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MATH125 - 3.0 rating“I highly recommend not to take her especially if math isn't your thing”
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STATS227
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Reviews (117)
One of the worst math teacher in ELAC, not only is she inconsiderate of the student's progress she is hella stubborn, never compromising and instead of going over problems in class, she wants you to ask every problem individually, always saying, "THI
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She has a bad attitude, a total ****!
Horrible and not clear at all. She has a major attitude. Nolan makes you hate math even more.
her taching method is terrible, does not put answers on the board and she assumes that you know the material just because she does.
She is not one of the best teachers. She assumes that you know your math just cuz she does. What makes it even worse is that she answers questions individually in class therefore makes it even more confusing.DO NOT TAKE HER unless u are willing to study the book after her every lecture.
she makes you take you're homework to the front of the class and she checks it. DON'T TAKE HER CLASS!!!!!!!!
I took her math 125 and statistics 227. I think she is good professor because she cares about the students understand or not. If you are lazy, any class is not fit for you. If you don't find out questions and wait for her explains anything that should waste other students' time.
she's very intelligent
shes the wrong f'ing teacher i ever had. she doesnt know how to teach for sh't. trust me, if u have her, drop her class
horrible teacher
worst teacher in thE f'en world. do not take her trust me
the worst professor i have ever had in elac.do not take her class if you wanna learn a lot.her notes are not clear and tests are so difficult. i had a horrible memory in her class.
Don't take this instructor, I don't even know why she has a P.H in Math if she doesn't even know how to teach. She makes you feel bad if you ask her something. She thinks that she's superior. Too many absences "to take care of her family". Half of the class was failing. She doesn't explain well. DON'T MAKE THE MISTAKE OF TAKING HER,
i don't like how she teach.
If you hate math from the start, you'll hate it even more!!! Don't ever take her class. I would rather die than take a class with her. Boring, hard, ugly and ..... more hard.
she's a bad teacher of all... and plus... she even insulting me for cheating even though i didnt...
Don't take her class unless u know how to use MINITAB comp software, She's not very helpfull and she uses the computerinstead of the CALC through out the class,I had to drop her because she dosen't explain well, reads straight off the book, math center cant help because they dont know the how to use the program minitab dont take her for stat's
She is the worst math teacher I haver ever taken she does not know how to explain. She is very mean judges and makes bad comments if you dont understand her.plus she is very boring teache. DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS!
By far the worst teacher I've had in my life, w/o exaggeration! At 1st she seemed she was willing to help but BS, whenever we would set up meetings w/her, she would never show & she snaps when u ask ?n's in class. DON"T TAKE HER CLASS! It's hard to learn when she doesn't help & even harder when u can't even hear her when ur seating in the front row
**warning-do not take math 125 with this teacher. She lectures like you know everything and when you ask her a question she makes you feel stupid. Her lectures are not helpful. You are better off teaching yourself from the book. WORST TEACHER EVER...who hires these teachers?!
OH MY GOD...TAKING HER CLASS IS JUST A NIGHTMARE. IF YOU HATE SOMEONE AND THEY ARE NEW TO ELAC. RECOMMEN HIM/HER TO TAKE HER CLASS AND GIVE HIM/HER A "WONDERFUL" EXPERIENCE.
Please do yourself a favor and never get this professor!!!! worse professor i ever had!!!!
yeS sheZ bORiNG. lol but pretty nice. DO uR hw & pass uR tests, uLL get a C. & u would also need 2 go 2 da math center. overall, i give the class a 7.
