Reviews of professor Virginia Montiel-Palma

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Difficult course but very accesible professor. Good lectures if you read ahead and ask questions. The problem is that she spends so much time trying to make us think for ourselves but then we have to memorize a lot of stuff for the tests. Accessible outside class, will do everything to help . Gives extra credit and drops your lowest grade

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This is an extremely difficult class with lots of materials but Dr. Monteil tried her best to help us. She was always available for office hours and she´s very good at explaining over and over. I had a family situation and she was very understanding. Be prepared to work very hard but she´s very helpful and passionate. Best if she wrote her own test

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Amazing teacher, very knowledgeable . The class is heavy with lots of materials but if you study hard you will get good grades. Very accesible outside class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I am no advisor but I would highly advise you to stay away from this class. She is extremely difficult to understand and does not know how to teach well. The Lab TAs were rude and awful as well.This was the most miserable, stressful, and difficult class I have taken at MSU. Either get a tutor or drop the class!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The only reason I made an A in the class is that I had a great high school chem class. She is SO confusing to listen to and tries to explain every problem in-depth but it just makes it more confusing and wastes the whole class time on one problem. She is very nice and if you ask her for help, she will do everything she can to help you.