Reviews of professor Lauren Dalton

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This class is really hard. The tests are extremely difficult and the grading is super specific and detailed. The tests consist of data analysis which you barely get to practice in addition to hypothetical questions on what you can predict will happen instead what actually happens. The overall experience of this class was horrible.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I feel like Dr. Dalton gets a worse rap than she deserves. Yes, this class is difficult and her exams are hard but she cares SO MUCH about students and held tons of office hours that no one ever went to besides me and 2 other people. She wanted students to master the material and so she didn't test on rote memorization but on higher order thinking.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Dalton is a nice person but a terrible prof. She advocates active learning via scaffolding without the help of a mentor to serve as the scaffolding! As a result, she doesn't answer questions well and makes you work together with other classmates who are just as confused as you are. She is also bad at communicating and doesn't take feedback well

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Dalton is a solid professor. Midterms/final was administered on Gradescope with an emphasis on working with others. Be prepared to form a group starting day 1 and study with them until the end of the term--I don't think it's possible to receive a good score in the class unless you are able to read a lot and digest fundamental bio content.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very engaging and entertaining professor, and the material isn't difficult if you've already taken some upper division classes. Take home group exams and two attempt quizzes, so you can do well without having to spend hours studying. Recitation is definitely helpful for understanding question formats and how she wants you to answer them on exams.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Dalton has been one of my favorite professors so far at OSU! I think she gets a bad rep because of the level of work you have to do in her class, but it's honestly worth it. I felt like the work she assigned actually got me to learn the material better than in other classes, and her exams were fair (i.e. pay attention to her notes/lectures!)