Reviews of professor Kari Pederson

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Stay away from this Professor. She is the worst lab instructor you can ever have. She is not clear and concise in her instructions and docs you points even when shes wrong. She does not take criticism well and will penalize you for it. No amount of office hour meetings will help you understand what shes looking for in work and does. No examples.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I had her for P Chem 1 & 2, and the classes were awful. We wrote a 10-15 page paper for P Chem 2 and had presentations which made no sense, because this is chemistry. In second exam, someone get a 0, which is would not be that surprising to anyone who have already taken any of her P Chem classes. NEVER take her because her classes are horrible.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She knows her stuff but she lacks the ability to organize it properly. I attended her office hours but some concepts still would not stick to me because of how she explained it. Tests are very time-restrained so practice a bunch of problems before test days. She forces you into semesterlong groups and its a gamble if you get good groupmates or not.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I felt my time was wasted with her I passed with a B which I think I deserve better but all those hours I spent on pchem was pointless

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Worse professor. let's start with she will give you homework due every Friday before class as well as a quiz every Friday unless there's an exam. Every Sunday at midnight you will have pre weekly assignments. She said attendance was not mandatory but at the end of the semester she started taking points off. Doesn't know how to teach. No Study guide

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Physical Chemistry is going to be hard regardless, but I felt that this professor could have done a much better job. This professor is intelligent and passionate, but she put very little effort into organizing this class. Expectations were unreasonable. If the structure stays the same, expect an average of 30% on the exams, and an aneurism too.