Dr. Nolan is extrememly intelligent, however, teaching Math 125 and skipping crucial steps during the process will lead the avg. student in Math Lab all week. Where the tudors already know that you're from her class. The grading process includes 5 oral exams, hw graded in class ea. Mon., 7 exams & final. If you know Math125 take her if not run away
I do not recommend this teacher, wort teacher in ELAC. When she lectures, she expects you to know it, and when you ask questions she gets upset, and does not answer your questions. She will treat you like a 2nd grader, expecting you to have your color pencils, stapler, dividers etc, and she will take point off if you dont have them. DONT TAKE HER
This is the worst teacher ever don't take her. Expects you to know everything she is talking about. I don't understand how she is in charge of the whole math deportmant. Horrible at explaining the simplest things. Does not have a sense of humor. Doesn't seem to enjoy her work, take her if you are interedted in wasting time.
Dr. Nolan's teaching style was difficult for me to comprehend. I hate math as it is and taking this class made me detest it even further. I would not recommend this instructor to anyone unless they had excellent knowledge at math.
she is the worst teacher in the world, do not take her. in the beginning of the year we had 30 something students and now we only have 5 students including me. Trust me do not take her, i dont even know why she is a teacher
she is very bad. PLease!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!donot take her please. i am the toppest in class but i got C.(11 person)
this is the worst teacher ive evr had and i went through the lausd skool system. she is a whole month off schedule according to her syllabus,she doesnt answer questions,she corrects a few problems out of 30 on a hw and only gives u credit if those problems r 100% correct and she uses minitab, program that none of the tutors new. DONT TAKE HER!
TOO BAD!
I hate the way she grading homework,it's unfair. I'll never take her class again.Bd
By far the WORST professor ever. Her class is more review rather than teaching because that's what she does. She expects you to know the material already and gets bothered when you're confused. She does not like to answer questions and tells you to email her instead. She is VERY monotone so beware and looks very unhappy being there. DO NOT TAKE HER
She is the worst professor I have ever taken! She treats everyone like kids! Her hw grading is horrible. Don not take her!!! Take anyone but her! Mostly everyone drops her class.
its an easy class. she doesnt like to answer questions so i highly recommend somebody that really needs to learn math not to take this class
Dr. Nolan J. is the worst teacher ever. DO NOT TAKE HER. She does not like teaching. She will not answer any questions. She goes to fast. Take her only if you know math really good.
if you want to met the ideal wife of the guy who does the clear eyes commercials ( or use too) then this is your teacher. treats you like a child and does oral reviews about your notes and formulas. if you take her and struggle at math. your S O L
This teacher is personally a nice lady, the problem is that I feel she picked the wrong career. Her lectures are vague...there's no real explanation, and she flies through them so u get lost to the point where u feel like she's writing on the board in another language.
O.R She is so stupid to teach. DO NOT TAKE HER. PLEASE. Listen to me.
absolute worst teacher i've ever had in my entire life. just hearing her voice and seeing that dull expression on her face will be enough to drive you insane all semester. her "list" of supplies that u must buy is ridiculous and she takes points if you dont have everything on that list. besides her class i am a straight A student.
she is the worst teacher ive had. she wants so much from you but doesnt give you any knowledge in return. i dont recomend her at all
Dr. Nolan is a horrible instructor. She has a monotone voice and makes math extremely boring. She claims she wants to make math fun, but her personality and her demeanor speak louder than her words. She is unmotivated and does not motivate students and She's the worst instructor I've ever had. She's in all honesty a horrible teacher.
WORST TEACHER EVER! she is just AWFUL. DO NOT TAKE HER. 75% of my class is going to fail because she did not explain that after class 'meetings' were worth 40% of grade, final was only 20% wtf.she is a DUMBASS!!!!!!
I was getting a B for the class, and then for some reason, I just checked my grade right now and I got an F. No idea how that's possible, but it is possible. Time to retake it for Spring 2011. :(
SHE CANNOT TEACH!! IF YOU FAIL HER FINAL, YOU FAIL THE CLASS!! DO NOT TAKE HER!!!!
The first time i took this class, i failed n i had to punish myself by taking her same class again the following semester!she is a terrible grader, and gets frustrated and puts you on the spot if you do not understand the math. she makes mistakes on the board and interrupts you when you try to correct her! WARNING: extremely boring and monotone!
