Reviews of professor Ellen Matson

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Tests were graded very harshly, averages lower than 50% and lectures were rushed and confusing. Your grade depends on how many extra credit assignments you complete, so I learned nothing. As many others have mentioned, I felt like an elementary school student with her. I honestly don't know where I would be if not for AP Chem.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She's funny but she's a terrible teacher. She can't explain things without overcomplicating things. Grading makes no sense and her expectations are never clearly outlined. The entire class basically depends on extra credit. You can pass the class. Don't expect to learn.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Matson is an okay professor. She teaches the easier concepts in 132. Despite this, the questions she puts on tests are SUPER LONG and detail heavy, so memorizing her fixations are key to acing exams. However, this doesn't erase the fact that Matson, despite her bubbly and high school teacher vibe, is a very passive aggressive professor. Not great.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Matson is like if you took your favorite elementary school teacher and crossed it with a chill and helpful college professor. Those who complain she "treats us like children" are L students! Like brozo(s), you want a professor who doesn't let you get a free A for her extra credit "art projects" so you can not take the final exam? (satire)

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She rushes through her lectures. She is very open about her opinions on her students, and is a tough professor. The tests for this class are unnecessarily difficult but this class is point based which is nice. Matson was my least favorite professor for this class because she was not consistent with her teaching.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I thought her lectures were atleast better than Knowles. However, she is the worst. She masks her rudeness with this fake elementary school teacher vibe, and acts like the class is at fault for the low exam scores. You won't learn shit in this class. Just do all the extra credit for an A.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Prof. Matson is better than Prof. Knowles but by a little bit. She can be quite passive aggressive at times and treats us like we are in kindergarten... Her exams are so hard that test averages were never above 50%. Going to class vs. sleeping in and teaching it to myself later made no difference. Horrendous experience with chem yet again.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I prefer Knowles over Matson. I felt Matson was sometimes a bit rushed and her slides didn't contain enough information. The class has so many extra credit opportunities that it doesn't really matter though. It's relatively easy to get an A.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The best teacher ever. I think I learned everything I need for chemistry in my life through this class. Definitely recommend 10/10.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I freaking love her and her humor during the lecture, though CHEM 132 is problematic.