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CHM2041 - 5.0 rating“Made me hate Chemistry”
CHM2041 - 1.0 ratingClass Info
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Textbook Required
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Cannot understand anything she says. Reads exactly off the slides and does not stop. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS
Difficult to understand. Cares for students but not a good professor. Do not take this class unless you can self teach.
She tries to be helpful, but between the language barrier and her being somewhat of a novice. This is a real self-study class. Her notes are rarely different from the Exam. All notes are posted online after class. I would suggest another teacher.
She is a very nice woman who cares about her students but has a thick accent. She knows whats she is doing chemistry wise, but not teaching. She is very helpful in her office hours though! She gives lots of opportunities for extra credit on past tests (normally 10%). Easy to get A if you teach yourself and go to SI.
She is very helpful and nice but she has a VERY heavy accent and almost NO ONE in class could understand her. Because of that, it is more of a self taught class.
The class itself is hard because it's chemistry. However, she Is very helpful during office hours and responds to e mails relatively quickly. Genuinely cares about if you pass or fail. Wish she taught chem 2041. I would recommend.
She is a very sweet professor and always available for help if you need it. I would recommend her. To the people who have a hard time with accents, try listening and pay attention a little harder- it might help with your grade too :)
She has a very think accent that takes some time getting used to but she's very lenient with her office hours and will even answer/explain chem questions through email. She does care about her students and she goes over her quizzes in class as well. The tests were actually based off of those quiz questions so they're not too hard. Just study!
She has a very thick accent and nobody can understand her. she rushes through ppts. If your horrible at math, then i dont recommend taking her class. She is glad to help but its mostly a self taught class.
Slow in calculating grades, disorganized.
Very hard class! She is hard to understand so you pretty much have to teach yourself. The only good thing about the class is she puts the powerpoints up online and there is 5 points added to your test if you do the homework.
She is a great teacher. Her accent is hard to understand at first, but you get use to it. Chemistry is not east to begin with, but she is very helpful and wants you to learn. This is my second time taking the class and I would have passed if I took her the first time. Plus she offers extra credit for each test.
Unless you can teach yourself chemistry, -DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS-. Yes, she is nice, but that's not going to help you against her harsh accent, poorly made slides, and inability to teach. You might as well save yourself the gas money and take it online, since you'll have to do everything on your own anyways. Classes are painfully slow read-alongs.
I retook this class after having got an n/c with rex. She gave extra credit unlike rex . She was helpful if you asked for help too, unlike rex. I got an A my second time taking this class. No matter what, the material for this course is difficult. Go to SI to pass chm2040 regardless of the professor.
Take advantage of office hours
Don't plan to come out with an A if you're not willing to study. The material is basic and she gives loads of extra credit, but the class is self taught. Her accent is extremely heavy but I recommend sitting in the front of the lecture hall, it does make the difference. She's a very sweet and understanding woman and truly cares about her students.
If you are expecting an east A class, do not take this class with her. She is very difficult to understand and she does not care for her students what so ever. She can be somewhat rude too.
She may have an accent that makes her difficult to understand, however the way she set up her class makes up for it. Every test the question most missed was given as an extra credit question on the following quiz. She gives quizzes not just tests to help bring in more points. The materials are difficult for this class not the teacher
She was alright. She has a very strong accent and sometimes resorts to spanglish to get her points across. You don't need to attend class or buy the textbook. She puts all of her slides, reviews, and test dates online, so there's no reason to go to the lecture unless you need extra practice. If you want a professor to teach you, do not take this.
People say that her accent is difficult to understand, and it is. Her notes are great and she gives many extra credit opportunities to bring up your grade. I would take her because you can be successful with her.
Terrible teacher. Horribly strong accent. Reads straight from the ppt but mainly in spanglish. Self taught class. DO NOT TAKE THIS TEACHER. Extremely disorganized. The final was in 2 days and she put up the study guide the night before, didn't grade the last test & quiz until the night before the final. WORST EXPERIENCE. Made me hate Chemistry.
