By far the best teacher @ Hofstra....will help you with anything you need and everything she teaches is so clear. If you need to take chem make sure you have her!

Great teacher, the best I know of at Hofstra for chem. Very clear and helpful and shes just nice.

She would assume you know and make you feel stupid at times, but she is probably the best of the chem teachers. She curves alot, i had below a 70 average in her class and i got a B.

Great professor. Clear and thorough explanations of material. Curves grades, extra credit, online quizzes. Exams are fair-as well as grading policy.

One word to describe her.........INCREDIBLE

AMAZING professor, gives answers for labs during office hours. Just be willing to do a little work each week for this class and she will be willing to give you an A.

Sobel rocks. Smart, fun, like when she brings the dog to class, and would take the tests for you if she was allowed. So helpful. HOT

the most amazing teacher in the chem department. she will sit down with u and explain anything and everything u need help on. if ur willing to work, ull do fine. tests/quizzes are exactly what she teaches in class. shes fair and nice...cant get better than that

Very helpful. Whenever you have a problem you just have to see her and she will explain it till you understand it. Anyone wanting an A can get one. The most helful theacher I've ever had. Very good at teaching in class and a cool dog too! I would recommend this class to anyone.

Dr. Sobel is aight. Her exams are easy if you know the review sheet and put all those types of problems in your graphing calc. She curves like crazy. I got a B+ with a 76 average and that was with a a 63 on the final. Dont worry the call averages are low also thats why she curves a lot. Go to OFFICE

amazing! One of the best professors i have encountered here at hofstra both undergrad and post bacc. She will go out of her way to help you in any way that she can! thank u!!!

Very helpful - she goes out of way so that you can understand instead of just follow the book. She is one the nicest and best professor I have had.

Dr. Sobel is the best professor I have ever had at Hofstra. She is amazing, she is so helpful and goes out of her way for her students. She's not easy, but very fair and always willing to explain something to you. She is also the most brilliant woman I have ever met and I look up to her so much! Plus, she has a cute dog who roams aroun the class!

Dr. Sobel was so helpful. She is extremely nice and a great teacher. The tests are quite hard but shes always willing to help you out. She was my first chem professor so i have nothing to compare her to but i am definitly glad that i got her.

I love this teacher! She is the only great chem professor I have had at this school. I highly recommend her to anyone!

She is very nice and very helpful....her tests are hard but they are all curved so its easy to get an A if you at least try....

Be sure to get on her good side. She's funny, smart, and always helpful. Lab work is a pain, and her quizzes are okay. If you suck at chemistry you can still pass although with measurable difficulty.

By far the best professor ever! Always willing to help students. Even if she is not your lab teacher, she will help you with your lab work. Gives a lot of extra credit options. If you attend class you will do extremely well. Also, there is an awesome curve so an 80 overall in the class equals and A. If you have an option def take Dr. Sobel!

Dr. Sobel is a very good teacher; she is a brilliant woman and demonstrates clear mastery of general chemistry. However, make sure you are a dedicated student if you are going to take her lab course because there is a lot of work involved. Also, don't get on her 'bad side'... she may not be all that nice if you don't know the charge of an ion...

good.

well she is extremely smart and is always available for extra help but she just can't teach. and if you get on her bad side, you might as well drop the class PS you can tell if you're on her bad side if her forehead vein pops out when she talks to you.

Dr. Sobel is a good teacher and a funny lady. It's a tough class, so make sure you do the homework and go to class. If you need help, she's more than happy to help. 3 tests and a final, gives you opportunities to earn up to 20 pts. extra credit. The book isn't necessary.

Sobel is a great teacher. All of these people giving her bad ratings are just mad because they didn't work hard and fairly got a bad grade. Sobel is brilliant and friendly, but she does ask a lot of her course, which is fair because it's an important subject and you should understand everything anyway. I wish she taught more classes, I'd take them.

Great Teacher. Just study and work as if you're in college and not high school and you will do fine. Have study groups. Those help a lot.

beyond fantastic grading system/teaching style, just all around a great class for a difficult subject. OWL homework is long and tedious, but really helps with the subject long term.

