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Very approachable...some lectures unclear...follows book exactly so READ IT! office hours are a good time to get to know her....offers extra credit, which is nice. Great person...not hard to get A if you work at it and make sure you understand the homework, etc. Pay attention to the details...all the demos, etc.!
Very approachable...some lectures unclear...follows book exactly so READ IT! office hours are a good time to get to know her....offers extra credit, which is nice. Great person...not hard to get A if you work at it and make sure you understand the homework, etc. Pay attention to the details...all the demos, etc.!
she is a very new prof and is still learning how to teach as she goes. t/f questions were the hardest part of any test or quiz. easy A if you had an chem background and put in the work
She was a VERY new teacher and seemed to struggle talking to a large lecture hall at the beginning of the semester. Her tests were difficult and asked about details from the demos and labs (pay attention!). There were no practice exams, but I had an awesome TA who really helped out. Overall if you read the book and get a good TA you'll be fine.
YES, I AGREE THAT SHE WAS NICE AND PROFESSIONAL BUT THE EXAMS WERE UNNECESSARILY DIFFICULT. MY TA WAS USELESS AND ALWAYS LATE. I GOT NOTHING FROM THIS COURSE EXCEPT FRUSTRATION. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!
Professor Lamont is a very good teacher. She speaks clearly and explains every concept very thoroughly. She teaches more like a high school teacher than a college professor. Her tests and quizzes are very fair, and she never throws in any trick problems. Basically, she follows the book exactly, so take time to read your book and you'll do fine.
Very nice professor, a little spacy at times. She teaches straight out of the book, so it may be helpful to look there if you don't understand something. Also, her spelling is not the greatest...which is why she is probably a chem teacher.
She's an Ok professor, this is her second semester mind you... She tries too hard to have a sense of humor in my opinion, which is cheesy, but oh well... The material is difficult, to be honest she's not that bad of a professor, just grading is hard. I probably could have worked harder in that class, but who couldnt?
Pretty good prof. Seems a little nervous in front of lecture and sometimes seems like she's in over her head. Very nice and explains the concepts well. Exams aren't too difficult. If you work hard you'll get an A.
I don't know what everyone else here is thinking, but Lamont is a terrible professor. She is often confused by her own problems, and she puts trick problems on all of her exams and quizzes. You may think you know everything for an exam, but you still can do poorly. Its not too hard to get a B, but Lamonts attitude makes this class terrible. AVOID!
Lamont was a great professor...no idea why so many people complained. She can be a little awkward in front of the class but she knows what she's talking about. One on one office hours help so much and the quizzes and exams are reasonable (not easy, but not unbearable). She does but some tricky ones on there, but the curve is really generous.
Good professor and very knowledgeable. Lectures are usually interesting enough to keep you awake. Attend as often as possible as "practice problems" given during lecture prove useful. Some exam questions involve demos covered there as well. Fair and understanding, very helpful and welcoming during office hours. Get a good TA and you're set.
Lamont is a good prof. She is a little awkward in lecture as people have said, but if you pay attention and have a good TA you'll do fine. Huge curves and offers EXTRA CREDIT
you have to learn everything from the textbook.. lectures essentially pointless to attend
Lamont was a really great and really fair professor. She explains everything thoroughly and she offers extra credit and a has a very generous curve. Go to office hours, she does everything she can to help you understand the material...I personally loved her, one of my favorite professors and I would highly recommend her!
Pretty good professor, lectures are clear, although pretty much straight out of the book. Exams are difficult, with questions relating to demos done in lecture. She curves all grades so the average is around a B.
Worst prof I have ever had. She is plain stupid. She misspells common words all the time. Apparantly it takes a pHD to be as stupid as lamont. The new way to spell describe is destribe. When doing percent error problems instead of multiplying by 100 she multiplies by 100% which is the same as multiplying by one. The exams are impossible.AVOID
Ok, I've been looking at the previous comments, and it seems like no offense, are all nerds. If your a student like me, who goes out on weekends, and is a procrastinator this info. will be helpful. Out of 10 kids who had her and is like me, agrees she was the worst teacher and the Exams were impossible. I've never failed a class, but i did.
