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CHM113 - 3.0 rating“Was 35 minutes late to class and very hard to understand try to avoid her class and take a better professor”
CHM116 - 1.0 ratingClass Info
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Class was easy. She has a heavy accent but you adapt. Offers extra credit and gives out practice exams that show you exactly what you need to know for the actual exams. I only used the textbook as a reference and just paid attention in class. She encourages students to go to office hours. If you do not pass you did not try, it is that simple.
She's so easy, I barely showed up to class and got an A, but didn't learn anything and struggling now in CHM 116. Her accent is thick.
She has probably one of the worst personalities and overall attitude I've ever encountered in a professor. Very petty and easily irritated. Yells a lot. Doesn't allow students to use the schools goggles or she will dock you points. No other teacher does that. She is very controlling and wants everything very specific to her liking.
She is not nice to say the least. It is almost as if she is an elementary school teacher with the way she disciplines. She grades meticulously! Her tests are much easier than the study guide so that was a plus! If you want to find the best Chemistry teacher, I don't know if she is it. I don't like science at all so perhaps that influenced me!
She is very rude and has a very thick accent that is very hard to understand. I took chemistry is high school and it was very easy for me but taking it in her class is very difficult. There is no point in coming to class unless you want the extra credit. Don't take her if you want to have a good GPA because her class will ruin it! Worst teacher!!!!
Chem is a hard subject, so expect to work. If you attend lectures, watch suggested videos and use practice exams she provides, you will pass. Every exam had a 10% curve which is awesome. The only thing I did not enjoy was the MasteringChemistry homework because it was more difficult than necessary. With extra cred I received a 101.9% for this class
Sooooo annoying. Really picky and get angry at everything but if she likes you then you will do fine. The class isn't hard since it's just the lab but she makes you do post lab during class so you never really get out early. Often times you have to bring a laptop to do graphs and she really picky about how different every persons graph has to be.
HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE!!!! RUN FAR FAR FAR FARRRR AWAY FROM HER!! She is the most horrible, annoying, rude teacher you will ever encounter!! Labs are a disaster. She will not help you if you ask for it. "I will not give you the answer figure it out." Constantly picks on people during class and yells at them. Wastes time on useless lectures.
You absolutely have to do the homework and all of the reading for this class. Unless you're a prodigy, you won't pass if you don't look at the course material. The study guides are pretty much what's on the test though- sometimes the questions are word-for-word on the tests, so look at those. Very hard class.
Her teaching style is different than what I've been used to (more of a self-learn style). However, attending lectures was still helpful because it helped me recall what I learned the days before. We had 3 unit exams that were a tad difficult, but if you attend tutoring, office hours, and read the book, you should be set. Lots of extra credit!
-Thick accent, can't understand lectures -Tests are difficult -Extra credit given if you show up to lectures -Confusing explanations and doesn't understand feedback questions
Pinter is so nice! Yes she does have an accent but you are able to understand what she is saying. You do not have to read the WHOLE ENTIRE chapter, you can just got about her power points! This class was actually pretty easy, not easy easy since it is chem, but you will get a good grade if you do your homework and labs!
Overall, a good professor. Sometimes it is difficult to understand what she is saying because of her accent. She is willing to help and explain until you understand. I recommend practicing all the math before a test because it will definitely be on there.
Run AWAY!!! She does not take the time to answer questions in Lecture, In lab if you ask her a question, she says "Im not going to give you the answer", when all you asked was if you can get some claification. She automatically assumes you asked for the answer. For lecture she has a powerpoint and within the power points there are socrative ?'s
Dr. Pinter is a very nice lady. Not such a great lecturer. She is not very efficient at teaching the material though her exams are multiple choice, which may be this class' only saving grace. My recommendation would be to take CHM elsewhere if you want to truly understand it.
Go to lecture she clarifies the power point slides in detail. I know she has an accent but you can still understand her. Try to read the textbook it also helps. Attend class because she curves your grade at the end by participating in socrative she curved my grade by 7% which is a lot!
If you are going to take her, go to her office hours! She is a nice lady and explains things more easily one on one. Goes over powerpoints very fast and has a bit of an accent which is a little hard to understand. Does socrative during lecture. No extra credit. No need to buy textbook since her exams are over the study guides. Do study guides!
