This was the most disorganized class I have ever taken. She was rude, test questions often did not align with the material presented in class, and I have never been more confused by any professor's lectures. The only reason I did well in this class is through the massive amount of time and effort I put in and a large curve. Extremely stressful.

Worst course I have ever taken. Professor Boyd seemingly improvises her lectures and shows a painfully obvious lack of familiarity with the content. She constantly insults your intelligence by pretending she has any idea what she's talking about, all the while expecting students to attend her lectures where she rambles nonsensically.

avoid at all costs

We fell behind 5 lectures before exam 3, she compensated by talking faster and got frustrated if questions asked in class. Unorganized notes & key terms not defined. Hints at what is on exams otherwise 60% of her exams are a guessing game. Makes up for her LAZY teaching by giving ex cred points. AVOID if you're actually trying to learn Biochem.

Giving extra credits and leaking exam question does not make her a good lecturer. Her explanations to concepts can be confusion, but she will rush through it. It seems that she is not reading through the PPT, but she is certainly reading through her scripts. If you want to learn, i would not choose her.

Incredibly rude and sarcastic. Does not care about her students at all.

Very unorganized. Read straight from the slides. Would NOT recommend at all.

A disorganized nightmare. From last-minute scantron demands to false promises of support, she clearly doesn't care about her students. Avoid if you value your sanity.

Has a very careless personality, and is exactly that careless about her class. Need to memorize everything off the slides for exams. Don't bother going to the professor for help, she doesn't care at all. Very rude and laughs sarcastically after she says something rude and condescending.

Worst professor I have ever taken. Mean and disorganized. AVOID HER

take gavva. graded by 4/5 exams only which is ridiculous. one bad score and there goes your grade! you basically memorize to forget everything about this class.

She claims her exams are easy and then tries to trick you with every question. Not to mention, if she doesn't get through all HER lectures, she pushes it all towards the end while claiming that the class is on track. She seems to be lying half the time about the way grades are looking and is very inconsistent with the way she explains things.

Save your GPA and don't take her. this class is 4 credit hours and only graded by 4/5 exams? extremely unfair considering Gavva students have other things to help their grade. this prof gave extra credit but never told us when she was handing it out, whether it be the workshop section or during class. not to mention she also cussed out a student!!

simply put, thank god this class is over with.

People need to stop simping and hyping her up. Truly the most annoying prof ever, and this is someone who got an A+ in the class because I taught myself everything. Didn't even go to class. Added nothing valuable to my education. Waste of tuition money.

Very rude and disorganized professor. We were always left guessing towards the end what chapters our exam was going to cover. Went to ask what I could do to perform better on the next exams and I told her my studying habits, and she said that I'm already doing enough and to keep practicing more. Like what kind of advice is that?

you literally won't know what your grade is in the class because she doesn't post a grade scale until the end of the semester. it's a guessing game with what your grade is.

In previous semesters the class was given a 20% homework buffer making their grades much higher this semester she took that away and made our grade 100% exam grades even though she offered extra credit it was in no way comparison to the 20 percent all the previous classes got. On top of that there was barely a curve.

Should have taken gavva

Your grade is only based on four exams. Each exam covers about 150-200 lecture slides. You must memorize every single word on each lecture slide for the exam. Her multiple choice exams test you on trivial words from her lecture slides. Boyd clearly doesn't want you to learn and apply biochem, she just wants you to be familiar with every sentence.

genuinely what do people see in this professor? I studied day and night for this class just to barely get an A. I went to class and came out with NOTHING. she emphasized so many topics just to not even test us on it. she's literally Dieckmann 2.0. whoever says to take her is praying on ur downfall.

Her teaching isn't about learning or understanding; it's about memorizing tiny, irrelevant details from 200-slide lectures. Your entire grade is based on 4 exams, full of trick questions and pointless specifics. Overemphasized topics never appear on the test. Don't waste your time.

never seen so many simps for a prof that isn't even good. y'all are on a different level of delulu I want what y'all are on. want the simple answer you're looking for from all of these reviews? DON'T TAKE HER!! NEXTTTT

4/5 exams make up your entire grade, and then you get 10 points extra credit ONLY if you go to workshop and class ALL THE TIME bc she'll never tell u when she's handing it out. tell me why I got the full 10 points but it literally did NOTHING to help my grade. thanks for nothing!!

for those of you who thought gen chem 2 was hard, y'all are seriously in for a rude awakening. sure the exams are MCQ, but the way she formats the exams are meant to trip you up if you don't have every detail memorized down to the T. why did i have to study for this class like it was my full time job. shouldn't be this way if she was a good prof.

the way 23 reviews were written for her this semester alone is so funny to me. y'all can stop glazing her for that rec letter babes class is over!!! PLEASE DON'T TAKE HER PLEASEEEEE

To the person who said “just read the slides a few times” is a slap to those who worked tirelessly, reviewed slides repeatedly, and still didn't get the grade they wanted. If it were that easy, everyone would've gotten an A. Her exams aren't about understanding—they're about memorizing obscure details, which isn't real learning.

there's absolutely no way that we were her "best performing class ever" and yet there are this many bad reviews about her.... the math ain't mathing. just don't.

This class is memorization and not about understanding the material. You're going to have to memorize every sentence from her lengthy lectures to be able to do well on the exams. Even then, she tries to trick you and second guess yourself on her awful exams. Do yourself a favor and take gavva so you can cheat since the exams are online.

