Reviews of professor Amy Connolly

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Not the best class, not the worst class. I would rather have taken this course from another professor. Most of the grade was from the tests. If you're an anxious test taker, this is not helpful. She was not accommodating around covid. I got very sick and asked for an extension. She got back a week later to say she can't. Very bad at communicating

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Best online class I've had after spending all of 2020 online.  Lectures are clear and informative and go at a reasonable pace.  If you pay attention to all the videos and take notes then exams and quizzes are simple.  Overall a nice person.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Biology 214 is a tough class and the material is challenging. Dr Connolly presents the material in clear and concise lectures. I appreciated the time she took to understand my questions and explain the answers. She is very approachable and knowledgeable. You can see that she cares about her students' success in this class and on the mcat.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I've seen a lot of bad things about Connolly from last term, but she must've listened to the complaints, because she's way better this term. The tests are reasonable and similar to the labs/lectures (you can go back to questions). She seems really sweet and her lectures provide a good level of depth without being too confusing.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Amy is such a great professor and takes her time to really make sure that her students understand a concept. The class itself is very rigorous but her pre lec videos help a lot and it is nice that you have two attempts on the quizzes which you go over in class. She drops lowest grades and does what she can to help your average. Very test heavy too

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I have taken this class twice by Dr. Connolly. Last term when I took it, it was really rough because of how difficult the exams are compared to the lecture material. Now during this term you'd think I would do better since I've already taken it, but the average test scores are always below a 70% and it sucks that A students are now getting Cs/Ds.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Connolly truly made me love learning again. I started to hate bio after Mark but she and Tobias from 213 made me love bio again. She is extremely caring and such a good professor to learn from. I would totally take another class with her again.