AVOID her as much as you can. Take it this class any where with any one but her. She barely speaks english (very thick accent) makes it hard to understand what she says. So much homework and doesnt explain anything very well.
She's really not too bad. Her smaller classes are much more involved than the large lectures. She tries to have you understand the material and provides examples. Also very lenient with pre and post-lab reports. Overall a pleasant professor.
Was 35 minutes late to class and very hard to understand try to avoid her class and take a better professor.
Ask her a question, she thinks you're asking for the answer. Try to speak, she will interrupt. She does not know how to listen. She has a heavy accent, so you may have a hard time understanding. Don't expect her to "go easy"/lenient on you, even if you had a legitimate problem (technology wise), and she WITNESSES it (long story). She won't care.
While this is a 100 level class, the workload makes it feel like a 400 level class. Her teaching is lecture heavy and she does little to make sure individual students are understanding the material. If you ask her a question, she will provide an unclear answer and leave you even more confused than before. Do yourself a favor and AVOID THIS CLASS.
If you have a good background in chem from high school, you should be ok. actual content is easier compared to hs chem. But Ms. Pinter doesnt teach the material well and the homework plus labs she gives are pointless. Her tests are basically the study guides though. she gives a ton of xtra credit. i took ap chem, but i thought her class was worse
I don't understand how an individual could attend lecture everyday, and not learn anything after taking both CHM 113 and CHM 116 with Pinter. Her peer mentors did a better job at explaining the material than she did.
A lot of prelecture quizzes, online labs, in class labs all in the same week. She gets mad if you don't understand something or ask questions. Lecture has EC points at the end for doing Socrative questions in class. The tests are in class but they suck because once you answer a question you cannot go back to it. Overall, pretty difficult.
She gets upset very easily. She also gives a lot of assignments and not a lot of clarifications on them. There is a partner activity every week in class as well. The tests are weighted very heavily. If a grading issue occurs good luck trying to fix it, she's hard to work with. She does offer a lot of extra credit though for showing up to class.
Don't take her if you don't have to. She reads off powerpoints during lecture and talks the entire time. She does offer extra credit but that may be the only plus side. She explains things very poorly and gets frustrated when students don't understand.
I don't know what she saying most of the time.
Man, do I wish I would've consulted these comments before taking this class because they are SOO true. I've taken other chemistry courses before & this is a level down but so much harder. I can not understand anything she says. She just reads from the slides & doesn't elaborate much, but if you skip class you'll probably receive a low grade anyway.
15 Years, and this has unfortunately been the worst teacher I have ever had. It makes you think that the ASU just hires anyone with a high enough degree and does not care what standard that professor teaches at. leaving students with low quality education. The only way I have been learning anything is through tutoring. This teacher confuses herself
This teacher, first off, doesn't speak english very well, and is VERY hard to understand. Second, she doesnt do a good job at explaining things AT ALL. she gets angry when students dont understand her content, and isnt help at all. The homework is vrey hard, and the book nor her powerpoint are very much help.
I sat in the front row and would always ask questions so I was definitely paying attention, but sometimes she is wrong. I pointed out quite a few mistakes in her examples and one time she told me "That's just how life is sometimes" and another time she straight up said "I don't think I'm going to change it" even though it was legitimately wrong.
She is absolutely the worst professor on campus. I have no idea how she was hired. This class is CHM 101, and the way teaches it makes it seem like its an upper-level class. AVOID this professor as much as you can.
This is the worst professor I've ever had. She is extremely disrespectful, not a single ounce of patience, and shows no compassion. I understand being a professor can be stressful but anytime you ask for help she is always irritated and will leave you more confused. THIS IS A 101 CLASS!! Please please save yourselves the time and trouble.
If you need to take CHM101, please take it with someone else. I enjoyed learning the material but having her as a professor genuinely made me feel unhappy. Thank god for the TAs or I would've failed. She is not kind, approachable, helpful and many more. She makes it very obvious that she is annoyed or irritated when you ask for help.
She is a horrible person/professor. She has no respect for her students whatsoever and is extremely rude. I asked her for help one time, I was still confused so I asked her for help again... her response was "I already answered your question". If that doesn't tell you the kind of professor she is. It amazes me how she got hired.
