moody, monotonous, put me to sleep

she is a horrible teacher. Her study guides suck they make no sense. not helpfull at all. she does her whole lecture in powerpoint and she can barely read..

I initially registered for Lally's 141 class, but during the semester, Merritt took over. She doesn't care whether or not students pass her class, she's passive and just goes through the motions. Her study guides don't help at all. Thanks to her, I get to take PHYL 141 and 141L all over again!

I really did not like this teacher. She was confusing, often coming to class and telling us something she said the lecture before was incorrect and quickly trying to gloss over the correction. Her lectures are BORING and JUMP around. Must know the whole

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she needs to step up her game -- her style of teaching is horrible.

she is the worst professor i've ever had. lectures are all over the place, boring, long, and her tests are ridiculous

Boring, DO NOT TAKE HER!! All her exams are out of this WORLD. Take my word for it, Einstein cant pass her test! If you are gonna take it, BE PREPARED. she is boring, talks slow. and lectures drag

The worst class ever. Work hard for a C at best! Tests are SO hard. I recorded every lecture and typed them out in her powerpoints and read book but still got C's. She is from another planet and most grad students say this is the hardest class they ever took. Go to class cuz tests are from lectures but good luck staying awake!

She is a boring lecturer. The only thing people get out of her class is sleep. She expects you to know everything for her exams. There are no study guides or clues to what is on the exams. It is rather ridiculous. It is impossible to succeed in this class. DON'T TAKE THIS COURSE!

I dreaded going to this class! Her lectures are very boring. Her monotone voice could put me to sleep within the first 10 minutes. She doesn't explain concepts very well. And when I would ask her for help, she would tell me to look it up in the textbook. Very unhelpful! On the bright side, her lab class is an easy A!

WORST TEACHER EVER! She has a curve but that doesn't even matter. She is confusing and her tests are the worst. You spend the majority of the test trying to understand what the question even says. If you can take this class anywhere else and transfer it, that is highly recommended!!

No syllabus, no up front due dates/test dates, no grading criteria. Assigned 6-11pg things <24 hrs before they were due. If not done perfect, NO credit received, but never gave assignments back. Belittled students in class. Expected us to read 30 chapters, only finished 10 because of her, yet we get an incomplete til we finish the rest on own time.

HARD COURSE. Condescending when talking to people. She acts like we have background in it when it was my FIRST PHYL CLASS. Pay attention to pictures for tests. DONT BELIEVE WHEN SHE SAYS SOMETHING ISNT IMPORTANT, IT WILL BE ON THE TEST. She accused people of cheating and gave them ZEROS just because 5 wrong answers matched. AVOID this course.

Terrible professor. Extremely paranoid about cheating. She gave unfair zeros to multiple students. I suggest not taking a class from her until you have to.

Avoid this class by ALL means. This was by far the most miserable class I've taken in my entire class. Initially I thought this class would be interesting but her tests, lectures and her overall ruined everything for me. She does not care about her students.

She is one sided and will not change her ways for her students at all. There are no study guides to help you on the test. I've studied all night for her tests and still failed every one. DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS. It will mess up your semester, GPA, and will bring you unnecessary stress. Take it ANYWHERE ELSE. The mean of the class were F's.

More interested in designing difficult exams instead of testinf what she actually covers in class. Boring and loves her bad reputation. If you feel inspires to learn avoid this class. She is extremely detailed but will never provide study guides or help you to focus on exaxtly what we need to know for exams. The only professor who teaches this.

Exams are tough, most stay up studying for days and still fail. Unless you want to waste your time doing the extra credit assignment do not take this class. Also, she believes her tests are fair, its the students that are failures. Her exams are tricky and difficult. Avoid this class if you can.

Hardest class I have ever taken! Teacher is awful. Laughs at students when try answer questions incorrectly in class. She takes joy in failing people. Do not take this class, change your major if you still can. Don't buy the text book you can get the download for the computer for free. Not worth the $350

She is very knowledgeable but it's just so much information (about one chapter per class). Hard to follow her lectures unless you have prior knowledge about anatomy

She knows what she's talking about. But she doesn't know how to teach it to us. She just blurts out info and goes on and on. But she doesn't know exactly how to teach it to us.

Human Anatomy will always be a difficult course, but her teaching methods are for her benefit, not the students, so its 10x harder to learn the information needed to pass. She does not give out study guides, no quizzes or in-class assignments to help learn the material, just exams alone make up your ENTIRE COURSE GRADE. Don't recommend this course.

