Reviews of professor Karen Stancil

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Compassionate and kind. With all this COVID madness, I feel like I pushed my limits with deadlines and lab material accessibility, which she was so nice about. She really is the essence of a great teacher. She makes you work hard for the grade, but is very understanding to personal situations. Took for BIO 1 + Genetics. Can't thank her enough.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I feel this professor doesn't understand how much info a student can learn & memorize within 7 weeks. Not to mention, it's harmful for students when we have to buy a $75 book specifically for this class that we can't sell and likely won't use again anyway. This class made me feel like a failure because I can't memorize every little thing.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I've taken Bio 1,2, and genetics with Stancil. Bio 1 was the hardest, but I still made an 89.2 despite turning 2 labs in late. She does not curve, and there are no exceptions for missing deadlines. You can expect weekly essays & discussion posts, difficult quizzes, tedious labs, and a lot reading. However, its an easy A if you do what's asked.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr Stancil makes her quizzes like puzzles. The material is not hard but she makes the wording of the Qs next to impossible to dicpher & what answer she wants. I felt like I was talking to the Mad Hatter & Dr. Seuss about my knowledge on what I had read in the reading material. Her reading material & textbook doesn't collaborate with quizzes/Test.