Sally is understanding and compassionate to her class. She also teaches the material which is handy. her tests are reasonable. Oh.... and she's hot

Sally is a great professor. She keeps you engaged class and only tests you on what she covers in class. Her teaching style is very effective and you learn a lot. She's great! (She does great diagrams too!)

Sally is awesome! listen for little jokes and sarcastic wit during lectures. shes the best, hands down. difficult class but she motivates.

Sally is one of my favorite past professors. I loved her class...she had a way of really explaining things well. I knew that stuff inside and out and it was all because she's an awesome teacher and really knows how to teach.

Sally is usually cheerful, sometimes sarcastic, but overall excited about teaching the often mundane material of basic biology. Not too difficult if you take notes in class, but her tests can be challenging. She adds relevant side information to what is in the textbook, filling classes with applicable knowledge.

as past comments say, as long as u take notes and review the materials that she went over that day, you'll able to get atleast an C-~solid B on her exams. If you slack off,,,,probably your score will range from D and below

Sally is awesome. She explains things really well. Most of your test questions are from your class notes, she uses the text book more as a suplement

Sally is one of my favorite teachers at SU! If you like Biology, her class will be a blast. She is extremely clear in all her information and lectures. To do well in the class, I recommend at least skimming the chapters in the book before lecture and attending every lecture and going to the study groups!

Sally is a great professor. Her lectures are clear and incorporate a lot of drawings. Buy a 4-color pen for this class, she uses several colors in her drawings. This is a tough class, attention to detail is a must and the study groups are a huge help too. She says that the book is a supplement but be sure to read over it before/after each class

Sally's lectures are very good, and at the beginning of the quarter she'll say to concentrate on her lectures and not so much on the book. This isn't completely true, though, because you really need to use the book to do well in her class. She's friendly and good to talk to, just don't listen to her when she says the book isn't important.

If you're a great notetaker, you're good to go. Visual learners are perfect for this class. Skim through the book before and after lecture, NEVER slack off. 3 tests and a final--most are multiple questions..VERY tricky, few short answer questions mostly from lectures. study groups VERY helpful--comes with study packets.

AWESOME professor! Best professor I've had at SU hands down. She lets you call her Sally, very helpful, friendly,and approachable. She does use colored chalk and draws lots of pictures, so bring colored pencils! All of the material on the tests are straight from lecture and practice problems. She pretty much tells you what will be on the test.

Sally's awesome but makes you work hard. If you study and take good notes you'll learn a lot from the class.

Super hard, pretty much your grade is determined by your test scores. I got almost all 100s on my hw, and did everything she said, took really good notes, studied hard and still got a C! as a person she is cool, but as a teacher i cant say i learned much or got much out of her class! good luck!

Sally is a great professor. She is interesting and charismatic, even at 8am. Her tests were all lecture based, so I would recommend getting a coffee before each class if its early. Taking good notes and doing all the exercises will definitely help you. I'm really not that in to bio buy she really made it great.

Excellent lecturer. There's never a dull moment. Tests are lecture-based, so you don't have to work through the difficult textbook. You have to work hard, but the homework and labs and lectures all fit together pretty seamlessly. Studying for tests is sometimes difficult if your notes aren't complete, so make sure to utilize office hours.

Sally's tests can be very hard, but I learned a ton from class.

Took Sally's class for BIOL 161&171, 163&173. She talks quickly, so it's best to make use of her office hours if you want to get the full value of your time in her class. Tests are multiple choice-based, so study groups are a MUST if you want to be more comfortable on exam days. There's a lot to learn and love about her classes once you're through.

Sally is a great professor! She knows the material and knows how to get it across to the students in an effective, detailed, and valuable way. Utilize study groups and read the textbook as a guide. Take her class if you can!

Amazing professor. Always willing to talk after class or talk on the phone (weird, but good if it's an emergency). Hard material (difficult to understand but she makes it easier), goes VERY fast. I recommend taking your laptop w/ the ppts already on it, and putting notes in. Fun, interactive, nice, favorite professor yet.

WONDERFUL professor. Her lectures are interesting and funny, always willing to answer questions. Her tests are hard but if you go to every lecture and go to study session an A is totally possible. Love her!

Super fun and interesting class. If you pay attention in class you never have to open the text book but still learn a lot.

Sally is one of my favorite professors. She is very clear, funny, and has been teaching the class forever. She knows the material inside and out. Test questions make you think but come directly from her lectures. HIGHLY recommended.

Crystal clear lectures, fair expectations, reasonable exams, very helpful. She has a LOT of experience teaching the intro bio classes.

She uses her power points for lecture material and the exams are based on her lectures. Never used the textbook. Her exams are extremely hard, homework assignments are easy because of her study groups. Very nice person, but a very hard grader. Doesn't grade on a curve.

I found this class very challenging. Although she explained things well in class, her powerpoints are almost entirely pictures which can make it difficult to study later. Also, I feel, that you'll be doomed if you don't do all of the assigned reading. She expects you to know everything she is teaching you by the time you get to class.

My favorite General Biology teacher, she is so funny and makes an early class easy to handle. Make sure to write down everything she says, because its important. I barely had to open the book for this course, but I studied A LOT for every test. She is very fair and understanding, and very helpful when approached.

Class consists of powerpoint lecture. Homework sheets due once a week, tests are challenging. Excellent teacher and makes material interesting and relavent to real world. Very helpful through email, office hours, and even texting.

