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“The WORST professor I ever had at Molloy College”
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CHE112 - 1.0 ratingClass Info
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Reviews (100)
If you want a teacher that you can't understand and is going to have difficulties. This would be her.. I wouldn't recommend her at all due to her lack of clarity in class and her inability to answer questions in a helpful manner.
Dr. Borghjid is a great professor. I had a very hard time with chemistry before taking her class, but she transformed how I think of subject. I couldn't believe how understandable she made the subject, and I actually did well and enjoyed her class. She is very intelligent and has a lot to offer her students. Really gives you the tools to do well.
She is a very very very difficult professor. She's a sweet lady outside of class. In order to do well in her class you have to have a very good understanding of Chemistry, or u will fail. Hardest professor I've ever had. Very smart woman tho
She's a horrible professor, not helpful at all and worst professor I've ever had
DO NOT take her. She legitimately does not speak English and is the most difficult grader I've ever seen. Her syllabus is extremely unfair (make up tests are 15x harder than the original test, so you're screwed god forbid you're sick and miss a test). Does not stop speaking for a minute, in whatever language she speaks, that is.
Yes she demands a lot from her students. This is most definitely not a class that one can simply glide through with ease you need to WORK. The textbook is her bible if you cant understand something as she says it, go to the textbook. This is the teacher you take to learn for the sake of learning not to fill a requirement or just pass.
she goes by the book. If you understand Chem you will be alright if not you will not do well. God forbid you ask to go to the bathroom you will be cursed by her.
honestly she's a great professor, she knows her stuff, she really helped me understand chemistry, i hated chemistry in high school, now i'm actually really good at it. i learned ALOT from her class.
TERRIBLE professor. You can barely understand what she is saying half the time, and if that's not bad enough, she speeds through all of the important info and spends 20 min talking about a diagram. Doesn't care about her students at all, and rolls her eyes when asked a question during lab. AVOID taking this professor! I learned nothing from her.
DO. NOT. TAKE. HER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i would never recommend this professor to anyone. She is very hard and not helpful to her students. Her exams are very complciated and she is a hard grader.. horrible!!!!
Horrible. Do not take her. EVER.
Very difficult teacher! Sometimes hard to understand and she is very repetitive during lab time. Never answers questions clearly. However, she gives big curves on tests. Show up to class and read the textbook or you'll probably fail.
I thought she would be horrible because of all of her reviews, but she teaches well, she prints the slides and leaves them outside her office. She gives curves on all her test, read the textbook do the work in the textbook and you'll do fine
she is not fair and a hard grader. she is confusing and not clear will take it out on your grade. sometimes she doesn't even know what she is saying. very repetitive. teaches you more about life lessons than chemistry. she will always go over the course time. she is always right, her way or the high-way. you need to teach yourself. stay away!
WORST PROFESSOR AT MOLLOY!!!!! stay as far away as you can from this teacher, when you ask questions she rolls her eyes and expects you to know every answer. If you have no chemistry background, it will be impossible to pass her class. NEVER TAKE WITH HER!
Would not recommend this professor. Incredibly rude and disrespectful to her students-REFUSES to answer questions and excepts you to know absolutely everything. Studied for weeks straight prior to her exams and still had difficulty. Would recommend a tutor and attending SI instruction. More than half the class withdrew by the end of the semester.
Was nervous about taking her due to the reviews on this but it wasnt as bad as I thought! She is a great professor who is a tough love type. She makes you work for your grade but its not incredibly hard to pass. Study the lecture power points and youll do fine on the tests. Although only 3 tests and final, she is generous with the lab grade.
I really liked dr. Borghjid. Never understood why people complain about her. The class can be tough so you need to read and study to keep up because she can talk fast. She is a tough professor, but her tests are very fair. a good understanding of chem prior to her class helps. Gives almost everyone an A for lab grade if you do the lab and show up.
