Reviews of professor Alexis Hill

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Hill is my FAVORITE professor at Holy Cross!! She is extremely smart, very kind, super patient, and always there to help. Tip: after class go over your notes. I was able to research in her lab and after talking to other research student at HC, I think she's the BEST professor to have for research (if you are interested in neuroscience).

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof Hill is super nice and really into biology. The class is all lectures based on Powerpoints with four tests. Bio 161 is the typical intro to bio class and isn't too bad. If Prof Hill is available, definitely take her.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I had Alexis Hill for Biology 161. She was very clear with her lectures and always willing to help me out. She often has additional test review sessions before exams in addition to her office hours. Work hard and participate and class and it will pay off! She is also very generous with the exams, allowing us to gain 60% of the points we lost.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Requires a ton of work and tough grader. I think the class in general is just hard but it was like she thought her class was my only class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Hill is an amazing professor. She's passionate about the material, and you can tell she's REALLY SMART. Despite this, she's easy to talk to and down to Earth. She's really good at supplementing PowerPoints with diagrams and discussions to break down more complex topics. She's also really caring and wants you to succeed. Office hours help!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Professor Hill isn't great but she isn't bad. I personally wouldn't take her again, but she was very nice. You definitely need to show up to even have a shot at passing. She's very accessible, and it's clear she wants her students to succeed.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Worst teacher Ive ever had. I worked so hard in her class and not once did the work pay off. It came to the point that I had to go to other professors office hours in order to understand the material. Every time I asked a question, she would either say Um thats a great question or pull up the PowerPoint (that she did not make) and read it.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof. Hill is about as average a Professor you can get. She isn't terrible, but she certainly isn't great. Nice person in office hours but she can't teach material in an interesting way. BIO 161 is intentionally made harder than it needs to be at Holy Cross. Stay away unless you are very passionate about Health Professions.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Caring but just a really tough grader. Literally pulled several allnighters in a week only to get clapped on the exams. Lab was the only thing saving me. I think she might be a new professor. Maybe she'll improve. Bio 161 is purposely made at HC to be very hard so that pre-Med students might reconsider that path (which I dont understand at all)