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CHEM109 - 1.0 rating“worst professor i've ever taken”
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She has to be the absolute worst professor I've ever had, I have never met someone so rude who seems to actually want their students to fail. Several of her students went to the board of chem to complain about her and many of us even went to the president. If you want to pass this class plan on getting a tutor because you won't pass otherwise.
TERRIBLE TEACHER! Does not know how to explain info in a way for students to understand. Emails you to study certain things for exam then DOES NOT put it on exam. Questions are met with an attitude or openly ignored! Very defensive! No explanation of equations! Tutoring needed! Does not care if students understand anything! WHY IS SHE A TEACHER?!?
worst professor i've ever taken. she swears that her pps will be on the test but puts topics from the TLOs instead. everyone keeps on failing her tests and she can't explain topics when asked for help. i do not recommend. she gets very defensive or ignores students when they ask her for help also, on the rare occasion she answers them.
Professor Onyia is one of the rudest and hardest professor I have ever experienced here at Adelphi. Professor Onyia stares at the powerpoint and just reads off of them. She will also give an attitude when asked questions and roll her eyes. Her tests are irrelevant compared to the material. I AM WARNING YOU DO NOT TAKE HER IF YOU WANT TO PASS!!!!
Professor Onyia is by far the worst professor i have had at Adelphi. Not only does she have no idea how to teach or even what she is teaching but she is extremely rude. Every question is either not answered or answered with an attitude. I spent a majority of my time in this class being yelled at. If you wanna pass hire a tutor!!! STAY AWAY FROM HER
I can tell you if you want to pass in this class you better work for it after weeks for it after week 1 with a tutor. She mostly goes Off powerpoints and red book activities time for time. She actually was nice to me but exams were really hard to pass. Just keep working hard and you can do it.
Professor Onyia was by far the WORST college professor that I had. Nasty attitude & doesn't care about students when you ask questions; she either does not know the answer, or they are ignored. She uses other professor's tests, and what she tells you to study for is NOT on the exam. You have to teach yourself the material, DONT TAKE HER CLASS!
She is rude and doesn't care about any student. She doesn't want to help students. Horrible chemistry teacher. Excepts you to figure out everything on your own
She is by far the worst professor Ive ever had. She does not care about students at all. She only cares about what is the easiest thing for her. When students would ask questions she often skips over them or straight up says no. Ive had so many problems with this professor. Do not take her class!! Please do yourself that favor.
I typically don't rate my professors, but after seeing all the bad reviews Prof. Onyia got, I felt the need to. I have not had any problems with her and I find her teaching style to line up the same as the rest of my profs. If you read the textbook before class like you're supposed to, you should be fine. I am doing very well in her class.
DO NOT TAKE HER. You will regret it. She is unwilling to help students and does not care if you succeed or not. Her tests are way too long with not enough time. When expressing frustrations to her, she responds with I dont know what to tell you. Her lectures are useless and teaching the material to yourself is probably the only way to pass.
Dont take her she is awful! doesnt help students at all when they ask for help. I had to teach myself everything this semester she did not help me learn one bit. She obviously doesnt care about her students and their grades because I have asked for help and she responded with "well you should know, Im not helping". So u need lots of luck w her
Avoid.
DO NOT TAKE. SHE IS NASTY. HER TESTS ARE PAGES LONG AND YOU WILL NOT HAVE TIKME TO FINISH!!! SHE IS THE TOUGHEST GRADER IVE EVER SEEN TAKES OFF POINTS FOR GRAMMER
When students ask questions in class she gets frustrated and doesnt go over anything or clarify. She is not avalible or willing to help students do well and does not answer emails that question her grading. She failed me on a homework assignment that was submitted 30 min utes late even though I notified her earlier that I was in the hospital.
By far the worst professor I have ever had. Her exams are nothing like the review sheets. She gets upset if you ask her questions. She does not care if her class understands anything. She is extremely rude. Just an overall terrible professor
I personally think she is a good professor. I believe that studying the TLOs will help with the Exams. You have to put in a lot of effort to get a good grade, but it'll be well worth it.
This is the nastiest professor I have ever had. DO NOT TAKE HER. She does not care about helping students do well. Her teaching is absolutely horrendous. Her tests are nothing like the review and she gives questions she never taught before. Be prepared to teach yourself, or get a good rec prof who can answer your questions because she will refuse.
Easily the worst professor Ive ever had. Rude and uninterested in her class. Difficult accent that does not help with text heavy slides. Little to no explanation given on practice problems. Flies through slides and makes tests on never before seen material. Wastes time by critiquing basic math and standing in silence while flipping through slides.
She is very difficult to understand both because of her accent and because she does not explain nor know how to teach. She is rude, disrespectful, and does not care about her students. She will spend class flying through slides with no explanations and then give an exam that has material she has never taught. So stressful!!!!!