Her exams are all about applying concepts, rather than memorizing things, and she often incorporates multiple concepts in each of the longer problems on exams (which is why they are so difficult). Pay attention to demos,understand the homework. She curves everything, a 60 on an exam was a B. Looking back on the class, great professor.
She is a good teacher and is more than willing to help anyone. This class is very difficult with her and the tests are difficult, the avg. was usually about a 65-70% for my class.
Lectures are fairly clear, and the examples she does are easy to follow. Unfortunately, it turns out that her exams are horrendous compared to anything she does in lecture. She does an awful job preparing students for her own exams - you have to put in the work out of class and teach yourself. Choose a different 103 prof.
Lamont sucks. She ahould be a kindergarden teacher with the way she tells everyone they should try harder and they will do better, give me a break. She talks about how George Bush says "nucular" and how stupid he sounds, but she is really stupid. easy class though
I wasn't sure about the format of the lectures at first (Fill-in-the-blank notes) but it was actually really great since you don't have to worry about missing anything. She cares that everyone understands the material and gives regular take-home quizzes that are very similar to exam material. exams are fair -be ready to APPLY the concepts.
Liana is by far one of the best science teachers I have ever had. She is excellent at making Chemistry as simple and as easy to understand as possible. She expects everyone to make an effort but offers a lot of extra credit opportunities. If you haven't recently taken a chemistry class then you may have a hard time with her. Definitely recommend!
Uses trick questions for points cool!
Liana likes to go very fast during lectures and does not do well explaining important topics at all. You should be ready to teach yourself everything or ask your TA a lot of questions.
This class is very challenging no matter who the professor you have is. There were three exams and one cumulative final. These were all quite challenging. The quizzes are also pretty hard. The labs are very time consuming to prepare for and somewhat hard. The overall class is curved which helps. Liana did an okay job explaining, but not great.
Liana is not the best professor but she is definitely not the worst. She goes really fast in her lectures and doesn't do a great job explaining things, but her tests are not impossible and the test problems usually mirror discussion packet questions and practice test questions. Making note of all the correct topHat questions is useful for tests too
Discussion is what really saved me, but Liana is an excellent lecturer. She is clear and concise and has really good style. She brings a warm motherly vibe to the lecture hall. Her Top Hat questions are really good practice for the exams and she gives a lot of practice questions to go over as well. Overall, Liana is a dream.
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Liana is very nice and wants to help you succeed but the class is made way more difficult than it has to be.
Liana cares about her students and tries to relate to them. She genuinely wants everyone to learn as much as they can, but she doesn't always explain new topics the best. Overall, my TA was my saving grace, but if you try and attend lectures, you'll do well.
Dr. Lamont is an amazing chem professor and you can tell that she really cares about her students. I would HIGHLY recommend going into office hours because lectures can go by a little fast.
Honestly, I had a friend that took Liana's class last semester. I went in thinking my experience would be horrible, but in the long run I think I actually learned something. Sure her practice exams were a joke compared to the real thing, but overall, I feel like her tests were fair game for the knowledge I should've had going into them.
Liana is such a cute lady. I would totally want her to be my mom. Liana has style and humor and I overall enjoyed being in her class. She made the lectures pass by with engaging TopHat questions and exciting demonstrations. While she doesn't do a thorough job of explaining concepts, I have no complaints.
I had her for general organic and biology chemistry at Madison College a couple years ago. She was a great teacher. I had always struggled with science before taking her class. She was great at explaining and she was fun and understanding.
She is great
Liana will make you feel as though she is that caring mom-figure of a professor and only wants to see you succeed. This could not be further from the truth. Liana teaches absolutely nothing in her lectures and assigns insane amounts of busy work. This class will be the bulk of you semester and will make you hate yourself, unless you took AP Chem.
She seems to care during lectures. However, she goes through slides way too fast and does not offer any explanation. She also gives very dumb questions and expects all of them to be answered correctly. You'd be better off teaching yourself all of the material. Also, the quizzes are far off from the modules gone over in discussions.
