2.3

Norma Veurink

Engineering - Michigan Technological University

2.3
Quality
3.4
Difficulty
25%
Would Retake
83
Reviews
2.3
Quality
3.4
Difficulty
2.4
Helpful
2.2
Clarity

25%

Would Retake

83

Reviews

Rating Distribution
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What Students Say

Any Idea what's going on?

ENG1102 - 2.0 rating

and HOW did she get to be a teacher???

ENG1102 - 1.0 rating
Class Info

Online Classes

100%

Attendance Mandatory

60%

Textbook Required

100%

Grade Predictor

Your expected effort level

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Predicted Grade

B+

74% confidence
Based on 8 grades
Most common grades:
A (4)
C+ (2)
B+ (1)
Grade Distribution
A(4)B(0)C(2)D(0)F(0)A-/B+(2)
Based on 8 reported grades
A: 4
C+: 2
B+: 1
A-: 1
Common Tags
Skip class? You won't pass. (2)
Lots of homework (2)
Tough Grader (1)
LOTS OF HOMEWORK (1)
Lecture heavy (1)
Participation matters (1)
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Reviews (83)
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ME2120
Dec 29, 2002

No Comments

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ENG1102
Feb 20, 2003

Two words, Air Head

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MEEM2120
Feb 21, 2003

not my favorite

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ENG1102
Feb 22, 2003

Any Idea what's going on?

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ENG1101
Feb 27, 2003

No Comments

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ENG1102
Mar 7, 2003

and HOW did she get to be a teacher???

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ENG1102
Mar 30, 2003

Norma gets confused often

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ENMG
Apr 5, 2003

No Comments

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MEEM2120
Jun 9, 2003

difficult material but rewarding. Norma can help; you just have to ask lots of questions.

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ENG1101
Aug 20, 2003

Terrible teacher. Alot of homework

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ENG1101
Sep 25, 2003

Did an alright job overall. She was confused on some of the topics she was teaching though, and when a teacher doesn't know what they're teaching, it can be rough going.

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ENG1101
Oct 10, 2003

Bad instructor, nice person. It's difficult to learn when the teacher doesn't understand all the topics.

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ENG1101
Oct 15, 2003

way too much homework, teaches wrong ways to do things compared to other teachers in the same class

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ENG1101
Oct 27, 2003

Doesn't really know what she is doing, assigns a lot of HW at one time, and then changes directions for it, so that you don't know what to do. Expects you to pick up new programs in a day of "instruction" (if you can call it that). Nice person

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ENG1101
Oct 29, 2003

She's a nice person, but her teaching skills leave room for a lot of improvement. Be prepared to be confused.

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ENG1101
Nov 1, 2003

wow she's a winner

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ENG1101
Nov 9, 2003

Wow, she is so unclear. Tons of homework. Thank god you are in a team. Just hope that there is someone in your group that knows what the hell is going on. I think she needs to just let the TA, Ravish teach the class. He would make a hell of a lot mor

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ENG1101
Nov 14, 2003

Knows material well enough for her to understand. Has a real hard time conveying complex thoughts to the class. Also she doesn't hold a PhD. thats mostl likely where the university went wrong in hiring this one. Good luck in the course.

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ENG1101
Dec 8, 2003

All i have to say is dont take any class with her if possible

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ENG1101
Dec 11, 2003

WTF? How can such an easy class be made so hard? I passed AP physics, english, and calc before taking this class and I still got a B. The homework is impossible.

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ENG1102
Feb 13, 2004

No Comments

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ENG1101
Feb 17, 2004

Avoid at all costs. You will be spending all of your free time in the lab.

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ME2120
Mar 12, 2004

This is an excellent teacher that shows lots of examples and willing to help. The classes she teaches are horribly structured and she has very little say in how she can structure the class. Teachers that do not have their PhD are better at this school.

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ENG1102
Mar 19, 2004

I dunno, she means well, she knows her stuff, she's a fairly nice person. But, questionable that she is that able at using the programs that she is teaching us to use. Today, I made a matlab program that was better than the one she made, and in less time.