She is so sweet and you can always tell that she has a lot of knowledge. The only drawback is that she goes very fast!

She is the best! She always knows what she is talking about. She is really funny sometimes. The exams are difficult, you have to study hard to beta satisfying grade!

What I liked about Dr. McLaughlin was that she would take time during class to review with us what we needed to know for the test. What bothered me about her style of teaching was that she would hardly put any words on her slides. This made it tricky to know what the main concepts were.

Her tests and quizzes were hard, but her lectures and labs were pretty enjoyable. She is pretty funny and knows her stuff. Be sure to print off or at least look at the powerpoints before lecture, since she talks really fast.

Sally cares a lot about her students. She will do everything she can to make sure you understand the material. However, you will have to work for your grade. I know many people received A's in her class (so it's possible.) Record lectures, don't skip class, and use study groups. Expect weekly homework sheets and pop quizzes 1-2 times a week.

I really liked Professor McLaughlin, and was surprised when I heard so many people talking about how difficult her class is. I really enjoyed her class because she cared about the material, made it interesting, and overall, she was funny. Having a teacher who truly cares about what she is teaching really helps the students learn better.

Sally is by far one of my favorite teachers I've had for science at SU. her tests are hard, but they all contain material from the lectures.

Sally is one of the best teachers that I've had so far. She is very knowledgeable about the material, is funny, and is more than willing to answer questions. Lecture notes are very important--I would recommend printing out the lecture slideshow before each class period.

Gives weekly quizzes, but gives you 5 questions in advance and chooses one of them for the quiz. GO TO HER OFFICE HOURS for questions on the learning objectives. Print out her powerpoints before lectures. Funny, interesting, and gives lots of interesting examples and medical applications. Tests are hard, but if you study you'll be fine.

McLaughlin has been teaching for years know so she knows what to teach and how to teach it. She's very specific on what she wants us to know, making her tests and pop quizzes tough. But if you study hard and prepare for them, you'll be able to to really well in her class. She's very helpful outside and is willing to talk when needed.

Sally's classes are HARD. She might seem scary, but she's actually very sweet and always willing to answer questions. Classes are predictable--relatively fast-paced lectures with image-heavy slides, but the exam question are really tough. She'll ask questions that you feel like you've never seen before. Sally's great, but her class is challenging

Great teacher. Attending lectures is really important, but its only beneficial if you actually read before lecture.

Professor McLaughlin is an amazing professor and person. I personally did not like her lecture style because her powerpoints consists of most if not all pictures. This results in you needing to pay close attention to what she says in class or else you will miss important points. Recording her lectures are heavily suggested!!

Dr. McLaughlin means well, but comes off a little passive aggressive. Classes were lecture heavy but did cover the material that was presented on the test. I liked how she prerecorded her lectures, but a lot of work must be put in by the student by taking thorough notes on her lectures and everything she says in class in order to get a good grade.

Sally's flipped classroom was amazing. Lectures were pre-recorded and vital to success. Daily quizzes helped me grasp whether I understood the material, in-class assignments strengthened my understanding and Sally gave NUMEROUS resources to best support us. Do what she says and do the work provided and you WILL succeed. I LOVED her!!

Now I know a LOT of ppl that don't like Sally or how she teaches. For me, she was literally AMAZING. Sure, the lectures are time consuming and I do spend 2hrs watching them for hw, but I always feel so prepared coming into class. The exams are super straight forward and as long as you base ur studying around the learning objectives, you'll do well!

Absolutely loved her and would take her again. I know many people disliked her but I personally found her flipped classroom really helpful. (watch lectures outside of class, group work/lecture review in class, really helped in retaining information) Study the study and guide carefully and you'll ace the exams.

she was one of my favorite bio teachers. everything that was on the exams she taught in the take home lectures and went over in class in very good detail. she gave great preparation tools with the ICA's and the mc practice sheets. she's very enthusiastic about bio and is very great to talk to about things bio. i loved her.

Although she can come off as intimidating, she is so caring and genuinely wants to see all of her students do well. She is so charismatic and I loved going to her class. She made learning fairly complex topics easy and her lectures are all you need to study (do not buy the book, she does not reference it after the third class).

In the beginning, it was a little intimidating due to the amount of info. She uses a flipped classroom style, where you watch lectures for homework, and then in class you do group worksheets with questions based on the lecture you watched for hw. If you have questions, she will be right there to answer them! She also prepares you well for exams.

Dr.Mclaughlin is very sweet and good at teaching. This class is hard regardless of the teacher. Her lectures are usually 45 minutes long but take longer since you are taking notes. I like the flipped classroom cause you can go at your own pace. Exams are all multiple-choice. My tip is to take good notes & go to office hours. She wants to help you!!

I think this is an unpopular opinion, but I appreciated the flipped classroom format. I get distracted easily so it was nice to go at my own pace watching the pre lecture videos.

Some of these reviews are harsh tbh. Hardest part of the class was the flipped class video lectures, but they were NOT bad. Usually 20-60min in length for each class, easy to watch at 1.25 speed. Just stay on top of the video lectures and youre fine. I didnt even need to read the textbook. Daily activities are easy, but participation does matter.

The flipped classroom is the easiest part of this class, just watch in 2x speed. ICAs are straightforward and most of the time we got out early. Participation and attendance is MANDATORY. Exams are all multiple choice and not that bad if you pay attention.