I work for my grades and I only managed to get a B in this class, even with tutoring and studying at home. Her review sheets only covers 30% of what is actually on the exams. She is available in office hours but isnt really helpful. Do not take her. The textbook isnt used in class at all.
Really great professor.She explains the material well.She gives extra credit when you ask.She really nice and understanding and I highly recommend her class.
I generally don't post here.I believe I MUST because of all the poor,untrue rates. I think everyone has to realize going in that chemistry is a hard, tough and rigorous course.Dr. Onyia is a great proffesor, teaches the material clearly. She tells you what to study for each test. If you know all the information on the TLO you will surely succeed.
People negatively rate her bc they didnt do well. Chem is a difficult class. U have to study, but she gives everything u need to be successful. She is a little hard to understand at times, and is clearly sick of every1 complaining. her tests are easy. dont be prepared for an easy A. Chemistry requires work. I liked her! She tries hard
DO NOT TAKE HER. She is beyond rude and unhelpful. Never thinks shes wrong. inconsiderate of a students time. Shes never on time for her office hours making the hour available to you is only 15 mins of your time. She should not teach phy chem she should teach chem 100. Its like your paying to watch youtube. Her powerpoints are very unclear.
She's honestly not that bad of a professor, just has a very nasty attitude sometimes. She does give you everything you need to pass, although she is very unhelpful sometimes. Lectures are extremely boring, and she doesn't know how to work youtube or the volume so she stands there for 5 minutes playing with it. Don't take her for chem.
DONT TAKE HER! She is a horrible chem professor, to say the least. She does not answer your questions, instead she stares at you like your question is stupid. She is always spaced out and plays with her hair rather than teaching us the content. If you want to pass, do not take her.
Professor Oniya is one of the sweetest and kindest professors I have had so far. Physiological chemistry is definitely not an easy class, but she is caring and is always available outside the class.
Her class was definitely not easy but if you read the TLOs, you will do good. She also gives you review sheets, which are really helpful.
This class is hard but if you study using the TLO's you'll do fine. Dr. Onyia is preparing us for the upper level courses. Most of the content in this course is necessary for nursing. You have to realize that college science courses are hard. "You get what you work for, not what you wish for."
First impression of her will intimidate you but this is truly a hard class. It has nothing to do with what professor you take. She is the youtube queen, but by the middle of the semester she was the sweetest lady. She does explain things throughly. Excessive amount of hw but it helps if your struggling in the class. I really appreciated her.
DO NOT TAKE HER, if you dont want to waste your time or money, avoid taking her at all costs. She looks at you like you are dumb if you ask her a question and gets mad, but she always says "ask questions if you have any". She doesn't even lecture she shows us videos on youtube during the entire class. She just plays with her hair during class.
Professor does not correctly or clearly explain coursework/homework. Lots of homework with no feedback other than point deductions. When I tried reaching out personally via email, didn't respond until a day or two later with a response that never answered my original question.
Classes were so boring. Taught myself by looking at powerpoints and taking my own notes. Class consisted of watching youtube vidoes that we already had to watch for homework, longest 1.5 hour lecture of my life every week. However, she isn't a bad teacher. She's fine. If you take this class you'll be OK as long as you do the work.
She is a very harsh grader. She scrutinizes each and every error in your lab report. She assigns excessive amounts of homework. I averaged about 20 pages per lab report. This left me with little time to study for my other lecture class. In addition, she provides few answers regarding the structure of the lab report.
I took her for Summer Gen chem 1. I have to admit she usually reads off from slides and gives us lots of homework to do but the due dates are always the Sunday of the week so at least you have time. She curved the grade for us a lot. If u really want to learn the material then well she is not a great choice.
don't walk, run. run for your dear life. run like your life depends on it. Don't torture yourself
there is just so much to say about Prof. Onyia. The woman is clueless when it comes to lab. Her nor the TA know what goes on. She is sweet on the inside and wants her students to succeed but she doesn't come off that way. She yells and talks to us like we are 5 year olds. Her accent is so bad you cannot understand a single thing she says.
Im dumbfounded as to how she got hired to teach. her accent makes her sound like she has a million marbles in her mouth. She yells at us all the time. she has no clue what goes on during lab. when we ask her questions she makes us think were stupid for even asking. don't torture yourself please
Her teaching skills is awful She takes points off for tiny things, not helpful in lab, makes students feel dumb.The only way to pass this class is tutoring sessions, reviewing the TLO, recitation worksheets and the review sheets. I enjoyed her as a person but not a professor. She curved many exams but this is not a way to feel comfortable.
she doesn't know how to teach the material nor does she teach students anything. She gave many assignments that allowed students to boost their grade. Our class average was always low because she is terrible and she had no choice but to curve the exam. Chem is hard in general and requires extra studying and proper material. Study the TLO.
