Reviews of professor Elizabeth Rienzi

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She seems intimidating at first but she is actually very understanding and has a huge heart. She is a tough grader but she is just doing her job really well and not allowing people to BS their way through her class because she is passionate about the material and wants to share those passions with others. Plz dont let the bad reviews scare u away!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
 I like the way she gives her lectures and the material is very helpful, but SHE is extremely hard grader, I obtained a very low grade on the midterm when I spent hours doing the midterm. I had to withdraw the class to prevent a low grade. Don't take the class with her you should get another professor. She knows how to teach but not how to grade

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Rienzi is very knowledgeable and has very in depth lectures but sometimes struggles to explain certain ideas/concepts clearly for all students. The readings every week are very long and there is a fairly easy discussion post every week. The exams are essay response but not that challenging if you do the readings. Not for everyone.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The material that we cover is all amazing, i felt like i learned so much from the class. Elizabeth is an extremely tough grader, the average for the midterm was a D- and she only gives a few assignments for the whole semester, 2 tests, and attendance to help your grade. Incredibly tough class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Interesting lectures but very difficult grader. Unclear rubrics. EXTREMELY hard midterm out of 100 points with the other assignments in the class being out of 2-10 points, feels nearly impossible to raise your grade even with extra credit. Not receptive to feedback by students, feels extremely discouraging.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She is not the best grader to be honest, and her test weigh heavily on your grade. Her lectures are not that bad and she grades participation pretty heavily too, so its best to show up for class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I had a 95-93 in the class all year, then took the first midterm and it destroyed everyone's grades. Has a grader grade the midterm and took points off of things that weren't even asked for. The midterm was also not graded until the 3rd to last week of school. All you do is discussion posts, so the exam does a ton of damage to your grade.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Reading past reviews, it seems she has changed a lot of her teaching/grading habits that people complained about. But overall she struggled to get through lectures because she would stand there and wait for someone to answer her question when clearly no one was going to be able to answer it which felt like a waste of learning time.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
cold called me every lecture for no reason. smh