Lara Hutson at University at Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo) | Rate My Professors (2024)

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• BIO201

  May 16th, 2024

  Quality

  3.0

  Difficulty

  4.0

  BIO201

  May 16th, 2024

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Would Take Again

  : Yes

  Grade

  : A

  Textbook

  : Yes

  We don't get cheat sheets but it forces you to learn more, so if you're pre-health def take it with her. However, I am intimidated by her, and emailing her is scary. Attend her office hours???, but I went to TA office hours. Besides the attitude, she's good at teaching. If most of your class is failing she'll give good extra credit.

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• BIO201

  May 16th, 2024

  Quality

  4.0

  Difficulty

  4.0

  BIO201

  May 16th, 2024

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Would Take Again

  : Yes

  She doesn't give cheat sheets, but honestly how does one succeed in higher level courses if they're not able to do this material. Take Hutson if you want to master cell bio. Her in-class iClickers are tough, but so helpful. Sometimes she can be intimidating, but keep at it and don't ever be afraid to ask her questions about course content.

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• BIO201

  May 16th, 2024

  Quality

  2.0

  Difficulty

  3.0

  BIO201

  May 16th, 2024

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Not Mandatory

  Would Take Again

  : Yes

  Grade

  : A

  Textbook

  : N/A

  No cheat sheets, flipped classroom, and just practice questions in class. Nothing is incredibly hard in this class. Make sure you take as many practice tests as possible and get the extra credit points. She answers student concerns/questions pretty poorly. Class isn't impossible, but the other professors make it easier to succeed.

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• BIO201

  May 13th, 2024

  Quality

  2.0

  Difficulty

  5.0

  BIO201

  May 13th, 2024

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Grade

  : Not sure yet

  Textbook

  : Yes

  Save yourself the headache and take another professor.

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  May 6th, 2024

  Quality

  1.0

  Difficulty

  4.0

  BIO201

  May 6th, 2024

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Not Mandatory

  Grade

  : C+

  Textbook

  : N/A

  The worst professor I have ever had, she talks down on all of the students. On top of that, she is the only professor for Bio 201 that does not let you bring a "cheat sheet" to the test, and does a flipped classroom. The flipped classroom was the worst part. You would answer questions during the video lectures and only got one attempt. (very hard)

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• BIO201

  May 2nd, 2024

  Quality

  1.0

  Difficulty

  5.0

  BIO201

  May 2nd, 2024

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Grade

  : Rather not say

  Textbook

  : N/A

  Not kind to students and views them as ignorant baby slobs who are incapable of learning anything for themselves. Unrealistically high standards. She takes things way too seriously not understanding that making the class harder in dumb ways won't help us in life. I would take another professor. She no longer likes teaching it would seem.

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• BIO201

  May 1st, 2024

  Quality

  1.0

  Difficulty

  5.0

  BIO201

  May 1st, 2024

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Grade

  : D+

  Textbook

  : Yes

  Absolute worst professor I have ever had to take in my life. You have to watch her videos before class and her voice alone is making me go bald because of how much I rip my hair out listening to it. I am probably going to drop out of college because of her class. I just can't do it anymore. Save your precious GPA and don't take it with her, okay?

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• BIO201

  Apr 27th, 2024

  Quality

  1.0

  Difficulty

  5.0

  BIO201

  Apr 27th, 2024

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Not Mandatory

  Grade

  : C-

  Textbook

  : N/A

  It is very hard to learn anything in class if you already do not understand much from the lecture video you have to watch before class. If you ever fall behind in the class there is no recovery. If you have the option, pick a different professor.

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• BIO201

  Apr 23rd, 2024

  Quality

  1.0

  Difficulty

  5.0

  BIO201

  Apr 23rd, 2024

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Grade

  : B+

  Textbook

  : N/A

  All content was taught through videos you had to watch outside of class with questions regarding the material you were learning for the first time graded on correctness with only one attempt. She is the only professor that doesn't allow cheat sheets on exams and often came across passive-aggressive. Before this class I never had a B in my life.

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• BIO201

  Apr 23rd, 2024

  Quality

  1.0

  Difficulty

  3.0

  BIO201

  Apr 23rd, 2024

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Grade

  : A

  Textbook

  : N/A

  Had her as a lab coordinator. Her pre-lab videos made me want to rip my hair out! It is so hard to watch them without getting angry at the way she talks (like she's in an anime) and there was no CC. She couldn't explain the procedures, so I was always confused during lab. If it were anybody else making the vids, I would've performed better.

