Reviews of professor Jackie Vogel

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Vogel is a very nice lady, albeit a very, very bad professor. She teaches biology as if people already know the content, never going over basic terminology or ensuring knowledge of foundational concepts. If it hadn't been for the other professor being amazing, I would have likely done a lot worse in this class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Dr. Vogel is super interesting and it's clear she cares a lot about all her students. Her lectures can sometimes be a bit confusing because she goes into very specific details about certain concepts, but her quizzes were pretty straight-forward and easy (all multiple choice with extra credit questions). Highly recommend!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Shes very nice and wants you to succeed, but is unclear in the way she presents material.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Her non linear fashion of teaching can be quite confusing and intimidating at times. I found it really difficult to grasp many topics because they were explained very poorly. However, her test questions were not specific and did not require memorization. Just focus on remembering the big ideas she had on her slides and practice midterms.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
The content in her slides might be heavy and it may be a bit challenging to grasp all the concepts while she speaks. But she's extremely caring, takes the time to make good analogies to explain what's unclear and gives many bonus opportunities in her quizzes.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof Vogel is a nice person but her teaching is just awful. She sped through difficult topics too quickly, making it impossible to do well in the class without watching lots of videos and reading the textbook to understand these topics. Her test questions were also very specific and often were not explicitly talked about in class

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The first half of Bio 115 was enjoyable until the professors switched and it became a nightmare. Professor Vogel overcomplicated topics. She blamed her students for not understanding exams after not teaching the material. Learning from her was extremely frustrating (she once stormed out mid-lecture since she did not know how to teach the material)