Be ready to shed blood and tears she is actually a great prof. if u can overlook her cold personality
God bless you if you get stuck with her. The people who have given her high ratings are the ones who teach themselves well and get good grades in her class. She does not regurgitate the lessons well. At all. It's not that she doesn't know the material. She just can't communicate it well. Maybe it's the thick accent. Horrible. Teach yourself.
She is a horrible teacher who does teach her students and rushes through her lessons. Do not take her. I am getting a good grade only because I have tutor for this class.
To the people that are complaining that she is a hard professor, obviously didn't study or listen to her. I did not have a tutor, nor did I self teach, I learned everything directly from her lectures and I thought she was a great professor. She taught very well, and she gives extra credit questions on all her exams. This is college grow up.
Absolutely wonderful woman and professor. She made me love chemistry. She definitely has a passion for what she does and her students. Show up, pay attention, listen to her and read the textbook you will get an A. Also get to know her, she is so cute, funny, and kind hearted. Wish I could take her again!
There is no denying that Borghjid is tough but organic and bio chem is not meant to be an easy course. Her tests are very straight forward and she expects you to put in work. All her tests are based of her lectures and the textbook so there are no surprises. You walk away with a great work ethic and understanding of chem by taking her class.
Hardest class I've ever taken. You have to read the textbook because the lectures are very confusing and long.
very hard class
Shes bad. She knows what shes talking about, but she doesnt communicate it well at all. The only reason I got an A is because I had a good prior understanding of chemistry, so it wasnt hard for me to figure it out from the notes, after not retaining anything in class. She seems like shes out to get you on the tests. Easy A in lab.
Get ready to write 40 page papers. She goes off on irrelevant tangents and wastes the entire class. When you answer her question, she'll yell and say you're wrong, and correct you with the same exact answer you had just stated.
shes an extremely tough grader, and her tests are very hard. her tests will have a lot of easy questions but then she hits you with 50 hard ones that we never covered. she is rude to you when she gets overwhelmed (bc she can't understand you). you will definitely need to read the textbook and put in the extra effort to pass. most of her class fails
I believe the only reason I passed this class is because I took organic chemistry at a community college the year before I took that class. Her accent is very hard to understand and while she does know what she's talking about, she doesn't teach it well at all. Very sweet person but I would avoid her class at all costs.
The WORST professor I ever had at Molloy College. She does not teach but instead asks questions she doesn't know the answer to. She can't even finish a sentence before starting a new one and rambles senselessly for hours. She only has here job because of tenure because it is known by all students and many faculty that she is unable to do her job.
The worst professor at Molloy. Impossible tests and impossible to pass! Dont take.
By far the worst professor I have ever had at Molloy. She not only is a tough grader (you probably won't be getting above a 90 on anything thats worth more than 10% of your overall grade) but constantly insults her students. She is hated by ALL of her students. Good luck to all the Biology majors that sadly are forced to take this "doctor".
Worst teacher ever. Dont bother asking for extra credit, there is none. Keeps you until the very last minute of class just to ramble on through the last 20 slides within 5 mins just to say she completed it. Tough grader. If youre not great in chem, dont even think about taking her.
Chemistry is not supposed to be a pushover, this professor definitely makes you work for your grade but she is not impossible. Lectures are informative but must be followed up with personal review after class. She is straightforward and cares about students. Basically, you get out what you put in. Work hard and youll do just fine!
OK, she spent the first day (lecture 3 hours, lab 2 hours) talking strictly about the syllabus and because of this we were technically behind throughout the first few chapters. will keep you to the last second to get 20 slides done in 2 min. tells you memorize this but doesn't explain it. answers questions with questions. just bad BAD BAD BAD
No extra credit, so if tests dont make sense youre stuck failing. This woman made me feel insecure and helpless. I reconsidered my career path because of her. She is degrading, says she feels bad for those who dont pass, but wont offer help just her condolences. Because of her I am stuck retaking this class in the summer and spending thousands.