Good teacher in lecture, class isn't mandatory but you should still go. Pay attention and study and it's an easy A. good teacher overall

She's a nice lady but her explanations are often long and confusing. She also assigns a ton of online homework.

Dr. Sobel is amazing. She is always willing to help by either e-mail or in her office hours. The content of the class is a bit confusing at times, but if you take the time to ask for help when needed you'll do fine. She is fantastic!

Not the easiest class for students without a background in organic chemistry o other higher sciences but she is very understanding of that. There is a lot of sapling homework but its manageable and helpful. Its a manageable class even though the material can become quite confusing at times. However, an A is possible regardless of chem background.

I can understand why people are saying she moves too quickly during lectures... But if you put in effort, you will understand the material. She is MORE than willing to work with you and help you find the best solution for your personal needs, and she offers a ton of extra credit (including a problem for +10% on tests). Don't buy the OWL, not used.

She is a great lady and knows her stuff. i wasn't a big fan on how she taught but of the most part she teaches fine, just got to stay focus in her class. she gives TOO MUCH online homework that you have to pay $45 for. Tests are ok final was TOO LONG. she answers questions. just right and will make you understand the material if you just ask.

Dr. Sobel is very intelligent and lectures very fast. After the first few lectures my brain hurt trying to comprehend everything she threw at us but once you get used to her, it's manageable. She gives practice exams that are very reflective of the actual exams and her review sessions are very helpful. If you study, you'll pass.

She's a nice person for most of the time. Exams look like the practice she gives before and goes over answers. Lots of extra credits on exam and outside. Lots of pointless sapling homework, but if you miss one, she'll extend the deadline. Book was never used and reads off power points which she postes, so just study those. Long final, but curved.

This woman is a gem!

THIS WOMEN IS AMAZING! Yes, she moves way too fast during lecture but she can easily be reached through email and office hours. This professor is so friendly and so approachable. I would take all my chem classes with her if I could. Just study her practice tests and she curves grades. She also gives 20 pts in extra credit and sapling hw.

She is just amazing. Due to corona, class was switched to online format which made this class even easier lol because all her online exams were sapling. This class is an ez A. I had her for the honors option of this course and we are working together on 2 publications. She is one of the best chemistry professors at hofstra.

She curves the final grade. She gives two exams: an oral and a written exam. The oral exam is just like the one given as practice in class. The written exam is difficult. You can take quizzes twice. The textbook is free online. Overall, take her. The class is fairly difficult but fair and the curve makes up for it.

She's super nice and knows what she's talking about but would sometimes skip over whole topics and expect everyone to know it (or teach it to themselves). Her exams are very fair, and she gives a lot of homework but it's really helpful when studying. Overall I would recommend her, but I think if you didn't take AP Chem the class is a lot harder.

AMAZING study guides for tests and homework actually helps. Textbook readings aren't needed to pass but helpful as she tends to fly through lectures. She is wonderful about helping students who are struggling. Take good notes and reach out to her with any questions & you will be fine, even if you are not a fan of chemistry. Curves class a lot.

Dr. Sobel is a fantastic teacher- her lectures are a little fast as long as you keep up with the reading you're all good. She's funny and willing to go over things as many times as needed. She also brought in treats every Friday for when we did worksheets. Her grading is really fair and she's super easy to meet with or talk to outside of class.

Chem 139 in itself is a difficult class, and I had many absences due to outside circumstances, but Dr. Sobel has been nothing but helpful and supportive. She is always there to help explain whats been missed or just talk about whats going on in your personal life. She is crazy kind and believes in you even when you don't.

It is a hard class, just stay on top of the work and ask questions. She is funny and likes all of her students/wants them to do well. Do the practice problem she gives out and she gives practice tests, the slides, aleks and group work. The grade is not just the exams and she gives extra credit on every exam and stuff you can do outside of class.

While the class was a little difficult and not the most enjoyable at times, professor sobel gave ample resources to help succeed on the tests and every test had extra credit. even if i didn't get the material right away i figured it out in time for the tests.

She's nice and cares about her students, but is just a boring lecturer.

Professor Sobel seems really intense at first, and while she is very passionate about chemistry, she presents her lectures in an engaging way. The material she provides for test prep accurately reflects what is on the test, and makes it very easy for you to do well in the class.