Makes everything harder than it needs to be. I skipped classed alot because I bascially taught myself this course. ChadsReviews was a life saver. She's a smart lady, just can not teach what she knows well to others because she expects them to know what she knows. When we're all just dumb college students. Would not reccomend to my worst enemies
She is very knowledgeable about the topic, but doesnt explain well or at least in a way that allows most of her students to understand. I know myself and many other classmates heavily used the textbook to help understand the material. On the plus side she gives 5 extra credit points each test for taking it on a computer
very hard class, too hard for 101 Chemistry class, does not help students much, does not teach everything that is going to be on tests, difficult to understand for some people
DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS PLEASE. She is so rude & no compassion for her students. You're only allowed to ask her questions during office hours, I don't think she realizes that other students' schedule conflicted with her office hours. If you do ask her for help, she gets easily irritated and impatient. Overall, I was so unhappy and felt discouraged.
She is difficult to understand in the lecture and to make it worse, her slideshows don't make sense! She shows up late to every lab class, cutting into our time! If you go in during office hours, she tells you to review her slideshows from class that, as I said earlier, DON'T MAKE SENSE!!
She is a very difficult professor, HOWEVER, she curves ALL exams except the final. 60 extra credit points and if you do well on the final than all your midterms she replaces your grade!!! Went from B+ to A+ because of her grading system.
This class is extremely difficult as is, but extra credit helped. Although attendance is not graded, that is where the extra credit comes from. On top of this, if you miss one lecture and do not go over the powerpoint on your own you will quickly fall behind. You will teach yourself quite often in this class as topics are not thoroughly explained.
I took this class as a general requirement, and I neglected to read the Professor's scores to my demise. She offers extremely vague help when you ask a question, the homework is barely based on the textbook, and the tests were difficult. The practice exams are useless, and she only has office hours at 6:00pm or later. Non-science majors: run!
The curve really helps your grade. However, if you want to learn the material don't take her. She is not the best teacher. If u ask her questions she gets really defensive and will not answer the question clearly. When she lectures I got lost in her words because I was so focused on trying to figure out what she was saying. She has a heavy accent.
This class was way easier than I thought it would be, but still hard considering its chemistry. She gives practice quizzes that are exactly like the test which helps a lot. There is a quiz and 2 labs every week but they are just online simulations so its easy. Shes not a good teacher so I went to the TAs office hrs every week & that helped
Does not speak very good english at all. It is so hard to understand anything she is saying, and when you ask her a question she answers with an attitude and just reads off the powerpoint. Not helpful AT ALL. Dont take this class unless its your absolute last option.
Professor Pinter was a good instructor for CHM 101. You will need a textbook and the material is reading-heavy, but the professor is reasonable and accessible. Office hours and the class was a great time to ask questions. Three exams throughout the semester, but she will have an optional 4th for replacement of your lowest grade.
She's a really nice person but not a good teacher. If you meet her outside of the class, she's always willing to help. I could tell she tried to do her best. Since there was a thanksgiving holiday, we finished our course 2weeks earlier than the final week.
Absolutely the worst professor Ive ever had. Ive taken Chem twice in High school (General & AP) and this was the WORST class ever. The professor doesnt give good explanations during lecture, shes passive aggressive in her emails, and her study guides dont help you with midterms or finals. Do yourself a favor and NEVER take this class.
She's a tough grader and gets mad if you ask questions, she expects you to know everything. She is very specific in the assignments but gives 2 extra credit opportunities. She just reads off the lecture notes and doesn't make it very interesting, take anyone but her, only reason I did good in the class was bc I took chem in hs and knew what to do
There is lots of homework but many of the questions are from the book. She mentions that the book is required but I didn't use it and did fine. She can be difficult to understand during lectures and seems kind of rude when you ask questions, cause she expects you to know it. The grading on the homework is tough. Overall 5.75/10
Professor Pinter seems like a very nice person but she is not the best at teaching. She has a very strong accent which makes it hard to understand her during lecture. She just reads off the slides and does not respond to any question with helpful information. The exams are very similar to the homework assignments, and the final is optional.
I got an A+ in her class. Its hard but if you do your work AND all the practice (you can retake it 10x, do it) youll get a good grade. You wont be able to understand her bc her accent, try joining her zoom in class and read the subtitles lol. do not stay at home, you will fail.
The class is not hard if you give effort into it. Tests are open note, but don't think it'll be easy because of that. My number one recommendation is to take all of the practice she gives on the homework and do all of them as many time as you can. Try to get good grades on ur tests so you don't have to take the final, huge relief at the end of sem.
