Horrible teacher. You cannot understand her! She stands up and lectures the whole class. If you like sleeping in a class, take this one. I have never had such a boring and rediculous teacher. She makes false claims towards students and gets mad at you for no reason and shows it the whole semester.

Ugh. There are so many other SCI 1101 teachers....save yourself from taking a class with this one. Her classes were the most painfully boring and uninteresting classes i have ever taken.

Horribly painful class. You couldn't understand her, she was always mad, and although her tests were extremely easy, she played favorites, and made false claims.

Oh my gosh! I can't believe she is still teaching. She doesn't seem to care about you or helping you out with your grade. She is boring and hard to understand. Rarely uses the book and makes up her own information and confuses herself and the class with useless crap. DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS!!! For your own sake and sanity, take someone else.

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First of all, she lectured about leaving class after I returned from having a vicious coughing fit...since then, she eyes me and I swear she's after me...

Seriously.....This teacher sucks so bad! I can't stand her. She has got to be one of the worst teachers I have ever had! Ugh! I hate her class and the way she teaches. Booooooooooo.....That is what I have to say to her and her crappy ass teaching skills. DO NOT TAKE HER WHAT SO EVER!!!

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DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR! Lectures are horridly boring, she is very disorganized, and gets upset a lot. ...generally about people not going to class OR leaving... BUT instead of getting on to the people that leave, she goes off on all the folks that stay! If you do take this class and have problems- she's better 1 on 1 during office hours.

I know of no one that actually liked this lady. She grades ridiculously hard and just looks for something to count you off for. The material itself is easy but she makes it so much more difficult than necessary. If at all possible take another teacher.

This professir truly plays favorites and at times has test questions not in the book or lectures. If she likes you you're mostly ok, if not...hell hath no fury. Her personality and skill are not condusive towards a positive learning environment.

I can't write enough to describe how terrible this woman is! She has no ethics in the classroom, she doesn't know her subject very well and makes up answers to student questions. Her grades are based on how well she likes you, not on your work. She's unfair and unreasonable and she really should be fired. She allows cheating in her class too.

this class was worthless.If i did not know what biotechnology was I would have changed my major.this teacher plays favorites, grades her favorites better, allows cheating and does not know her subject matter very well

Not very organized. Not very help full.

As a nursing student, with a 3.9 GPA, she was awful. Her test questions often had more than one answer and even if you showed her in the book or powerpoints she refused to fix her errors.I am very disappointed in KSU for allowing her to take away from my education,especially when this course is relevant to my career.She also has avery thick accent.

She sent me this email. Excluded contact info. Explains a lot. Hi folks, Hope you are all well. Did you get a chance to go and rate your prof,please do so if you have not: http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/SearchSchool.jsp Thank you all and keep well and safe. -- Dr Premila N Achar Associate Professor of Biotechnology Dept. of Biology and Ph

Interesting to note that most of the previous ratings used identical terminolgy and style as Dr. Achar uses in her emails and ppts, and were dated prior to the start of the semester. Worst professor at KSU, avoid at all cost.

Terrible, terrible class. Quiz questions with more than 1 correct answer, time-wasting debates during lecture about what the correct answer(s) should be, disrespectful to students during oral presentations, unorganized class structure, plays favorites. Avoid! Take with Dr. Vogelien if possible - she filled in for a lab and it was great!

I had her for study abroad for may 2010. she never told us to bring an extra picture of us for the metro ID, 3 ppl almost got "arrested". almost got kicked out of our hotel, expected her assistant to do everything. the SA department spent weeks questioning us what had happened on the trip. she changed 2 students grades 2 weeks later for no reason.

The worst professor I ever had. I have never been in a class where the class after every exam is a arguement over the answers. Many students in my class went to the head of Bio during the class, but were told she was a tenurured prof. Take my advice, dont go thru the same misery. I have had many excelent profs at the KSU science dept. She is

Interesting to note that the favorable reviews use the same language that Dr. Achar uses in her syllabus, etc. Bad class, instructor couldn't answer basic questions about the powerpoints she was presenting. Plays favorites, grade is based on who she likes, not how hard you work

You cannot understand her, he rambles about useless info, and generally has no idea how to teach a class.