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ENG1102
Mar 24, 2004

All i've gotten out of going to class is homework. I don't learn anything by getting handed something and told do it. Needs to try to acutally teach something instead of just handing out more work

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ENG1102
Mar 24, 2004

No Comments

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ENG1102
Grade: A
Mar 30, 2004

She has no idea what she is doing. She gives a a lot of homework one week and a ton the next, and then laughs about it saying it balances out. I would stay clear of this women at all costs.

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ENG1101
Apr 27, 2004

No Comments

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ENG1102
Apr 28, 2004

not to hard on grading, but she says if you do the minimum on homework assignments then you get a C, which is fine with me, but she doesn't tell you what she expects you to do to recieve and A.

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ENG1101
May 7, 2004

Needs to be tutored on subject material. I could probably teach it to her. Classes are boring and uneducational. After an entire year in the GENENG program, I still haven't learned anything about engineering. GenEng has to go.

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PRINTING
Jun 27, 2004

he's cool

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ENG1102
Jul 27, 2004

She's acutally forgiving a lot of the time and she tries to be nice, but I sure didn't learn much. I learned more in the first week of my summer internship about CAD and "eng fundamentals" than I did during the entire semester in her class.

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ENG2120
Mar 15, 2005

Not a very good teacher. Dont let her find out youre an athlete. Very annoying and boring.

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ENG2120
Mar 31, 2005

writes too much notes

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ENG2120
May 27, 2005

Horrible Professor, she is very unclear. HARD EXAMS...gives you questions that you never went over in class! Very Tough---DON'T TAKE HER FOR ANYTHING!!!

1.0
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ENG2120
Jul 27, 2005

Femi-Nazi, and the worst teacher alive. You can manage to ace all the quizs and homework and still fail the class miserably.

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ENG21220STATIC
Oct 5, 2005

Very unclear on anything. I dont think she even knows what she is talking about. She throws many curveballs on the tests. Hates athletes. Overall very annoying teacher.

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ENG1001
Oct 25, 2005

No Comments

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ENG1001
Oct 25, 2005

she is helpful if you ask questions and make appointments with her if you are having trouble and she is easy if you pay attention

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ENG0011
Oct 30, 2005

She is**** guzzling gutter ****, she will not help you but point you into very vague direction and will not help you. She grades her homework extremely hard, seriously i got a point off because my staple wasnt on the paper correctly, and there was nothing in the syllabus explaining any staple positioning rule. you will want to die a horrible death

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ENG1001
Grade: B+
Dec 1, 2005

she is one of the worst professor ever if you can manage it avoid having her at all cost doesnt know how to teach and when you ask a question doesnt give you a clear answer plus goes through the slides way to fast even if the information is important or not

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ENG1001
Dec 7, 2005

Very Boring Teacher, Makes you want to fall asleep instantly.

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ENG1001
Dec 10, 2005

Norma isn't too bad of a teacher. She is always ready to help out during office hours if you're having trouble. Her exams are kind of tough and she isn't the best lecturer but other than that she's not too bad.

3.0
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ENG1001
Jan 9, 2006

Kind of a beotch, very uncooperative during class time, and holds grudges for a long time

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ENG1001
Apr 25, 2006

No Comments

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3.0
ENG2120
May 1, 2006

I thought Norma was a nice teacher. She is always willing to help you if you need it and doesn't make you feel stupid while doing it. One thing I found unnerving is that her examples were often easier than the problems she assigned, and her tests were kind of difficult. Overall I would say she is a good teacher.

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ENG1001
Aug 23, 2006

Nice lady, terrible teacher.

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EMODL1102
Oct 11, 2006

She is somewhat of a good lecturer, but very hard to work with. I had an extenuating circumstance, so at the beginning of class I couldn't hand in my homework after class I asked her if it was still ok to turn it in, I even pulled everything up on the computer to prove that I had done the assignment, and she just said no that I don't take late work

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ENG1002
Nov 2, 2006

She treats me like i'm retarted because i'm in a fundamentals class.

1.0
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ENG2120
Nov 30, 2006

No Comments

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ENG1102
Feb 11, 2007

Nice Lady

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ENG1102
Mar 19, 2007

Beware if you have a class with her. She is not very easy to work with.

