Reviews of professor Chiara Elmi

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I'm someone who puts in no work and gets a B comfortably, but her tests are so hard. Her lectures were hard to follow and her powerpoints don't help you understand the material. Don't forget the textbook activities because turning those in late often hurts your grade. If you're looking for an easy gen-ed, avoid her

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Her lectures are long and boring. She says um and uh every other sentence which makes it nearly impossible to pay attention. She is not flexible at all and comes across rude through emails. She makes the class way harder than it needs to be considering it is a general education class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Two online classes per week with easy online homework assignments with a week to complete after each lecture, a few tests with questions from the textbook. Pretty simple class for a GenEd, but she says "um" and "uhh" a LOT during lectures which makes it pretty hard to stay engaged. Attendance tracked through Zoom.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Her lectures are super hard to follow and don't help very much on the exams. Definitely DO NOT take her for the lab portion of the class. The average on the lab midterm was an F. During the lab, she doesn't teach at all, just gives a ton of handouts and makes you figure it out yourself. She's a nice person, just not right for a Gen Ed class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lectures were very fast and inconsistent. They were either very compact with way too much new information, or super repetitive. Weekly chapter quizzes and tests were ok but weighted weirdly. She is sweet and wants to see her students succeed, but makes it extremely difficult, and I felt like I didn't learn much.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I am mixed about this class, Elmi is a very nice and enthusiastic professor who wants everyone to learn; however, lectures can be very overbearing. Lectures are very long, speedy and cover A LOT of material. The tests aren't too difficult and there are many asynchronous discussion boards. Overall, she is a good choice, but the class is frustrating.