The only unfortunate thing about Dr. Lamont is that she enforces the "be in class to get TopHat points" quite strictly. If she catches you doing TopHat outside of lecture, she's gunning for you.
She is a very nice person but I did not like her as a professor she is a hard grader and the exams are known to be nothing like worksheets, class work, or practice exams
Utilize office hours and the help desk. You don't get much out of lectures but they're mandatory.
Not the best lecturer nor is she very good at writing exams that are fair. Often gets content mixed up which can be very annoying. Very nice person, however!
Extremely caring, thoughtful, and a great overall teacher. I had AP Chemistry background which helped, but getting a good grade comes down, in this class, to whether you review the materials and think critically. Her test averages are usually higher than other professors' tests, and I found the final to be extremely fair and easy.
Overall great option. Attendance in lectures DOES matter via tophat. Lectures themselves are generally pretty entertaining. As far as homework goes: The things that are graded are not enough and do not prepare you for the test. I would strongly encourage others to make a better use of the textbook and problem sets in the back of the lab manual.
She definitely cares about the material taught in class, yet she seems extremely disorganized while explaining concepts. She assumes that everyone understands all the material after explaining it once in class. Also on exams be ready for questions about a topic or slide that she briefly showed once. Your TA will be your best friend.
She taught a tough class; each test summarized all the material we had learned, but i felt they were fair questions to expect us to know. I had to do a lot of work and studying but i succeeded in the end. Don't be afraid if you get her, just work hard and you'll done fine
Dr. Lamont is a likable, caring professor. She really cares about her students and makes an effort to learn names. However, she wasn't the most detailed with explaining and makes her expectations a little unclear. She's kind of iffy - not awful, but not great. I can tell she's a great person but not the best professor.
Professor Lamont is a really nice person who thinks she's helping her students but she's actually not. She expects you to do most of the reading before class and she mostly does top hat problems in class. She constantly brings up obvious "tips" or "Study practices" that we've heard a million times before, very annoying, headache
She's super caring of her students and interacts during class. Lectures are a must since there is participation points. She expects you to learn materials before lecture though. Doesn't introduce the topic, rather checks to make sure you understand it. Tests are accurate of the information. She is always open for office hours to help you succeed.
Liana is very caring and likes to know/help her students. Lectures are based on pre-class readings that introduce the topic. Most of lecture time is spent doing TopHat questions on either the pre-class or a practice problem. Tests are on most topics covered, even if it wasn't thorough, but they're not bad if you study. There is also a nice curve.
Liana is a very sweet lady who cares about her students. Although the class was a lot of work and tests were extremely difficult (class avg. was usually lower than 60%), I appreciated the assigned work so I was able to keep up and understand what was going on. Most of the learning you do is outside of class, lectures are vague.
Liana is one of the worst professors I have had. She goes through lectures way too fast and doesn't explain key concepts. Her exams are incredibly difficult (averages are usually below 60%). Avoid her if chemistry is required for your major.
Liana Lamont is a really nice lady. It's like learning chem from your Mom. She works with what she is given from the course director and does a really good job with what she has control over. She genuinely cares and wants you to do well. Thanks, Liana!
Dr. Lamont is an amazing educator. She is extremely passionate about what she does and it shows. The lectures move fast, and the material is rough but she gives you more than enough work and opportunities to meet with her to understand what is going on. She really made me want to work hard, and learn chemistry!
Great professor. Very enthusiastic and fun during lecture. That being said, lecture is pointless besides TopHat, VERY challenging exams (averages usually below 60%), and tons of outside work. A lot of the material you have to teach yourself.
A friend recommended that I take Dr. Lamont for Chem 103. Best choice I could have ever made. Chem 103 is going to be a hard course because it is a weeder course. Knowing that, I thought she did a wonderful job making herself accessible and understanding that the material is difficult and takes time to learn
Chem 103 is a team taught course meaning professors don't have much say in how material is taught. Chem 103 expects that you learn material outside of class and come with that knowledge mastered, ready to build on it. Dr. Lamot does a good job explaining this and being transparent with the limitations she has as a prof to change to course. Fab Prof
Lectures help a lot, but make sure you actually read, watch, and do the preclass activities. They help the most.