She does have an accent, but she sometimes makes fun of herself. She makes chemistry very fun and even has students sometimes come up and "act" as electrons. ;) Great class, requires plenty of study time if you're not familiar with chemistry. Go to her office! She helps.
What can I say. It's hard to "judge" professors in these kind of subjects (sciences) because generally they are difficult. As a person and teacher, she is great. Will always help you. I strongly recommend. reading the book for further understanding. Study ahead, she gives lots of extra credit opps which you will likely get if you did.
Honestly the worst teacher I've ever had. She skips through the slides so fast and she's a horrible teacher. I feel like she's talking to herself and not the class because she mumbles way too much and its already hard enough to understand her heavy accent. Do the chapter reviews and extra credit if you wanna pass !
She knows a lot about the subject but is very hard to understand. She has a very thick accent. Gives opportunity for in class extra credit, very helpful if you go to her office hours. Says "this is very easy," a lot when the class looks lost. Tests are tough, be ready to study. But gives lots of extra credit, should have no problem passing.
Ms Torres is well-credentialed, but her extremely thick accent makes her lectures almost incomprehensible. After the first month, I stopped going to lectures altogether and relied solely on the internet and my textbook to learn the material. The one positive note is that 50 problems from each chapter gets you 5 points on the exam for that section.
Great teacher. A bit tough to understand at first but you'll adjust within the first few classes. Very interactive with the class and always happy to help.
This class is an easy A. Everyone complaining must have not studied at all. I'll admit that she has a strong accent & that she's hard to understand sometimes, but the class is SUPER easy as long as you read over the powerpoints the day before the test. You don't even need to go to class because she posts the notes online. GIVES CRAZY EXTRA CREDIT
I think she has a good heart and she really cares about her students and chemistry. I just found that since I'm not very good at math (or science which to me is basically math) that I really struggled. Her accent is thick and she goes through the slides assuming it's easy so you spend a lot of time learning on your own. Prepare for self teaching.
She was great. She has amazing energy, and is very helpful and fun. Some topics on the tests were pretty tough, but if you take notes, and study, you'll definately pass. Study the powerpoints! Tests come straight from them, and she makes it super easy to access them. She gives lots of extra credits, take the opportunities. Never studied, got a C+
Don't need any of the books and they wouldn't help you anyway. You absolutely have to get the information from the lectures. Ton of slides and without the lecture you won't understand them. Tests are difficult but not overly so. You absolutely have to get bonus points. No tutoring for 4000 class so talk to her during office hours for help.
Took analytical chemistry with Dr torres, great professor gives a lot of extra credit, go to class because she gives all the extra credit in class. Ready the textbook before class to get the extra credit question right. Drops a test. Also had one group project not that intense just get a good partner. She is always there to help outside the classm.
Professor Torres is not a bad person but her explanations on her slides are basically teach yourself and figure out how she got her answers. Tests were almost all typing the answer or numbers so no guesstimate. I'm not good at Chem and I took the easier course and still feel lost. Better to take her in class than virtual, thanks Covid.
Literally the worst teacher ive ever had for any science course. Avoid her at all costs, even if other teachers offer less convenient times. She teaches through videos and then quizzes you on concepts way harder than what she taught. Not to mention, her final is worth basically the entire grade and she makes all her tests almost impossible.
Took her online because of Covid. Personality wise, she seems like she wants students to succeed and learn, but she needs to reevaluate how she sets up her online courses. Inputs for tests are all over the place, typos are everywhere and material doesn't match for homework and tests. Would rather take in person, not online.
I took her class online due to Covid-19,However, I wouldn't recommend her. This is an honest review. Her online format wasn't great. Tests Tuesday; lectures on Thursday. Tests are hard and are worth 40% of your grade while the final is only 28%. Not enough time to practice the HW and complete the quizzes. Doesn't respond to emails. Avoid her.