This Professors' accent is very strong and hard to understand. You'll probably be teaching yourself most of the time. Also during my semester she was always late to class, it was always around 10 minutes late which made it feel disrespectful since she never seemed to make an effort to arrive at an earlier time.
- Textbooks are online and free - A lot of opportunities for 1 on 1 and tutoring in class - Not mandatory - A TON of extra credit - A ton of grades are dropped at the end of the year - Allows assignment retakes (if has limited attempts (just ask)) - Strictly online, EVERYTHING is online. Even the final - Everything is open-book
Honestly, Pinter isn't horrible, but she's not great either. She has a very strong accent which can be hard to follow. During the lectures she just goes over the notes. Overall the course isn't too hard but it can be confusing. There's usually one or two homework assignments per week and she gives out extra points for turning in assignments early.
The way she teaches in lectures did not work for me. She's very sweet and accessible outside of class, but she teaches very fast. I wouldn't recommend taking her class, but if you have to then just ask for help. Keep in mind there is also a language barrier and can be difficult to understand her but, she is very nice.
The class itself and the homework assignments and tests were not that hard but I did have to teach myself pretty much everything because professor pinter was a horrible lecturer and it seemed like she didn't even know the material she was teaching. She was very hard to understand at some points and wasn't very helpful if you had a question.
If you took and understood chemistry in high school, you'll be okay. Turn in your work early so she gives you extra credit. Her lectures can be hard to understand because of her accent and she's not the best at explaining things. Just be sure to read the textbook and do the practice quizzes because they might be on your homework.
She offers up to two points of extra credit on every assignment, one for early submission and one if you get every question correct. She also drops the lowest homework, lab, and exam score (including the final). Be prepared to teach yourself everything. Her accent is very very heavy and hard to understand. Every exam is unproctored and online.
Dr. Pinter is a great professor aside from difficulty understanding her. Sit it in front, attend lectures, READ THE TEXTBOOK, and practice. I took color-coordinated notes from a combination of the textbook and her Canvas notes because sometimes they lacked details. Handwriting notes helped me retain information and were accessible during exams.
professor pinter herself is a nice lady and you can tell she has a passion for the subject. however, i had to teach myself a lot of the information. youtube will be your best friend. it also helps to do the homework while she lectures bc she'll mention information thats not found in the notes/textbook
She is so difficult to understand and she just rambles on and you end up getting confused on what she is even talking about. Not good at explaining or answering questions. I had to teach myself the entire semester because she was not a good professor at all.
She has a strong accent that no one understands. She lectures, but nothing she teaches is content applicable to the course content. Dont take her if you can help it.If you are stuck in this class, the secret is to use the study guides and practice quiz questions during the exams and homework. It's copy paste. Lots of work and learned nothing :'(
Honestly, her class wasn't the worst you can take. She gave lots of opportunities for extra points which helped a lot. I like that she provided her own notes but I would read the book in sections to clarify her notes in my own words. I recommend you do the practice test she provides because they are always on the exam.
Course content itself is hard to comprehend. It has grammatical errors in every other sentence and is structured very poorly. As for the professor, she is hard to understand in lectures and outright refuses to answer questions or answers vaguely. Honestly just skip lecture and teach yourself, youtube is more helpful than going to class.
This is the worst professor I've ever had. Professor Pinter grades everyone differently, doesn't give you instructions on how to do the discussion posts but will grade you like she did and if you try to dispute your grade she basically says "You're SOL, eff off". She should be FIRED. There is no lecture in her class, just reading.
Avoid if at all possible. Only makes you read and is not at all helpful, and no guidance for whats on tests. Even my tutor was confused on what we were reading compared to the tests. She offers no help and doesn't respond to emails, I'm honestly surprised I passed her class.
She is a great teacher and you can tell how caring she is.
I ran as fast as i can from the class before deadline. The first week is full of reading/discussion (long) and when I looked at syllabus showing a conflict that exam date with trip (i booked almost an year ago) I want schedule exam early less than a week BEFORE the exam date. She simply told me to get away of her face, she dun care.
She's the absolute WORST! Absent the entire class unless you contact her and even then sometimes she doesn't respond. Her labs are confusing, she's confusing, you can tell she doesn't even take the time to proofread she stuff she sends because you can see the copy/paste text from other labs thrown in there. Choose another teacher if you can!