For starters DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS!!!she is so boring and doesn't make the class interesting at all. For lectures she pretty much talks to herself, you dont learn anything and her grading sucks. I got a D in her class & I'm currently re-taking this class with another professor and i'm getting a B.
Honestly, I've never had a math teacher that made me hate math so much. But Dr. Nolan takes the cake. I took her twice, failed twice and I'm completely regretting taking her. She treated me like a kid thinking that colors would help me learn... BUT IT DOESN'T. It seems like she can't get that into her head. I honestly tried to hard to pass.
ALthough she takes a genuine interest in her students, Dr. Nolan constanly skips steps and gives very little examples. I don't reccomend her for people who dont enjoy math.
WORST MATH TEACHER I HAVE EVER HAD. believes highliters help, but they do not. No study guides. NO help. You have to meet with her for binder checks, which have nothing to do with math. Did not use rate my professor, but this experience with her class made me use this for every class i choose.
I know everyone hear says she's the worst /borest teacher on the planet. but honestly i don't think all these rumors here about her are true. as long as you do ur hwk and study for her test, she's pretty ok. and if u have questions, she's willing to help you. i dont think she has an attitude either.
I was doing great at first, but as the semester progressed i began doing bad in the exams even though i spent hours doing homework and studying, you ask her a question and makes you feel completely stupid. She is more worried about how neat your binder is than to actually teach you the material, i do not whatsoever recommend this teacher.
She is a tough but fair professor. Her goal is to prepare students for college. You need to be organized and she grades you on that. She takes an interest in students, she's available for many hours after class. As for negatives; she treats her students like children. She does tend to glaze over the material quickly.
Professor Nolan has good intentions, however her teaching style is more suited to 3rd Graders. Student grade your HW. student is graded on meeting with her, having highliters pencils,paper,binder and most important TIME SCHEDULE. Does not explain well and is monotone, overall would not recomend.DO NOT TAKE HER if you dont completely know the subjec
Honestly she is terrible at teaching. All she does is have a set of notes she copies on the bored and reads them with her monotone voice and expects us to learn from that. She underestimates our maturity levels and treats us like we are in elementary. Maybe 15% of the class was there by the end of the semester, and more than half, probably failed.
She's not specific about the work we have to do. She takes attendance really late even when the class is finished, she tells us to wait; making us miss our other class and being late to other classes.
A very good teacher. Does treat her students like they're children at times because she has her own in grade school but really walks you through the examples and sets time aside to tutor every week. Her intentions are good but it is somewhat a lot of work. homework everyday and corrections of what you did wrong.
Her class requires lots of time on your part! You have to show up to class & have these meetings with her to show her your binder with your time sheet, high lighters, pens, pencils, etc. She doesn't grade your homework, your classmates do. She's missed multiple classes this semester. More than half of my class has already dropped it.
Dr. Norlan is Awful, a condescending tone when you are asking for help, intimidating atmosphere when asking for help. Lectures are a motionless powerpoint, while she sits behind her podium reading like a list in a monotone voice. Teaching method according to the Math chair, “It’s Different…” I didn’t learn a thing! WASTE OF TIME! DON’T TAKE HER!!
Dr. Nolan seems like a nice person but she is not very good at teaching. She displays pre-written notes and talks about them, she does NOT explain steps and why you have to do such and such. Assumes students already know what she's doing. If you're familiar with the subject then take her, if you need a teacher that will explain things... stay away.
Nice person but very serious. More than half the class dropped. If you need extra help understanding math 125, she is not for you! Her lecture consists of pre-written notes with very little explanation so you have to be able to understand what she is talking about otherwise you are on your own and will need tutoring.
Does not know how teach what so ever. Gave her the benefit of the doubt and i failed the class. Does not go through the material. If you like to teach yourself this class is perfect for you.
