Unless you already know the topic, avoid her like the plague.

you dont undertand her, she doesnt know how to explain things, and shes always making mistakes for everything

She reads the book to you, gets confused and messes up examples. Don't commit anything she is saying to memory... It's probably wrong. When asked if the test is open book her reply was "I don't care".

Worst calc professor I have ever had. Stumbles upon her words. Did not know what the fundamental theorem of calculus was. Makes constant errors on the board. Thick accent. The only good thing about her is that homework counts at 30% and final replaces lowest test grade. Useless teacher, I taught myself. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!!!

Wanda is a terrible professor. She might know what she's talking about at some points, but can't teach it. She stumbles over words, and her handwriting is ridiculous. However, if you go to class and do homework, you can pass.

absolutely terrible. gives little to no partial credit on test, cannot understand her lectures, gives wrong equations, messes up examples more often than not, and gets confused by students questions so she just moves on and leaves it unanswered. do not take unless you want to teach yourself

She speaks 5 languages, and English is not one of her strong languages. Extremely hard to understand. Avoid.

Refuses to answer direct questions from the students. Works through problems on the whiteboard while ignoring over-arching concepts and principles. Does not come prepared to lecture the class beyond one small scrap of paper.

Refuses to answer direct questions from the students. Works through problems on the whiteboard while ignoring over-arching concepts and principles. Does not come prepared to lecture the class beyond one small scrap of paper.

Avoid. Accent isn't as bad as some people claim; it's manageable. What isn't manageable is the teaching quality. Working through "such problems" have little to no bearing on the tests, and she makes more mistakes than any professor I have ever seen.

Can't understand a thing she says. Explains things in the worst ways. Just avoid at all costs.

She know's what she's talking about but hasn't mastered how to pass her knowledge onto others. She can but funny at times but basically, you need to teach yourself the material if you want to do well. There is no partial credit on exams so make sure you study hard. She does come up with some clever examples to help you remember things.

Just awful. Worst professor I've ever had. She cannot teach and lost our graded papers with her other class numerous times. Could not answer questions, half the time couldn't understand the question. I don't know what she does to make her a professor but she is awful. Avoid like the plague.

Take someone else. Anyone else, really. 'Difficult to understand' is the understatement of the century. Homework is mandatory, but she does hand back the solutions with work, which is really awesome. Same for tests. Couldn't understand a word she said. Couldn't see the board. Be prepared to learn out of the book.

Terrible. DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS. It is dull and you never learn anything. Makes mistakes at the board. Only does problem examples. There is always somebody sleeping in class.

She is the worst professor I've ever had. She is impossible to understand, and always chooses the most roundabout ways to do problems, without showing alternatives. Her tests are vague and unclear of what she wants from you. She refuses to use mycourses because she doesn't believe in internet, so forget ever knowing your grade. Never Again.

If you mention you have Wanda on campus everyone has heard about how bad she is. I couldnt understand her. The tests were impossible and half the time the tests were so unclear. She a nice person, and tells little jokes here and there, but she is the worst teacher ive ever had. I never had an issue with math until now.

Listen to everyone else, avoid at all costs! I thought maybe I could take this teacher and it would be an easy A or B and I would just deal with her.. didn't work out very well. Her tests are NOTHING like the homework or her class examples, class average on every test was below failing. I repeat, avoid at all costs.

Oh-la-la she's awful. Seriously skip out. You will not understand a single thing through her lectures so you just have to learn through someone else or by yourself. She messes up on problems 247 Test questions are hard to understand and difficult. Sometimes a chapter test could only have problems from one section. Seriously don't take it with her.

Wanda is hands down the worst professor I've ever had at RIT. Her "syllabus" included a copy of all of the chapters we will be covering in the book and that was it. She never included how she broke down the grades for the class or even the academic honesty policy. She always makes mistakes when she's lecturing and gets mad when you point it out.

Oh-la-la, I should have read the reviews. Wanda is a horrible teacher with an awful accent and horrible handwriting. She also make tons of mistakes while lecturing and gets argues with students when they try to correct her. She assigns ridiculous amounts of homework, that sometimes will take me 3hrs to complete. Avoid her at all costs.

Accent was too thick for me to understand sometimes. Really bad teacher.