Avoid at all costs.
if you pay attention in lecture, you'll be fine. she has an accent, but isn't too difficult to understand. exams are fair, but you have to put in the effort. definitely do the questions in the textbook. if you have her for lab too, make sure your reports are good, she's a tough grader. is good about replying to emails and setting up office hours.
Professor Borghijid is a very nice person but she isn't the best professor. You do have to put work in outside of class to do well; Lectures aren't the best and tend to get boring. Work hard and you will get an A.
Dr Borghjid was very lecture focused. We would finish a chapter a class usually. Number one tip is to use the textbook and review questions. We did not have review classes so studying on your own was essential. She was a tough grader with labs as they needed to be very specific.
The absolute WORST professor I have ever had! Her lectures are painful. Way too long, with no breaks. Most of the class and faculty have agreed on her incompetence as a teacher. She knows what she's talking about but cannot explain it in her life. More than half the class dropped or retook this course because she is so bad. Avoid at ALL costs.
I took Prof Borgh ONLINE and it really wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. FYI TAKE ONLINE!!! For the online class it was six quizzes (through canvas, no proctorio) and three exams (one of them being the final) first two exams were open note, final no notes. All Exams on Proctorio. Lab assignments pretty straight forward (11 lab reports)
I was expecting a lot worse from this professor based on the online reviews but was pleasantly surprised. I am not good at chemistry. I paid for a tutor AND had 2 hours a week of tutoring from a Molloy professor. It really paid off. This class is hard but not impossible. Dr. Borghjid is great (and prompt) emailing back & giving feedback!
She goes into overtime when her class ends when a lot of other students have classes that start right after that starts immediately. Along with that, her work is very hard and if most of the class gets something not to her liking she would 'explode' and lecture us heavily on why we shouldn't have done the work a certain way.
STAY AWAY! Dr. Borghjid is funny but her lectures feel like they take 10 years. She is big on studying and makes the tests almost impossible to pass without studying. HW every class. The only thing good is she doesnt fail anyone in lab and she gives 3 open note at home quizzes. She only has 3 tests so if u fail two then you wont pass the class.
If you have the option to switch or pick another professor, DO IT. Her lectures are very long and she has an accent and kinda makes it hard to understand her sometimes. I recommend using the textbook she makes you get. Lectures are 3 hours long and can typically finish one chapter in one lecture. Highly recommend choosing another professor.
i think she cares about her students and she wants her students to do well. however, chemistry is hard especially if you havent taken chem in forever. her lectures are long and tend to get boring. its your responisbility to try and pay attention, do practice problems, GET A TUTOR. she has 3 open book quizzes.
is very helpful when you don't understand a topic so she goes over it a little bit before we move on. I personally didn't mind her lectures since she went over the topic in big detail. make sure you do the textbook practice questions and read the textbook to review.
Professor Borghjid is very nice but teaching is not for her. She is very lecture heavy. Her notes are very long and she talks very fast so its hard to understand her. She gave 3 open book quizzes and 2 open book tests. tests were extremely difficult even being open book. You will need a tutor. I would not take her again
she is by far the WORST professor I've had in my life. she makes this class much harder than it has to be and she doesn't teach. she told us we needed the book and basically said good luck. My class would email her for questions and help and she would disregard us and blame us for not doing well. she also NEVER grades anything in a timely manner
Had her for A&P 2 and was by far the worst class I've ever taken. Her tests are nearly impossible to pass, no review sheets or review sessions. On top of that, she grants no other grading opportunities, no homework or extra credit was given to boost our grades. She doesn't care if everyone fails a test, no curve will be given. STAY AWAY!!!
final grades based on 3 exams, final, and labs. No assignments to improve average.Tests are extremely broad, doesn't narrow the chapters down. Extremely difficult to pass class unless you read every word of every chapter in the textbook. Lectures are the worst talks more about how we should be paying attention rather than actually teaching material
Don't take by any means. Class average for exams was below 50 with open notes for 3 exams.The whole class would ask her for help or extra work she told us to use textbook, tutors, and youtube since she is only there to answer questions. Speeds through slides and gives no help at all. Stressed all semester about this class would never recommend her.
