I would not recommend her, she isn't up to date when it comes to grading. SHe gives you small slits which tell you, how your doing in her class but yet doesn't explain fully. When the class is behind in lecture she goes through the slides quickly and expect you to just write it down and not understand the material.

I'll make it simple don't waste your time. Lecture and Lab heavy!!!!!!!! Always broad about her "help" nothing ever specific for an individual. But don't get me wrong pretty awesome person but as a professor, she definitely has some work to do.

I took her for summer, many were Re-taking her course again, the people who actually passed in my class were mostly Bio majors... Shes grades very heavy, big packets of hw are 5-10 points and the exams are 100, i was doing great in the class 95% because i did every hw quiz until the exam ,dropped me 2 letter grades!

Professor Miles is very hard on her students in gender. She applies so many years of her biology knowledge/education in every single question on her tests and exams. Nice personality but I strongly advice if you failed the 1st one, you will definitely fail the rest so save your life as soon as you can.

She plays around with our grades online and ends up making ALOT of grading errors which lowers our grades and then expects us to go to her office on our own time to correct HER mistakes. Also for example, if i accidently put substain instead of sustain in an answer she marks my whole answer wrong.

Horrible Professor, Does not care about students. Expects students to learn by her standing in front of the board going on and on on what's on the powerpoint lectures. A lot of busy homework that has nothing to do with lectures. Exams are brutal. Does not take time to explain. I am retaking this class at Cuyamaca College and have an easy A+.

If you failed the first exam and studied for it, just save yourself some time and drop the course. This is a very difficult class for people who dont know a lot about bio. You are not learning a lot about one thing in particular because it touches on A LOT of different topics. Anyways , dont take if you dont need to.

I am currently taking Professor Selene for summer and I wish I had read this first. She laughs about students having to balance her class and work. She assigns 5 lengthy assignments a night and is extremely over specific with no ability for creative freedom. Shes teaching this class as if its a grad school. Stay away! Please stay away.

She was a really nice and approachable professor but her exams were very difficult due to how they were phrased. Most of the people in the class were struggling and either barley passing or failing. I wouldn't recommend especially if you are new to Biology.

Lectures were boring. Class was too large to get help. Miles is a kind woman but not a great teacher. Ended up with a D in her class after studying for hours every week.

Do not take this class. You will lose money and your GPA will drop. She is nice but will not hesitate to give you an F. Even if you do all the work and studying every night. Advice from a student who transferred from Grossmont to SDSU pursuing a master's degree.

The only reason I gave her a 1 is because she is a nice lady. But she makes this class very difficult. You would think since we are remote learning due to COVID she would make labs simpler, or even give extra credit to help boost grades instead of replacing 5 point assignments. She has potential to be a great professor if she changed her teaching

Save yourself the time, if this is you're only option left DO NOT TAKE HER STILL. Honestly Feels like she wants her students to fail, makes the test questions worded so difficult. You could spend hours studying for this class and still would probably barley pass. These reviews are not lying, she is not the best.

She is a sweet lady, but this class is not worth your time. I have had a 3.5 gpa or higher through college I got an F. If you are going to take this class during COVID , I wouldn't. If you don't pass the first test just drop it. She makes you stay the full class time 3 hrs on zoom and will talk about her life a lot. It is okay to do that but still

I'm a nursing major & this was my only P/NP class & its the hardest I have ever done. She's a nice lady but she forgets Bio 120 isn't the only thing in our life. More like a PHD level than an intro class. Tests are v hard & barely explained in lecture. 20+ pg study guides (5 tests in the semester). Expect 15+ hrs/wk to this class minimum to pass.

I should have switched out of this class at the very beginning but some advice is if you are going to stay in this class make a class group chat literally it's so helpful because you are not going to be the only one feeling horrible everyone feels the same way about this class.

This class is 90% busy work. Badly worded exams meant that I spent more time decoding the questions than studying the actual content. She is more concerned with being anti-cheat than being a good educator. Also condescending and passive aggressive when reached out to, especially when asked for accomodations like closed captions.

Professor just uses lectures that she recorded during quarantine and doesn't teach as much during lecture. Way too much homework compared to other classes would not recommend if you are taking other courses as well. Picks and chooses who she decides to help, and is not lenient whatsoever. By far worst professor I've taken.

She doesn't know how to teach and should've stayed an online teacher. All she does is yap and doesn't teach. She just talks about random stuff about her life. Every exam at least 3 kids leave crying. THIS IS UNEXPLAINABLE.class went from 80 to 20.

I don't think Prof. Mile's teaching style has evolved since the pandemic. The lectures are online and years old. She brings a plastic starbucks everyday while teaching about sustainability and climate change. Lots of personal anecdotes and giving way too much time to simple concepts, not focusing on what will be on the test. Stay away!! Seriously.

