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Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting a C Anonymous 12/10/2024	Don’t have anything bad to say about her as she is a nice professor, if she’s the only option you will be ok but there are definitely better alternative professors of this course to be better for success (other sections offer cheat sheets, retakes, etc but not hers). Not saying you should rely on a cheat sheet or retakes for success, but to struggle with an heavy introductory level course like this one I must say it unfortunately comes down it. I struggled heavily with test, I think that is mostly me being a bad test taker considering I would just about ace the practice exams. Final is optional to replace one of the three midterms if you need a boost come the end of the semester. The dropping of low smart books and homework's did literally nothing to help my grade. Do ALL the in class polls to get the most of extra credit points to your final class grade at the end of the semester to give you some security. Not sure at this point if she curves final grades or not, she does not curve midterms/exams; class averages are around 70% across the board… Taking notes in lecture did not help me, but I attended to do the in class polls for the extra credit since I had nothing else to do during that time anyway. Definitely stay on the top of the material, go to gss/tutoring appointments. Especially if you feel you will struggle with this type of material and/or have no prior Econ experience.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/09/2024	The lectures aren't super engaging, I didn't show up to lecture after the halfway point of the semester, but she offered up to 2% extra credit if you went to class and did the polls. Practice test multiple choice is nearly identical to the actual multiple choice questions on exams so it's not super hard to study for her exams, but sometimes the free response grading asks for really specific things. HW and smartbooks can sometimes be a lot of busy work for the weeks when we go over 2 chapters, but she drops the lowest 3 grades for each, and you can take optional final to replace your lowest midterm grade, so you have chances to fix your grade.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/09/2024	Class is boring as hell but the teacher is fine. I can't believe that you have to pay 100 dollars for the punishment of doing smart books. Don't really have to show up to lecture to do well. She's pretty good at explaining the concepts but again, so boring.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting a C Anonymous 12/08/2024	If I could give her zero stars I would. Yes, I understand that a 300 person lecture is a hard class and you won't get individualized attention. However, I have always been a straight A student. Never in my life would I be the student to get a C, but let me tell you this class was a STRUGGLE. Every other professor of this course lets their students use a one page front and back cheat sheet on the exam with any information they please. They can also redo every exam. WELL NOT in this class. We don't get any form of cheat sheets on tests and the only way to fix your grade is to take the optional final which replaces your lowest of the 3 midterm grades. Some questions on exams are very straight forward and same as practice exams, but most questions are insanely hard. This class is absolutely awful and may be the hardest class I've ever taken. DO ANYTHING TO AVOID THIS PROFESSOR. Yes she is a kind lady, but going to class will not even help you. Might as well not attend her class at all and you'd end with same grade as if you went every day.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/06/2024	Pretty good, not much better you can do for such a big lecture. Go to class and you get free extra credit from polls. Exams are pretty similar to mock tests. Drops lowest grades, so you don't have to worry about homework too much.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/06/2024	She's a decent professor. Her teaching style is very straightforward and to the point. It can be a little boring at times but that might just be the course material and not her. Homework each week is pretty light, usually just a couple smartbooks and/or homework assignments. Plus, she drops your lowest three homework and smartbook grades. Also, she provides a lot of exam preparation material that is usually extremely similar or even the same as the real exams. Do the homework, do the practice exams, and you will be fine. I think she gets a lot of hate but her class isn't too bad.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Anonymous 12/04/2024	In comparison to other professors who teach this course, her class is slightly hard. Lectures are very lecture-based. She is very matter-of-fact and as said on the syllabus does not cut a lot of slack with work. There is a lot of busy work, but nothing that is not manageable. She is very sweet, but if you have not previously taken an economics class the material could be challenging. If she is the only option available for registration, she is not a bad one.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A Anonymous 07/14/2024	The professor is fine, but her teaching style is so boring. The homework is ridiculously hard--taking hours on end to get an okay score. Exam wording is meant to trick you, which is just not what you want in an intro level class. The practice exams were not great preparation. It is very hard to do well in this class. She put a curve on it after final grades were in for crying out loud! Also, I never had an interaction from a TA, but the guided study sessions were helpful.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting a B Anonymous 05/29/2024	Generally a good professor. Her lectures are easy to follow and she makes sure to point out confusing topics in each unit. I'd say the practice exams are also pretty similar to the exams themselves. This class is easy, you just have to do the Smartbooks and take notes.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting a C+ Anonymous 05/23/2024	Dr. Scandizzo didn't really listen to student feedback. I understand that she did give us a little curve but the averages on exams were horrible, and many students asked if we could use cheat sheets or have any form of extra credit. She is a nice person though, but ECON in general needs to have some sort of discussion since it was hard for many students to go to the GSS session. Proceed with caution. I heard that Abassi is a better professor.