I took this class online during covid and I would never want her as a professor again. She has a heavy accent and I don't think she should be allowed to teach a chemistry class. It's one thing to understand chem yourself but teaching it is a very different story. Would not recommend!! Save yourself a headache... chem is hard enough!!
Took her during COVID and shes hands down the worse Profess I have ever had. Does not even teach anything. She basically reads off slides and makes a ton of mistakes. You WILL have to teach yourself. She is not organized and does not really help her students the best way that she could. Would never recommend someone to take her.
Ridiculous. Taking this class online because of COVID and it is the hardest thing I have ever done. She means well and she wants to see us do well, but the online class layout and the broken English make it really hard to succeed. Tests are extremely difficult, and topics the tests cover are not clear sometimes.
This woman is by far the worst professor I've ever had. She barely speaks english, only reads off the powerpoints on the zooms, and is very condescending when questions are asked. NEVER TAKE A CLASS WITH HER. Both my friend and I are taking this together and we haven't passed a single test yet. I wouldn't wish a class with her on anyone.
Professor Torres is ABSOLUTELY terrible!!!! I took her during COVID and she honestly has no idea what she is doing. Most of the quizzes have mistakes in their structure so you end up not getting the grade you deserve. All she does is read off the power point and on the tests/quizzes, there is material that she NEVER EVEN SPOKE ABOUT.
I had for fall 2020 during covid and its been horrible. She teaches by reading off her 10min powerpoint videos then assigns homework every weekend. On Mondays she assigns a quiz on the module, some Tuesdays youll have a test, and Thursdays she has lectures which are for questions (which dont help). Whatever you do, dont take her!!
I had her during covid and it was a bad choice. Her lecture videos is just her reading the slides, and her accent is pretty strong. The slides and quizzes/hw sometimes have typos. She assigns a lot of slides and won't tell you when they show up in webcourses. The TAs were better teachers in my opinion.
Like everyone has said, her performance as a teacher during COVID has been abysmal. Minimal effort to teach, HW and Quiz answers are hidden so knowing what you need to improve on is left at her office times to "go over them". I initially took this hoping based on reviews for extra cred and the dropped test, got neither and have had to teach myself.
This teacher is not fit to teach during COVID. She can barely use tech as is and all her lectures are is just reading a powerpoint to you and they don't help at all. I spend 95% of my time in this class on youtube with Organic Chemistry Tutor. The only reason I got a B was because I had to teach myself the material. Avoid this teacher at all costs.
She is a kind person although her accent makes her hard to understand. Her lectures arent very helpful but if you go to them you can possibly earn a small amount of extra credit. Study off her slides and take notes. Reading the book helped a lot.
Trust me and choose a different teacher. It will help you
THE WORST professor I have ever taken, and I have over 70 credit hours. Her accent is a huge barrier, she makes typos constantly that affect your test grades, she uses fill in the blank where multiple-choice would suffice easily, she is incredibly condescending, and to top it off she uses the most invasive online proctor of all time. DO NOT TAKE.
This class had little instruction. The lectures were pretty much useless and when it came down to the end the grades changed drastically. No extra credit, no dropped test. Unless you do well with teaching yourself everything, I wouldnt recommend.
Don't take her, save your time and money and go to someone else. She doesn't "teach" all she has is pre-recorded lectures and expects you to understand everything from them. She is very condescending when she speaks to you and the accent and English barrier makes it even harder. Her tests, quizzes and homework had many errors on them.
I would not take another class with Professor Torres. Her accent makes it very hard to understand what she's saying during lectures, but if you already know what she's talking about then you're probably fine. She doesn't teach very well. You'd probably have a better chance at reading the textbook than reading her powerpoints and going to lectures.
This class had me filled with confusion. She does not explain things well as her "lectures" are just reading off the PowerPoints and sometimes when doing the math portions she would get confused which made everyone else confused. She does not drop any of the exams, so make sure you do good on them all. You have to really study to get an A.
Her teaching style is very unhelpful, it left me more confused. I basically taught myself. All she does is read off her PowerPoints. She did have live lectures where we could ask questions but during those, I would just get more confused because her response just didn't make sense. You really have to study hard in order to get an A.