Treats students like still in HS. Very concerned about your binder, materials & time schedule. She sits at the podium and shows a PowerPoint about the lesson while telling us about the steps, but not explaining the process. Will excuse minimal absences if you email her. She will help if you go up to her and ask, but there is usually a long wait
When I took her class she was absent 50% of the time. After that everything seemed rushed and disorganized. You don't even need to go to this class most of the time all you have to do is email her why you aren't able to make it. The notes you take, you won't understand and they won't help you on your test. And be prepared to do homework every day.
The one main thing I learned from this class is how to study. She wasn't much help to me with her lectures or notes. Sometimes when I didn't understand a problem, I would feel dumb while figuring it out with her(her tone is slightly rude).I remember being in the math lab a lot & constantly scheduling to see a tutor or else I wouldn't have passed.
Very rude gives you hardest test ever always looks like she just woke up like 10 minutes ago talk slooow
TERRIBLE TEACHER
Threw me out of class because I forget my homework on my desk at home. Offered to re do the whole thing during the in class work period and have it turned in before the end of the period. Luckily it was still during the week period where you can add and drop classes, so I got into another instead. I felt bad for the people left behind. Oh well
The worst math teacher in ELAC!!! She thinks the world consists of high lighters. She checks your binder and other un necessary material. She never wrote on the board, she already has everything written down on her slides. Her homework has nothing to do with her tests! Her tests are supper long and hard. She doesn't even give heads up prior testing
THE WORST INSTRUCTOR EVER! I never thought i would be making a review for an instructor, but she is truly a VERY BAD instructor. Never helps, teaches WAY TOO FAST, always late & to top it off always talking about her personal life. My high-school math teacher helped me more than she did, her lectures are unclear, i dont know how shes an instructor.
She's a great professor and I'm sad she doesn't have a summer class for my 125. She spends extra hours at school to help whomever that needs help. Just do your homework, how up in class, correct your homework, exam, midterms cause that will count as effort. She will warn you when there's an exam or midterm.
I think Nolan is a good well intention person. She really means to inspire, however her approach is not effective. If you are good at math, and can work independently you will be fine, as for myself I need a lecture, not just a screen. She will get you organized, and will give you effort credit. You really have to wait around if you need help.
She does not teach well at all! Tries to teach math off of a laptop almost a powerpoint
Worst Teacher I have ever had. She uses the same notes from 2001, just projects them up on the board and reads everything off to you in a very low, monotone voice. She doesn't explain, just reads it off. Thank god for the math lab & Khan academy, otherwise, I would lose my A average. She seems to mean well but she should not be a teacher.
It's a shame that I have come this far in the semester and feeling like I should have dropped the class sooner or changed my Professor. There are no lectures in this class. The teacher has good intentions for the students but I have not gotten taught anything. If you're ready too copy a bunch of notes with very little or poor explanations take her.
I wouldn't repeat this class because I feel we didn't receive the help we needed. Also this teacher had a unique way of teaching (kinda hard/odd to explain) and it didn't connect with me personally.
I highly recommend not to take her especially if math isn't your thing. She's a tough grader and lectures are not explained well enough. She expects everyone to understand her lectures and when she helps a student out she makes one feel pressured. Biggest regret taking her class.
Extremely non engaging professor but provides clear very dry explanations, without ever smiling. Very smart and knowledgeable.
I do not recommend taking her if you struggle with math. She doesn't know how to properly explain the questions you have. She does provide study guides for exams such as practice tests and they're usually spot on to what is on the exam, just different numbers. Homework everyday, but its beneficial. I recommend finding a study group.
Very dry and boring and presents without personality. The method of teaching is not helpful in the slightest as she does things without explanation and expects you to just know already even if the concept is barely being introduced.
If given the opportunity, I would give a rating towards the negatives. Lectures dont line up with homework. Make a 180 if you see this professor teaching a class. If you arent good at math, don't consider this class by a long shot
The beginning of the summer course was ok speed. But as the class progressed, she realized that her teaching progress is too slow and proceeds to rush through the rest of the class, not caring whether her class can keep up with the sudden change or not. Homework is graded by classmates, and can take up a whole class period of 3 hours to grade.
