Reviews of professor Katy Rainey

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Avoid this class with Dr. Rainey if you can. She grades harshly and doesn't provide helpful feedback. She has help sessions and piazza discussions but these are minimally helpful (she'll just say "read text"). Almost all of the questions on our midterm had a mistake so we needed to look at different places just to figure out what she was asking.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I get it was hard to transition with COVID, but there were SO many technical issues with this class. Every assignment had an error, so hopefully these flaws will get worked out for next semester. Lectures are mostly informative but get ready to teach yourself things from the textbook- because if you ask for help, you will get directed there.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
AGRY 320 should not be offered as a summer course if it is run this poorly. There have been MULTIPLE grading issues and very little help from the professor regarding fixing the issues. Help with questions on assignments is also VERY vague and it does not seem that the professor cares to be running the class in the first place.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Rainey is not someone that should be teaching anything, let alone an undergraduate genetics course. She expects you to understand genetics at a PhD level, grades harshly and her class is very difficult overall. She has misspellings/typos on every quiz, wont fix your grade when incorrect and has an inability to clarify a single question you ask.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This class was tough, but it is doable if you actually put in time and effort. The homework sometimes has a few questions that have nothing to do with what we went over for the week. Quizzes are easier than the homeworks. Professor responds fast, especially if you use the app that she provides in the syllabus. Professor has plenty of help sessions.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This was one of the most disorganized classes I have ever taken. She spends most of her time making sure you don't cheat and when asked for help, all she will say is "read the text". There were mistakes in every test, quiz, homework, and assessment we took and she does not correct them. You get points off just because the grading is case-sensitive.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Genetics is a lot of work with a large range of topics covered. I attended the help sessions. Which allowed me to interface with Dr. Rainey. The help sessions was a good way to get clarification on topics I was struggling with.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Never take this class if you genuinely are not prepared to fail it. She is not helpful and does not give any insight into homework or quizzes. She expects you to have her level of knowledge, which is a PhD, in that area. Not all people with a PhD have the skills or capability to teach it and she definitely doesn't have any capability to teach.