Her class is disorganized and she makes little effort to answer questions from students. She is often short and standoffish when answering questions. Her slides almost always have mistakes in them, and for the amount of work this class requires, she provides very little support. Had to get slides from the other prof to pass.

Dr. Maria has been very condescending towards questions asked in class, making no one willing to answer. Slides often include typos and wrong math, which she'll either tell you to correct on your own, or post many different versions which gets confusing. Not good explanations of the material, and lab material is all self-taught. Avoid if possible.

(for 300A) Dr Iankilevitch is incredibly condescending and her questions can have many different interpretations. She is not accommodating for students with disabilities and unapproachable. I dropped the class after a week and a half because it was causing me so much stress trying to navigate her expectations. Gonna take the class with a diff prof.

Material was interesting, but the assignments and inflexibly shallow ways to engage with the materiel made it a little surface level for a third year course. She does seem very nice but. be careful. I would have dropped the course if I knew how ridiculously impossible the accommodations process would be in her class.

A very snobby, lazy, and self-righteous professor. Last exam was way too big for the 50 minutes provided. Hires someone else to do her labs for her, doesn't really care about students, goes too fast, makes assumptions, and is condescending. Ruined my enjoyment of this class.

Extremely condescending. Has way too much useless information on her slides. Limited amount of practice problems, and even after completing all of them and getting 100% you can still be thrown off by the exams. Has weirdly strict rules about reviewing your exams/quizzes.

Sadly better than Medler. Encouraged students to attend office hours, but often made questions feel unwelcome. Advised struggling students to drop the class—after the drop date—showing a lack of awareness/support. The class avg on exam 2 was 60%. At what point does poor performance reflect not just the students, but also the quality of instruction?

How she's still teaching is beyond me. rude and demeaning. Less than two weeks from the end of term she is advising students to give up and not even bother trying anymore. Not only does she assign more work than other sections, she can't even teach the material. My grade dropped 35% from 300A. Lecture sections shouldn't be a gamble, yet here we are

Somewhat rude and condescending. Unclear slides, and marks on few things. Gets upset when any questions arise. Weirdly specific rules when you go in to viewexam (max 10 minutes). Is not open to feedback, which is ironic considering her faculty bio being focused on 'learning'

condescending, last average on exam was 60, includes irrelevant info in lectures/slides that you will spend so much time studying and will never be tested on.

A professor who gives her students encouragement is important to me. She does not. She told the class to drop the course if we didn't do well on midterm 2, she didn't tell us to keep trying. Her class average is very low. Her course load is extremely heavy and doesn't come off in a understanding manner when questions are asked in lecture.

In every class, she perpetuated this demeaning behaviour, undermining our confidence and enthusiasm for the subject. Her suggestion to drop the course 2 weeks before it was over, was not only insensitive but impractical. Her recommendation completely disregarded the sacrifices we made to enroll as students. Profound lack of empathy and respect.

Her teaching approach was consistently condescending; she would halt lectures until students posed questions, only to belittle us by asserting that we should already know the answers. This routine not only stifled our willingness to engage but also fostered an environment of fear and humiliation. I'd suggest any other proff but her!!!

Took time to go to her group study hours because I was having difficulty with some questions. Showed her my work and thought process, and asked if I had done the work correctly. Her answer "I don't know, have you done it correctly?". I said I think so. She shrugged her shoulders and said "maybe". Turns out all of the questions were incorrect. Wtf?

Rude and condescending. Crazy behaviour towards students for a grown woman.

Very strange lady - behaves in such an immature / weird way towards students half her age. Has weird, arbitrary rules about homework, quizzes, and tests. Wants you to round number in a specific way to get the right answer (like round after EVERY computation). Overall just a strange experience. Learnt the material through ChatGPT.

If you're looking for a supportive and engaging professor who genuinely cares about her students' success and understanding, I highly suggest you avoid Maria's course. Her behaviour towards students who are facing the content for the first time is condescending and odd. She acts annoyed when faced with questions and genuinely makes you feel dumb.

Heavy course load. Most the students were confused with course material, she wouldn't explain concepts and would expect us to know the answer if a question was asked. Encouraged us to drop the course 2 weeks before the final if we did bad on the second midterm for our “well being”(then receiving a Fail) If that doesn't speak volumes idk what can.

She does not seem to know what she is teaching and every student is lost in her lectures. She is aware of this and just awkwardly stands and waits for a reply from the class. Maybe if nobody speaks in class its time to re-evaluate your position. UVIC can't keep any profs and should be held accountable for all of the awful feedback from students.