I ended up dropping this class because the content that she taught in class and that was on the homework was not the content that was on the tests. Even the TAs had trouble answering questions about her lectures.
This is not a good professor to take, online, during COVID. Her lectures are not helpful at all and youll end up teaching yourself by reading the textbook.
She seems like a nice person but the way that the class was taught is horrible. Homeworks and quizzes weigh the same thing so your grade is based on tests. Homeworks take hours to complete because there's always an error on her part. Test are confusing and her discussions go by very fast. I don't recommend her. You will teach yourself chemistry.
she is not a good teacher she does not explain material well and leaves all the actual teaching to her TA's. If you take her just be prepared to study long hours and attend as many lectures and Tutor sessions as possible. Also join a group chat this class is hard enough as it is doing it alone just makes it worse.
I understand that suddenly moving online was a difficult transition, but Torres made no actual effort to teach besides just read directly from her slides in a ten-minute video. Her discussion sessions only further confuse you, and I stopped going in favor of reading the book to actually learn what she was going to test on.
she is nice but her class is hard to follow since she doesn't explain everything to you so you usually need to go find the information about the subject anyways and teach yourself. If you like to spend a lot of time studying and teaching yourself this is a good class for you. She also uses honor lock and times the tests and quizzes.
Makes last-minute changes without telling the whole class. She also wasn't clear with her instructions during the semester.
Heavy, thick accent. Honorlock quizzes and tests. You can only see your homework/quizzes once immediately after taking them so you can't study. Recorded videos for lectures that aren't mandatory that she basically only read exactly what was written on the slides no explanations. Typos in every announcement/email. Last minute time changes for work
If you struggle with science or chemistry however, you're definitely gonna have to put a lot of effort. Easy homework and quizzes. Never was able to get an A on an exam. Lectures don't help too much but I never bothered to attend any of the office hours, so maybe those are helpful. Manageable class but would not recommend if you've never taken chem
Took this class online for the Fall semester. It wasn't bad! Professor Chumbimuni-Torres is there to help you, as long as you ask for it. No book is necessary. All I did was watch her lecture videos, which she posts daily (if not weekly), and took good notes of them. Tests weren't that hard as long as you study and put in the work.
probably one of the worst classes Ive ever taken,says she's there to help you in office/discussion sessions, however, those sessions only confuse you even more -I believe she has no clue what she's saying because she literally reads the slides of a powerpoint from another professors powerpoint. Ruined my GPA. self taught class. terrible terrible:(
Taught my self everything and did okay, then didn't do good on the final which brought my grade down to a C, I sent her all of the study prep and she went on a zoom call with me to "explain" the questions I got wrong, said I got the easy ones wrong, and when I asked her to explain these "easy ones" she couldn't. She just read the question. 0/10
If u care about ur grades/actually need to get a good grade in chemistry in order to complete your reqs for graduation or your major, DONT take this professor. Literally any other professor in this entire world except this one. u will learn nothing by her, you'll spend so much time teaching urself&still fail bc her tests dont match her assignments
She gets lots of undeserved flak from people that don't study/go to class. Analytical chem isn't the easiest but her tests are very fair (some Q's come straight from her ppts/reviews). Lots of opportunities to get extra points by participating in class/doing optional HW. Answers emails quickly. 40% 3 Exams (drops the lowest), 40% final, 20% project
AVOID AT ALL COSTS! Her lectures were not helpful at all because she went through the material way too fast. I had to spend so much time outside of class teaching myself the material. The tests were ridiculously hard with not enough time. If you entered an answer that was off by 0.0001, it was marked wrong. Also, she did not answer my emails.
This class was only graded on exams and one project. After the first exam I realized I needed to study harder and was able to get an A-. She has really easy extra credit for just participating in class/doing kahoots/doing homework problems. She is a very sweet professor in my opinion. Overall, a challenging class, but doable.
