She's nice and looks like she cares about her students but I found her exams did NOT reflect what she emphasizes in class. For ex, in stats our second midterm was 2 chapters and he said "Focus on chapter 4." There was literally one from ch. 4 on the midterm. She bell curved the grades and still wouldn't tell us the average because it was so low.

Beware

Her lecture isn't clear and there's no textbook you can study. She gives no feedback on assignments and there aren't any materials to study for the exams. Her exams are also hard and doesn't reflect the assignments. And she takes attendance so you have to go to her boring lectures.

Literally tanked my GPA, assessments are unnecessarily hard and don't follow the examples of what you learn in class; so much of what you need to know is implied and not directly taught. Calc was not a prerec for this class and yet the midterm was 75% calculus. Learned more for this class in ECO 2117 and DVM than in her lectures. AVOID AT ALL COSTS

The midterms were short answer and they were nothing like the examples she would provide or the online quizzes we had to do every week. The final was all multiple choice and the questions were out of nowhere. This class ruined my GPA.

Basically, and mathematically does not know what she is talking about. Midterms are nothing like the practice. Concepts seem simple in class and during assignments but during testing are given in a way that was never seen before.

Terrible prof, she either said she was not getting the concepts through to the students or that we were not working hard enough. Nothing she taught or focused on was on the written midterm, and she doesn't explain herself and calls people out for having a blank face since she makes no sense.

The material covered in class was not the same material tested on the midterms and exam. Also, she explained course material by using specific examples rather than discussing the overall concept.

Very hard!

Absolute joke of a professor, the class is easy but she tries to complicate everything. I genuinely can't believe she was hired by the school. Do yourself a favour and switch

Her midterm averages are well below the norm but she refuses to bell curve any assignment or mid term.. good luck

She is ridiculous! Stuff is easy but her midterms and assignments are extremely confusing. The grading criteria is unclear

not a very fair professor, makes you learn on her terms and her assignments and tests are very confusing

Probably the worst prof I've had in the department so far. She does not think about the students and tries to make an easy class harder for no reason at all. Try your luck with another prof

Same energy with Gordon which means take other professors.

she made the class very boring and heavy and I do not like her because it was very unnecessary and she sets students up to fail. Tutorial quizzes are terribly framed and you cannot go back to check your answers on a times quiz and homeworks are hard

Horrible professor, tries to gate keep her test questions, assignments, and quizzes. I have never had a professor who looks to trick students rather then test knowledge

Horrible teacher, her tests are really weird and she tries to keep as much information from you as possible. its like she wants her students to fail....

Go for another prof if you can! she's too difficult and very hard to reach! She sets her students up to not pass

Very average professor. Makes the lectures uninteresting.

Horrendous professor, and an absolute disgrace to uottawas reputation. Never in my 21 years of academic discourse have I had a professor as horrible as her.

Her teaching is normal but mid-term and the exam was so hard. I took ECO 1102 with a different professor and her teaching was superb. Plus mid-term and final were fair.

Differ your class if its with her shes not worth your time

Just avoid her. I cried after every lecture and quiz. The assignments were hard for no reason as well. The final seemed easier but trust her to grade terribly.

Professor Blanco-Perez has no path when it came to teaching the course, it was often all over the place. Her lectures has limited relation to the weekly quizzes and assignments she provides, they are all based off the weekly tutorials that are different than the course material of the week. Her final exam was just confusing and difficult.

I wanna give you a zero, but that's not possible so I give you a one. DO NOT TAKE HER. Trust (if you care about your grades and your mental health). She is mean when responding to emails and sometimes just not answer you.

Her tutorials she provides in this class were absolute trash and not helpful in helping students succeed in this class. Professor Morin whom taught alongside with her was poor too. Avoid both of these professors if you care about your grades in this class.

Very hard class. Tutorials are not helpful, and exam time is very short. Avoid her classes!!!

as a prof shes not that bad, but her tests are the absolute worst which makes you not like her all that much. avoid at all costs, her exams are deathly.

my least favourite class, because even when I read the textbook, watched the lectures and attend the tutorials, her tests were so hard that I only could get a 60-70 mark. the practice past midterms she gives is 1000x easier than the ones she gives for the actual midterm. AVOID AT ALL COSTS

Awful prof. Her midterms are nothing like what she teaches, and her teaching style is average at best. I scored a good grade no thanks to her. Extremely rude and doesn't like to answer questions. The course is easy, but she makes it unnecessarily hard for students. If u can, take this with Elise Critoph instead and thank me later.

I personally would not take this class. Lectures were long and boring, some of the later questions on exams were hard just for the sake of being hard, & not relevant to what we learned in class. All tests were at 8:30 on Saturday instead of later in the day. Makes you buy a $100 assignment service instead of posting the assignments on Brightspace.

So many mistakes in the tests and the practices on top of coming across as very patronizing. Fortunately you don't have to deal with her directly to go through with the course.