I enjoyed Chem 103 with Lamont, she cares about her students and tries to simplify the complex material as much as she can. The class can be difficult for some, but if you put in the work you will do just fine. Lamont is simply a fun, caring professor who loves Chemistry and her students.
Lamont is the kind of college professor you want in your first semester of college. Straight up, caring and stern, yet not the kind of stern that would make you hate her, the kind of stern your mom gets with you when she wants you do succeed. The course itself (103) is the best run course I have seen here and that is also largely in part to Liana.
Liana is amazing. Really wants you to understand the material and is always accessible outside of class. Take Chem 103 with her is you get the chance. Only thing is dont skip lecture, its actually super valuable and she goes over a bunch of practice problems
Taking Chem 103 with Prof Lamont was like being taught chemistry by your mom (in a good way). Super accessible and willing to help. Exams can be a bit challenging but are extremely fair. Put in the work and you will do just fine. Also, you don't really need the textbook.
Liana is amazing. She's such a caring, sweet lady, and really makes an effort to get to know her students, even when there's like 400 of them. She'll do everything she can to help you succeed, but you have to meet her halfway and do the work.
Genuinely enjoyed my time with Dr Liana Lamont. If you put in work an A is guaranteed. Lovely Person. You should try talking to her after class!
I really loved Professor Lamont's class. While the subject can be challenging she is up front about what you need to be successful and defiantly willing to answer questions. She really cares about her students and wants them to succeed.
Unfortunately the semester moved from in person to the online format, and the transition left me very frustrated. Dr. Lamont was a better professor person and in the transition she was very support lacking. I felt like she was just trying to get the class over with and no longer cared about her students. Online was basically taught by TA's.
Professor Lamont taught in a way that I was really able to keep up with. She made sure to go through examples and talk through concepts slow. Even if she was going slower than I needed her to, I appreciated her effort to further understanding.
Dr. Lamont is one of the best professors I have ever had. She really wants you to succeed and will stop whatever she's doing to help you out. Her class is very difficult, but if you show that you are working hard and really trying, the grade will take care of itself. Side note she nerds out over her garden.
Chem is a hard class and a lot of people struggle with it, Lamont understands that and is super helpful. I came into this class HATING chemistry b/c of a bad experience in High School, because of Lamont I actually like Chemistry now and am not bad at it.
Chem 103 is one of the hardest classes I have taken so here at UW. It is a weed-out class and you have to put in a lot of effort. Dr. Lamont's tests are very difficult but fair. Make sure you understand the labs because she does tend to put a long lab question on the exam worth A LOT of points. She is super nice and will always explain something!
I have never been more stressed out taking a class. Liana seemed very sweet at first but by the end of the semester, she was laughing at students' questions or simply ignoring them. She didn't seem to care about how students felt and it was very difficult to learn. You can pass, but prepare to be extremely stressed and teach yourself everything.
She spends more time preaching from her soapbox than actually teaching. Flies through challenging concepts but details how to do simple algebra. Extremely condescending and overall not a good teacher. Would not take a class taught by her again.
took this class and it was absolute hell with her. shes so nice but flies through material, especially the harder problems. she goes through two hard problems in like 5 minutes. if you fail the first exam, drop. playing a game of catch up with liana is not going to work.
Her lectures are kind of useless- I know a few students don't even go and just teach themselves. Apparently her office hours are very helpful but I have a class during those. There were also weeks where we just had too much. A midterm, a lab, something else, it got really hectic and draining. Discussion sections teach most of the class content.
Prof. Lamont was very sweet & approachable, & cared about student success. Don't know anyone who actively dislikes her. That being said, lectures were redundant; just covered the required readings but in less detail. A LOT of work, especially on lab weeks. Do NOT fall behind and do NOT try to cram for exams; stay ahead and go to office hours.
