Reviews of professor Anne Olmstead

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Olmstead is a great professor and she is accessible outside of class. The neuro class is very hard, but I think that she is very caring and does want us to succeed. You definitely have to put in the work in this class but I think it is worth it.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Honestly do not have any good thing to say about her. She only talks during class in lecture form, which is fine, but does not provide any clear notes and the class is not organized well at all. She is very condescending and does not take any responsibility for us not doing well on exams, always says we need to “study harder”. Avoid this class

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This class was hard, but not impossible. You need to make sure you type out everything she says during lecture. She will often say something in class and then when asking her a question she will say something different, so make sure to check your notes with her. I recommend going to office hours with her before exams to read through your notes

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She is an expert when it comes to communication sciences/disorders, but one on one I sometimes felt like she was looking down on me as a person and being very condescending. She can come off as passive aggressive or just plain rude at times but usually maintains her politeness. Just something to be aware of.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This was honestly the hardest class I've ever taken. She only graded us on about 6 assignments total, 3 of which were exams, one being a cumulative final. She was not flexible with student needs and had a no laptop policy, and also did not use any powerpoints or visual guides. Oh and her exams were always essay and FITB. Good luck.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I recommend taking CSD 300 with the other prof that offers this instead. While the class is not impossible, she will say one thing and then change it. There is a likelihood she will not work with you should you have to miss an exam. The final as an optional final that can replace an exam score. The final was take home and really helped my grade.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I was initially worried about this course after reading the reviews on this website, but I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed the class and the professor. Lectures are very long, and she does a lot of talking, but I truly like listening. She's passionate about the subject and encourages students to be too.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Friends of mine had this class years prior and warned me of how difficult it was going to be.  They said Professor Olmstead was a difficult grader spent the lectures writing on chalk board.  She changed her teaching format this year bc she had powerpoints that had all the info needed to succeed.  Written exams it was easy to bs, I always got an A.