Reviews of professor Lisa Romero

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She is very picky and a perfectionist. Even if you do your best for HW she marks off points for some reason and the grade average is low. Have no idea what she wants and there is no rubric. Exams are unnecessarily difficult and feel like I am learning nothing but just learning how to get a lot of stress. If you can, please avoid her.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Romero did not give exams during Fall 2020, but hw was 1-2 pages per week based on her pre-recorded lectures, due the following week. The information is tough to learn but she does look for concept grasp on hw assignments, otherwise you will only earn average scores. She's nice, understanding, helpful, and loves the subject. Prepare to learn solo.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The only reason I gave her a 2 instead of a 1 is because she gave a lot of extra credit at the end of the semester (because she knew we all struggled.) She is a nice lady but was not able to effectively teach this class. All she does is read power point presentations. If you take her be prepared to read the textbook A LOT

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Honestly, I'm not sure why she has such a bad rating just took her in spring. She is a great professor and VERY fair when it comes to grading. She gives points on test for questions she realized she messed up on, and gives extra credit. Poor reviews probably are just lazy students. EVERYTHING is on slides just study them and you will get A.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This is her second semester teach and its obvious she doesn't know what she's doing. If you don't have background in molec cell, its going to be really hard. She doesn't understand why students don't understand things, she one of those professors that knows her subject really well so things are obvious to her and she forgets to explain basic topics

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Romero is a nice professor. We have 1-2 worksheets due every week based on the lecture notes + 1 final paper. We only needed to show up for the last 15 min of class to ask questions. Watching lecture vids were asynchronous. Responds pretty quickly to emails but can be a bit vague with questions. Keep up with lecture and you'll be fine.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Read/skim the chapter before each class. After class, start working on her assignments/study guides. Make flashcards and start memorizing her slides. Show up to class so you can keep getting it ingrained in your brain. Hard class, and a lot of work but doable. I recommend doing everything ahead of time and then asking classmates to check your work.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
1-2 worksheets due per week based on the lecture videos. Lecture videos are asynchronous, last 15 min are for lecture discussion (mandatory). Grading criteria may not be clear but ask for clarifcation. 1 final paper, but preps us throughout the sem instead of us cramming at the end. Really nice & respectful when speaking to her about grades.