RUN DO NOT TAKE! Had her for a&p 2 and could not understand her and when I asked her to repeat what she said again she looked at me and said next question. After the test grades came back and everyone didn't do well she blamed us and lecture us for 1 hour about how if we were her kids she would kick us out. Not our fault EVERYONE did bad. No heart
Although I'm doing good in class, a lot of my peers are doing bad in the class; she takes half the class time rambling about us doing questions and yells at us for not putting in work and often spends an hour of 5 slides, talking about things that aren't on the lecture. On lab she spends half of the class talking about taking the class seriously.
If you are a freshman reading this just switch your teacher right now and don't wait. This professor talks over her students when they ask for help and if you email she just says to review textbook and get a tutor. Trust me if you don't get something right away you will fall behind. She makes rude comments and makes you feel bad about yourself.
The material learned in this class was challenging, however the information she wanted us to know for tests was made clear. Be prepared to study and put in the work, but don't be scared of her, she is a good professor despite the harsh reviews. Try to talk to her and show how hard you are trying, and do the pink questions in the book.
Do not take her
By far the worst professor I have ever had. She spent most of the class time lecturing us on how we needed to spend more time studying, regardless of how much we already did. Lectures are often 3 hours long with no breaks. Be prepared to write notes, and attendance is necessary. If possible, DROP HER CLASS or DO NOT take her for your mental health!
I cant believe that a 2 credit course was so challengin. i took anatomy 2 and orgo together and i managed to do better than this class. is the fact that the class was online and everyone was failing for nutriton and people reported her and no one did nothing. DO NOT TAKE HER!
I'd like to congratulate this professor on being by far the worst professor I have ever had through two bachelors degrees worth of college. She completely and blatantly ignores students requests, does not give any help when it is needed, and chooses the hardest possible questions for every exam. Do not take this professor under ANY circumstances.
This professor is the worst. Average for the midterm was a 72 and for the final was a 65 in a NUTRITION class. Refuse to provide exam guides and said everything is on the textbook. Did not teach anything and put in no work/help for her students except making the exam 50x harder than the assigments.The support team on cengage is more useful than her
Took her for nutrition, weekly assignments were easy. Midterm and final were so hard and it didn't help that there was no study guide provided. Basically expected the class to memorize 14 chapters! Exams were so tedious idk how you expect students to remember everything. Average grades were terrible. I would NOT recommend.
This is the WORST professor I have ever had. She is inconsiderate and does not care about her students' grades.The class average on the final exam was 65, and no extra credit was provided. This 2-credit nutrition class was my hardest class at Molloy.She does not answer emails about questions regarding the test and refuses to provide a review guide.
One nutrition class, hundreds of futile emails, weekly assignments that barely even nudged your grade, and two unthinkable exams worth more than all the hws together. A low-credit class but easily one of the worst experiences I've ever had because of this professor. She's not willing to help and leaves you to your own devices to figure things out.
Has an attitude towards students, horrible grading rubric, do not take her
DO NOT TAKE HER - she has no remorse for her students and she makes her exams 10 x harder than the homework she assigns. I asked to meet with her for help and she denied it and told me to email her instead - studied for 12 hours each day for this class to get a 45 on her midterm
I took her online but she was absolutely no help whatsoever. All she would post is a power point and nothing else. The only assignments were the labs and the exams. Her exams weren't too hard but she doesn't teach so that makes it hard. Take someone else if you can.
She makes fun of students who don't do well and will often put them on the spot to make an example, when asked for extra help you get ignored.