There was no reason for this class to be as hard and time-consuming as it ended up being. Every week, i would have at LEAST 7+ assignments, each of them being long, tedious, and so unnecessary. I understand this is a Biology class and by default, is time consuming due to studying. But this professor really did not help ease the workload. Stay away

DO NOT TAKE PROFESSOR MILES. take this advice now and you will save your self. Besides being in a 4 hour class, you still have 7+ assignments to complete by the next day. her lectures and explanations are vague and is no help at all, not to mention tests every week. She is very picky with grading. in fact picky about everything, its unnecessary.

worst professor I have ever taken. Do yourself a favor and just stay away...please stay away

Please do yourself a favor and stay AWAY. Normally I don't rate professors but this rating is needed. The lectures in class were pointless, she didn't teach well and expected the class to know everything from her online and prerecorded lectures from Covid-19. Each week I lost more sleep and my anxiety and stress were at an all time high from the HW

My gpa went down because of her. I do not recommend especially in the summer. The most condescending & fake professor I ever had to take. Did I mention she is all about favoritism ? STAY AWAY SERIOUSLY ITS MOT WORTH IT!!!

People need to stop lying she is not a good professor AT ALL. She uses the same lectures from covid/zoom that don't make any sense, she is no help at all when you are struggling and her lectures are very vague and generic, half of the time she talks about her personal backround .NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOUR LIFE LADY!!!!!!!!

STAY AWAY, STAY AWAY AND STAY AWAY

If you want to learn real biology, Don't take this professor, there are so many better ones out there, try taking a science class at Cuyumaca because the ones at Grossmont suck. Don't listen to the "positive comments" about Selene. I promise you it won't be worth your time. you've been warned. don't do it!

If you are looking for a good biology class, this is NOT it! "Don't claim that the professor shows bias" but her literal son was in our class and she helped him constantly. Assignments will take you hours & she wants you to drop everything for her, including other classes. She expects you to fail and offers little help. Would never take again.

Not only is attendance mandatory for both lecture and lab, but there's also online lectures you have to watch at home as well before each in person lecture you go to. There's so much homework given that hardly boosts your grade and averages on each test always remained around a 50%. Test was never curved to say the least. I also didn't learn much.

The worst profesor I have ever taken.

She comes in with the same musty dusty plastic starbucks cup everyday. all of her lectures don't make sense, she puts things in the exam that she didn't even teach in her lectures and she expects you to drop all of your classes for her class. don't take her, take anyone else but her. You will avoid the headache and anxiety.

As an Arc student, it was even difficult for me to take her class; I wish she would simplify her lectures and our workload. Even her EC opportunities (2 points) were loaded with unnecessary instructions. I wish that most of her online lectures weren't mandatory for our grades since we have in-person ones.

for the love of god stay away from this profesor. she is not caring, she is not understanding, she is biast asf, she grades like she is Gordon Ramsey everything is wrong or not up to her standards no matter how hard you worked hard. just stay tf away.

Be prepared for regular lectures twice a week and her online lectures she reuses from 2020 COVID days. She assigns at least 10+ assignments per week- she assigned so much work that at the end of the semester, she said she was unable to finish grading on time! She indeed did not finish grading at all and helped her son in class more than anyone else

completely bias and unprofessional

I had an A. She does not teach, does not show anything on the tests, spends the class periods talking about herself, went on multiple rants about how you shouldnt take her class if you have jobs or kids (or any commitments), and the averages for all her tests:

No she is not nice. No she does not explain the lectures or what will be on the exam. No she does not care. its not worth you time and energy to lose your gpa over a karen. stay away.

I stopped wearing my seatbelt while I was driving because I wanted to die before I made it to her class...

She's a harsh grader -the exams make up most of your grade. She doesn't teach just assigns long, graded videos. In class she talks about herself, her kids, and being co-chair. SO picky about homework. I lost points for using a colored pencil instead of a gray highlighter. The class feels more self-taught than supported. STRONGLY DONT recommend.

the way this woman grades is insane. I have never experiences such a monstrosity of a professor in my life. 99.9 % of her lectures are her talking about her personal life while she drinks latte from that musty dusty ahh starbucks cup. her grading made me feel like I was a homeless man begging on the streets. You want to ask her for help? she wont..

I'm surprised her name is Selene Miles and not Karen Miles.

This is an older review but I wanted to add my two cents. Signed up for her class last fall after failing Miller's class and showed up the first day of class to hear her go on about how all of the lectures are videos we're supposed to watch at home. Girl… why am I even here..? Anyways I dropped her three days later. There's better options guys.

I understand that biology can be a complicated subject but the amount of assignments were extremely absurd. I found my self swimming in endless exams. lectures that had context of Miles life oppose to having context about biology. her grading felt as if she was penny pinching. do not take KAREN Miles.

She is a tough grader and mostly talks about her life during class. Tests are mainly your grade, and she has a lot of homework. I studied inside and out of class and still would fail. Our averages for tests were 50%.