Reviews of professor Katerina Hilleke

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
It was her first time teaching and I thought she did a good job. You can tell she has a lot of chemistry knowledge but it creates a little bit of a disconnect with her students. Overall I would say she was an average professor and you can do well in the class if you pay attention in lecture and study a little bit

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Not my favorite professor ever, definitely not the worst. She's alright, she tells a lot of corny jokes during lecture but they're cute and fun so it lightens the mood. Her tests are hard, I had her in the power-lectures and she made her exams 75 minutes so it was a crunch.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Hilleke does an amazing job explaining concepts. She is very approachable and friendly. Her tests are difficult, but do not worry the class is graded on a curve! You will need to put a lot of time outside of class preparing if you want to earn an A, but overall would definitely recommend Dr. Hilleke as a professor!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
For her first time teaching I think she did an okay job. She's very passionate about chemistry which is nice to see, but I don't think she quite had a grip on how to put together exams as they were extremely long and difficult compared to other chem 104 classes. Overall if you study hard and do the homework her class is difficult but passable.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
AMAZING. She's very young and knowledgeable about her field and extremely relatable and has a good sense of humour, all of which she incorporates into her lectures. I don't think she ever said "um" once during a lecture: astounding public speaking skills. She explains concepts in detail and provides step by step guides to problem solving.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She makes the tests extremely hard and absurdly long. You're almost guaranteed to be rushing on at least one short answer. She also puts material on the test in a very roundabout way that makes it hard to figure out.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This was Professor Hileke's first time teaching, and she did pretty well. However, I didn't particularly enjoy her method of teaching. She does a LOT of tophat questions (takes up the majority of lecture) and doesn't do a very thorough job of going through concepts. Exams are semi-difficult but if you study hard, you'll do fine.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The course is mainly organized by the university, and done so very well. Clear flow between homework, quizzes, discussion, and exams. Hilleke is a good lecturer, speaks clearly, knows what she's talking about. I believe this is her first time teaching and she's doing a pretty good job. I thought she would flake a little bit under the pressure.