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• BIO201

  Apr 21st, 2024

  Quality

  4.0

  Difficulty

  1.0

  BIO201

  Apr 21st, 2024

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Would Take Again

  : Yes

  Grade

  : Not sure yet

  She runs a flipped classroom. She makes the class extremely easy to be honest and she makes 100% sense if you just listen. I do agree though, that her in person class is useless and she can be a little rude at times, but she offers extra credit and easy assignments. Shes a pretty good professor despite the hate.

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• BIO201

  Apr 19th, 2024

  Quality

  1.0

  Difficulty

  4.0

  BIO201

  Apr 19th, 2024

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Grade

  : Rather not say

  Textbook

  : N/A

  Does a reverse lecture style of teaching. Does not give cheat sheets like other professors which is a reason behind low scores within her class when compared to others. Attending lectures doesn't add anything to what she shows in her lecture videos. Has only had one "teaching" lecture throughout the whole semester.

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• 201

  Mar 26th, 2024

  Quality

  1.0

  Difficulty

  5.0

  201

  Mar 26th, 2024

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Grade

  : C+

  Textbook

  : Yes

  Does a flipped classroom, only way to absorb the material is if you spend at least 2 hours watching and rewatching the video and taking LOTS of notes. And then in class is basically useless. She is the only teacher for this class that does NOT allow cheat sheets/open notes for exam (which is setting everyone up for failure) DO NOT HAVE HER

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• BIO201

  Mar 26th, 2024

  Quality

  1.0

  Difficulty

  4.0

  BIO201

  Mar 26th, 2024

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Grade

  : C

  Textbook

  : N/A

  SHE DOESNT CARE IF YOU DO WELL OR NOT

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• BIO201

  Mar 3rd, 2024

  Quality

  1.0

  Difficulty

  5.0

  BIO201

  Mar 3rd, 2024

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Grade

  : Drop/Withdrawal

  I switched professors. They're all better and more reasonable imo. It's absolutely crazy how every video where you're supposed to be learning is basically a quiz. It's like getting quizzed on things you've never learned. Then on top of that you need to answer questions in class. First class I dropped at UB.

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• BIO201

  Mar 1st, 2024

  Quality

  1.0

  Difficulty

  4.0

  BIO201

  Mar 1st, 2024

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Not Mandatory

  Grade

  : B+

  Textbook

  : N/A

  Absolutely awful. Often contradicts her own words, so the answers for many things are never clear. Not a good professor at all and half the time acts like we already know what she's talking about. Nothing is ever clear, and sometimes the right answers are what she "likes the most" even though multiple can be equally correct. NEVER take her class.

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• BIO201

  Feb 12th, 2024

  Quality

  5.0

  Difficulty

  2.0

  BIO201

  Feb 12th, 2024

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Not Mandatory

  Would Take Again

  : Yes

  Grade

  : A+

  Textbook

  : N/A

  She ate down, yall should definitely take her. She will get you just right. She used to have a worse score but she decided to get on her zoom and get that score up. And she did what she set out to do cause that score went from a 3.0 to like a 3.8. Emphasis on she ate DOWN this semester.

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• BIO201

  Feb 9th, 2024

  Quality

  5.0

  Difficulty

  4.0

  BIO201

  Feb 9th, 2024

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Would Take Again

  : Yes

  Grade

  : A

  Textbook

  : Yes

  She runs a reverse classroom so don't be too surprised by that! (Lectures at home, review/problems in class). Her lectures are long but very informative and easy to take notes on. In class, you do iclickers and if you get a decent amount right (80 or 90% probably) those points will roll over for extra credit. Content is difficult, need to study

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• BIO201

  Feb 2nd, 2024

  Quality

  1.0

  Difficulty

  1.0

  BIO201

  Feb 2nd, 2024

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Grade

  : A

  Textbook

  : N/A

  Awful, everything little thing counts for credit, You are forced to watch 40 min pre lecture videos before class and answer questions which are taken for a grade, the once in class you have to answer iclicker questions and every questions is worth points based on correctness. awful

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• BIO201

  Jan 24th, 2024

  Quality

  5.0

  Difficulty

  2.0

  BIO201

  Jan 24th, 2024

  For Credit

  : Yes

  Attendance

  : Not Mandatory

  Would Take Again

  : Yes

  Grade

  : A

  Textbook

  : Yes

  Hutson provided such a large pool of resources. Whether you succeed was whether you tried at all. I'm convinced those who do badly want their hand held throughout. To succeed, you had to put in the work (honestly not too much): watch the lecture video for notes, show up to class for practice questions, and take practice tests (similar to exams).

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