Reviews of professor Rena Robinson

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Robinson is wonderful! I would highly recommend taking one of her courses. She cares for her students and will work with you if you are willing to work with her.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
While Dr. Robinson's class was no walk in the park, she made a point to encourage independent thinking and connect what we were learning to practical applications. Just memorizing the information is not enough to succeed in this class, you have to be able to actually understand it, but because of that you get a lot out of this class if you try.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
It's mid-semester semester so u know this is urgent. She is disorganized, unfamiliar with the material, and gives no clear explanations. Lectures are disorienting. I think it's very hard to make an intro level class this bad, but somehow she manages. Of all the chemistry courses i have taken this is the worst, and i took a lot of chemistry courses.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Robinson was certainly a fair grader, and she offered a myriad of opportunities to earn "applied credit." She sometimes seem unprepared for lectures and occasionally struggled to explain things clearly, but overall taught the subject of analytical chemistry well. Problem sets were usually challenging, but they were done in groups.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Pro: easiest chem class, straightforward tests, she's not trying to trick you, little & easy homework, extra credit opps, wants students to succeed, first semester teaching so room for growth Con: sometimes disorganized, lots of journal articles to read, sometimes doesn't do a good job connecting the foundational concepts to the higher level ones

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
My heart goes out to Professor Robinson as she was charged with teaching a recently created class that had no point in even existing and lacked any substantial material. However, she falls prey to picking favorites and will hand out unfair grades solely based on whether she likes you or not. If you want to do well, stroke her ego.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Robinson is an extremely caring and sweet professor. She laughs a lot, her lectures are not boring as she keeps students engaged (although practically nobody responds initially). The class grade is comprised of a majority 4 exams, which are graded fairly, and four problem sets (20% of grade) which are group projects. Also, 5 pts of extra credit

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Robinson is super nice and genuinely cares about Analytical Chemistry. However, her explanations of many topics were unclear, as well as what she expected us to know on the tests. The tests were unnecessarily tricky. She does give extra credit if you do extra assignments, which is what saved me a few letter grades.