First, the instruction received is not worth the thousands I spent to take this class. Second, the instruction level and the multiple books required for this course will not prepare you for the exam. Third, the exams are unfair since they can have more than one correct answer. Fourth, the exams will have material not in the book or PowerPoint.

Unless you're looking for a way to lower your GPA don't take this class. Professor does not care if you fail. Even if you attend her lectures, you won't understand a single thing as she mumbles a lot. Sat in the front and could not understand a single word. Her exams are extremely hard, even if you convert the book to memory you still will not pass

your entire grade is made up of four tests each lecture she gets through a chapter but expects you to go over powerpoint slides that are 150-200 slides each doesnt give out a study guide and tests are best answer questions so most of the time all of the anwers are right i barely passed her class and i only did because she curves so heavy. dont take

Take this class during your &quot;easiest&quot; semester. I made this mistake last semester. I took this class along with 5 other classes and it was a hell of semester. I spent a lot of hours studying for this class and my test scores were average. Don't be stubborn like me and make the same mistake ;) I passed the class, but I had to work hard for it.

The hardest class I have ever taken at UH. I passed required science classes (including upper division classes) with only As, but this. She is such a sweet lady to talk to, but not the greatest lecturer. Be ready to read, though you still won't pass. Exams are very hard and include things that weren't covered in the class.

I failed the first 2 exams, the 3rd one I barely passed, but for my final I aced it. Reading the textbook REALLY helped. She uses the same diagrams from the book on the exams, so that's a huge tip. I struggled af but I managed to go from a D+ to a B- in my final grade. This class is straight memorization rip to u if u take it.

She does not take the time of day to respond to emails. So if you have something important to tell her, make it in person. She is not tech savvy. Her exams do NOT correspond to anything that she teaches and accuses students of lying if the exam gets lost or messed up. Save yourself from a bad grade. Studying can't save you.

Extremely difficult class with unreasonable test questions. Her lectures are long and she often gets disconnected from Zoom, leaving students waiting in the silent Zoom session for sometimes an hour plus. Grade is purely based on 3 midterms and 1 final, with extra credit offered with each test. Worst class taken at UH.

In her class right now. find another teacher.

Literally the worst Professor to exist. Exams are extremely hard and its like she wants her students to fail. The most boring lectures with her just reading the sides for 2 hours!!!! The worst 2 hours of my life. Never take this class. I would give Professor Merritt 0/5 if I could.

Terrible Professor. Boring lectures and doesn't know how to teach the material to students. This is a self taught class. You are better off reading the powerpoint slides and textbook on your own. She is no help. The tests are unreasonable. Take this class if you want to ruin you GPA. Very boring professor. Cant believe I paid for this class.

Dr. Merritt just understands the anatomy/physiology for herself, but does not know how to relay the information to students. As she lectures it seems as though she is saying the information to herself for her own understanding and does not present it in a digestible way for her students. It is the norm to get Cs and Ds in her class.

Lectures were so bad. Stopped attending, had higher exam scores than those who attended. Read the textbook like the Bible. She sent emails via a personal email address, I didn't realize and accidentally used it once and she got angry and was VERY disrespectful towards me. I wrote a letter and reported her to her department chair. Too bad for tenure

she only lectures but gets off track easily. only graded by a few exams that cover multiple chapters.

Her tests are very difficult, study her slides inside and out. I never read the book once and got A+ for all the tests. I can't stress this enough make sure you do the extra credit!!

I've never written a negative review since, to be honest, it's on you. But this class made my head spin in ways I never imagined. First and foremost, be prepared to be completely perplexed as to whatever chapter you are in and which textbook you are meant to be reading. She uses two. It's been the most stressful time of my life. 0/5 if I could.

Your grade relies on exams only, and her exams did not feel like an intro anatomy class. I only found a good way to study for her exam by the last 2 exams. Focus a lot on the images in the textbook! Most of her questions are fill in the blank based on the images. Does curve generously but the class average grade was probably a D, so it didn't help.

took merritt for phyl301 as a bio major. tests are impossible, i would start studying over a month in advance and still could barely pull my weight. you need to memorize every minute detail, as exam format is all multiple choice "select the false statement" questions. if youre a bio major youre better off taking any the zoology course.

Some of the slowest lectures you'll ever go to. She doesn't really communicate what you did wrong in the lab section. If you take her, make sure you go beyond any study guide she gives you because a lot will catch you by surprise.

Teaching style is heavy on reading by yourself and poor lectures where she annotates slides while mumbling about certain aspects she thinks is important. Tests are long, confusing in wording and setup and your only grades. Consistently behind lecture schedule.