She's very understanding when it comes to situations in student's personal lives. Even for big lecture classes, she'll make sure everyone is accommodated and learning as effectively as they can.
She skipped the difficult concepts without explaining about them, focused on easier concepts for a long time. Treats you with condescension. The grading criteria is not clear. The questions she gives you are vague and unrelated at some point. She loves to appear strong, and what she transfers is a person who does not understand the material at all.
Professor Lamont really wants you to do well. She will reiterate concepts multiple times throughout the semester so that you can have everything fresh in your mind by the end. Chem 103 is a fairly difficult class but I would say that she gives you a great shot at making it through with an A.
She was really nice, and took the time to learn and remember my name. There are countless practice problems available as study material, and there's a 10% buffer on homework and pre-class assignments.
The course is difficult, and she is such a bad teacher, which makes the learning process slow, and almost impossible. Her lectures are useless.
Don't be shy to ask questions and go to her office hours. She genuinely cares about you if you're willing to put in the effort. You must be proactive and don't shy away from emailing her and talking to her in person. The course is quite rigorous and challenging. She definitely wants you to succeed and likes to have a good connection with you.
Chem 103 with Dr. Lamont was the hardest class Ive ever taken, and I dont get the sense that she cares about making it easier for people. If you have Dr. Lamont your best bet is getting outside help with chemistry as she flies through concepts and acts very disappointed when the class doesnt know something we barely went through.
Worst teacher ever. Do not take her class. She will ruin your semester. She is in this indefinite stress mode. You will get out more confused than you entered the class.
Her lectures were boring, but it was hard to learn the information if you didn't go to them. This class is also hard to pass if you don't get extra help from somewhere else but there are a lot of outside resources. There is an assignment due almost every day, so it's hard to keep up if you miss something.
She gives heavy pre class work but so do all the other professors. She wants you to learn but her lectures are very fast pace. There will be questions on the test that we didn't learn in lecture, so be prepared to learn a lot on your own. I took AP Chem in high school, but if I didn't I wouldn't have finished with an A.
Dr lamont does not understand the concepts well, and tries to look serious or act like this is a dumb question. The simplest way is to avoid her.
Her lectures were very boring and I didn't actually learn much. I spent more time watching prerecorded lectures from other uw professors who taught it better. The class is a lot of work, there's something due pretty much everyday. Overall though, the content is not too difficult if you put in a little effort.
Dr Lamont's lectures are very organized and interactive which allows students to learn better. The class is heavy on content, but it is completely manageable.
She was really nice and lenient when I was sick early in the semester. It's a hard class but she was a good lecturer.
What she lacks is knowledge in science. She memorizes the concept, and makes students use what that helps herself to understand science. She does not back up her statements with science and asks everyone to memorize them. Be prepared to be confused.
Her lectures were brutal! It was counterproductive to go. She lectured on the same stuff she assigned us in the hw due the night before so I would have to teach myself the night before anyways. Lec was also very discouraging because she would nag a lot about things repeatedly about things that were out of our control
Offhandedly claimed that student questions were "irritating" during a group tutoring session. When a guy next to me was struggling to work through a concept check, she remarked, "By God, how don't you know that yet?" I can stand her fast-paced lectures, but why disrespect people who are willing to be financially indebted just to hear you speak?
Dr. Lamont compares students and sections. "You are better than the other lecture", "you are the A students because you are here one day before the holidays start", you are the best of the class... "I have shown this question to you 3 times.." and she would say something condescending. She is judgmental, likes to judge you for any question you ask.
She gets angry when someone asks a question, like she's offended. Quizzes and exams are pretty unrelated to chemistry because she gives yes no or double choice questions. She reads off the slides. I was afraid to ask questions because I knew if she gets upset she would get angry. She behaves with condescension.
She's very sweet, but her lectures are pretty boring. She gives way too much time for TopHat questions and then takes a long time explaining them (even down to the basic addition). Exams were easy, but you should also study your lab calculations and post-lab questions as they will also appear on the exams.
