Reviews of professor Katie Vermillion Kalmon

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Dr. Vermillion is an amazing professor and her lectures are really interesting. However, the class is structured so that you have 5 assignments the whole semester and they're all due the same day. She never says anything about the projects in class and we get like 10 minutes total to talk to out groups, so you'll have to do a lot outside of class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She is one of the nicest and most caring people I've ever met. Although the class was a bit difficult at times she's always there to help every single one of her students and wants you to be successful. PLEASE watch her lectures, it will be the most helpful for quizzes and exams AND take notes. One exam and quiz is dropped which is very helpful.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Overall great and friendly professor that wants you to do well. Gen133 is super content heavy though-- just a warning for others like me that only wanted an easy bio breadth. Katie does a great job at flying through content, and even she says it has too much material. Exams were through canvas. Professor is great, not sure I'd take this as a gen ed

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Her lecture are interesting. The class was a bit more technical that I originally thought it would be, but really not that hard. She give out a lot of busy work but you can whip it out pretty quick.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
She's great. Super nice teacher, happy to help. Take her class you'll love genetics after

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Definitely would not recommend taking this for general bio credit coming from a non STEM major. Lectures are very fast and lot's of content, but tests are online and open note. Lot's of drops on homework and tests but you will need them. If genetics/biology is not your strong suit I would pick something else, too much work for an intro class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This class is SO hard, do not take for a regular science credit, coming from someone who is not a STEM major it was really hard and required a lot of background information. The professor is super nice and makes the lectures interesting, but there is so much content it can be really hard to understand. There is lots of drops but you'll need them!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Katie is one of the best professors I've had at UW. She is funny and truly cares about her students. Her lectures are definitely content heavy and occasionally a little boring, but she posts good slides so you can always review later. I would recommend anyone to take a class with Katie and would like to take more classes with her myself.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
She is great for a freshman seminar class! there are only a few (fairly easy) assignments to do throughout the year. The assignments are usually pretty quick or are a group project but you have a few weeks to get them done. Definitely good exposure into the major and she is a good resource to have met early on!