Reviews of professor Luciana Santoferrara

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Just took the final for this class and lemme tell you: the university allots final exams for TWO HOURS and Santoferrara gave us just ONE. So glad this class is over because it was so so toxic

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
plain and simple: just dont take santoferrara. I emailed her asking how to study better and she tells me "look over the material" Great advice , right? NOPE. BE SMART AND DO NOT TAKE HER. When she "lectures" in class, she skips half of the slides and you cant understand her due to her strong accent. Horrible professor and even worse teacher

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
If you care about learning Biology, take Dr. Santoferrara. Her course is challenging, but very well organized and run. She explains complex subjects very well and gives a lot of resources and tips for you to succeed. She also makes sure that lectures and labs are well coordinated. Very accesible and helful during and after class. She is the best!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Never been a bio person but she made lectures very clear. Textbook isn't necessary since she specifically states everything you need to know for exams in lecture videos. Studying for sure is a must and you will not do well if you skip lecture videos. Overall great professor, straight forward, and very easy to get a good grade if you put in the work

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor made this class super-interesting. Exams can be difficult. Make sure to take notes during lecture and pay attention to all what she says.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Great professor! Very helpful in and outside class. Biology is not my strength, but this professor actually made it very interesting and she gives a lot of tools for you to succeed. Not an easy A, but you can definitely get one if you pay attention to her lectures and tips.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
You have to read the textbook!! I filled four notebooks just for this class. I dedicated my weekends to reading the textbook. Professor Santoferrara gives you lecture slides that are a great guide for the textbook. The exams were easy and only took 15 min. The lab was awful online though, but that wasn't her fault

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This class has difficult subjects, but the professor does her best to teach and help us. I think the other negative comments are unfair. For each subject the professor posted mini-lectures AND she also met with us to go over the subjects again. She is clear and helpful. I didn't do so well, but you can get a good grade if you work for it.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Great professor! Just had the final, so not sure about my final grade. But semester went very well.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I would say the way Santoferrara handled the lecture section of this course is fair. The class is to the point, 5 exams with one being dropped. She has the upper hand over Kraemer because the material on the exams comes from the lectures, but don't think it will be easy. She did give a good amount of extra credit quizzes, which helped.