It was her first semester, but Dr. Limeri did us a disservice to our learning, she constantly oversimplified material and lectures to avoid it being a weed out class. Its the sole reason why most people are doing bad in the second sequence of biology, even with the tests being online. I'd rather take this course at a cc than at tech.

Prof. Limeri should not make lectures mandatory if she is not going to teach anything. She spends more time talking about study methods and forcing you to use the study method she likes than actually teaching the material. The exams are easy only if you study outside material, if you only study notes from lectures you will fail. Made me hate Bio.

She will grade you based off of study techniques that work for herself but not always the student. Tests are easy but only if you study material outside of lecture notes. Lectures are genuinely worthless and only go over case studies. Really annoying class. Wish there were more options for bio profs at Tech because she has made me hate biology.

Limeri's lectures are worthless. She goes over case studies and study methods, many of which are not used by her students, but never dives into the course material. She enforces attendance with TopHat questions and threatens to report anyone that does the TopHat questions outside of class to the Department of Student Conduct. We need someone better

There is tons of homework and textbook reading, but it is slightly beneficial because her lectures have absolutely nothing to do with the tests and are unhelpful and mandatory for no reason. She does offer retests, but she keeps the second grade whether it is better or worse and the second tests are often harder. Limited to no extra credit.

Subpar situation really. The class is really easy, but only if you put in the work outside of class. She doesn't have a PhD in biology, but one in biology education. She teaches biology at a third-grade level and the tests are much harder than she makes it out to be in the lectures. Insecure, not very bright, take any other professor if possible.

This is my third year and Dr. Limeri is the worst professor I have had by far. She makes lectures mandatory but her lectures cover NOTHING that is on the exam and talks about case studies that can be summarized in one sentence. Study outside material to pass exams. She also makes students use her preferred study methods. Did not enjoy this class.

Limeri is not a good professor. Her lectures are mandatory but they have nothing to do with the exams or the content she expects you to know. Her exams are extremely difficult to understand and she will try to trick you. She also uses her classes to study students not to actually teach you biology. She forces you to do things to learn a certain way

I think Dr. Limeri means well, but she would be better suited to teach kindergarten than a college course. Her lectures do not present any information that actually shows up on the test which can be frustrating as participation is mandatory. She also makes assignments where you have to use her study methods even though they don't work for all.

Limeri has been frustrating this semester. From her confusing tests to her useless lectures (that are mandatory), this class was unbearable. She fills the course with busy work and she makes assignments where you are required to use her study methods which no one actually ever uses. Take the course at a community college if you can.

Dr. Limeri is not a good professor. During her lectures, she likes to go over useless case studies that have almost nothing to do with what we're learning. She also forces students to use her own study techniques, which have all proven to be ineffective for me. Her exams are designed to be tricky, and her mandatory lectures are no help at all.

She is one of the worst professors I have ever had. She does not teach any really useful information in class and going to class is virtually pointless. I am also not the only one who feels this way, as the majority of the people I have talked to have said the same thing. She is also rude on occasion in class and sends some mean emails.

She is extremely unhelpful. We do only go through case studies that have nothing to do with what we're learning and take up bulk of the lecture. Lectures are mandatory and can really add up against your grade although lectures are virtually extremely pointless and unenjoyable.

She is a nice person, but an awful professor. She structures her lectures around slides and using TopHat, I genuinely have learned nothing from her lectures and feels like a waste of time. I spend hours on end learning the content for the exam for them to be confusing and tricky. Everyone who I have talked to about this class struggles, be aware.

This professor is not good. Her lectures are mandatory but not helpful. She mainly talks about case studies and content that are not on the exam. She makes the exams super tricky.

Dr. Limeri is the worst professor that I have ever had. Her lectures are pointless and provide no valuable information. She loves to make her exams difficult and tricky. She will give so much pointless information throughout the lecture which make understanding the content difficult. be aware to teach yourself. She cares about attendance too much

The lecture was useless as most of the time was spent answering meaningless questions or drawing diagrams that weren't on the test. The study guides provided only covered about half of what was going to be on the test and the test itself seemed more worried about tricking you than actually testing your knowledge.

Dr. Limeri is rude over emails and in person. Her exams are worded to trick you and is not helpful when you ask for help. She assigns a lot of homework with no extra credit.

Take the CLEP.

Literally do not take this professor. The lectures are not helpful at all and are simplified versions of what she gives you on tests. She gives retake opportunities but if you do worse on those you will only get the retake grade. You pretty much teach yourself the information because lectures are simplified versions of what you get on tests.

Do not take this professor Her teaching skills are poor, just repeats what's said in textbook modules. Her class is lecture heavy yet lectures don't reflect the exam material. A raffle/lottery system is for extra credit, nothing else. Retests are allowed but if you score lower it'll be the grade you receive.

Ineffective teacher and probably one of the least engaging classes I have taken here at tech. It REALLY takes someone to make biology this uninteresting and class feel like a drag with mandatory attendance, yet the lectures were completely useless. Waste of time and money and I am sure no one took anything useful from this class. Disappointing, TTU

I actually hate her. Worst person ever. Doesn't really care about her students, just about her "research"

This class was definitely the hardest class I have ever taken in my life. Honestly I probably could have not went to the lectures and still made the same B in the class. If I had to choose between a ham sandwich and her I would probably choose the ham sandwich because I would at least get something out of it. The tests are extremely hard.

