Reviews of professor Ponder Thompson-Rummel

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Comes off as a little stern at first but she's actually really funny and lenient. She let my friend into the lab even though she wasn't wearing proper PPE. Lab reports are intimidating at first, and she does grade them pretty strictly but once you know how to write them they shouldn't be too bad. Only issue is that sometimes emails go unread.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very strict on grading and counts off for random things. She's very strict at first but the longer you take her course the more her personality comes through. Lab is strict with PPE and if you miss you better have a doctor's note otherwise they won't let you make it up. Look at lab manuals and make sure to know all calculations for the quizzes

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She is an amazing professor, although i got a C, that is by my own doing. She did everything she could to help me through this lab. She is super funny and nice, just make sure you do the work and stay on task. Otherwise she is easily accesible via email, and responds sometimes within minuites. I recommend.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She is strict and a tough grader, but as the semester move forward she becomes really cool. Pay close attention to detail in your lab reports, because she takes off points for small details. Skip lines between your procedure, watch sigfigs, cite the data retrieval site, and show all calculations. She makes lab fun, but makes you work for your grade

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Seemed to know what she was teaching most of the time, but sometimes she could not answer questions clearly or explain processes/techniques well. She had strict policies she enforced in lab, which is in itself not an issue, but she usually came off as robotic and harsh. She did relax a little towards the end of the class, though.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Mrs. Thompson-Rummel seemed really strict at first, but as the semester went along and she got to know us better, she started to be genuinely funny and honest to the class. Make sure you keep the lab rubric with you at hand while doing your lab reports, because if you miss out on some things listed, you may get a good chunk of points deducted.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Thompson-Rummel overall is a super nice lady once you get to talk to her. Although she's super strict about wearing the proper PPE and doing the experiments/pre labs/lab reports correctly, she's super funny and always makes sure we know what we're doing. Beware for the quizzes before labs, because they will bite you if you don't prepare.