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ENG1102
Dec 26, 2007

failed at being a waste water treatment engineer now back at MTU to screw us all over in life by never getting out of tech. very **** wont help us guys out at all and says we are wrong all of the time even if she gets the same answers. hope you get a girl in your team, and have her ask all the questions. only way to get answers.

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ENG1100
Mar 1, 2008

No Comments

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ENG1102
Jan 15, 2009

Very demanding class. Lots of homework! Double check homework before you hand it in. Stupid mistakes add up quick. Tests aren't overly difficult. Just come to class and pay attention and you should do fine.

3.0
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ENG1102
Mar 24, 2009

Very hard teacher. She is fairly clear but if you don't understand something it is next to impossible to get her help during her office hours. She acts like you are bothering her. If you do your work she will be extremely picky while grading it. When I signed up the professor was TBA so I had no opportunity to avoid her.

3.0
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ENG1102
Apr 27, 2009

Very boring class unless you enjoy writing codes for fun. Exams are hard, i don't understand why we have them in that class because we learned nothing.

4.0
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ENG1102
Jun 14, 2009

Easy enough, good with NX5 but not always helpful

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ENG1102
Oct 19, 2009

She was very unwilling to help during her office hours and left most of the clarity work to her TA. She makes you feel like it's your fault for not understanding but wasn't clear in the first place.

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ENG1102
Oct 27, 2009

I'm not sure why other people didn't think she was helpfull, every time I talked to her she was fine. Not super friendly, but good enough. I got and AB without too much extra effort

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ENG1102
Nov 21, 2009

Shes a joke

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ENG1101
Dec 13, 2009

Only complaint I have with this class is the TA's grading methods. Other than that I felt that Norma cared about the students and wasn't hesitant to give back points wrongfully taken off of assignments.

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ENG1101
Dec 23, 2009

Not a bad teacher. Go to her office hours frequently if you need help and she will help you a lot. It helps if she knows your name too.

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ENG1102
Dec 7, 2010

Pretty good teacher. she has her "on" days where she is really willing to help out, and her "off" days where most of what you did is wrong... She has a pretty funny dry personality, and warms up when you get to know her. She is also really good at names. like... REALLY good at remembering your name.

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ENG1002
Dec 8, 2010

She's very patient and always willing to help out if you get confused. As long as you show up and pay attention the class won't be so difficult for you. As far as homework goes...we're almost always given the opportunity to finish it in class so it definately doesn't add stress to you're daily homework load.

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ENG1102
Dec 15, 2010

it's quite obvious that she has never actually held a job as an engineer, when confronted with questions in class she usually blames the software. the first half of the semester all she does is complain about how much better UGNX 3 was then UGNX 5. She can be alright if you get to know her, but if it's not to much of a hassle to transfer out. do it

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ENG1102
Oct 21, 2011

Leaves everything as broad as possible just to mark you wrong. Always uses a dang mic cause she doesn't know how to speak in a lecture hall. Lacks actual field experience dealing with anything and everything with engineering. By far the worst professor I've had, and last year one of my prof. didn't know good portion of the english language.

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ENG1102
Oct 23, 2011

Terrible teacher; she's quiet, boring, and overall, bad at teaching. HWs aren't bad. Exams are trick questions. She's terrible with MATlab. If your drawings/dimensioning is not exactly how she does it, she marks it wrong.She's terrible with MATlab Its her way or the highway, no getting around it.

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ENG1102
Oct 23, 2011

I can't understand what she says in class even though she wears a mic. Does not explain things, and is extremely broad during lecture. As for the exams, they were extremely opinionated. What I mean is most things can be done more than one way but you get graded on if you do them her way which causes a lot of argument.

2.0
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ENG1102
Nov 3, 2011

Hard to understand, does not answer questions very well and seems to waste a lot of time in class on pointless stuff

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ENG1102
Nov 29, 2011

Norma is a very nice person. Even though sometimes she is hard to understand, one must remember that this is because of voice box surgery and sub- par equipment (microphone). Overall, she is a helpful and kind teacher who tries her best to make sure you understand the material as she cares dearly about her students.

