Reviews of professor Julia McGuire

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I'm an English major Pre-Law minor... and I have to sit in BIO 100 three days a week. Had an issue with a quiz and tried emailing her, took over a week to hear anything back. Decent enough person but I just really wish this wasn't required.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
This class is a waste of time and money, if possible, save yourself the misery and take AP BIO before coming here, the classes are so easy, but it is FILLED with busy work. No work that I did in this class mattered and the Labs are hell to sit through. Julia is a nice woman, but she has absolutely no idea how to teach. Warning: DONT TAKE THIS CLASS

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
This class online was terrible. Grading system did not make sense. I did not learn a single thing because she did not do a single thing. She did give me a good grade, though.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Great professor! Really cares about her students but the course is A LOT of work. Generous with extra credit and ready to help if you take the time to talk, but be ready for lots of assignments each week. There's no final test but an individual lab with many different parts. Overall amazing professor just expect to put a lot of time into the class

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Julia is a nice professor, but the way she runs the class is not conducive to learning. Its basically a self taught class, and she expects you to come to lecture already understanding the material to be able to complete the (ungraded) assignments. I had an A but withdrew because I understood nothing, which is bad for classes that build on this one

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Julia is a nice professor and can easily be accessed outside of class to clarify things, but the class itself was mainly doing work for yourself with no lectures. I've already taken bio, and didn't learn much. Semester lab report that you make up is alright, but TAs aren't always the best and you can suffer a bit there.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
All the work is on your own, LOTS OF READING in just the textbook and videos. Grading system makes no sense and you don't find out what your grade is till the end of the semester because it is mostly based on your lab final project.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Julia is an absolute sweetheart and clearly loves her job. However, between BIO 100 and 200, she actually taught something only once. The class is super easy, but get ready to not learn anything since she doesn't actually teach. She typically just gives sources and textbook chapters to read, but most of the time you don't even have to do that.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Spent hours trying to decipher her confusing instructions. If you don't already have a background in biology, get ready to crashcourse and khan academy everything. She won't teach you.