I hated her, inorganic bio chem is terribly hard and her accent, lack of care for her students, boring lectures and not posting grades until the end of the semester made it worse. Made the tests and material way harder than it needed to be, never take this woman she should be fired
STAY AWAY , RUN AS FAST AS POSSIBLE , SHES RUDE POINTS YOU OUT SO YOU FEEL EMBARASED YOU WILL FAIL RUN AWAY SHE DOESNT CARE ABOUT HER STUDENTS WANTS YOU TO FAIL.....
SHE GIVES US QUIZZES WHEN WE TELL HER WE DON'T UNDERSTAND, SHE KNOWS AND DOESN'T EVEN OFFER EXTRA HELP. SHE LAUGHS AT KIDS FAILING HER CLASS BC SHE THINKS ITS EASY
This teacher is a bully to her students. Asking for help results in anger or little to no help at all. Open-note quizzes are not open notes, and they are not at all because the notes we get are not on the quiz. She takes pride in failing students and will often laugh at mistakes. Her lectures are near useless, and she will not allow you to catch up
Do not take this teacher and I about to say why. First, there is a heavy accent. She speaks very fast make it hard to understand, along with her screaming believing that we will understand it more. Another is her tests, very hard and no review. The tests count many to your grade, mess up you're cooked. Finally, her demeanor, not friendly at all.
provides no review and expects us to only use textbook even tho her exam dont match. when asked to repeat something she doesn't cuz she's half deaf and will completely ignore you. theres 2 quizzes, 2 midterms, and 1 final which is the things you're being graded on. wanted to d*e everytime it was her lecture so I won't be able to attend.
DON'T TAKE THIS PROFESSOR. REPEAT* DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR. This teacher is incredibly difficult to understand, posterizes and mocks her students, tests have nothing to do with course work, incredibly sarcastic. MOST DYSFUNCTIONAL TEACHER AT MOLLOY UNIVERSITY. Shes been reported by many students to the dean! Shes not a liked figure at MOLLOY!!!!
I am going to keep this short and simple. DO NOT take this professor. Please save your sanity and gpa.
beyond horrible the entire semester. my fav part was when she arrived 10 mins late to class on our FINAL exam (tho she says it was only 5 lol) wasn't prepared so that took another 7 mins. we lost almost 20 mins of our exam time with 100 question final. talks/yells during exams, super distracting. flames u if u have questions. Molloy, do better.
The final was a complete joke, an exorbitant amount of questions. Have a question? She will offer not even the slightest help. She had to drop 2 lowest quiz grades and make the final "open note" because of the failure she has been as a teacher. Students left in no mans land, with half withdrawing + a quarter will fail. What a disappointing class!
extremely difficult and frustrating. lectures are confusing doesn't explain the material clearly. She yells at students and is not approachable or helpful when you need it. Grades were hidden all semester, so we had no idea how we were doing. Her tests are nearly impossible, even with open notes. I felt more stressed than supported in this class.
THIS CLASS has been a NIGHTMARE of a class dealing with this professor. Grades NOTHING, you won't know your grade, will be left lost, no study guides, can't understand her, she is sarcastic and will pick on students, she's late to class, grades short answer unfairly, terrible conveyer of the material. I'm telling you DO NOT take her. What a JOKE!!!
This teacher has made this class a complete clown show. Grades nothing, doesn't teach, poor PowerPoints, no review sheets, just expects you to memorize a textbook to learn. Everyone is lost she makes it open notes but that hardly helps. She has teached in the most dysfunctional manner. Still don't know our grades, literally the slowest grader. JOKE
By far the worst teacher I've had at molloy. I'm not sure how she has a job because she is not a teacher. She failed the students as a professor and her attitude and sarcasm is not appreciated. This teacher is bi polar, one second she is hysterically laughing and then next she is telling the class how we are lazy, wasting our money and mocking us.
DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR!! She is by far the worst professor I've had in my life. I don't know how Molloy thinks it is expectable to have her “teach”. We pay a crazy amount of money to be at this school. Just to be failed by her. If you have any questions she literally just says read the text book. She takes weeks to grade.
Please listen to the bad reviews! We are not lying! She should be fired immediately. The school needs to do their research on her and compare the grades of all her students. Everyone fails this class. Be ready to hold your breath the entire semester because you have no idea where you stand until final grades are out.
She does not teach and uses another professors lab videos. She does not post any lectures and barely post power points. You have to read the entire textbook to pass this class. She is such a lazy professor and finds joy out of failing her students. She takes forever to grade and will be left in the dark all semester with where you stand in class
Grades were hidden all semester. Not that it matters because she takes weeks to grade anything but you will feel so lost all semester, stressing to know if you are passing or not. This professor needs to be brought up to higher ups and needs to be fired. Her students grades will prove all that they need.
I cannot express the disconnect I am in right now. It's has been a FULL WEEK since the final and nothing is graded or lions den. There's still quizzes and assignments not graded in canvas and ITS A WEEK PAST FINALS.Not to mention she's a rude teacher, wants you to fail, everyone is lost, etc. The whole class reported her to the head deans. FIRE HER
***PLEASE*** listen to what I am about to write. I simply cannot fit what I need to say on here but just listen to the following. FOR YOUR SANITY, GRADE, EDUCATION, ETC, DO NOT TAKKKEEEEEE THISSSS PROFESSOR. REPEAT*, find ANY OTHER TEACHER/CLASS. DO NOT TAKE HER, TRUST me or you will be back here in the future realizing the mistake you made. LISTEN
This is by far the poorest professor at Molloy, do not take her period. Idk how we pay this tuition and receive this abysmal professor. She can't run a class, always late, hard tests, sarcastic, etc. You don't know majority of grades, and final is still not graded. Literally a joke, don't know how she is employed at this level. Molloy must fire her
Do not take this professor. She is highly unlikeable and a rude person. Majority of the class either failed or dropped out. What a joke, she should be fired. She does not fit Molloy's core values or professionalism. Nightmare of a professor, no student should have to pay this tuition and receive her. Hopefully she gets fired.
PLEASE READ THE TEXT BELOW WITH CAREFUL CONSIDERATION!!! If you value everything that you stand for within this university, please stay away from this professor. This professor and class was a complete joke, I would rather wipe my bottom with sand paper than go through another class like this. Please value yourself and stay away!!!
Don't take this scu* of a professor.
A petition went around, trying to get her fired.. That alone should say everything you need to know about her as a professor.
Lectures are so boring and She just yaps about the same things over and over again and then eventually starts talking about some random things unrelated to the course. No slides which I almost would rather so i can study that. No homeworks really just quiz/exam grades so if you don't do good on one test you're cooked. I'd find other professors
This professor is a terrible person. She does not teach; instead, she assigns textbook readings and closes all the assignments, so you can't go back and review. She does not put forth any effort to teach her students, and I'm not the only person who has seen this. I have spoken to many people in this class, and they say the same thing.
this professor horrible she failed me for AP2 by 2 points. had to pay 5K to retake. please don't take her. if u do just read literally everything and don't miss anything she says in lecture.
NO JOKE, SHE MIGHT BE THE WORST PROFESSOR AT MOLLOY! There are only two tests (midterm/final), but they're excessively secured. She requires an external camera set-up to show your hands, face, and computer screen during the exam. It's a 2-credit course btw, and she's the only nutrition professor with these ridiculous rules. Avoid her at all costs!
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
86%
Textbook Required
40%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
B-
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
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112
3.5
(2)CHE112
2.3
(28)CHEM112
1.8
(10)CHEMISTRY112
1.5
(2)CHE1120
1.4
(19)Difficulty by Course
BIO497
5.0
BIO2470
5.0
BIO
4.9
CHE1120
4.7
CHEM112
4.6