Terrible, do not take! She is difficult to understand, can't write a comprehensible email to save her life, and she does not make tests very easy to understand what she is asking. The material isn't hard, but looking at her powerpoints & reading the book are necessary. I never know when homework assignments/quizzes are due. I end up tuning her out.

Do not take!!!! She is extremely rude!!! She is so hard to understand and makes class so boring. It takes her a week to respond to your e-mail. Just do yourself a favor a pick a different teacher.

Rude, doesn't speak English, has confusing notes, confusing tests, isn't helpful when you ask her what she meant to say on the test, and is stupid... Ecosystems= habitat AND species! Not on her test! Blabs about how smart and rich her family is, doesn't care if you work 2 jobs... still got a C. Yeah, I'm a sour grape here. Take someone else.

T E R R I B L E ! Do NOT take her. worst professor EVER!

Dr. Achar has completely ridiculous expectations for this class. Tests are ambiguous and always contain a number of questions that do not make any sense or were never covered in class in the book. She never responds to emails, questions, or concerns. EVERY test had to be regraded weeks after it was taken because of the amount of answer key errors.

Worst teacher I have ever taken at KSU. Every test has been graded wrong and my class was in uproar over unfair questions and her limited out of class availability to meet with you. Her lectures are poor as she gets sidetracked on unimportant topics easily. her accent also makes her difficult if not impoosible to understand. AVOID IF POSSIBLE.

Microbio not a difficult class, but Dr. Achar is unclear in her expectations and contradicts herself a lot. Mastering is required ($100) and random date/time deadlines make it extremely easy to miss an assignment. The 3 exams are mostly from ppts -6 ch. each, final is 3 new ch + cumulative- but questions sometimes have multiple/no correct answer.

Professor takes personal calls during lab for at least 30min and will stand in tge hall for students to be left alone in lab. Has a tendency to encourage students to go into prep room for her. Not helpful during lab unless you can help her

worst professor Ive ever taken. did not learn anything from her lectures and tried to teach myself the material using her PowerPoints. the tests contradicted the PowerPoints.. The homework is mandatory and weigh the same as a test and had random end dates so they were easy to miss. She was also very rude and forgot topics that she assigned us

AVOID!!!! She was the only option for microbiology this semester and has made this class dreadful. There are only 2 tests and 1 final with over 6 chapters for each test. Her class is overall miserable. A nursing major's nightmare.

Micro is fact heavy and requires memorization. Dr. Achars teaching style is all over the place. I went to lectures and could not concentrate or follow her deviations for the full duration of the lecture. Exams included not only the book but her slides and external links that she gives but does not discuss @ lecture. Unnecessarily haphazard class.

DO NOT take this professor. class is only 50 minutes and she spends 20 of the minutes rambling on about her personal life. she does Not teach and you can not even understand her because of her accent. Tests are 90% from quizlets and she does not curve tests no matter how low the average is. if you can avoid.. avoid her class at all costs.

Her PowerPoints often do not agree with the textbook. So, on a test, if you put a textbook answer instead of her PowerPoint answer, you are wrong. I took this class during the CoVID-19 campus shut down, and she refused to give us extra credit because we were not in class. However, we had 3 months of classes for her to assign extra credit.

Wouldnt answer any of my emails. she sucks.

Worst professor I have ever had. She doesnt care to explain the material and all she does is read the PowerPoint. I do not recommend taking her at all.

Terrible communicator, very unorganized, rambles in lectures over nonsense, no extra credit.. Test questions are primarily in the powerpoints but she copies Mastering questions word-for-word. Honestly, she is kind of rude and does not work with students at all. Only 3 tests so there is a lot of material to remember.

AVOID this professor. Just got finished taking her final and it was barely anything on there that I had studied for. She doesn't reply to emails and is just a horrible teacher overall. Her class is very hard. Go take someone else please. Now I have to retake the class because I can't afford a C. A nursing student worst nightmare.

DON'T TAKE! She never responds to emails, her lectures are completely unintelligible between her long tangents and just reading off the powerpoint slides, and gave no extra credit because the class was online, despite her saying attendance was mandatory because class wasn't online. If she responds back to you she never answers questions directly.

