Reviews of professor Amelia McNamara

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor McNamara is now one of my favorite professors at St. Thomas. She is overall just a nice person who cares about the success and well-being of her students. She encourages group discussion and is available to receive additional help outside of class. Homework was relatively easy and she offers lots of extra credit.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She is really all-around an awful teacher. I didn't learn anything about statistics, her lectures were extremely confusing and she never fully explained things. The only reason I passed the class was because of my lab professor. He taught me everything I needed to know to pass the class. It's an extremely difficult class when you take it with her.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
While I only had McNamara for lab, she was very helpful every time I went to class. I could ask her anything and she would help with a positive and caring mindset. I would recommend taking her, but attend class because it could be hard if you do not!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The exams are worth 60% of your grade, the first one was easy, however the class average for the 2nd and 3rd test was a D. She would tell us in lecture that she would not ever have us do a certain thing, but then on the homework there would be multiple problems having us do it. Many kids from my class dropped out after the first and second exams

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I had little to no problem with the class or Dr. McNamara, and I actually ended up taking another one of her classes at the upper level because I thought she was an amazing professor. Many of my classmates struggled and had to drop, but I'm not sure why as I didn't think the class was anything out of ordinary. Just show up for class and take notes.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
A lot of people don't rate her highly, but she is a genuinely good professor. She has labs that explain how to do the problem set and what the problems want you to think about. There is one big group project where you present a dataset at the end, so don't be shy to ask her for help

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
She was a great professor and was always on top of things like grading and responding to questions. I think the other ppl just not try in her class because it was not hard to get an A if you just put minimal effort in.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Lectures are Sahara levels of dry. The class is in general just an application of Algebra, so as long as you do the HW it's fairly easy. Lecture attendance not mandatory, lab attendance mandatory and worth a lot. Tests are also worth like 60% and decently hard. Opportunity for 4% E.C. if you attend the lecture and do online practice.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Not ideal for learning statistics at all. Grades weren't put in on time ever and the projects were scattered and not presented properly. Overall this class was a waste of money and did not teach the material that was promised