Very boring, horrible explanations, HARD TESTS, (with uncovered work). Does not break anything down and reads everything directly from the textbook. Talks with a sleepy uninteresting tone. The class had almost 100 ppl spring '13, asking a question was a task. Combined with the recitation teacher this made it the worst class I have ever taken at BC.

A robotic professor. 4 quizes 33% drops the lowest, midterm 33% and Final 34%. Do not take her she just does problems and assumes everyone knows how to do the problems. Avoid if possible

In my 3 years of college, this professor has been the worst professor I have taken. Professor Mathias clearly doesn't enjoy teaching or even being at Brooklyn College. She gets an attitute when you ask a question and assumes everyone knows how to solve every problem. She is like a robot: regurgitating word-for-word material from the tectbook.

Professor Mathias teaches like a robot and doesn't properly prepare students for the exams. She has an attitude when you have a question and doesn't care whether understand the inf or not. Please avoid if possible. Skip a semeter of chemistry if you can, just to avoid her. You WILL regret it.

Terrible professor, I mean robot.

Some professors are meant to be good teachers but some are not. She doesn't know how to teach. Classes are not really helpful. I am not recommending to take her.

She is not a good chemistry professor let alone a good professor in general. She doesn't explain the material clearly. Personally, I came into this class without any knowledge about chemistry. I hoped to actually learn something, but overall I didn't learn anything.I would never recommend her to anyone.

Horrible professor. She writes endless notes on the board, recites everything from the textbook in a robotic tone, and she’s got a attitude problem. On the upside,no homework assignments, she gives extra credit quizzes and drops lowest grade. But you’re basically teaching yourself. You NEED to be disciplined in your studies.

RUNN! i promise you hard time on everything related to the class. i used to be an A student in high school. All my grades were above 90 and still are except for this class. This is my first time to rate a professor, but i thought she deserved to be rated. If they have less than 1 as a rating i would have given her a 0. DO NOT TAKE HER.

shes not clear and doesnt care much to explain gets agitated when asked questions

I really want to punch whoever said she is a good professor. She's very knowledgable about chemistry but she should not be a professor, she goes way too quickly, erases the board before anyone copies something, doesn't explain things, she is soooo confusing. By the end of class, I'm still clueless. I have to self teach myself. AVOID HER CLASS!!

I just have 4 words for you: Please don't take her!

absolute ridiculous class, started off with 60 students and by the end of the semester only 20 were left. She refused to curve meanwhile everyone was failing her tests. i don't recommend taking her to anyone unless your amazing at chemistry.

Absolute train wreck of a class. Taught chem 2050 as if we were chemists that knew what she was talking about. Stopped going to her lectures & had to teach myself the material

If you use the textbook you will pass. That's the only way

She seems to not really care whether students understand or not, she rushes through the lecture and gets annoyed when people ask questions. You pretty much have to teach yourself.

bad part is that thare isent much info on her online. since the comment has to be of limited size also you will not find any of her exams when this semester ends i wil makeaful report on her class i will also include some of her exams as well so students will understand why people are upset with her since the colage dosent alow complaint

exam 3 of analytical chem. i dont have any other exams. on and the students have 40 min to take the exam. also notice that the questions look nothing like the questions in the textbook so thare is no way to prepare. textbook: quntitative chemical analysis 8th ed.

BEWARE! I had to teach myself chemistry. She flies and I mean at rocket speed through the material and she does a terrible job at explaining it. Aside from a MASSIVE amount of material that has to be understood, her tests are a nightmare and you have to know the material inside and out to get a good grade. Be prepared to teach yourself all semester

Very smart professor but doesn't share her knowledge with the students. She expects you to know chem like she does and if you don't and want to learn and ask questions she will roll her eyes at you (literally) and won't hide how annoyed she is. For me, it was useless to go to the lecture because I taught the subject to myself

Hardest thing I have ever done because this prof doesnt teach. Reads off of slides. Gets angry when u question her thinking.

Worst professor. I taught myself the whole class, only have 2 midterms and a final which are super hard. Most of the class struggled to get a passing grade. Stay far away.

Average teacher, gives extra credit but its usually difficult, and there is no curve which is unfortunate because it is an upper level chem course.

ABSOLUTE WORST PROFESSOR IN ALL OF BROOKLYN COLLEGE! Stay far far far away, took chem 1 with her and it was an absolute nightmare. Retook the class again with a different professor and passed with such ease. She does not care about anyone and exams are so hard.