If you care about your GPA, RUN! She makes her exams unnecessarily hard. I'm not sure why she makes a first-year course harder than it's supposed to be. Before taking the class, I read her reviews and all of them are true. I was varying of her exams but even if you prepare, chances are that you will still not be able to do the long answers.

So many mistakes in the tests and practices to go along with her patronizing demeanour. Fortunately you can do well in the course without directly dealing with her.

Has absolutely no sympathy for her students. Would not recommend taking a class with this professor. She is extremely unhelpful.

what everyone is saying is 100% correct. refuses to help you, sends back snarky and rude emails and doesn't care about your well being whatsoever. her tests are unnecessarily hard (she's basically praying on ur downfall) and even tho the class was supposed to be in person, EVERYTHING is online. don't even know how she's allowed to keep teaching

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The lectures hardly talk about the math side of the course so DEFINITELY go to the tutorials

AVOID AT ALL COSTS. Very tough graders. There are too many questions that cannot be completed in the time given. Take any other teacher if possible. Only thing that kept my mark up were the assignments.

Her recorded lessons are incredibly boring and a slog to get through. Despite being given an hour and a half on the schedule for lessons she will often post lessons that are 3 hours long or more. She provides very little information during these lessons and you should read the textbook to save time and get more information

Not suitable for busy professionals. Missing classes results in a 10% grade penalty, divided between practice and attendance. There's only one practice exam per semester(deceiving). Must complete in-class exercises within 20min - challenging for those with ADHD or who struggle under pressure. For the st time, I'm on the verge of failing the course.

Never gave answers to assignments/practices/exams unless you dropped in during office hours and asked her. Seemed caring in class but rude and arrogant when answering questions, also she loved to deduct points for ridiculous reasons even when I got the correct answers. Her teaching is fine, but I just dislike her attitudes towards students.

Disorganized with sloppy lectures, talks forever but never says anything so it's very difficult to sit through the presentations. The order this course is organized in feels like it was chosen at random with important background info being taught in later chapters. Tests are hard and not well written plus three of them are worth 80% of your grade.

Prof Cristina truly made me realize how incompetent I am. This class has been an awakening and I'm not sure if I will recover. 10/10 lectures, she made me laugh numerous times and I respect her greatly. Everyone does. She is very caring and as a crim major she helped me get through this course despite my clear inability to perform the mathematics.

Where do I even start? She is such a bad prof you barely understand what she says, her lectures are useless, her grading is so exam heavy and she makes her exams way too hard. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!!! YOUR GPA WILL THANK ME.

if anyone has the chance to take David or anyone else (other than Gordock), these reviews should give you a pretty clear answer on who to take econ with. She isn't 2/5 for no reason.

She is one of the worst profs out there stay away if you can.

The greatest scam artist of our generation. Somehow, tricked everyone into becoming an actual professor.

You learn absolutely nothing from any of her lectures. If anything she makes the concepts harder. If you are capable of watching videos and learning on your own I would heavily suggest skipping all her lectures, they generally hold 0 value. If you even willingly take her class you're a fool. The only reason u should be cuz other classes are full.

SHE CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS.

Anyone who says she is a good professor is being paid by her. Her lectures are so boring with her just reading off the slides for 1 hour. Her exams are poorly written with the math questions being very hard for no reason. Never take her.

Save ur money, drop her

this prof isn't it, shes definitely the worst out of all the eco profs. You can barely understand her in class, writing all over the place, and over complicates concepts. IMO if you HAVE to choose her, read the textbook and look over the slides, even then that probably wont help much. The ta's were horrible markers

Anyone who says Cristina is a good prof is the most obnoxious people you will ever meet. Her ratings aren't this low cause people are "hating on her", shes simply a terrible prof. Simple as. Stay far away from her and your GPA and mental health will thank you. Her and Gordon are two sides of the same yk what...

She doesn't consider her students' needs to pass, making her exams unnecessarily difficult. Half the time, it's hard to understand what she's saying, which only makes the material more confusing. And no matter how much you study—even 24/7—it still wouldn't be enough to do well on her exams.

RUN. NEVER choose this professor's lesson. This professor is so conceited, arrogant and irresponsible. First, the knowledge of this class is very simple in nature, but in her class, you will experience a leap of faith.Second, the always slow email response and poor example questions.Third, her rules are more important than her knowledge.

She's terrible. attended her class both online and in person. Make sure to write down everything and keep up with her pace if you are seeing her in person. You have to go over the lessons in your spare time if you want to earn a good grade. There aren't many helpful eco teachers.

Horrible prof. The fact she can barely be understood through her thick accent worsens her monotonous, unbelievably boring lectures. Uses McGraw Hill Connect–online assignments and/or textbook which you HAVE to pay for ($99–$181.50) as the online assignments make up %20 of your final grade–as she of course has no other way to give out assignments.

The course on its own isn't too difficult, however this prof is genuinely not worth your money. Impossible to reach and is very impolite. In terms of the course itself, her teaching is mediocre so if you want to do well you should learn the content yourself.