Reviews of professor Tatiana Esipova

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Wowza. If youre taking this class, be ready to learn all of the content on your own. Tati has little experience teaching and it shows. I have an A in this class, but that grade is a product of constant mental breakdowns, all-nighters, and a complete and utter loss of any self-esteem I had in life. Please love yourself and dont take this class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This class will make u re-evaluate your life and if youre still premed at this point, you wont be after esipovas class. Way too hard. Doesnt teach. Uses unheard of compounds on quizzes and exams. Barely speaks English awful teacher. Do not take

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr Esipova is not the easiest professor but she is very kind and caring - especially if you go to her office hours. Follow her lectures, do the practice problems in the textbook and go to office hours. She is more than willing to help and a kind professor overall - also very knowledgable.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
DO NOT TAKE HER! She is the worst prof I have ever had. Does not lecture but expects us to come, has NO answer keys, since she doesn't believe in them, and her accent is so thick, you can't understand her. The only ok thing is she gives a practice exam which is a reflection of the actual exam but she gives it the night before the exam at 10 pm.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Tati is really a good teacher, the people who dropped after the first exam are the ones giving the bad reviews. If you want a solid professor its her. She gives you the quiz and exam topics a week before and there are no surprises. I read the book and I did well on all the exams and quizzes

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She offers good extra credit and before the final the class was very reasonable and not that bad to get an A. Her quizzes are based off homework (which was options) and then test were based off quizzes. She offered extra credit as well. However, the final was one of the hardest exams I have taken. So much you HAD to know and no review session.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Just with other orgo classes, you have to teach yourself a lot of the material because it has to do with how you process the information. She is clear about what is expected. Quizzes are the exact same as the practice quizzes. Read the chapter before the lecture, use Khan academy, and use her example problems & you will be in tip-top shape for an A