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Initially was intimidated by Jen because she's very fast paced, but she is very patient and always accessible and took the time to get to know the entire class. She tries her best to grade leniently and help you out if you're working hard but don't have the best exam scores. She also offers a lot of extra credit opportunities and brings food often.Rate My Professors ↗
Jen's lectures and notes were very hard to follow (doesn't use line drawings). She often missed lectures, attending 60% (missed 10 of 24) of class due to her research or visiting professorship. Instead, we had a very unprepared TA teach the course. It was tough to learn the material due to the lack of accessibility and professionalism on her end.Rate My Professors ↗
She is very high energy and makes lectures bearable. There is A LOT of note taking. Every lecture you are taking notes the whole time but it really helps once you get to studying. She gives us hints about what will be on the tests too. Tests are very manageable.Rate My Professors ↗
schomaker is a great ochem professor who is passioante and explains things in a way that makes complicated things simpler. not gunna lie, ochem is hard. but jen makes it passable and a fun class (and offers extra credit!)Rate My Professors ↗
Amazing professor, very available for questions. Lectures are easy to follow. Homework problems are optional, but help a lot and are very similar to the exams. Would definitely take it again.Rate My Professors ↗
Prof. Schomaker was very busy throughout the semester... I get that her research is important but so are her students. Exams are kind of hard. Also, go to class! She often gives hints about stuff she'll put on the exam, and, in two cases, gave us half of a quiz and a 50 point problem on an exam for coming to class. Offers EC which is good.Rate My Professors ↗
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