Get ready to teach yourself, or rely heavily on the TAs!! She simply reads the powerpoints in class, doesn't go too deep into details, and most of the information she goes over, has nothing to do with the test material. Her tests are difficult, lots of people in the class report getting High Ds and Fs. For an Intro to Chem class, its hard.
STAY AWAY!!! you will have to teach urself everything, & you have ten 15 min quizzes, & no homework assignments, so if you have anxiety or ADHD like me it is a MAJOR issue. She makes her TA's do all the teaching while she just reads PowerPoint slides, & your grade HEAVILY relies on tests & her reviews are nothing like tests. HORRIBLE PROFESSOR!!!!
I couldnt really understand much isnt the course so I had to be using YouTube for everything. She gives out extra credit for just participating in class.
Dr. Torres wasn't a good professor, she hardly had any assignments and she would set the quizzes at odd times like 9am till 9pm the next day. She never used the textbook, so the only thing you had to rely on was her PowerPoints. She drops two quizzes and one test and if you come to lecture she will give out 1-5 points for participation.
Goes through the material super fast, reviews don't reflect exams, only graded on 2 exams, a project, and the final. If you're good at chem, you'll be fine with her, but I'm not and suffered for it. This class contributed to me changing majors. Lots of extra credit if you're active in lecture.
She goes super fast over lecture power points and there's no real homework besides one optional homework question here and there. You HAVE to make sure you do practice wherever and whenever you can or else you will do terrible. Good luck
She gives a "research project" that basically counts as a test grade and is easy to get an A on. If that wasn't provided, I'm sure more students wouldn't pass her class (me). If you need this class, beware that she's the only professor who teaches this class, so you need to work extra hard to practice outside of class & teach yourself the material
theres not an option for chm1020 but if ur worried ab taking that the class isnt too 2 hard. im not strong w chem but most of the assignments are straightforward + a lot of it gets dropped. and since the class is ab the concepts its actually kinda interesting to learn. she doesnt teach tho she uses other profs lectures + the textbook
theres not an option for chm1020 (sorry) but the class isnt 2 hard. assigmets are easy and straightforward and a lot gets dropped. tests r more difficult for me but i dont rlly study. she does allow a 2 sided note sheet during it. she doesnt teach herself instead u watch lectures from other profs and read the textbook
She is the only professor for the class and it's painful. Tips: Answer questions in class as much as possible, review exams to get partial credit, know everything on the powerpoints and how to do each questions 5 times over including the suggested problems at the back of the textbook and kahoot. And First exam has alot of stats so be prepare!
Moves through content super fast, practice exams sometimes don't reflect the actual exams, and the exam format would change which made it difficult to understand how to study. You might be fine if you're a chemistry major, but I'm a biology major and this class made me wish I'd taken the Organic Chemistry I/II track instead.
One of the worst classes ive ever taken. Teacher refused to admit she was wrong when corrected by students. Only sources of credit are optional in class homeworks and huge tests. Dry lecturer, ended up teaching myself out of the book. The only extra credit offered was not advertised as an assignment and only reminded us the day before it was due.
She herself is a very nice lady, however, it is very hard to understand her. Her lectures are straight up reading the PowerPoints and the only saving grace you have if you are bad at exams is the extra credit she offers and the group research paper. If you are bad at exams, highly recommend not taking anything else with this course.
She is a great professor. The class is 3 exams (one drop), the final, and a research paper. If you participate in class and do optional homework you can get extra points on exams. Go to office hours to check over exams it really helps when studying for the final and she gives points back if you catch grading mistakes. You must put in the work.
Learned nothing from this class but still ended with an A. 3 exams, 1 is dropped and there is a group project and final. She gives extra credit in class if you participate and do the optional homework. You will learn nothing but you will pass because she curves very generously. I wouldn't take her again but eh easy class I guess.
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
13%
Textbook Required
43%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
B-
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
Declining
-0.78 avg changeRatings by Course
2041
4.0
(1)CHM2041
3.7
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2.4
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2.3
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