Reviews of professor Mariana Mestre

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
She is strict on attendance, but that's probably because the questions on the exams are taken straight from the lecture powerpoints. If you do miss a class or two it's no biggie because she'll eventually upload the powerpoint to sakai. Honestly, the textbook can help I guess but it's rarely used, and she only references it once in a blue moon.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
She's super nice, but not the best teacher. If you're looking for an easy class, this is it. But she assigns a ton of HW (discussion Q's & quizzes 2x/week) & the lectures are all over the place. There's a semester long project that was kinda annoying. BUT there are NO tests, and she seemed to be a very easy grader, at least for me!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
If you even get a word wrong when answering a question you lose all points, and barely stays on topic during lectures. She marked me off points for missing class because I was in the emergency room, despite me bringing in paperwork proof. I got A's in every other class but this one. Hard work won't help you pass if she's the teacher.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This professor is a very nice woman, but I dont think she knows what shes teaching us. when the exams roll around, she grades you on things she never talked about. Its either you write it how she wants it, or you get a 0. NGL, this class was hard for a basic core class. Too much work. She makes things that should be easy VERY hard. be aware.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I was nervous about this course because I saw bad evaluations for her. She does assign a lot of homework and she expects a lot out of you but shes very supportive. Shes not very organized but you can find all the information that you need in the textbook. If you need organized course content, I would not recommend taking her. But I liked her.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Without a doubt the worst teacher Ive had in my entire life. She treated the course more like a history class than a science class, would ramble on about things that were irrelevant on the tests. I had to miss a class because I was in the ER due to severe stomach pain, and she wouldnt excuse the absence, even after bringing in proof. Do not take.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
This class was awful. I went in thinking I would be learning about environmental science, instead I got hours of mindless rambling about corn sacs. Mariana was unable to make her powerpoint lectures accurate, which resulted in tests that could have been quite easy, instead were difficult. I am confident Mariana knows nothing about science.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She's funny once you warm up to her and she knows a lot and cares a lot. The lectures can kind of drag and they aren't the prettiest slides, but show up and for the most part the tests were easy - primarily multiple choice.