She then ran out of time towards the end of the year, so she would not get enough time to go through examples. Have to learn on your own, Quizzes are so easy, Test are 10x drastically harder. Worst teacher I've EVER had.

She's still teaching here? Why? Literally every student including myself nearing failed her class.

Challenging class with "optional" homework that barely ties to quizzes or exams. The professor often discusses personal life, runs out of lecture time, and assigns homework from various textbooks. Jokes about Rate My Professor reviews being dramatic and inaccurate . ECA? Do not take!!!

Use this teacher as a last resort for your own sake.

The worst. Test every class.

Do not take this class you will probably drop it