Her test were very hard and multiple things could be right. On our final there were multiple things we hadnt learned at any point in the class

AVOID! Anyone can read from a ppt slide-- she doesn't explain anything. Tests on things she never discussed and ignored multiple emails from several students. Not willing to help anyone and contradicted herself countless times. A is obtainable if you memorize the ppt slides, but they're lengthy (60-80 slides per ppt with 4-5 chapters on each test).

Don't THINK about taking this professor. She is a very confused person that complains about students who don't fulfill her personal requirements not listed on the syllabus. Very passive aggressive during lectures and in email communications. Wouldn't recommend at all. The course content is ok. You only need to read the pp slides to pass the exams.

I wouldnt recommend you take 3301K with Dr.A. The lecture portion is ok but lab assignments are unclear/confusing. Shes never clear about what she is looking for in the lab reports. Taking the class in the summer is also a bad idea. 2 lab reports a week is draining. Theres 11 of them. Her expectations are too high when she never grades anything.

Be prepared to be confused. You will have no idea of deadlines as they constantly change. You will basically have to figure out everything on your own. She will be rude and passive aggressive. She clearly has no idea how to operate the D2L platform. Dont waste your time.

Made things impossible, randomly gave new assignments, was very unfair, very rude, changed syllabus constantly, was very confusing. do not recommend.

This class was extremely difficult for absolutely no reason. She would claim that her syllabus and rubrics were "crystal clear" but they are not. She is extremely rude and blasts people in mass emails sent to the whole class. I would avoid the trouble and just not take her. A waste of time and money.

Doesnt know how to work D2L. Puts wrong answers on quizzes. Assignments randomly come up (due dates arent on the syllabus) and most of it doesnt even count towards our grade. Do not take her!! Exams are lockdown and discussions require like 12 responses. She even ignored my email before when I asked about my grade. AVOID HER

Told people they had to retake an exam because of the webcam angle then changed her mind and gave zeroes instead. She sent a picture once and you could see her looking up definitions in the back. She does not know what shes teaching. Please avoid her.

Class was difficult for no reason, never responded to any of my emails and randomly assigned assignments throughout the course. She also graded very harshly. She once took off 40 points off my grade because I did not add a quote. Do not recommend.

This professor was the most confusing professor I ever had. There was no clear instructions on assignments and no set schedule with dates set on when things are due. The whole class was confused on multiple assignments and she made it seem like we just didn't read the assignment, when we did but the instructions were confusing. Would NOT recommend.

If you want to have a mental breakdown every couple of weeks because something you didn't know about is coming due take this class. She has little to no idea on how to use D2L, discussion posts have to be copied into a submission document, due dates are never clear, There are really no rubrics just a list of what she wants yet its not clear.

Please for the love of all that is good and holy, STAY AWAY from anything to do with this professor. She gives absolutely 0 resources to help retain information and she is 100% unclear on what she wants you to know for exams and quizzes. If you are not able to memorize a bunch random fungi facts, stay away from the professor.

Professor is unclear about what is expected to be memorized for the test. You have to be willing to memorize multiple powerpoints for a hope of a good grade. Gets passive agressive about the extra credit. Does not seem knowledgeable about the subject.

Get ready to read dense 50-page PowerPoints. Tests don't test your knowledge of subjects or your ability to think logically; they test your ability to remember facts from the textbook. Instructions for assignments are extremely vague and you will lose points without being told why. Most weeks include discussion posts that require 12-15 replies.

Don't take her for an online classes, not very good at communicating or using technology. Just overall wouldn't recommend. Class was simple in theory but how she personally dealt with issues made everthing 150% more headache-inducing than it should've been.

You aren't graded on your understanding of the subject. Exams are weirdly worded and usually have many tricks questions. Extremely heavy discussion posts. Very unclear grading criteria. Syllabus is unclear and assignments are added completely randomly throughout the week. Many mistakes while entering final grades that severely impact you.

