Reviews of professor Lauren Anderson

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Attendance is not mandatory but it helps so much to show up to class. She is very helpful and takes her time to answer questions. She is easily reachable by email and office hours. The exams all have study guides and they are VERY similar to the exams. Just be prepared to work, it IS organic chemistry after all.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Shes not a bad person or professor but her tests are unnecessarily difficult. They truly made me question whether I understood the material because I was doing fine on the in class practice problems and then struggling on the exams. Organic is already a difficult subject and considering this was online she could have made it much easier.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
It's an organic chem class which means you're going to have to put in a lot of work, but she is always ready to answer question. She is so nice and replies to emails pretty quickly. She doesn't offer any extra credit expect at the very beginning, but she is a lot better than the other organic chem 1 professors by far! I highly recommend her!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Anderson is the best. She's really good about giving feedback and taking orgo as slow as she can for everyone. When we went online for a month, she posted the lectures and made everything very accessible for everyone. She's also not scary to approach and cares about her students.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Never ever EVER take this class online. Dr. Anderson is a very nice person but her tests, especially for the online course, are insane. The average is never above a 62. The homework and quizzes are the only things that will help you pass the class. She is a good teacher, but the tests are much harder material than the material taught in class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
You dont really interact with her in lab. More of the TA but she is nice. Just make sure you adhere to all her requirements, dress code, completing pre-labs, etc. or they wont even let you enter lab.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I was disappointed with the structure of the CHEM359 lab. There were several issues regarding details and the content of the labs themselves that could have been easily resolved but weren't. Of the 3 assessments, I thought the final was the least fair, as EVERYTHING could've been on the exam. It takes a lot of work for one credit.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Anderson is a great professor for this class. Orgo is hard regardless but she's really helpful during office hours and her lectures are pretty easy to understand. The only trick with this class is study, study, study. She usually does clicker questions every class and those can be a bit difficult, but just pay attention and you'll be fine.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I took organic as an elective and did not regret it because Dr. Anderson is absolutely amazing. Yes, the class is hard. Yes, there will be lots of online homework. Unlike other professors, she covers ALL the material you will see on the online homework and on the exams. She is very fair and so easy to reach outside of class.