I've always been great at math but this class was a huge slap in the face. She is really bad at explaining topics and has a rough accent. She seldom finishes problems we do in class and only grades a random 5 questions on 3 hour homework assignments (10-25 questions). You will definitely need to read from the book and get outside help to succeed.

if you value your grade, do not take her. mutivar is a hard class and her not being a good teacher does not help. exams are tough. if you get stuck with her and you still want to do well, you will learn who professor leonard is eventually.

Only teaches by examples, doesn't explain concepts. Very tough grader and offers no extra credit. Avoid at all costs

Look up Professor Leonard on youtube. Class isn't even necessary. She also doesn't use MyCourses.

Wanda's a really nice lady- but she's a terrible teacher. She has a hard time articulating what she's doing and also tends to make a ton of mistakes during her teaching. She does about 5 tests a semester ( including the final ) and her grading criteria is a bit strange- if you get a part of a problem wrong she'll mark the whole thing incorrect.

I don't get why RIT still lets her teach. She is an awful teacher. I only found out who Professor Leonard was until the last few weeks, which is why my grades picked up. If you end up with her, skip class and watch Leonard instead. It will be a better use of your time and you will do much better on the exams, trust me.

1. She moves way too fast, not only for us but for herself. Lots of class time was spent trying to find her mistakes 2. She couldn't understand our questions and she was hard to understand at times. 3. She skimmed over the material, only doing the first step of a problem then moving on. She also has no practice tests or anything like that.

DO NOT TAKE. I had to retake multivariable after failing the first time around. But even the first time around my test grades were at least above a 45. She is a very smart woman who has no idea on how to teach a subject. Her grading is harsh and will legit give you a 10 on a test with no partial credit. Good luck on the 3 hour hw too.

Teaches way too fast, very poor at clarifying when a student is confused. No partial credit. Worst professor i've had in college by far.

The worst professor I've had for a math class at RIT. The problems she teaches are convoluted, and she constantly marks tests/teaches problems wrong. I would consider taking another professor for any math class of hers. That be said, if you do end up getting her as a prof, the tests are highly based off of the hw and class examples.

Graded inconstantly, seems as though she doesnt have a rubric when grading. Not good at lecturing, in order to understand you have to put in a lot of time outside of class. Beware, youre in for a scare.

Wanda is the worst Prof I've had at RIT. This is a hard class without a bad professor, but once you get around to Vector Calc in Chapter 16, things go from bad to worse. She's hard with grading, doesn't know how to answer a question, and woefully under-prepares you for all your exams. If you have a choice, don't take her.

This class was incredibly painful. I have never cried over a class before, so if anything, this class gave me a new experience. The lectures were difficult to understand and feedback to questions were unhelpful. Heed my warning, avoid this class at all costs.

This professor was clearly capable and intelligent about 20 years ago. Unfortunately, the years and language barrier have not helped her. Online lectures were a nightmare. I stopped attending because her examples were incoherent, she often would make an error halfway through, and wouldn't stop and check her own work. I read the textbook to learn.

Notes are illegible and she is incapable of using computers, making it difficult for her to use MyCourses well. She makes mistakes in lecture material constantly, with every other problem getting derailed by some error. Be prepared to get a tutor and study the book. Might be a bad grader too, I shouldn't have done as well as I have in exams.

Horrible teacher. Constant mistakes, seemingly forgetting material, and she can't even read her own hand writing... Managed to get out of this class alive due to good grades on the tests, but that's from teaching myself. If she's your only option be a little scared but u can manage Anyone else is probably better. For those who do take her Ms are Ns

In class, her handwriting is awful, she makes many calculation errors, and never understands student's questions. She grades homework based off 2-3 problems, leading to unfair grades. She provides literally 0 feedback on homework/tests. She doesn't explain much and if you lose focus for any more than 10 seconds you will be lost the rest of class.

Attendance is not mandatory but if you want a chance at retaking one of her notoriously difficult exams, you better go to every lecture (sneaky new policy). She is earnest in her attempts to be a good teacher but she is past her prime. Accent, mistakes in examples, etc. make lectures incomprehensible. Only way to pass is to do it yourself.

Wanda is so darn sweet I dislike giving her a bad rating, but she is by far the worst professor I have had yet at RIT. She does not go by textbook fully (dont rely on it for tests), she speaks too softly & doesn't fully followthrough with her own examples she seems to pull out of thin air

Homework is a large pool of problems, she decides which ones should be graded, and there's only 10 homework assignments altogether, never goes over them.Terrible lesson teacher/explainer, only does problems in class ripped from the textbook, and does a worse job of explaining them, makes SO many mistakes, even on the final exam test.