Takes her time at the beginning of the term and then speeds up towards the end because she doesn't move at a fair pace all the way through. Quite honestly a waste of money to take this class if you don't already know calculus. First math class iv'e worried about passing because of her teaching style. steer clear,listen to her ratings on here chaps.
Shes always serious and give off the vibe that she doesnt want to be there. She told me I was going to pass and that I shouldnt drop that class. Dont take this professor if you struggle with math.
My first math class was with her and I'm a first year college student. She was so difficult and did not help at all. When we would ask for help she would get offended and answer in a sarcastic way. Do not recommend taking her, if your really good at math then you'll pass. I ended up dropping her class.
She starts off super slowly and then speeds up by a great amount as she realizes that she won't get through the material in a timely manner. She also wastes an hour of class by grading homework, when that could be done through an online service.
One of the worst teachers I've ever had. If you take this class expect to learn 98% of the material on your own. Her lectures were awful. She just solves problems in front of you and expects you to understand. She does not keep up with grades. Don't take her unless a) you're already really good at math b) you like really difficult teachers
I did not learn anything at all. I had to teach myself everything. She hardly explained while solving the problems. She didnt grade anything until last minute. I do not recommend her at all unless youre up for a challenge.
With one month of the semester left, she has not graded a single homework assignment since March. Again, one month left and she hasn't given us a single exam. A lot of her homework assignments had the wrong questions, ex: chapter 13.1 questions only went up to 58, she assigned up to 78. Setting her students up for failure!
Professor Jeanine is absolutely insane. DONT TAKE HER!! with 2 weeks left of the summer session and she hasn't graded absolutely one homework assignment . She is very irresponsible, just goes over problems from the book for lecture and assigns homework with absolutely no lecture. She expects you to know everything.
Hands down, worst professor I've ever had. Where do I start? All class long her "lectures" are drowned out by the sound of her loud breath and fans blaring into her cheap dollar store headset. The class is officially over, and she hasn't graded a modicum of work. She steps out of the room unannounced for up to 45 minutes every class. DO NOT TAKE
Hands down the most unorganized professor i ever had! She makes excuses for everything. She doesn't grade anything till the end so you don't know where you stand at all. PRETTY STRESSFUL RIGHT! She would give an unreasonable amount of questions (20) on a CALC3 EXAM and say you got an hour and 10min to finish. THE WORST PROFESSOR I EVER HAD! RUN!
It amazes me that someone so unprofessional can teach a calculus 3 course. I truly am at a loss for words. Nolan will not grade your assignments until the end of the course. It's as if she puts no effort at all into trying to grade assignments. Absolutely do not take a course in which she is the instructor.
On the first day I thought his class was tough and going into the third day I noticed the professor just goes through problems from the book without any lecture and with out explaining why and how to get the answers. I dropped this class before I failed and wasted a semester. I highly suggest looking for a different professor!
Cool Professor
The professor is not completely there.She means well, but if you want to learn ANYTHING, do not take her. I gave her the benefit of doubt but I should've listen to the previous reviews. You cannot understand her lectures, she speaks super low, and tends to walk out for 30 minutes at times. I found myself looking trying to teach myself the lectures.
Professor Nolan is ok. If you want and challenge especially in math you could take her. UPDATE: I manage to pass her class while the rest of my classmates did not. It is about putting in work by studying and use time management to complete the work to be able to pass the class. She is calm but speaks very low so it makes it harder to hear.
Worst Terrible Professor I've taken, 0 Sense, Not Helpful At All, NOT specific or clear, has to use headphones w/mic while teaching as if it's online when it's in person instead of offering help needed she says ok not even Math Tutors know how to help out with Homeworks assigned, make no sense, numbers them without being clear! DON'T TAKE!