I would definitely take Professor Onyia again! Chemistry is a difficult subject, however, she makes it easy to understand. The exams are curved and she is an extremely fair grader. Participation matters, show her that you want to succeed and she will put it the effort to help you. My first semester here and she was the best by far. 100% recommend!
At first, I was scared going into her class because of all the scary reviews. She seemed/ look like some evil up to no good Disney villain from a low budget movie. I even ran away from her in the halls. She gives lots of work but she curves and always able to help in office hours and emails back.
cool professor, accessible outside of class, helps students out when needed.
i was intimidated by all negative reviews, never taught the class but she became sweet towards the end she curved many exams and gave assignments for students to boost there grade it is possible to pass her class study the tlo's and recitation worksheets compared to the other chem profs she was the most decent one who was generous to her students
Honestly, I was scared taking her class after all the negative reviews. Although she is very specific with her answers, she's actually very generous when it comes to curving. You will have to work hard for her class and she does assign a lot of work, but overall, not as bad as I was expecting and I learned to enjoy it.
AVOID! Really nasty to students and cannot teach to save her life. By far the worst professor at Adelphi.
Dr. Onyia has got to be the worst professor I have ever had in my college career. She spammed students with tons and tons of homework, only read off textbook slides during lecture, and did not have a clear curriculum the entire semester. She also has many hidden assignments that she expects students to know about without telling them anything.
very unhelpful to students asking for help. doesn't help students learn. tone and accent makes her come off as aggressive and irritated all the time. raises her voice at students when they are confused and just want help
Horrible. would never want to see her face again. utterly disrespectful to the students for absolutely ZERO reason at all. Cannot teach and yells at her students for asking questions because she cant "multitask". Never met such a unprofessional professor. RUN. unclear with coursework and not helpful when clarifying honestly you tube is better
This professor is genuinely the worst I have ever seen in my entire life. She has zero respect for students, refuses to answer many questions in class, and makes little effort to ensure that students can understand topics. The pacing of the class is so off that you end up taking tests in the middle of a different module. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME!!!
do not take, can not teach well at all. she posts review sheets for test but they are nothing like them. a lot of homework to do. gives no time for quizzes. just please avoid
i do not recommend her whatsoever. she is very tough and is a very harsh grader. She assigns like 5 assignments weekly and the only good thing is that you are allowed to work with your group on everything. Other than that, she can be condescending towards students and yells at you for everything. take someone else.
Tests are very difficult and lots of material. Her grading criteria forces you to take the final and pass it with a good grade. 10% participation, 25% lab, 15% quizzes, 10% for 3 tests, and 20% for final. If you do bad on one test you will have to study EVERYTHING before the final. She yells at students and watches over everyone like a hawk. DNT!
Literally screamed at me for trying to show her my medical device. Answered students passively aggressively as she didn't want to repeat information. Blamed students for not understanding when she barely skimmed over the topic. would never recommend anyone to take her class and honestly, I feel bad for anyone unlucky enough to have to.
She's the best professor for chemistry. She said we had to write fake reviews on here so yeah. If you want to take chem or have to I'd recommend her. She makes us do group work for homework and she allows us to bring a sheet with answers to the tests. She is very helpful and always answers all your questions.
She has social-emotional issues. Only knows how to yell. Gives TONS of HW and has no problem deducting 10 pts for leaving out the yr in the date or if you dare write the title on the wrong line. Grades tests extremely critically and is unreasonable to try to talk to. I did well on tests but it is no thanks to her. I taught myself the entire course.
Funniest teacher ever. If you don't get the answer correct you get the whole thing incorrect on the test. If you get the answer correct but don't do dimensional analysis it is all incorrect. All the tests are cumulative. Her grade shows how well she is teaching so if we are doing bad she will curve it to make herself look better. Screams at student
She can be nice when she wants to but material is difficult and you'll probably have to teach yourself. Assignments are easy since you can work with your groups. Curves exam grades but only because everyone ends up doing bad.
If I were a cat, I would have two lives left after taking this course with Professor Oniya. By far the WORST Professor at Adelphi. Lots of HW assignments and very disorganized. Class time was used ineffectively, and she never actually taught anything. I had to find outside tutors to teach me the material from scratch. Stay away and do not take!!
Will take off points for writing a dot instead of a slash mad annoying and talks like Elmo
DO NOT TAKE HER!!! PLEASE DO YOURSELF A FAVOR. Do not gaslight yourself just bc you have read that she curves every tests. She grades based off effort. She may give some feedbacks but they are useless. I did not understand a single word she said in class. You may be her next target if you take her. She picks on people for no reason. SAVE YOURSELF
Very smart professor but heavy accent, Lots of homework but it really does help you prep for tests. 3 tests and a final, you can drop one test grade and replace with your final grade. don't ask her questions in class, she can come off as rude, email her instead. overall she's not as bad as people claim and she helps you get the best grade possible
awful very confusing unclear about information. Hard to understand
Do anything you can to stay away from her. She will give you no credit for questions on exams if you do the work differently than how she wants it. If someone gets a different answer than her she take their answer without making sure she's right. Really has no idea what she's doing. Yells at people for asking for clarification. Save yourself!!!!!