I would give dr. Achar a 0 if I could. She never helped her students when we reached out. Be prepared to retake exams because she watches all of the lockdown camera videos and id she hears anything in the background she will give you a 0 or make you retake it ( she made a student retake an exam because her dad was talking in another room).

The worst prof I've ever had. Materials are scattered; course is totally unorganized. She has no idea how to use D2L. Doesn't know what a dropbox is or when she's creating assignments. She can't proofread an email to save her life. On the topic of emails, she sends at least 5 a day. Won't answer questions. Rude and condescending. DO NOT TAKE.

All of the most recent ratings summarize everything perfectly. One of the most frustrating and unclear courses I have EVER taken at KSU and I am almost finished with my biology degree. Do not recommend.

Terrible. She just told our class that we will have to retake our exams if we scratch our head, look away from the computer, wear pajamas in their home, take the exam in a cafe, etc. She clearly does not understand that some students are homeless, some have disabilities that affect attention, have eczema, etc. Classist, ableist, and condescending.

Lectures are just her going on tangents and arent helpful, offers 10 bonus pts throughout the course, but impossible to get because it requires you to speak over 100+ students on Teams. Makes up proctoring guidelines along the way and will make you retake if you dont meet them . Dont ignore that voice in your head telling you NOT to take her class

Avoid at all costs seriously ! "Lectures" are hard to follow & consist of reading straight from a powerpoint & long tangents. If you are interested in learning/doing well in this class you will have to teach yourself. Grade is based off 2 exams, final, & maybe 3-4 homeworks. Everything about the criteria for online exams in other reviews is true.

This is my second degree at KSU and she is by far the absolute WORST professor I have ever had. Her lectures consist of her reading an 80+ slide PowerPoint. Final exam was 50 questions that covered 9 chapters that most of the class failed. She does not give any curves on exams. DO NOT TAKE THIS COURSE WITH HER!

BEWARE. The simple answer is, do not take her. She does not care about her students. I know there are limited options for this course so if you have to take her, here are some tips. She only talks about assignments once, so check Day One everyday. If you miss a set, you will not have an A in the class. Be a robot & don't blink when taking exams.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS!! really only two options to register for but if you can get the other professor I highly recommend. She does not teach. Her lessons consist of her reading off her powerpoints and going off on tangents that are completely irrelevant. It is a "teach yourself" course and She provides zero study material. Awful class/professor.

DO NOT TAKE! Took her first in-person class since covid hit, she wears two mask and hard to hear her. She seems nice but VERY hard to understand. Get ready to teach yourself! There is only 2 test and not much homework. Test is lockdown-browser & WEBCAM for an IN-PERSON class, which makes NO sense. MAJORITY of the time she goes off topic in class.

You will have to teach yourself everything. Lecture is pointless, she never stays on topic and is only a distraction. I had her for the lab and she talks the whole lab not allowing you to do your work. DO NOT TAKE HER BY ANY MEANS.

DON'T TAKE! She is VERY hard to understand. She wears two mask and has an accent. Get ready to teach yourself. She has 2 test and the final so you have to pass both in order to pass the class. She goes off topic A LOT and talks about her husbands kidneys. She has two "reps" for the class and they do so much work for little credit it's not worth it.

I'm writing this as I'm supposed to take my final but since I'm writing this, clearly I'm not taking it because she doesn't know how to upload the damn tests. On top of that, you literally cannot hear a word she says because of her heavy accent and she wears two masks and she tells you its your fault you can't hear her. She is an awful teacher.

This class should not be as hard as this professor makes it. If you have any other option to take a different professor, please do so. Her tests are very difficult to study for and it seems like a lot of the questions are not from the powerpoints (which are hundreds of slides). Save yourself the trouble and take someone else.

I had her for lab and lecture. She the worst teacher i have ever had and i have had a lot. Most unorganized teacher i have ever seen in my life. She has no clue how to work the grade book/computer and she has graded many of my quizzes in lab wrong. Do not take her for lecture or lab. Especially lab. She barley knows the content she teaches

If you want to be confused all semester, get spoken down to, and terribly written PP, tests, and quizzes, Dr. achar is perfect for you. I could go on and on about how awful she is but she has a 2.4/5 for a reason. Never answers your questions, condescending, has been reported to the dean multiple times. DO NOT TAKE, its doable but utterly AWFUL.