Took her for environmental chem, Hard grader. the 1st test was horrible multiple chapters and scientific papers. 2nd test easy. Then 10 min solo presentation is easy but she grades hard. The final is ridiculous super hard she had no care to make the final simple. I would not retake it and she does not curve. WORST DECISION EVER TAKING HER

This professor does not care about her students. If you raise your hand, she will give you the dirtiest look I've ever seen. She gives many quizzes, two exams. The final didn't have tricky questions. I had to teach myself most of the topics. Went to her office hours and she couldn't have had a more annoyed face even though I was the only one there

Terrible, do not take this class. I took it during covid she made the exams impossible so no one can cheat. Nobody did well on her exams. very boring

DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS. Taking it during covid online and she makes the test impossible, majority of the class failed with below 40s for the midterm. She is rude and doesn't want to answer any questions.

SHE IS SO RUDE AND HER EXAMS ARE SUPPER HARD. I TOOK HER DURING DISTANCE LEARNING AND SHE NEVER CARES ABOUT HER STUDENTS....! JUST AVOID HER

I took this class during the pandemic and one thing you should be aware of she has HIGH expectations for her students assuming that every student already have prior knowledge in chem. She's very rude, she does not answer questions if she doesn't want to and her exams are extremely difficult despite studying the material. There's no extra credit.

This professor gave me a bad first impression when I first had her for class, I asked her a simple yes or question and she gave me attitude. Her exams are crazy confusing and difficult, this teacher made have crazy anxiety because of her teaching methods. If it wasn't for Rec and lab I wouldn't have gotten the grade I got. Literally the worse ever

Possibly the most awful professor at bc. She messed up badly with her exams and refused to give students credit for the questions SHE messed up on. If her tone doesn't give it away, rest assured you will know that she doesn't care about her students from her emails. She legitimately responded to students with the words, and I quote, "I don't care."

Literally such a rude person. Won't answer simple questions without an attitude, is just short and nasty with people.

For a Gen Chem 1 course, she made her tests way difficult than it had to be. Don't expect to learn much during class as she just reads from the openstax slides quickly and doesn't break down many questions.

Just wanted to say, very rude professor. She isn't that difficult at least for chem 1, but incredibly rude.

Truly the nastiest professor I've ever had. Her attitude towards students who are just trying to learn the material makes an already hard subject almost unbearable. When she decides she's in the mood to answer a question someone asks she condescending and blatantly rude in her response. Take her course if you want to hate your life for 4 months.

During lectures, she only reads off openstax slides and says there isn't enough time for questions. When she does answer a question, she does so vaguely and condescendingly. Her exams were way too difficult for gen chem, and the problems from the slides/ textbook are not good preparation for them. The only positive is that lectures are recorded.

the worst chemistry teacher in this college.

WORST PROFESSOR EVER. She lacks sympathy for her students and has no remorse on the success of her students. Be prepared to learn EVERYTHING by yourself. She will hand you the slides and tell you to do the problems at home. Grades very harshly so it is very hard to get an A. Only way to succeed is know material inside and out.

SHE JUST NOT IT PLEASE DO YOURSELF A FAVOR!!!

Hello all, Im posting this rating as a warning and I dont usually post ratings of my professors. Watch out and be ready for hell. This professor is so uncaring and unbelievable she will not bother to help you if you have questions. Only reads her slides without explanation. Tried her twice both online as well as in person. Stay away!!! Warning!!!

Professor Mathias is by far the worst Professor this institution has ever had, she should get fired for the attitude she gives to young students. If you are here to look at how good or bad this Professor is in order to add or withdraw from this course, please never take this Professor and WITHDRAW as soon as possible before you are penalized for it

Never take this Professor in your life. During class, I heard a student ask for his accommodations and she did not want to respect it and rejected him. She will embarrass you in the middle of class if you are not sure of an answer. Please plan ahead and E-Permit this course if you have to (If she is the only Professor teaching in that semester).

Im withdrawing today! Avoid taking this woman at all costs. You will not pass. She doesnt teach and just reads from slides. Brooklyn College needs to fire her. Its a shame shes the only one available to teach all section. Not everyone took chem in high school, she assumes this. Please dont risk your time money and mental health. Stay away!