Seriously, do anything you possibly can to avoid taking any of her classes. I've had her for two courses already and both have been absolutely dreadful. I cannot express how rude and condescending she is to every single student in class. She consistently makes you feel stupid for asking reasonable questions. Avoid at all costs for your own sanity

I honestly feel like she doesn't want her students to succeed she makes the material harder than it actually needs to be, then makes you feel like an idiot when it isn't done her way. Honestly feels like she wants us to struggle.

She often acts like the classroom is a place to show authority rather than support learning. Her tone feels controlling, and she seems more focused on enforcing power dynamics than actually helping students understand the material.

if you have the option, to not take her class, just don't.

I will never put myself through another class with her. It seems like to try to purposely misleads on the homework and quizzes and practice exams leading to failure on exams, also makes the class harder then it actually is. Heard the other prof teaching the same course is the way to go.

I strongly advise against taking her courses. I genuinely felt I grasped the course material and adhered closely to her assignment rubric. However, she's an exceptionally difficult grader whose criteria don't align with her rubric. Furthermore, she's quite rude when seeking clarification. I suspect she derives satisfaction from giving poor grades.

Feels like she doesn't respect her students in this class. Her tone is consistently rude and discouraging, she often asks questions about the material and gets irritated or snappy when students don't know the answer. It creates a really uncomfortable atmosphere and most of us end up confused rather than learning.

What a joke. Her tone is rude, her lectures are just her reciting papers, and the TAs seem to enjoy lowering your grade. The fact that 2/3 of my grade is decided through creative work in a 300 level psychology class is insane, especially so when the TAs just roll the dice when marking us. The entire class needs a rework asap

Extremely unclear teaching and grading. Assignments and exams often hinge on semantics not taught in class, rather than actual understanding. Communication is condescending and defensive, and grading on exams is inconsistent with lecture slides. Creates unnecessary stress, would not recommend if you want a fair or accessible learning environment.

One of the most unprofessional profs I've ever had. Condescending, defensive, and impossible to communicate with. She is very snarky and rude to students asking questions. Grading is inconsistent, nitpicky, and contradicts her own slides. Exam questions have very unclear wording. Creates a hostile, stressful learning environment. Avoid at all costs

If I could rate her a 0. Instead of evaluating your understanding of statistics, the she seems to be testing how well you can interpret her oddly worded questions. The phrasing is inconsistent and unnecessarily confusing. She is just awful.

worst prof I've ever had in my years of post-secondary education. Never have I come across a prof so condescending and rude to her students. Do yourself a favour and avoid taking a class with her

Very strange for a grown woman who's been in the field to act the way she does with students. Unprofessional and confusing questions, and she makes the content so much harder than it needs to be. Super frustrating experience overall

If I could give zero stars I would. Just an absolute atrocious experience being in her class

Give yourself a blessing by avoiding her at all costs. Had her for two courses and both were just an overall absolute awful experience. I will never put myself through that again. She give such a weird vibe, seems nice at first but is just rude and unsympathetic towards her students. Also feels like she has power trip over her students.

Seriously avoid at all cost, all terrible ratings are true and beyond some. The fact she still a professor here is beyond me. UVIC seriously needs to give her a boot.

She is not testing you on statistics but on her own crazy worded questions. Saw multiple students walk out crying after the last exam, pretty accurate sign to not take her classes. Just avoid at all cost for your own sanity. Furthermore, she is rude, condescending, dismissive, and just overall does not care if her students do well or not.

I remember reading the ratemyprof ratings before taking her class and thinking "oh I'm sure it will be fine"..... moral of the story, I should have listened to the ratings. I think the way she delivered the content was honestly okay (considering its stats) but her personality and tone as an individual is AWFUL. I need to know who hurt this women.

Feel like i don't have to say much, just read all the terrible reviews because they are all TRUE. Just avoid at all costs for you own mental well-being.

Regret my decision to take stats with Maria. If you have the option, pick Chad. Exams are SO difficult to understand; she is more worried about the theory behind stats rather than the actual equations. Doesn't matter if you do well on the homework; she low-key sets you up to fail on the exams.

This class is way more confusing than it needs to be. The notation changes constantly, the z-table is non-standard and unclear, and wording in questions feels intentionally vague like she's testing us on riddles. The material isn't hard, but the teaching makes it feel harder than it is. She as a person was rude, and had a very strange behaviour.

Here's the thing, the concepts itself are very easy. What makes it hard is the arbitrary, convoluted, expectations she has. Like others said, she's rude, passive aggressive, and unyielding especially when you try to clarifying things. I loved and understood stats, she has made me confused, frustrated, and not put as much effort as I can.

Wish she would word things to make questions easier to understand rather than confusing. What you read here is, unfortunately, all true. She knows her stuff but makes it feel like you are dumb when you don't understand.