From an education perspective, she is an AWFUL teacher. She assumes the worst about students and has unrealistic expectations. She isn't clear its her directions and then is very rude and condescending when her students don't understand her. She will literally punish her students because they don't understand.

such a terrible teacher. honestly i don't know how she has good reviews. she's rude and the tests are bull. I got a decent grade in the class but only because i taught myself everything.

Not very good at explaining the topic she is teaching. You need to study to get the grade you want to get. . everything was self-taught i 100% counted on the curve to get my A. I would get 63% in the test and with the curve it would round up to a 94%. She wants her students to do well and cares about their grades, but not a good teacher.

Dr. Shay made the introduction to Chemistry content at a university level far more difficult than it needed to be. Although she knew the subject very well, she neglected to properly aid her students to a successful semester. She expects too much from her students; therefore, believing that her course is the only thing that anyone has to do.

Probably the hardest person to listen to. Her voice alone wanted to make me bolt for the door. In order to complete all of the homework plan to put aside 6 to 12 hours a week. Do you like to read the board? Hope not because when she erases she just lightly smears the chalk over her writing and you can no longer see anything she writes from then on.

This class has as much work and information as 3 classes put together. The homework is busy work and will have you doing assignments everyday and even on exam days. She will even put questions on exams and quizes that you would never have seen in lecture or homework. Better hope you remember chemistry from high school...

This class is STUPID hard. The in-class work does not prepare students well for the exams at all. I wish I didn't have to take chemistry, but my major requires it. If you want to do well in this class then you need to be an actual chemist. I hated this class and didn't feel I got the help I needed.

Absolutely tons of homework. Unforgiving during COVID, and annoying assignments. She answers questions when you have them, and will make sure that you understand, but be prepared to spend 4x the amount of time doing homework. There are roughly 10 assignments due weekly.

Take this class if you want your GPA to drop. She is hands down the WORST "teacher" ever. This class you will teach yourself. Absolutely horrible.

Honestly, she is one of the WORST professors Ive ever had. Because of covid I had to take this course online, and Ive emailed her 4 times throughout the semester with questions and still havent gotten an email back from any of them. Also, SO MUCH repetitive homework each week, you will spend roughly 8 hours a week doing hw for just her class.

This class was horrible if you have a chance to take it with anybody else DO IT!!! I didn't learn anything the exams were VERY HARD!

A lot of homework and group projects plus the lab which gives you even more homework. The exams arent impossible but she gives a final cumulative exam at 8 am and it was impossible. Too much work for chemistry

I didnt like her. She assigns way to much homework to you that takes 5+ hours some nights. She acts like you dont have a life outside her class which essentially true now. You will have no free time. When not doing homework you are either studying for the tests that are nearly impossible or trying to get ahead on work.

The amount of work needed for this class was a bit ridiculous. There were pre and post lecture assignments for every lecture, on top of in class work. On top of that there were in class projects, out of class projects, and 4+ hour assignments at the end of each week due on Sunday. All of this combined made for a very stressful, unenjoyable class.

if you cannot do all the work on your own, you have no chance at passing.

Professor Shay is smart, and her lectures are informative. But, this class requires to watch almost 7 prelecture videos a week (ranging from 15-30 minutes in length), as well as attend all classes and recitations. She builds her class on the assumption you will spend 10 hours outside class a week (15 total) , and not take any other classes.

This class is not worth it unless it is mandatory. The homework load is heavy and very time-consuming (2-4 hours to do) and not very helpful when it comes to helping your grade because it is not worth many points. Her exams are very heavily weighted and can make or break your grade. She is smart but doesn't know how to teach well. PICK ANOTHER PROF

The content and class itself was not hard. But as a teacher and a person, awful 0/10 would not recommend. She is condescending, she says she is sarcastic but uses this as an excuse to make her students feel inferior. She clearly knows what she is teaching, but she could use some training on how to be a teacher.

She has no understanding that people actually take other classes. If you take this class, you will spend 12+ hours a week for just her class with all of the homework, group projects, pre and post lab assignments, and pre lecture videos. Very harsh grader on projects and exams are difficult. Save yourself from stressing this much for a 3 hr class.

Be prepared to have homework almost every single night. You cannot miss a single lecture and make sure to do every single learning catalytic. I am not sure if she realizes that most students have other classes too and don't have all night every night to study and most of the learning is done yourself so be prepared!

She is a very hard grader and the tests are extremely hard

Dr. Shay (she insists on the title) has no idea how to teach, is very condescending, her TAs arent very helpful, her grading is absurdly nitpicky, and she gives the homework equivalent of a 5 credit hour class, and that's just for the lecture. The labs are done out of order and often are ahead of the lectures so she has to "explain" it in the lab

Taught things that were not relevant to the course she is picky with grading and not willing to work with you, and ignores many emails, but when asked about them said she received them. She is very condescending and gives a long speech about how she must be called doctor. She is probably the worst professor I have ever had, do not recommend.

Do not choose her to be your professor! She is so picky when she grades and nothing is ever good enough. She thinks that she is the best professor when she doesn't teach us anything and won't answer questions. The TAs are useless so it's on you to figure out what she wants. Straight A student after two years in college, but idk after this class.

By far at BGSU this is the worst professor I have ever had. I don't understand how it is possible to assign someone to teach a subject that they themselves have no idea what's going on. I digress, however. The material used for class was absolutely redundant with her voice adding on to the misery. Makes things difficult and is absolutely useless.

I only just started her class this semester and I am already struggling. When I had a question about the homework she seemed annoyed that I didn't understand nor did the ta. She also doesn't clarify if something is graded until it is too late and has affected your grade. I have already spent at least 5 hours working on one assignment with help.

would not recommend taking this class unless you have to. Lower level science class but there's more work in this class than other higher level science classes. She gives ridiculous exams biweekly, 10 times harder than any example problems she does. piles on a huge “Project” that's really a huge research project. I wish they would just fire her!

Siobhan Shay is an interesting teacher. She lectures well and will stop to make sure that the material is understood. She assigns daily homework on top of weekly homework on top of group projects in large lecture hall settings. It's not the worst thing in the world but if I didn't have to take this class, I would never even consider signing up

this is the worst professor that i have ever had. she doesn't teach and if you ask questions she will not give you answers. awful teacher.

This is by far one of the worst professors I have had. It got to the point where the only way I was learning something was by teaching myself. The power points that are provided are useless. If you ask if she would slow down, she will make you feel stupid and respond with “If you can't keep up, maybe this isn't the class for you.” There's more…

CHEM 1090 is absolutly brutal. the average test score for the entire class is like 50 something, and that's for a large lecture hall class. There have been 6 closed book exams already and it's not even finals yet. Looking at 6+ canvas assignments/week.

this was worst class I have taken of all of my college experience. The class has up to 8-10 weekly assignments with projects and exams every other week. She acts like this is the only class we are taking and should dedicate our lives to this class. She is rude in general. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS

Super bad grading system, crazy amounts of homework, WHO ON THIS PLANET PUTS A FINAL EXAM AT 8 IN THE MORNING. ESCAPE AT ALL COSTS.