Had her for Chem I & Chem II; Nice lady, but in chem I her teaching approach is pretty irrelevant since the material is straight-forward. Chem II can be a little rough having her as a professor. Hold onto your book and do the OWL online questions because they're the tools that are really going to help you through the course. Lots of homework.

She honestly doesn't know how to make sure students understand chemistry. She just gives long lectures, tough exams with tough grades. She never made sense to me. Had to do study with my friends all semester to pass.

If you already have trouble with chemistry, this class will be a challenge. She rushes through lectures and expects you to understand material the first time. USE YOUR BOOK and study on your own and with friends and you'll get by but you're gonna need to work for it. Nice lady, bad teacher

Nice lady. Minus the fact she stands in front of the class writing on a small white board that no one can see skipping half the steps so your left confused. Prepare to teach yourself. Labs are easy and no lab reports. She DOES NOT curve regardless of how bad you do!! If your good at chemistry take her.

She was a decent teacher for Chem 1127. However in 1128 the topics cover a lot of stuff and she doesn't explain them well enough to understand. She rushes through powerpoints and gives hard exams. When asking a simple question, she answers in a condescending tone or says she explained it already. I don't recommend taking her class.

She rushes through lecture material and expects students to already know a lot of material that she is supposed to teach. Tests basically make up your whole grade and she grades tough. Be prepared to teach yourself.

This class was the single class I dreaded. She basically just reads off powerpoints (with the odd problem on the board), her tests are super stressful, and she's not really good at teaching. However, homework is optional and her grading criteria is very flexible. If you hate studying, you're gonna have a terrible time; I'd recommend someone else.

I dropped out of this class halfway through the semester. She responds to your questions as if you are dumb and barely answers what you're looking for. I always ended up so confused and had to teach myself everything. Don't miss class! You will get so confused and lost. Not worth it, her lab partner was unhelpful and didn't know anything about chem

This is the class you have to put a lot of outside work into. You will leave lecture more confused than when you came in. I do well by doing most of the practice problems in the textbook and reading from it. She gives examples is class but goes quickly through them as if you know this subject. Not a tough grader but exams are tough.

All of my classmates disliked her. Personally, I don't think she's the best professor but she's not the worst either. Everyone is just bound to think she's bad because Chemistry is hard! She gives a lot of partial credit on tests. Be prepared to teach yourself some of the key concepts if you don't understand the way she teaches things.

Okay, She is a clear example of a good person but a bad teacher. She goes through every example way to fast for majority of students to keep up so u have to spend 3 times the amount of time reading the chicken scratch she wrote on the board. In lab, she was a gem, but those lectures are an absolute mess. I really like chemistry but this wasnt it

The entirety of lectures were powerpoints and a few examples. A lot of classmates struggled as it was fast paced and a lot of information to take in at once. Exams were a bit on the difficult side. There were chances for extra credit for all three exams and final. Knewton Alta wasn't horrible but was tedious.

To be honest, I was not a big fan of the class. The only reason I got an A is because I took AP Chem. The lectures weren't useful and I never paid attention. Knewton Alta did help. She's not a good teacher but I feel like she tries. If you're not good in chemistry don't take her.

Lectures are rushed and useless. Don't need to show up for class unless its for participation points. Labs are fun, but i suggest you make a friend so you can figure things out together. She is VERY lenient with grading though. If you're not familar with chem already, wait spring and take it with Stein. AWFUL class but shes a good person.

Dr. Hill is a wonderful person but she is not well suited to teach intro gen chem. If you are willing to teach yourself, take her class. Lab was helpful, lecture was extremely disorganized. Hybrid format: constant posting of online lectures (w/o notice), math heavy in class, labs, online exams in lab (most fail so more weight given to quiz/HW/lab).

The lectures weren't helpful for learning, I only took notes to stay awake in class. I've learned more from Chem101 and Knewton Alta than from her teaching. Practicing the material by yourself would be the most helpful. Don't bother reading the online textbook, unless you will be able to not fall asleep and actually retain the information from it.

DO NOT take this class. If you need to take chem for your major, either wait until you get to Storrs, take it over the summer, or take it at a community college. If you still insist on taking this class with Professor Hill, make sure you're either familiar with chemistry or be good at teaching yourself. She's a nice person, bad teacher.

She lectures as if we're already pros at chem. Make sure to go over the material before coming to class bc she won't teach you anything. She does give extra credits. You really have to put some work into this class and you will do most of the learning yourself. She seems like a nice person but she needs to step it up a bit.

Professor is clearly passionate about chemistry, but her teaching methods are not the most helpful. Lectures were disorganized and boring. Labs were hit or miss, sometimes insanely frustrating with no guidance, and other times quick and easy. Lab topics of the week did not match lecture topics, which made it more confusing overall.

Well, all I have to say is that you will have to meet her half way. She isn't a terrible professor but her teaching style isn't the best. She does give you extra credit and different ways to passing her class. You will probably have to spend a lot of time outside the classroom either reteaching yourself the material or enforcing it.

she loves chemistry but is not the best teacher. Lectures are boring and highly disorganised. she writes all over the board but if you sit in the back you can't see anything. She is available during her office hours which are helpful. Personally I learned more in labs than lecture.

As a previous AP Chem student, this teacher did a bad job explaining concepts and the math behind them. I oftentimes used the methods I learned from the AP class or searched it up to quickly relearn it. The weekly lab quizzes can either be your best friend or the reason why you fail this class, be careful if you struggle to teach yourself.

Professor Hill's class was extremely easy. There was weekly online HW on Aktiv, which was very self-explanatory and very easy to navigate. Along with this, there were weekly lecture quizzes before your lab. As long as you study a decent amount and use the practice quizzes given days before, then you should ace this class. Not a good lecturer though

She is a very nice person overall but her teaching skills aren't together. It is very fast paced and very unorganized. We will be on one chapter but she will skip like 8 slides at a time and then go back to it on a future date. Then when she writes on the board it is all over the place and very unorganized. The quizzes in lab are very difficult.