Reviews of professor Meredith Jackrel

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Her lectures were honestly the most boring 3 hours of every week. She just read through 50 slides per class without any sort of inflection so it was very difficult to pay attention. The best way to learn the material was to re-watch the lectures on fast-forward. There was a perverse amount of information to memorize and you had to teach yourself.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
reads off lecture slides and doesn't really provide much detail into concepts. grade is determined by very few assignments (70% exams) so there's not much opportunity to do better. unclear grading criteria, doesn't provide enough practice problems, and thus there's no way to expect what to see on exams.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She is accessible outside of class, which was nice. She cares about her students, but not about their success in the course. The exams are very difficult and there is no set expectation for how to do well. The answer keys are very detailed, so you must memorize everything. She also reads directly off of the slides, so going to lecture is pointless.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Her lectures are dry and reading off of powerpoints and not much accommodations are given. Even though students are struggling, she doesn't care that much.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
EXTREMELY unclear grading criteria and very harsh. Doesn't seem to care about her students at all and wants them to fail. Reads off lecture slides so attendance is useless. Things that are not covered in class are often on exams. Even if you memorize all the slides, her questions are so irrelevant that you don't even know what she's asking for.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I really enjoyed this class. Not really sure why there are thes ratings. Lectures were interesting with a lot of questions that we discussed with each other during class. Exams are a mix- some simple memorization, but some  problems are a little tricky. The problem sets are long, but give a lot of practice for the tests. Replies to emails quickly.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This has been the absolute WORSE class I have ever taken at WashU. Jackrel's lectures are dry and boring. She quite literally reads off of slides. The practice material for the exam is not indicative of what will be on the exam at all. She chooses things mentioned VERY briefly to put of the exam, forcing you to memorize the hundreds of slides.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Horrible class and professor. Gives very little feedback, and we have no idea what her expectations are. Terrible exams. I would say terrible lectures, but they are videos of Jackrel reading from PPT slides from a couple of years ago. Worst professor at WU.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The class is super interesting and employs a really nice focus on structure to help in understanding everything else. Although her lectures are not the most engaging, she really does care about her students and wants them to succeed. The exams are graded fairly, although they are definitely not the easiest. Go to class if you want to do well here.