Her lectures are okay, can be a little hard to follow but she is so disrespectful towards student. Tests aren't bad if you understand the material, but if you don't understand the material they are hard. She typically shames students for not understanding content. I would recommend office hours or tutoring through GUTs or the CLC if you have her.
Lamont is a condescending person. She does look at people around her sarcastically when they ask a question, and laughs. It looks like this course is a big deal for her to learn. She is not a chemist, and does a terrible job at teaching. Because she is not confident, she puts down people and provides an unpleasant environment.
Dr. Lamont overall is a OK professor. Lectures are not that helpful but not boring. Term exams (all professor share these exams) are fair while final (each professor has different questions) are hard. She tests all the complex concepts in this course (some of them are in the very early lecture) that you may not review.
Professor Lamont's lectures were not too helpful. They went over easy problems rather than ones that could be on an exam, so they did not feel like they were preparing us. I did go to a lot of her office hours and she was always super helpful there--- she even memorized my name. If you put effort into the homework + discussions, you'll be fine.
Dr Lamont by far is the most repellent lecturer and maybe person I have met. Very condescending, gets irritated by questions, is insecure, and always nervous. The whole course comes from many parts which are unrelated at some point. Lectures are boring and she makes them worse by reading off the slides. Take the course with Paul Hooker instead.
Liana is a horrible professor, and by far the worst one that I have ever had. I would never take a class with her again. She is so rude, disrespectful, and discouraging.
She deserves all bad comments she received so far no matter how harsh those words were she deserve them all.
Liana is a really good teacher for a really difficult class. You can tell she genuinely cares about her students. The class definitely is exam and lecture-heavy, so make sure you attend especially when factoring in the TopHat questions.
Liana does care about your questions when you reach out for help. During lectures, however, she seemed disorganized and stressed. Lectures did not help my learning and I used the chemistry help sheets on CLC to learn and practice the material. She would go slow on easy topics and fast on hard topics. Overall, exams were fair.
Liana is literally the worst. I've witnessed her disrespectful actions and words to more than one student. She is one of the worst professors in an academic sense that I have ever had. She runs thru lectures as fast as she can and then will interrupt herself to go back and correct problems she made mistakes on. Never ever take a class by Liana.
Liana has failed as a scientist. She is a biochemist, who could probably not fit in biochem (academia and industry). She couldn't, or didn't see a need to learn chemistry. She lacks the proper knowledge, and professionalism that is needed to teach chemistry or anything. She is a terrible person towards students, and horrible towards TAs.
worst smelling professor i've ever had.
Liana has ruined my enjoyment of chemistry. She does not treat her students with kindness, and I have witnessed her being rude to TAs. She makes people feel bad when they do not understand a concept. This is not the environment that UW-Madison should provide. It should be a place where students feel safe and overall want to learn!
Would not recommend to anyone
I took this class as a freshmen and it was difficult for me but Dr. Lamont was a great professor. Other ratings with students saying she goes too fast in lecture just didn't pay any attention to the pre-class assignments which teach you the basics, and then its expanded upon during the lecture. I ended with an AB.
Every time that she was incapable of explaining a concept, she looked at students nervous and angry. She considered students fully responsible for everything, even when she had shortcomings. I think she deliberately designed the course as confusing with lots of homework, just to enjoy, and to hide her lack of knowledge, and insecurities.
She showed impatience when students took more time to understand a concept than the rest of the class. Was disrespectful towards her TA's and yelled at one of them for writing incorrect information on the board during a test. I also found her lectures to be unnecessary despite being mandatory. Tended to make me feel like I wasn't trying hard enough
Dr. Lamont's lectures were pretty interesting, and did a good job tying in the content in a way that reinforced prior knowledge without being redundant. I didn't interact with her personally very much, but she was agreeable over email and seemed pretty available for meeting with students. The workload was reasonable for a five credit course.
I liked Lamont she was very nice but she seems too comfortable with 50-60% exam averages. I will admit her exams were hard and she doesn't have total control over how labs and exams are graded it was tough for both. I like her and she was always available in her designated office hours.