Honestly, I didn't have a choice when taking this class, I was put into it as default. She's a sweet lady, don't get me wrong, but the way she teaches makes no sense. She rambles about the lesson, uses the copy-paste notes that has multiple spelling errors, and she doesn't actually break down questions when asked. Work-heavy, attendance matters.
The way she words her instructions is very unclear. She is very passive aggressive. If you are talking, she will stop talking to tell you to be quiet. Half of the class is spent on doing the homework, if you are already done, you must work on chemistry. She also hates seeing you on your phone. Attendance is mandatory in this class.
She is very picky about decimals (if you put a 0 instead of 0.0, you get the question wrong). It is almost impossible to get a good grade on a virtual lab because her instructions aren't clear. The textbook is required, but she posts her summary notes for every chapter. Hard to understand her. Would not take a class with her again.
She's a very kind sweet lady, but the way the class is structured, is a mess. Weekly HW and Quizzes and online labs that are impossible to do. She's also just bad at going through lecture, she stops and thinks about what she wants to say or rambles. Take w/ another prof. Also the exams are open note and lockdown browser.
I could not understand her. She has such a thick accent! She will call you out in class for not paying attention. Test are not during class hours and open note, Only reason I would take her again. You also don't need the test book, never opened it for Chem 101.
Professor Pinter was an alright professor. She gave many opportunities for extra credit for early submission or in-class participation; however, many of her assignments contained grammatical errors. The homework and tests weren't that difficult, but the take-home labs were sometimes difficult to comprehend.
Coming from someone who never took chemistry in highschool I think if I can handle it, its not that hard. The assignments are graded based off effort, she'll give partial credit to even wrong answers if you show you tried. Just do your work, read the lab guides, you'll do great. Also I never had homework, I finished all my work in class.
Had her for CHM113 Lab. She often was hard to understand and sometimes her explanations on certain topics were hard to understand as well. However she did offer extra credit if you stayed and finished your individual report in class, and honestly that probably saved my grade. She did really care about her students, overall not a bad experience.
TERRIBLE professor, i WOULD wish her upon my greatest enemy. Hard to understand and rude, she calls you out and claims your interupting her class for doing the smallest things !!insanely picky and her instructions are incredibly unclear. All of her notes and 'study guides' have gramatical errors - YOU WILL NOT USE THE TEXTBOOK ONCE.
Do not take this class; the teacher is VERY overbearing, hard to understand, and gets mad over every little thing. Do not buy the textbook, I did not use it once. The test are open note and not during class.
If you want to have friends or even, make eye contact with people at your table DO NOT take this class. The plus is there is only 3 exams, and all assignments are open note. She is very hard to understand, and questions are worded weird. I teach myself the content of the class by videos . Also do not buy the textbook it content is given on canvas.
Super thick accent, horrible pacing when giving lectures, and spelling errors on canvas slides I would only retake this class for the open note and out of class exams
The tests are hard and contain material that's neglected during lectures, so be prepared to study. Her explanations often add an extra layer of confusing to the topic, so it's best to rely on the TA's, textbook, and online materials. She's very confrontational which often comes across as rude.
There was no rhyme or reason to the due dates or due date times. The module was also locked until the beginning of the week, yet assignments were still due on Monday. This did not allow me sufficient time to understand the material. This is unacceptable for an online class designed for people working full-time jobs.
The modules are very confusing at times for no reason.
the worst prof i have had - grades things horribly & will not tell you why she docked so many points - has the worst due dates considering most everyone who takes college online WORKS FULL TIME THROUGHOUT THE DAY - 0/10 she is a horrible teacher & does not have the best TAs helping her either as they will not get back to any of my multiple emails
I ended up with an A but learned nothing. She is not helpful, lectures are disorganized, yells at students and does not do anything to help students. Scraped by in that class because I had to ask friends for help, but gave up after unit 1. Moves fast in lecture and expects you to be on her timeline. Avoid taking. If you have to take just wait.
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
66%
Textbook Required
0%
Grade Predictor
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Predicted Grade
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Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
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CHM113
2.3
(13)CHM101
2.0
(56)CHM116
1.9
(14)CHEM116
1.0
(1)BCH371
1.0
(2)Difficulty by Course
CHEM116
4.0
BCH371
4.0
CHM113
3.9
LSC347
3.8
CHM116
3.7