It's not fair that in previous semesters they were given 20% homework grade that provided a huge buffer even if she brings it back it's unfair to students who were in her class this semester. I hope she can read these and understand the issue with it she's not a bad person at all and the people saying bad stuff about her character should not be

Don't listen to people saying to study 4 days in advance. There's way too much to memorize in detail for those tricky exam questions. Study every chance you get. If you struggle on the first few exams, consider dropping. A 4-credit class can seriously tank your GPA, so don't risk it.

The questions are designed to make you second-guess yourself, and if you don't know the material well, you're done for.

Graded on purely 4/5 exams that are meant to trip you up and second guess your answers. What she says in lecture contradicts what she puts on her exams. I like the subject, but she makes memorization questions from one line of 200+ slides, negating the studying you put in. She loves those who do well, but puts down those struggling

this class was no joke. to be honest, I was expecting this class to be like taking bio 1/2 since it was just memorization of pathways and whatnot, but the way she formatted exams made it so much harder than that. exams were WAY too detailed. she's basically asking you "on slide 48, whats the third sentence of the second paragraph" T_T

The worst part about this class is that you are not encouraged to understand and learn the subject. You are forced to rote-memorize every single line of her slides, and even then, you will be asked a very, VERY specific question on a topic that was covered for barely one moment in the lecture. This is unbelievably unfair and horrible teaching.

wish I listened to the reviews from the previous semester because honestly it seems like she got worse. she keeps pushing back content and exams to where it all piles up. most unorganized professor I've ever had.

Where do I start, this professor is bipolar. I don't know what altered in her brain from Fall 2024 to Spring 2025. I knew I didn't like her much when in the first class she mentioned all her reviews, reddit's and everything you hear about her don't look at… emotional much? She's inconsistent and lazy. Don't take this professor tbh worst prof at UTD

Every test has infinite number of lectures and lack ec, refuses to give them to her students and her TAs this semester were awful. They claimed to have little to communication with her, which is so odd since that's their role. From former students she was good but now not the best. Honestly worst professor at UTD. She can go kick rocks respectfully

I took Dr. Boyd because everyone told me she was the best professor to take for biochem and I now realize how wrong that was. I'm not sure what happened to her but apparently she used to be a really great professor and I'm didn't see that this semester. I wish I took Dr. Gavva since her students had take home exams. Don't take boyd for biochem.

Pros: she's pretty funny Cons: syllabus doesn't include exam dates, topics, or grading scale, and the info that is on it is super vague. When you ask for clarification, she gives each person a different answer. You never know what's due/when it's due/what it covers till a couple days before. FIVE exams, each one extremely dense, detailed, and hard

The lecture materials are very disorganized. For each exam, she would go back and forth between a bunch of slideshows and then not tell us which ones we were going to be tested on. I remember for the first couple exams, she posted like 12 slideshows (there should've only been 3 or 4) and told each student to study a different set.

She doesn't make decisions on things, just goes by what she feels. Whatever you ask her, her answer is “maybe/prob not/we'll see”. It's super inconsiderate. We literally never have any idea what's going on. If you read our discord, twice a week there's a convo about something shes been super vague about & is telling people different things about.

Worst professor I've ever had. So unclear about grading and exams. Impossible to study for, you just have got memorize every single slide and hope for the best. She tells students different things about grades and gets mad when you ask questions. Also doesn't tell you about your exam until a week before, she includes no dates on the syllabus. Run!

Incredibly disorganized. Never gave a clear syllabus- exam dates had to be guessed. Grade is from 5 exams + 2-3 useless hw we paid $150 to access (to "cushion" our grade, added 0 value). Lecture slides were terrible- all over the place and hard to follow, but all fair game for exams. She's nice, but that doesn't excuse a class run this poorly.

I'm typically an A student. This semester alone, I got a perfect 100 for courses way harder than this one. Yet I got a D- for this course. Her exams are not testing you on knowledge. It's all "gotcha" moments. Impossible! HW counts for 3 percent of your grade (pay $150). Don't bother attending lectures, unrelated. Go to UT Arlington rather.

where in the world do i start…. this lady is not a good professor she's actually maybe the worst professor ever had. matter a fact in my whole academic career and i'm about to graduate. she's inconsistent, take her anger out on students, petty, and playa favors. she hates been questioned and hates communicating with her TAs & hates emails… -45/10

As a straight A student let me tell you this class is not easily doable. Yes exams are from the slides but 1)there are 200+ slides for each exam 2)you get a week's notice max 3)the slides themselves are disorganized & skip around between concepts. You will need to dedicate at least 4 hr/day to this class. Meanwhile my friends w gavva had a breeze.

This is by far the worst STEM professor I have ever had the displeasure of experiencing. The syllabus lacked basic info and had incorrect extra credit %, confusing everyone all semester. She dodged simple questions, changed exam drop rules after the fact, was late to office hours, yelled at the class, and doesn't allow makeup exams if you get sick.

Never in my life have I had a like this and I never hope to have one again. Doesn't know her TAs, doesn't know her grading scale, doesn't know her test dates, doesn't know the syllabus. This would've been a great class had it been more structured. Good lecturer, bad professor. I would recommend staying far, far away. Take Gavva, save your GPA.