WORST PROFESSOR EVER. I usually don't rate my professors but omg, I took Stats 227 at the beginning of fall, IT WAS A NIGHTMARE. The first day of class she was using headphones and was speaking EXTREMELY LOW, almost whispering, she also assigned like 50 exercises for homework without explaining anything. Dropped the class as soon as it ended.
DO NOT TAKE HER! Worst professor! I took her over the fall semester in person and the whole time she has you log into zoom and watch her through there and if you had questions you had to type them in the chat which can be difficult to explain. I practically had to teach myself the whole semester. She is also very boring and she has no emotions.
Rushed through the course and slammed us with several tests because she didn't know how to pace her class. She was late almost every day and would step out during the middle of the lecture for about 30 minutes. Luckily, I passed but I pretty much taught myself ALL of the material. Don't take unless you're willing to make your life harder.
3rd day in the class and I already crashed out. Her lectures don't help you out with her hw. Like the other reviews say you pretty much have to teach yourself and she mumbles making it hard to understand her.
When it comes to asking questions on doing homework, she will make you take a zoom call. From there instead of helping you understand the problem, she just does the homework for you going super fast not explaining much. I would not recommend this professor as she comes to class late and seems to not care if one passes of fails. no extra credit.
Kind and flexible with deadlines, but the class was long, slow, and hard to follow. I often struggled, with latenight hw & 8:50 a.m. deadlines leaving no time for tutoring. Explanations were unclear, not everyone understood math terms easily. Full Lec + Exams days, rush, assignments time-consuming, and by mid-October only one thing was graded.
This is the worst professor I have had at ELAC. She has very slow lectures that make it difficult to absorb the material. I had to use youtube lectures to keep up and homework was always due at 8:50am which made it difficult to get a good nights rest and also get help outside of class. Take another professor.
First semester here at ELAC and I had to drop this class. It was a zoom class and the lectures were very slow and they did not help with the homework. LOTS of homework, she was lenient about the deadlines though. Hated using MiniTab software since on my laptop it did not look like hers. She is a nice professor, but the class was unbearable.
If your a new student or think in taking this course, I recommend to look elsewhere. Professor is ALWAYS, ALWAYS late and the way the professor explains the lesson is so confusing, even having notes is pointless in tests. The tests the professor gives are so complicated to where questions involves poking through the internet which is ridiculous.
Tough class, but used unstuckstudy and ChatGPT to help prep - saved me a lot of time. Professor can be disorganized, but going to class and using the textbook are key to doing well.
Our class was in person and she would use zoom as a whiteboard which would be hard to understand what she was doing. She wears a headset and it's very hard to hear her, sounds like if she were mumbling. if you go to her office hours she will not even answer your questions properly and instead make you seem like you are doing everything wrong.
Worst professor ever fire her
Just don't take this mf bro please would rather off myself than EVER be in this online course again.
there is no way
RUN RUN RUN DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS IM BEGGING YOU PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS DO IT FOR YOUR LOVE ONE FOR LOVES SAKE PLEASE DONT TAKE THIS IM LITERALLY CRYING TEARS FOR YOU RIGHT NOW YOU DONT UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH HAIR I LOST IN THE SPAN OF 3 WEEKS DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS FOR YOUR OWN MENTAL STATE YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
Honestly just talked about the problems when teaching there was no explaining done, she would just do the problems for us at that point and not even explain I learned nothing.
(MATH241S) Fall 2025 Isn't a rude teacher, she's very boring with SUPER boring lectures and has bad hearing. Grading is weird but very clear, it is switched with a random student, graded, then collected back to be inputted for your score. They're is a total of 4 chapter exams and 1 final exam. Only took attendance the first day of class.
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
74%
Textbook Required
100%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
B-
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
Declining
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MATHABCD
4.0
(1)MATH260
1.8
(5)MATH115
1.8
(30)MATH227
1.7
(15)MATH125
1.6
(30)Difficulty by Course
125
5.0
STATS
5.0
STATS227
5.0
STATS1000
5.0
MATH110
5.0