Reviews of professor Heather Abbott-Lyon

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Abbott-Lyon truly cares about chemistry and her students succeed in chemistry. Her lectures are crucial to attend and although she doesn't take attendance, your test grades will reflect on how dedicated you are to succeeding. If you put in the work and attempt all of the things she recommends, then this class will be an easy A or B.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Do not take this professor. Most of your grade comes from the test which make up 60%. The test are hard and there is only 4 of them. She takes all semester to enter grades. Would not recommend.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Chemistry is an extremely difficult subject. She moves very quickly but it's because of all the content needed to cover in a short amount of lecture time. She is very passionate about chemistry and truly cares about her students passing and understanding chem. She is very easy to get in touch w outside of class and gives examples to practice.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I love this professor! She gives plenty of resources to make sure you do good in class, and also lets you use your annotated periodic table on tests, along with a 8x11 front and back cheat sheet!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr . Abbott-Lyon is one of the best Chemistry professors I have had at KSU. Chemistry is a tough class regardless of who you take but she is very passionate about chemistry and about her students. She is ALWAYS available to help both in class and outside of class. Just put in the work necessary and you'll succeed.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She's super clear about expectations. Final can replace 80% of your grade, other 20% is mainly completion-work. Drops 3 activities per unit (4 units total), so you can fail every single quiz and it not affect your grade. Read the textbook and turn your notes in on time. Study hard. She preps you for the ACS final well, but you have to work for it.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She's super passionate about chemistry and focuses really hard on making sure each student has an in-depth understanding of the content. She gives the students a bunch of different ways to study and practice the calculations. One of the best college professors I've ever had.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
AHH so good. Abbot's very accustomed to teaching chemistry in a fun way. Chemistry's always been my strong suit, though, if you're not a chemistry savvy like me, keep track and lock in the concepts from the get-go to be successful in this course. Abbot is there to help, more importantly, she is more than capable of helping.