Reviews of professor Melissa Takahashi

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
50 minutes feels like 3 hours in this class. Lecture slides are clearbut when she tells you to know certain things for the test, dont listen just study everything. No memorization in this class you must know the material conceptually. Homework and getting extra points are easy to get so get them all while you can!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This class has been nothing but horrible! i understand that it is her first semester teaching, but the average of the class is a D. Reads of the slides only, not even worth attending lectures, just memorize her slides. Hard and too detailed exams. Not worth it

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Fantastic professor and a very organized class. She has pre-recorded lectures online where you watch and come to class prepared with notes and questions. The exams are straightforward. Just be prepared in advance and don't fall behind. If you stay on top of everything, you'll be very successful Highly recommend her class for microbio.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor is nice and class isnt horrible but we had exams every other week and 1-2 quizzes every week so you do have to constantly stay on top of the assignments. She offers extra credit and drops an exam so that was great.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Oh my god save your gpa and don't take this lady. She literally just reads off of the slides. I can read too lady! I studied so much and did so bad on both tests. She puts so much information on her slides. I get it's her first semester teaching, but she definitely should go back to what she was doing before.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She is really organized and care about the student, but she is really hard grader especially in lab class she is trying to lose the points as much as she can, I recommend her for lecture class but not for the lab.