Shes a great person but her lectures are hard to follow. the homework is overwhelming. would be better for someone who is naturally good at chemistry and can learn on their own. topics are too broad and hard to follow. did not pass even though i got 100% on the homework and 70s on the tests.

You have a quiz every other friday. She didnt really explain the material. she read most of the slides too fast. says she posts them so dont take notes in class. This class is easy if you do the material and keep up. Seems like she doesnt really care about the students sometimes.

Was very disappointed by this professor. We are in a pandemic and she refused to wear her mask on her nose and even came to class one day with no mask to where a student had to contact the director. She got upset when we did both good and bad on tests so shes very confusing. Overall, would NEVER take this course again with her.

If you can get another professor for this class, I would highly recommend it. Maria does not care about her students at all. I couldn't make up a quiz that I was 15 minutes late for because of a medical reason. I explained that to her and she did not care. I took AP Chem in high school and it was way easier than this class. Worst professor here.

Trust me on this one.

She does not care about her students. She does not use canvas much, so if you want to know your grade you have to use the syllabus and do it yourself. She is not very nice over email or in person when talking with her one on one.

Hard to understand, heavy accent. Wears a mask over her face but not her nose. The mask makes her even more difficult to understand. Rushes over her words. Wants students to write out terms in class but doesn't put the definitions on powerpoint, says the definition out loud, once. Loud, but doesn't really seem to be saying much that's valuable.

She speaks very quietly and never repeats herself. Her power points and lessons are not helpful at all. I learned all the content on my own during discussion, Khan Academy, and on other online videos I found. I feel like all of the content was rushed over and not explained well at all, which makes no sense for a CHEM 100 class.

I learned more during discussion than in her lecture. I would recommend going to SI if you end up with her as a professor. Her slides are bad, she goes too fast, and does not teach well.

This class is extremely difficult. There are no homework or practice problems that are as difficult as the ones on the tests, so it is very difficult to fully prepare for the exams. The exam averages are always very low. If there is any other professor teaching this course, choose the other professor.

She is really hard to reach outside the class through email. You miss any lecture, quiz, or test and you won't be able to make it up. She talks and teaches with an attitude.

Worst Professor I have ever had. She does not teach nor does she care about her students and if they pass the class or understand the material. Even if you do the stuff she says that will help you pass the class people still end up doing bad. Her tests don't have anything she "teaches" on them. She is rude and treats people like they are stupid.

I learned more from my TA who I have once a week than I do in her hour long 3 times a week class. Arguably the worst teacher I have ever had. If you're in here saying "you dont want to put the work in", It's a 100 level class, whats being demanded is too high. If you see her on your schedule ask for a new professor.

Just don't. I promise. Save yourself the nights of crying. I had to take her class because it was the only section that fit into my schedule. I should have catered my entire schedule around not taking her class. An absolute nightmare. You have been warned, good luck :(

DO NOT TAKE THIS WOMAN'S CLASS!!!! I pray for those of you that will have to take her course. She does not think students have lives and other courses outside of her own. Worst teacher I have ever had.

Doesn't stop lecture to explain what she is doing to the class, but expects us to fully understand a new subject. Often would get frustrated at students for not understanding the new material. Did not have gradebook set up in the Canvas, so we would have to calculate it ourselves every time (made it inconvenient for us).

DO NOT TAKE CHEM 100 with her. She expects you to know everything chemistry & doesn't understand that this is a level 100 course. She gets mad when you don't ask questions but is very rude when you do ask questions. She does not explain her work at all & doesn't understand why the class is confused. You basically have to teach yourself the class.

If its possible to take another professor instead of Dr. Shteynbuk, DO IT. You will SAVE YOURSELF, it sounds dramatic but being a student that unfortunately had to take her class twice. It doesn't get any better with her. She will speed through all her lectures, leave you confused and ask questions TO YOUR questions.

She expects us to know the material before going into the lecture. She got annoyed when we didn't ask her questions during lectures and if we asked her a question she would ask back the question to you. She didn't explain the material or equation on the board that she go thru. You have to learn everything by yourself.

She is extremely rude. Makes you feel like an idiot. She is insensitive. This class has way too much information for one semester and that may be her fault but her excuse all the time is she has too many students.

DO NOT TAKE CHEM 100 WITH HER!! I am a second year student and I have NEVER had such a horrible professor. She encourages asking questions, but when you do, she is rude and makes you feel bad for even asking. She expects you to know everything prior to coming into class. The only reason I knew what was going on in class was because of my TA.

Very unethical in her teaching. Questionable character

worst ever. i have little background in chemistry and her teaching did not help me understand topics in the slightest. she expects you to come to class already knowing each topic and goes through 2 lessons in one 75 minute lecture, too much information for one class. she has no retake policy so if you miss a test or quiz, there are NO exceptions.

SHE IS HORRIBLE!

Her lectures make no sense. The mechanisms were pics copied and pasted from the book, and she never went over anything. Her grading scale is unrealistic for organic chemistry, as you need a 93% for an A, 87% for a B, and so on. Everyone from this class who I've spoken to did equally as poorly despite receiving above the class average on every exam

Worst professor ever. Do not take her class if your life depends on it. She is awful at lecturing and the way she teaches is hard to understand. The only thing saving me was the keys that she posted for each lesson's assignments, however, she decided to stop posting them. Does not care about her students or their success.