WORST CHEM PROFESSOR EVER FOR LAB. MAKES NO SENSE DOES NOT EXPLAIN WHAT TO DO FOR LABS
bad professor do not take! she will laugh at your failure and mock you for not succeeding. She likes to say "you should know this already" or like "I already taught you guys this why did you get it wrong."
Her accent is super heavy and nasaly, often making her sound like elmo and honestly its completely unintelligible. She is rude to students, her being a bad prof leads to an unserious environment which makes it hard to focus. She gets sidetracked & most of her lecture is just us doing questions, barely goes over them. AVOID AT ALL COSTS. SAVE URSELF
I have never wore a seatbelt before coming to class. The prof cannot speak well as she has a thick accent and she does not help in labs nor does she know how to do it herself. She is confused when u ask a question and yells as well. She just lets u do the lab and thats it, no help shes on the phone and tells u to do it ur self.
SHE DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO TEACH, THROWING THE PAPERWORK AT YOU AND TELLING YOU TO DO IT. She called security on two girls in my class for no reason because they had their phones out. Security took the girls' side and reported the professor. Everyone in our class wrote a complicated argument against her. She kicked us out, the teacher's assistant.
DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. If I had the option to get run over by a car or have her as my teacher, I would get run over. She does not teach. She throws work at you without even explaining it. When you ask questions, she gets upset and yells. Wow, one of the worst professors I've ever had.
Be prepared to teach yourself because she doesn't teach a thing. She posts presentations you have to share with the class and doesn't mention one word of it in class. She has no clue how to do lab and makes the TA do everything who also has no clue what to do
She is tenured so Adelphi can not fire her. Everyone in the Science building does not like her. She knows how to work the system and the "cards" she can play to not get in trouble. Never take her. Her department knows about how bad she is and they are stuck. Her students are stuck. Avoid!
Professor Onyia is the worst. She's rude, cold, and penalizes students for walking in on time. She talks in a low, mumbling voice — you can't understand a thing. Asking questions feels like a crime. She makes chemistry miserable. Avoid her class if you want to keep your sanity.
This class makes you wonder what you did in a past life to deserve this.
If I had to choose between 2 days of being water boarded or taking this class, I'm taking that water.
She must've been severely abused to be this way. She needs to be in a textbook and studied.
she isn't as bad as people perceive her, her homework isn't bad but grading is very strict and it really depends on those test grades, she tries her best to keep you from failing is class overall failed a test shell drop it. long as you do the heading in every homework(graded base of completion) come on time and pass test w at least a 60 u will pas
if u not religious pick one and start praying. hard to understand lecture wise, only good thing is she'll put you in groups for both her lectures and labs so the workload is shared. otherwise run in the other direction. curves everything cuz no one is doing good anyway. i wouldnt recommend
She is the worst teacher that I ever had. She curves all the tests because the class average is always below a 70. She does not teach and all she does is give worksheets. Most of the time in class she just sits on her phone or stands up doing nothing. She has a disgusting attitude and is incredibly rude. She also takes off points when you are late.
Get there 10 minutes early if you want to have a decent grade in that class. Attendance is very important and even a minute late can cost you a lot of valuable points. Do the test review questions and practice old class prep because she does reuse material on her tests. She is strict and hard to talk to at times but her office hours are helpful.
Fought for my life in this class. Not a great professor at all. She barely explains the course material, and the class was all over the place. If you ask a question, she can be a bit rude. Her exams are confusing, even with a lot of studying. She takes points off for being late, too. But she does curve exams and tries to boost grades.
very tough class, def have to study/teach on ur own bc she cant teach. she does curve the exams a lot depending on how the class did. At the end of the semester she just put 100 for homework's as long as you show up and submit something. she can be very rude but go to tutoring, they help a lot. the final was 60 multiple choice too so helps a bit.
Her demeanor is very nasty. Tons of homework and she doesn't even teach in class. She gives us a daily worksheet and just tells us to do it. Didn't learn the whole semester BUT one good thing is that she curves the tests like crazy and lets us work in groups so you're bound not to fail. Has no problem sitting on her phone the whole class. So bad.
Don't write notes in class turn everything in on TIME to study go over worksheets recitation ones study the pdf keys she gives out you'll do well pay attention to how she wants it done she can come off rude it's better to EMAIL her put in screenshots of questions she'll give you the answers go to office hours ask questions after she's done talking
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