Lectures are nothing more than loosely strung together problems with little to no context. Frequently skips steps with no elaboration and allows for no time for questions before the problem is erased and a new one begins.

Expectations on whats going to be on exams, how she grades homework, how she grades exams? No one knows she has an incredibly unprofessional syllabus. Can't understand her, hear her or read her writing. Wanda's time is past due, maybe she was good 30 years ago. The fact RIT employs this woman when her rating is this low is concerning and quite sad.

I truly hate to give people bad wraps since she seems like such a nice woman, but she is the reason that I am switching out of math major. She is impossible to follow in lectures, skips several steps, and even when students ask her questions, all she does is leave them more confused than before. She is nice, but well past her time teaching.

The instructor is hard to follow when she is teaching, she does not talk loud enough and has messy handwriting on the board. She skips steps in examples when doing it for the first time making it difficult to follow. It is clear she understands what she is going over but she is explaining like we already know. Go to Alexandra Niedden on YouTube.

Her lectures are very difficult to follow. I would avoid taking this class if possible.

Don't take this class unless you love to self-teach. The teacher is very quiet and oftentimes I can't understand what she is saying in the class. Her lectures are awful and the tests are unorganized. The exams are tough and there is no extra credit. She throws in questions from other topics she says won't be on the exam.

Wanda Means well, but she is clearly too old for teaching

Her best days are clearly behind her as a lecturer. Her exams are riddled with errors and bizarre problems, in class examples are pulled out of thin air with little continuity. If you aren't good enough to self-teach, you have a very large uphill battle to pass. You can retake one exam with good attendance, and she's helpful in office hours.

First off, already rough being an 8 am course, but she required that if you wanted to retake one of the three exams at the end of the semester you only missed 3 classes which is virtually impossible. She is difficult to follow, her teaching style is only giving example problems and does not explain the foundational concepts to solve the problems.

This is the worst professor ever. AVOID! grades only on homework and exams. Homework is submitted physically and does not respond much to questions.

She is a nice woman, but an objectively bad professor. Lectures are just examples pulled out of thin air that are often difficult to relate to the text book. Her best days are obviously behind her, she struggles to do basic arithmetic and often has to fix mistakes and gets stuck on simple algebra. Not 'difficult' just a headache of a class.

Objectively, the worst professor I have ever taken, and hopefully that I will ever take. Never answers questions clearly, even after the question is repeated to her. Her tests are about a month after the topics were "covered". She erases the example the second she finishes them. Very bad handwriting. I would give a 0/5 if it let me.

Not worth the tuition

Wanda is a nice woman but a bad professor. She is easily overwhelmed by her own examples and heavily includes physics concepts in her teaching. Show up to class to do your homework and hand it in. She does well teaching unit one but everything after that is on you if you make the incorrect decision of taking her class.

Be prepared to do your own learning because she pretty much gives you notes without much help in her lectures. I'm not sure about how helpful she is in her office hours, but class alone was not very conducive of "learning," I mainly had to figure out how the subject worked on my own.

Great human being, fantastic office hours, terrible Mulitvar & Vector professor. Homework is extremely long. Don't plan on getting it done by yourself. Work with others and you'll be golden.

Wanda is a fine person but a terrible professor. For her lectures she just stands at the front of the class and does textbook examples, so I found it to be a complete waste of time since she doesn't introduce any way to attack the problems differently -- she just follows the textbook and that is it. Her grading is extreme.

I almost pity her, as she does not seem to be all there. She is often confusing herself and cannot make it through a sentence at times. She gets overwhelmed with the problems she is choosing to show, and then argues with students when her mistakes are pointed out. I feel bad, as she is extremely old and frail. I think she needs a break.

Wanda's lectures are often hard to follow and are filled with mistakes. This class is already conceptually challenging, so be prepared to self-study. Exams are surprisingly fair (she allows you to cross a problem off; you're given 11, and you solve 10), and the questions are mostly simple. Exams are also worth ~80% of your final grade. Good luck!

Hard to Understand

Genuinely the worst teacher or professor for any subject I've had all my life. Soft spoken, bad handwriting. Attendance not mandatory but if you miss more than 3 lectures you can't take a makeup test to replace lowest test grade. Gives very little partial credit on tests. Homeworks take several hours. I would recommend any other professor.