She was rude and her only excuse is that her class was too big. Very unprofessional, especially considering the fact that she did not thoroughly explain her thinking. On the flip side she does give out many extra credit opportunities which you should definitely use.

Do. Not. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. I just started college. Im 2 weeks into school. I have an exam in her class in a few days??? She talks too fast, rude, unprofessional. Offensive responses. Yells at you when you dont ask a question loud enough. Keep in mind ive only seen her 4 times. Shes horrible. Her TA is a better teacher. Theres so much more.

I'm not great at chemistry and learning from her was so hard. Her TA was so much better. I'd rather take the L and redo this class again with a NEW professor.

If this is your first chem class ever avoid at all costs,she yells at you the whole class. one quiz every week(15 min) , one readin assign. ( 45 min), aleks(3-8 hours) every week, I have a major problem with if you miss a test for whatever reason, mine was a funeral, you are not allowed to make up the test period so rude for a 100 teach

The TA's don't know what is going on just as much as the students. I meet with the TA every Tuesday, and we go over everything on the slides, however when you take the exam she will give you questions that have little to no correlation to them. The only positive part of this class is that the exams don't have a huge impact on your overall grade.

Shes not nice

Chem 100 is supposed to be an easy, intro to chem course. she found ways to make most everything more difficult and complicated than it had to be. You can definitely find better explanations on YouTube. She is rude and doesn't answer student's questions, instead just says things like "because that's how it's done" and not really helping anyone.

She talks really fast and goes ahead without explaining things well.

Talks very fast, moves on before people understand what they are doing. Office hours are hard to attend and short. Bad at explaining things, she has a very long-winded way of explaining, with comparisons that are often bad or inaccurate. Useless review material for the exams. Only plus is that she drops your lowest scores on an exam and a few labs.

Don't take this class. Your advisor does not know what they are talking about.

To all my Engineering majors good luck in this class. The lab TAs have no idea what they are doing.

Maria knows a lot of things but she talks way to fast and is not the best at teaching. You send her an email asking for help and she takes a whole day to respond with a single string of text just telling you to come to her office hours. My lab TA had no idea what he was doing half of the time and gave us wrong number during one lab.

most miserable, difficult, and time intensive class ive ever taken. homework takes hours and the app we have to for it is terrible, she's condescending and unhelpful, even in her office hours, the tests are difficult, and the study guides are AWFUL. take the class online or with any other teacher.

She does not make study guides, so you have to freestyle the exam not knowing what to expect. Her slideshows are bad, just a bunch of graphs and tables followed by a meaningless explanation from her. Very rude, unfriendly, and unprofessional. The nice thing is a decent number of assignments are dropped. Definitely find a different professor though.

This professor is the definition of a heartless soul. She expects you to have a very great general knowledge before even taking chemistry 100 although some of us took a very easy chem in HS or didn't take it at all. Everything you do for hw is aleks and if you get stuck TA's will not help because “they aren't allowed”.

Where do I even start with this woman. The WORST teacher I've ever had. Incredibly rude & condescending mostly when you try & ask questions. She knows what she's doing when it comes to Chem but has NO idea how to teach it. Too fast in lecture & puts problems on the board & solves them without explaining them. Exams are so hard and no review guide.

She is a horrible professor who seems to hate teaching. She gets very mad very easily and if she can't hear the students answering her questions she will yell at everyone for not participating. She doesn't care about her students enough to make sure they understand and will speed up the pace of the lecture when she thinks they don't care about it.

I don't go to lectures because I genuinely cannot stand her so I'm not expecting the best grade, but if you go to lecture you should probably be fine. She's actually the rudest professor I've ever had and I can't WAITTTT until I don't have to see her ever again. Best of luck

Genuinely an evil woman. If you're not religious you'd better pick one and start praying. She's so condescending and rude and gets mad when people ask questions like that isn't her job. This woman is not built for teaching, she's so fast paced and yells at the entire class when people answer her questions too quietly. Find literally anyone else.

Might be the worst professor I have had in my college career so far. Not only is she somewhat hard to understand because of her accent, she is extremely rude horrible and answering questions that are asked during lecture. I had to go to the department chair to file a complaint about her. She barely does any actual teaching, just expects you to know

If there is another class option, pick it! Not worth spending your semester with her. She barely teaches, expects you to know everything beforehand, is extremely condescending, and acts like she is just here for the paycheck. I truly believe that if it were up to her, she would fail everyone just for fun. I can't stress enough, PICK A DIFF CLASS!!

She IS the absolute worst professor at UWM. She expects you to know everything before lecture. She is so rude and condescending. If you can pick a different professor please do.

This was easily the most frustrating class I've taken at UWM. Lectures were unhelpful and moved far too fast, with the expectation that students already knew the material before coming to class. Asking questions often felt discouraged, and the overall tone was condescending rather than supportive. Shes the only one that teaches 105 so GOOD LUCK!

This was the WORST chemistry professor I have ever had. I showed up to her lecture just for her to not teach and claim that "your active participation is mandatory at all time." She is so rude and condescending when you try to meet with her after class. I walked to the class and exams without looking both ways so I didn't have to go. She is evilll.