No. Just no. She shows up to lecture late, rambles for the entire lecture, does not understand how to assign things. So far, we only have a few grades. This class is a fever dream and half the time no one knows what is going on. No one shows up to lecture anymore because she just rambles. Please avoid this professor at all costs

Dr. Achar has a tendency to ramble a LOT when she teaches. She often gets distracted and goes off-topic, to a degree where at least half of the students in my class stopped showing up, and began teaching themselves. She is not tech-savvy at all, & tries to incorporate glitchy software to complete assignments on aside from D2L. Would not recommend.

She is a pacific islander and speaks English poorly; as a result, her tests are challenging to interpret. This class was my only option, but I stopped showing up after the first day and decided just to read the book and teach myself like most people. Avoid taking her if you can.

I took this professor over the summer for an online mycology course. I would not recommend this professor to anyone. Her tests are overweighted, her assignments are meaningless in the grade book. I do not believe she is equipped to teach an online course.

Her syllabus is outdated and not accurate, her exams weigh alot and requires busy work for little points. She doesn't knows what she is doing.some questions on the exam are wrong and doesn't spell things correctly to the point where you can't understand on test. makes you retake exams or accuses you of cheating if your whole torso is out of frame.

Extremely test heavy. Only 470 points in the class and 400 of them are tests. When you ask her a question about where to find the answer to something, she responds with attitude such as " textbook?". She always has an attitude and makes you feel stupid. A 3 page research paper is required and is only worth 10 points of your grade. Do NOT take her.

Stay away from taking her for mycology! Her exams are consistently filled with incorrect answers, she responds with emails that have several typos, dismissive, just a very stressful class. My peers and I had to consistently correct her on wrong exam answer. DO NOT TAKE!

Worst professor Ive ever taken. If you care about your GPA don't take. Most of the course points are from exams which have multiple wrong answers. She threatened to give a 0 on exams in which you have any noise in the background or don't show the proper amount of body during the lock down browser. STAY FAR AWAY

I don't say this lightly: she is the worst professor I've ever had. I have her for lab and lecture. She is incredibly unorganized. She tells you one definition one day and then a completely contradictory one the next day. She is very inconsistent and loves to say she's "on standby" if you have any questions, but she doesn't answer them! Stay away.

Worst professor ever, DO NOT TAKE!!! She does a horrible job explaining what you are doing in lab that day and hard grader for 0 reason. A test tube full of E-Coli spilled on me and she did nothing about it and went about her day in lab. She is very hard to understand and will not re-explain anything to you.

Currently taking her for micro lab and she's the worst professor I've ever had. She's very hard to understand and doesn't help much when you ask. She's also a very picky, harsh grader. On top of all of that, she assigns unnecessary work like "lab summaries" for each lab when it's not required by any other lab professor. Wouldn't recommend to anyone

Currently taking her, late a lot of times for class hard to understand and wears a face mask on top of that in a large auditorium. Very hard to get ahold of her and does not answer emails. Having to teach myself everything because her lectures are hard to understand. Random HW assignments that she does not let us know are available. STAY AWAY

Worst professor I have taken. Had no idea what was going on (super thick accent+mask) but she posts previously used questions for exams (that usually are on the exam). Grades were wrong most of the time and never used accurate syllabus so don't even look at it tbh. Even if not getting this class puts you back a semester, don't take her. Please.

You know that one scene from mean girls where regina is writing angrily in the burn book? yeah thats all I have to say. worst professor EVER.

Dr. Achar was extremely disorganized. Instructions constantly changed, and she often forgot things she previously said. She once opened an exam 35 minutes late and didn't extend the time, leaving us with 25 minutes for 50 questions. When concerns were raised, she was rude and dismissive. Do yourself a favor and never take this professor.

Tbh don't choose her, the class itself is so easy and I should've gotten an A. All deadlines are for you to check on, she'll open quizzes without telling us so constantly check d2l. Late to class, cancels class often, random extra credit group assignments instead of teaching, passive agressive, makes you feel slow, just don't choose her.