Reviews of professor Cora Lind Kovacs

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Had worksheets due before class started the next period; you had to walk to the front of the class before she started lecturing or you wouldn't be allowed to turn it in. She also loved giving clicker questions over subjects she hadn't lectured about yet. As for her tests, she includes trick questions and will count you wrong over the smallest thing

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Lectures were very crammed and it was hard to decide what to focus on for exams. The study outlines were useless to me; no matter how long I read and did practice problems I still did not do well on exams. I went to office hours to discuss exam questions and left feeling worse and put down. ACS exam was not used. I do not recommend her class...

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Hard exams compared to other professors and her lecture notes are awful. She doesnt give you a good idea of what is important

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Very tough class. However, if you look at her study guides and past exams on blackboard and re-watch lectures it is definitely manageable. Recitation is completely useless, but studying iClicker questions and reverse engineering her answers is the best way to learn. Hardest class I have had, but learned the most in it.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Gen Chem II is a challanging course no matter what, but Dr. Kovacs was a enthusiastic lecturer and very clear about her expectations for the class. Her tests are difficult, but fair and if you participate and read ahead you will be set for lectures. Definitely reach out to her if you need help with a topic, she is great at responding quickly!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She does not care for her students or how well the class does on exams. If you can do not take her class. She is also very rude to students and TAs. I studied very hard for every exam but still did not get a good result. She does not care if you are struggling.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Prof Lind is nice, and as a person she seems fine. however, I did not like the way she taught. She often crammed lectures. She uses iclicker a lot so attendance matters. The tests are mostly multiple choice, but still quite difficult.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Unless I'm stupid or don't understand how a syllabus works, when a professor says chapters X-Z will be on the exam, those are usually all that is on the exam. However, the professor will throw in questions at random with trick wording, and often use math problems from completely different chapters and then grade harshly. and I mean HARSHLY.