Avoid taking this teacher if possible! She is really terrible at teaching. Does not explain the material well at all. She does sample problems in class but doesn't explain what she is doing. Her tests are horrible and some really hard questions were worth 10 points. Many people failed or dropped.

Reads off slides, doesn't elaborate much, and barely provides examples. You will end up having to teach yourself a lot of content and she doesn't seem to care about making students understand. It is a difficult subject, to begin with, but she doesn't make it easier. Makes you memorize a lot and thinks everyone should know things from high school.

She doesn't want students to understand her lecture. All she do is reading off slides and doesn't care to elaborate when asked by other students.

Not good at explaining. She has an attitude lol?

Can't teach if her life depended on it

Dropped class

HORRIBLE PROFESSOR DONT TAKE THIS

Do not take her!!! She does not explain anything you have to teach the material to yourself. You have to learn it before the class to understand a fraction of what she is saying then you have to relearn it or you will be so lost. It was so bad that I had to drop this class.

She expects you to already be a "A" student in chemistry. She is not understanding, expects you to learn everything very very quickly or else she gets frustrated. Take someone else if you have other choices, or else you will regret it. Not a good explainer, intimidating and gets frustrated with beginner chem students, a very very tough grader.

Avoid her at all costs. She is the rudest person ever and will make you regret asking the most basic question. Always with an attitude. so hateful, she should just retire if she hates her job and the students this much. Just reads everything off slides. You are on your own.

DO NOT TAKE HER ruined my gpa boring lectures and incredibly rude

She's very dismissive, judgmental, and is almost never available during office hours. The class itself isn't hard but you get demotivated because of these know-it-all med kids around you in competition for extra points. Also, you have to study a lot in your own time to ace. I'm taking the course again in the summer hoping that she doesn't teach it.

The worst professor I had, also the only class I ever dropped, out of 300+ students most failed the first exam the average was 30/100, does not know how to teach, is very pretentious, not accessible outside of class, not approachable, acts as if she is better than others and overall just not a good person. I have never seen her smile once either.

Slides are short, she brushes over things. When she does the problems in class the people answering are the front row students who took AP Chem I or googles the answers as she gives extra credit for participation. Which means its not a good pace if you're new to chem. Even if you're not her class is unecessarily difficult. And she is just mean.

I spent 3 hours studying everyday for this class, and studied 8 hours for 3 weeks before her final and still BARELY passed. Do not recommend.

If you happen to see her, she's the only option you can take for chem. WAIT ANOTHER SEMESTER. Trust me, even if you are premed don't take her. I studied nonstop for this class and I don't even know if I passed. Her tests are terrible, grading is as strict as a military Sargent and please whoever is reading this love your mental health and run.

RUN. she was the only prof teaching chem this semester and I had no option but to choose her. Had to drop the course bc of how poorly I was doing and how difficult she makes her exams. very strict with grading, even with studying its impossible to do well.

Extra credits benefited like 5% of the class. Some questions on the final were not taught or in the final review, she should give us similar type of questions on the finals or give us more practice on word problems in the review. If you can get A in her class, you can easily get A with any1 else with better efficiency, less time wasted on studying.

DONT TAKE HER Coming from a person who takes really great care of their gpa and grades, this lady does not care. Went to office hours to get help from her and got a vibe she didnt want me there and gave me no help. She thinks she runs chemistry. Never met a professor who has no pity towards their student.

Professor brushed over everything, writing out problems and solving them without really explaining how to solve them. This made her lectures very difficult to follow. I was too intimidated to ask for help during or outside of lecture, but according to other reviews, I'm not confident asking would have helped. Rest of class seems in the same boat.

Terrible professor. Very rude. Doesn't even explain the lesson and just writes the answers on the board. When asking for help after class, she gives an attitude. Whatever you do, do not take her class!! I had her for recitation which is the purpose of explaining things but she clearly doesn't know how to do that. Please avoid her class at all cost.

She doesn't care about her students. Each question I asked was met with an extremely rude response and it seemed like all she wanted to do was go home. I did well, but she made analytical chemistry annoying, despite it being a fairly easy subject. I will say that exams and final were fair and there was EC, but lab reports were definitely unfair.

Whatever you do don't take her. Anyone is better than her!!! She's plain rude and expects everyone to just hold the same knowledge as her. She doesn't care a about students or their grades, she rarely answers questions. Does in class EC that the same two people answer every time.