Anahi Espindola | PlanetTerp

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Anahi Espindola BSCI103 Expecting an A Anonymous 11/16/2023	Professor Espindola has been one of my favorite professors at UMD. She cares deeply for her students and is accommodating. The entire course's material was on Elms before the semester started, and it was very organized. She understood that students have different learning styles and made lectures optional with all lecture videos and notes posted. All of the exams were open notes. The lab was a bit annoying at times. However, Professor Espindola offered many chances for extra credit and it was not hard to end the semester with an A. Definitely recommend taking BSCI103 with her for your gen-ed bio credit.
Anahi Espindola BSCI103 Expecting an A Anonymous 07/26/2023	I only went to the first lecture. I never missed a lab though since those are mandatory and apart of your grade!! I also didn’t study for the lab practical because I didn’t know you needed to lol and still came out with an A. To me this class was really low effort and really easy especially since the midterms and finals are open note and open internet. I recommend this class if you want an easy gened lab out the way!
Anahi Espindola BSCI103 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/29/2023	She is super nice and wants her students to understand bio, it’s a good class to take to fill a GenEd need. It was some busy work but overall not a stressful course
Anahi Espindola BSCI103 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/23/2023	She is very sweet and very passionate about the subject she's teaching! Most of the assignments are discussion posts that are worth a few points and can really help your grade if you do them. One of the weekly discussions allows you to ask questions, and she responds to each one with a detailed answer. The labs weren't too difficult for non-majors and the TA's were very helpful. Online, open note, open internet exams, and she provides everything you need to do well in the modules! Her lecture notes were my best friends for the exams. If you need a lab credit and are looking for something engaging but not overly difficult, I definitely recommend this class.
Anahi Espindola BSCI103 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/09/2023	She is a really nice prof if you need to take a lab for your gened I recommend her. She has 3 midterms but drops 1, whichever is the lowest score her exams are 75 questions in 75 minutes. She has discussion boards due right before class, they can get annoying but it's easy points and they are about 6 per week. She has this assignment called Story of Life, this is a group assignment and has 5 questions, pick carefully who you want in your group. The lab part of the class is kinda annoying but not hard. The TAs grade most of the stuff and they are so picky, but they are some good ones. At the end, there is a final exam and she does offer some extra credit which was really easy and does help.
Anahi Espindola BSCI103 Expecting an A- Anonymous 05/07/2023	Lectures are not mandatory, and you will still do well in the class if you don't go. The only slightly annoying bit about this class is that there is a significant amount of busy work. But, the exams are all open note open internet, and the labs are manageable as well. I would recommend this class to someone needing natural science and lab credit.
Anahi Espindola BSCI103 Expecting an A- Anonymous 04/14/2022	She is super sweet and really wants everyone to do well! There are a lot of quick and easy discussion board assignments that have boosted my grade by sooo much! Other reviews are talking about in-class worksheets but we don't have those! The lab is also pretty easy and the TA's are really chill and helpful, and they usually respond pretty quickly. The class is in person but the exams are online. Exams are lowkey kind of hard but you have the internet on your side! My grade has not rally gone down from them though because of the other small assignment points, they really add up! I recommend this class to anyone that needs a lab and isn't a science major, especially with professor Espindola!
Anahi Espindola BSCI103 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 05/11/2020	Prof Espindola clearly cares about what she's lecturing, but her teaching style is ineffective. Additionally, the harshness of grading was surprising for an intro-level course for non-majors.
Anahi Espindola BSCI103 Expecting an A- Anonymous 05/04/2020	really really sweet and so passionate about biology! she really wants you to learn about biology. She's very spunky and tries to make the class interesting. I will say though that she is a bit of a tough grader on the in-class worksheets which can actually hurt your grade and the questions on the test seem pretty arbitrary sometimes. Overall I liked her and I think she is a very very nice person who cares about her students.

Anahi Espindola
BSCI103

Expecting an A
Anonymous
11/16/2023

Professor Espindola has been one of my favorite professors at UMD. She cares deeply for her students and is accommodating. The entire course's material was on Elms before the semester started, and it was very organized. She understood that students have different learning styles and made lectures optional with all lecture videos and notes posted. All of the exams were open notes. The lab was a bit annoying at times. However, Professor Espindola offered many chances for extra credit and it was not hard to end the semester with an A. Definitely recommend taking BSCI103 with her for your gen-ed bio credit.

Anahi Espindola
BSCI103

Expecting an A
Anonymous
07/26/2023

I only went to the first lecture. I never missed a lab though since those are mandatory and apart of your grade!! I also didn’t study for the lab practical because I didn’t know you needed to lol and still came out with an A. To me this class was really low effort and really easy especially since the midterms and finals are open note and open internet. I recommend this class if you want an easy gened lab out the way!

Anahi Espindola
BSCI103

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
05/29/2023

She is super nice and wants her students to understand bio, it’s a good class to take to fill a GenEd need. It was some busy work but overall not a stressful course

Anahi Espindola
BSCI103

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/23/2023

She is very sweet and very passionate about the subject she's teaching! Most of the assignments are discussion posts that are worth a few points and can really help your grade if you do them. One of the weekly discussions allows you to ask questions, and she responds to each one with a detailed answer. The labs weren't too difficult for non-majors and the TA's were very helpful. Online, open note, open internet exams, and she provides everything you need to do well in the modules! Her lecture notes were my best friends for the exams. If you need a lab credit and are looking for something engaging but not overly difficult, I definitely recommend this class.

Anahi Espindola
BSCI103

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/09/2023

She is a really nice prof if you need to take a lab for your gened I recommend her. She has 3 midterms but drops 1, whichever is the lowest score her exams are 75 questions in 75 minutes. She has discussion boards due right before class, they can get annoying but it's easy points and they are about 6 per week. She has this assignment called Story of Life, this is a group assignment and has 5 questions, pick carefully who you want in your group. The lab part of the class is kinda annoying but not hard. The TAs grade most of the stuff and they are so picky, but they are some good ones. At the end, there is a final exam and she does offer some extra credit which was really easy and does help.

Anahi Espindola
BSCI103

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
05/07/2023

Lectures are not mandatory, and you will still do well in the class if you don't go. The only slightly annoying bit about this class is that there is a significant amount of busy work. But, the exams are all open note open internet, and the labs are manageable as well. I would recommend this class to someone needing natural science and lab credit.

Anahi Espindola
BSCI103

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
04/14/2022

She is super sweet and really wants everyone to do well! There are a lot of quick and easy discussion board assignments that have boosted my grade by sooo much! Other reviews are talking about in-class worksheets but we don't have those! The lab is also pretty easy and the TA's are really chill and helpful, and they usually respond pretty quickly. The class is in person but the exams are online. Exams are lowkey kind of hard but you have the internet on your side! My grade has not rally gone down from them though because of the other small assignment points, they really add up! I recommend this class to anyone that needs a lab and isn't a science major, especially with professor Espindola!

Anahi Espindola
BSCI103

Expecting a B+
Anonymous
05/11/2020

Prof Espindola clearly cares about what she's lecturing, but her teaching style is ineffective. Additionally, the harshness of grading was surprising for an intro-level course for non-majors.

Anahi Espindola
BSCI103

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
05/04/2020

really really sweet and so passionate about biology! she really wants you to learn about biology. She's very spunky and tries to make the class interesting. I will say though that she is a bit of a tough grader on the in-class worksheets which can actually hurt your grade and the questions on the test seem pretty arbitrary sometimes. Overall I liked her and I think she is a very very nice person who cares about her students.