Reviews of professor Samantha Robinson

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She's a nice and organized person, you can tell that she cares about her students' learning. But she doesn't teach well given the short time you get to learn 8 chapters or so of material. She spends too much time on some topics and not nearly enough time on other topics. Exams are difficult but if you make time to study well you'll do fine.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I've had Robinson for 3 chem classes now and you can just tell she cares about her students and wants them to succeed. My biggest positive is that her lectures are amazing and organized to follow and she tries to connect with her students when she can. My biggest negative is that the practice tests are nothing like the exams, exams are challenging.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Robinson is a great person; you can tell she cares about her students on a personal level. However, if you don't attend class regularly, you likely won't pass. The course was a challenging one, though ochem is notorious for that, so I don't blame her too much. The work load itself was fine, but it was very test heavy.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Although Dr. R. wants you to succeed on a personal level, her coursework and the amount required does not make that easy or even doable if you have equally strenuous classes. Would not recommend taking her if you have other course with a bunch of work. Nice person, horrifically demanding professor.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I was nervous about taking ochem becuase I struggled in gen chem. I think this class is generally pretty fair. Organic chemistry is just a hard class. But her tests can be a slight bit confusing. They are written to really make sure you understand core concepts. So, do all her practice problems, take the practice exams and go to office hours!