Lamont was a great professor, however was unhelpful when asking questions about the upcoming exams. This class takes up a lot of time and work. I think the best advice for this class is to take the time to really understand the concepts.
She was decently nice to students and it seemed like she cared about how students were doing in class. I saw no point in her lectures because we would have to teach ourselves everything in the pre class work. Also, out of all the other professors she had the lowest scores for all the exams, so she wasn't the best at teaching us concepts.
There are so many wonderful chemistry teachers at UW. Spare yourself and don't take a class with Lamont. She is technologically incompetent, impatient, and condescending. If you're already good with or enjoy chemistry I am sure you will do fine. If you are like me and just don't get chemistry it was by far the least productive class I have taken.
Professor Lamont is honestly fine. You have to teach yourself quite a bit for pre-class activities, and reading the textbook does matter. It's a tough class regardless of your professor, and she does the job. Office hours are genuinely helpful, she is kind, and she does care. She's not outstanding in lecture, but not bad either.
Judgmental, rude, and impatient. She will be upset if you ask a question during lecture and isn't helpful during officer hours, either. She makes many mistakes during lecture and relies heavily on demonstrations during class. Most learning is done outside of class and unless you have a good TA, it's hard to get your questions answered.
Dr. Lamont is really good about going around to help in lecture. Her lectures were clear and she clearly writes things on the slides that you should know. She isn't very tech savvy and gets frustrated when something goes wrong. She gets a little passive aggressive at times but overall a good professor.
Does a poor job in teaching; she takes her time in explaining very easy concepts. Either brushes over difficult concepts quickly or fills class time with unuseful top hat questions instead of showing "how". Grading is harsh in labs and exams you lose points over the silliest things. There are trick questions in exams. She's accommodating though.
I remember seeing a student come out of her office in tears. She (student) was essentially looking for constructive advice on how to better prepare for the exam. Lamont essentially made her feel small and was condescending. After seeing that, I never wanted to interact with her one on one.
Not sure what these other reviews are about; I have had nothing but a great experience with Lamont. She is clear, lectures well, and is always welcoming to questions. Chemistry is a tough class to teach, and I feel she gets blamed for students' lack of preparation for their not understanding. If you put in the work outside of class, you're fine.
Rudest teacher. Judgemental, aggressive, and defensive. Gets irritated easily, especially when she finds someone weak in her opinion. She gathers students she likes and gossips about others with them when grading. Makes fun of students writing and relates them to their personalities.
Dr. Lamont's lectures for both CHEM 103 and 104 were fast-paced and confusing at times. The exams for 104 are longer and more complicated than 103. The course is graded on a curve with other assignments like lab, pre-class, and top-hat participation factoring in, but I would not take a course with her again.
Professor Lamont has very fast-paced but interesting and useful lectures. While the content is difficult to understand at times, she walks through the problems step-by-step in lecture and often clarified topics I struggled with in her lectures. As long as you prepare for class and have a decent TA, it is definitely a manageable workload and class
Lectures started slow with basic concepts but would always run out of time for the harder concepts. If your lab is early in the week, you will not know anything about that topic before your lab because that material is learned in lecture that week. She wasn't very flexible with schedule conflicts for testing, but she's a very nice person.
Dr. Lamont's lectures can be uneven, but engaging with the pre-class assignments and using helpful resources like unstuck AI really paid off. The workload is reasonable if you stay on top of things. Overall, a decent professor if you're willing to put in the effort.
What is annoying is her blank, unintelligent stare at you when she is angry for any made up reason. She is exhausting. She makes everything about herself. She probably has some serious family issues. She takes all energy from every room she enters. Her confronting behavior when she is listening to something is worse.
Hated Chem 104, lectures were boring, but I can understand why, since the class is boring af. Super hard though, exams were extremely difficult to me, but I am also just bad at chemistry. Not a fun class, but needed to do it for my major.
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100%
Attendance Mandatory
62%
Textbook Required
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