Wow what a joke of a class.... don't expect to learn anything useful

She was very nice, but wanted everything to be done her way. She wanted us to create concept maps or make one minute sketches. They didn't help me at all and they were just busy work. Her powerpoints in class were just copied and pasted from Khan Academy. Her exams were also worded badly. I wouldn't take her class again.

Limeri is still disappointing. The exam structure has been improved to be less confusing but that could be due to the addition of a co-professor who picks up her slack. Lectures are still generally useless and she still makes you prove you are studying with her preferred study methods. Slight improvement but still avoid this professor if you can.

Egotistical, prideful, and incredibly unhelpful. Her lectures are utterly useless, which is probably why she's so strict about attendance, having multiple attendance questions throughout the class. Her pride couldn't handle class turnout when everyone realizes Codon is a better professor. Requires college students to study her particular way.

Attendance was required, however I was able to understand all of the course material from the textbook alone. Exams were full of errors that were later walked back on. Overall, I felt as though I was treated as a highschooler in this course, and the professors acted as high school teachers. Dr. Reid was the co-professor and was no better.

It's delusional to expect this course to get you through the MCAT when the curriculum is no higher than a high school course. Lecture topics dictated by her personal interests, not relevance of topics. Really just too easy. Also just a wet sock of a person. Condescending if you ask questions.

Lemeri is the only professor for 1403 with her assistant Dr. Reid who isnt any better, so theres no avoiding her class unless your an honors student. SI sessions were the only reason I was able to pass the test, which are made up of questions that are worded horribly. Overall a horrible prof, not a bad person herself but she shouldnt be teaching

This is by far the worst class I have taken at Tech and I've taken physics with little math background and applied ex phys. The exams are NOTHING like the lectures. Lectures are not engaging. The "talk to your neighbor" was super childish and ineffective. Both profs are terrible. Get ready to never learn from lectures and only from other sources.

The class felt all over the place, sometimes lectures related to the readings but other times it was totally different. 25% of the grade is homework and in-class questions which are basically free points. Do well in the lab and you can have some wiggle room for the exams. Study the previous exams and you can easily ace the final

Attendance policy is fairly obnoxious, tests can be all over the place in comparison with the practice tests. Strange amount of homework that is easy, but just as easy to forget and tank your grade.

Dr Limeri is a terrible professor who is unreasonable in real life and during exams. The amount of SASS this human exhibits needs to be studied. Her research lies in student learning and the student body is the experiment. No student should feel like their future relies on the "treatment" she has chosen to conduct. She degrades mental stability.

Absolute waste of time. Makes you buy a $50 application for 3 assignments that have very little correlation to the class. The labs were a waste of time. She is very inconsiderate. Just do the extra credit essay and pray you have a normal lab TA that isnt egotistic and yaps. She micromanages with Tophat and codon questions. THis class is ridiculous

Limeri is one of the worst professor I have ever experienced in my life time. The amount of disrespect and sass this woman gives off, it is impressive no one has given the same energy back. At TTU I have never met someone rude until I walked into that lecture hall with Sassy Limeri. Once she starts teaching, its horrible.

The course material itself is simple, but her exams feel so intentionally misleading. I truly do feel like she did not prepare us for the caliber of exam questions with the homework. Generally easy course content was made confusing. And she was just generally rude and unapproachable as a person which made it that much worse.

I was having problems with Codon, and my tutor pointed out the practice tests were supposed to be locked and they weren't for me. I emailed her immediately about it, and she blamed it all on me and said she would drop one of the lowest homework grades at the end on the semester(I had 100 on all) literally doesn't care about anyone at all.

DO NOT TAKE HER! WORST BIOLOGY PROFESSOR EVER... I took 1403 and 1404 with her, and it was awful. If you love grades do not take her , so many assignments with none that really concerns the exam. total of 5 exams with 20 questions each and final with 60 , mcq.

Did a review for BIO 1403, and had her again this semester for 1404. She was a lot nicer this semester, but overall, she just doesn't explain content well. Overall, just don't take it in person if you don't have to. Will update once the course is complete.

Honestly one of the worst professors I've taken at tech. Her attitude is horrible and sends very passive aggressive emailed responses to simple questions. She does not accommodate at all and is genuinely just so annoying to listen to. Reid should've taught this entire class but no they had to bring her in for half of it.

I heard lots of things about Limeri before taking her class, but after taking it, it's all true! She does not accommodate students. She also yelled at our Bio SI so she quit, she's very passive aggressive. I would avoid talking to her unless you HAVE to. Also read the textbook (They wrote it, and pull things from it on tests not covered in lecture)

does not communicate well with students. horrible at explaining extra credit and will nit pick anything to find a reason for you to not pass. will not recommend if you want a good biology experience. goes as far as calling you out for the dumbest reasons possible when half the class does the exact same thing.

This class has homework everyday. Exams (and content) are VERY easy (only multiple choice). Hardest part is understanding what they want for questions because she does struggle with writing clear questions imo. She is very difficult to work with in my experience (very sarcastic/passive-aggressive), but you shouldn't have to deal with her often.

SHE'S MEAN AND CANNOT TEACH The class isn't hard, but be prepared to teach yourself And she has an attitude too If you have a choice choose a different professor!! SHE CANNOT TEACH

Can not teach be prepared to learn everything yourself wish TTU had another option for a biology professor because she sucks and is very rude especially if you disagree with her teaching style.

Mrs. Limeri taught with Mr. Reid. They both took a high school codon approach. They both struggled to answer basic questions in class.