5.0
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ENG1102
Dec 5, 2011

Like the comment below me said, she's hard to understand because of bad equipment and voice box surgery. She does explain things if you pay attention, and she's always willing to answer questions if you approach her. She may explain things vaguely at first, but it's so you actually think and learn from it! She's a great teacher having a rough year.

3.0
3.0
ENGLO2
Nov 5, 2012

ok teacher. it's good to sit in the front so you can see and ask questions. She sometimes goes over things very quickly which i don't like. She has a monotone voice so you might fall asleep. it's ok not to bad not to good.

2.0
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ENG1102
Jun 20, 2013

She is hard to hear, sometimes it sounds like shes whispering. She is nice and friendly if you talk to her after class or in her office hours. I liked her much more than my 1101 teacher but the TA I had for this class was horrible and I had a hard time getting the grades I wanted on projects graded by him. She's a good professor, but quiet.

4.0
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ENG3200
Dec 26, 2013

Not too much homework. Goes over example problems in class which are similar to exams. Show up and you'll do fine. Very nice and able to answer any questions during office hours.

5.0
2.0
ENG3200
Grade: A
May 1, 2014

Provides good, easy to follow processes for examples and homework. All her slides are online to follow along in class. She provides all the tools to succeed as long as you use them. More interested in learning than grades.

3.0
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ENG3200
Aug 12, 2014

Bad professor! She use microphone in class, she talking like hypnotize!

4.0
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ENG1001
Jan 7, 2015

Ms. V is very nice and is there to help you if you ask for it. She assigns a lot of group work and will basically force the class to participate, even if it's an early morning class. However, her grading criteria is pretty clear and as long as you show up and do the work you should be able to pull an A or AB no problem.

4.0
2.0
ENG3200
Grade: A
Apr 23, 2015

She was a solid professor. Definitely on the boring side, but she gives plenty of examples to prepare for the tests. The tests largely resemble the homework, and she gave extra credit to improve scores. Pretty helpful during her office hours. You could do far worse for a class like this. Don't buy the textbook, you'll never use it.

2.0
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ENG1002
Grade: C+
Oct 24, 2017
Wouldn't take again

Seems to not enjoy teaching and doesn't explain the material well, more of a self study class; but does help more if you ask one on one. 1st year Spatial visualization class was terrible

Tough Grader
Skip class? You won't pass.
LOTS OF HOMEWORK
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4.0
ENG2160
Grade: C+
Mar 26, 2021
Wouldn't take again

LOTS of homework. Does a lot of examples in class but the exams are way harder than that, each one had a question or two that I was lost on.

Lots of homework
Skip class? You won't pass.
Lecture heavy
4.0
3.0
ENG2120
Grade: A
Apr 24, 2021
Would take again

Good Professor, Exams were easier than the homework. Does easier examples in class, but it is up to you to do the homework to really master the concepts

2.0
3.0
ENG2120
Grade: A-
Oct 27, 2021
Wouldn't take again

Norma is teaching a difficult topic to grasp and she does it poorly. If you ask questions in office hours she acts like you are stupid and proceeds to explain it the same way she did during lecture. Homework is due twice a week with a quiz each week.

Lots of homework
Participation matters
Class Info

Online Classes

100%

Attendance Mandatory

60%

Textbook Required

100%

Grade Predictor

Your expected effort level

LowHigh

Predicted Grade

B+

74% confidence
Based on 8 grades
Most common grades:
A (4)
C+ (2)
B+ (1)
Grade Distribution
A(4)B(0)C(2)D(0)F(0)A-/B+(2)
Based on 8 reported grades
A: 4
C+: 2
B+: 1
A-: 1
Common Tags
Skip class? You won't pass. (2)
Lots of homework (2)
Tough Grader (1)
LOTS OF HOMEWORK (1)
Lecture heavy (1)
Participation matters (1)
Rating Trend

Improving

+0.63 avg change
Jan
Apr
Oct
Mar
Apr
Oct
Last 6 months
Ratings by Course

PRINTING

5.0

(1)

ENG3200

4.0

(4)

ENG1002

3.7

(3)

ME2120

3.5

(2)

MEEM2120

3.0

(2)
+11 more courses
Difficulty by Course

ENG2120

4.0

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4.0

ENG0011

4.0

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4.0

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4.0

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