Stefania Scandizzo Expecting a C Anonymous 05/22/2024	It's not an easy class to take. Finishing with a C after the curve but whew was this class a struggle for me, especially with no Econ experience prior. Make sure to apply yourself, homework is easy but annoying. Exams aren't really like the practice exams so please prepare properly. Scandizzo is not a bad professor at all, very easy to get distracted in class though. Just please make sure to study hard for the exams if you want to do well. The tests were very difficult for me personally.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting a C Anonymous 05/22/2024	Spring 2024 her average for every exam counting final was around 69 to 75. Not pretty good. As a person she nice but sometimes made me feel quite dumb as i told her what i struggle in and she was like "it should be easy". But I ended up passing due to a curve she did. The curve was maybe 9 points as a 61 was a C-. Your groupme should help you, i believe there should be a discussion time for this class. I myself ended up with a C but many peers were in the C- to C+ range. Please watch Jacob Clifford on yt he was very helpful.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/21/2024	Attendance isn't mandatory which is nice because lectures are not particularly engaging or necessary for learning material. It can basically be an online asynchronous course if you want it to be. Overall Professor Scandizzo was okay, not necessarily a detriment but not all that helpful either except for providing practice exams. Keep in mind there's no curve, test averages were somewhere between 65-75. Just do the SmartBooks and homework and you should be fine, maybe go to GSS exam reviews if need be.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting a B- Anonymous 05/20/2024	I think that some of the reviews for Scandizzo have been too harsh. While I don't think she's that great of a professor, she isn't as bad as everyone makes here seem to be. Her lectures are pretty boring and weren't that helpful in my opinion, honestly you were probably better of just doing the readings by yourself. The practice exams were nothing like the actual exams, and the multiple choice questions were very difficult for no reason at all. Towards the end of the semester I started attending her office hours and they were very helpful. She's honestly a nice woman and in smaller groups she helps break down the material much better than she does during her lectures. She gave us all the resources to succeed on the final, and the exam was written almost exactly to what we have learned throughout the semester. If you can take ECON200 with another professor I would suggest you do, but Scandizzo isn't too bad. If you have prior economics knowledge before this class, you'll be fine, but if not, you will most likely struggle.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A DenialWhammy 05/19/2024	It's a lot of content to cover, but totally doable by yourself. Just cover the material, and don't fall behind. If so, you should be chill.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting a B Anonymous 05/17/2024	I think she's a decent professor, I showed up to lectures for the first 2 weeks then stopped because I didn't want to wake up for 11 am class. Lectures are boring and are useless HOWEVER make sure you are keeping up-to-date taking lecture notes and using other given resources to help navigate the class. I didn't really give a shit, hence the B, but if you go to lectures, take good notes, study adequately, you'll get an A- or A relatively easily
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting a B Anonymous 05/16/2024	as a professor, not good. her lectures are a total snooze fest, never cares to go in-depth and just "lectures" using definitions straight from the textbook. ALSO, the textbook does NOT HELP AT ALL. when you crack the textbook open (using the website), be prepared for yapsville. Honestly, the topics overall are not hard to cover, but Scandizzo does not teach it well, or the textbook. Pray for good TA's and use the GSS worksheets if they provide them. Good Luck!
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting a B Anonymous 05/15/2024	Lectures are very boring and she doesn't care about the students because the class is huge. Exams are so hard and often do not match the practice exams which is frustrating. If you take her, plan to spend a lot of time in Guided Study Sessions.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting a C Anonymous 05/14/2024	This was honestly one of the hardest courses I have taken. I expected econ to be a challenge but since so many people have to take it I also expected it to be a bit easier than it was. Everyone I talked to that found the class to be easy had already taken econ previously. My high school didn't have econ or anything like that so going into this class with no background- it sucked. I was behind from the beginning and don't think I've been able to catch up. Highly recommend taking this course at a community college if you haven't taken econ before- that's what I should've done. Dr. Scandizzo is nice but I did not find her lectures to be helpful at all.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting a B Anonymous 05/13/2024	Lectures are really boring and the practice exams are nothing like the actual exams. Homework is very long and tedious.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an F Anonymous 05/12/2024	Scandizzo if you're reading this, I do not like you. I wish I could give 0 stars. She is a bad professor who is too old to be teaching. Her lectures are not helpful, nor are her posted slide shows. You're better off skipping lectures and going straight to the TA's for help or YouTube honestly. Save yourself 4k and take the class at a community college for half the price and just transfer the credit here.
Stefania Scandizzo Expecting a D Anonymous 05/12/2024	Do not take this professor if you can help it. For starters, she is on tenure. She does not care if you guys do well or not. She makes it hard to do well if you do not have Econ knowledge. The ones who did well either just retain her horrible teaching style, or have previous Econ knowledge. I went to the tutoring center, GSS, and even saw her during office hours and I still did not do well. If I could tell myself one thing it would be to take this class over the summer or winter not at UMD or honestly just take it with another Professor. She sucks and everyone who disagrees is lying to you!!!!!!
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting a B Anonymous 05/12/2024	DO NOT TAKE HER IF MOODY IS AN OPTION (or really anyone else)!!!!! Micro is supposed to be an easy introductory course but the way her's is set up makes it such a difficult class. As a professor, she does do a good job going over the content in class with examples but she moves so so so fast. It is impossible to write everything down before the next slide so I would go back and review the slides later. The wording on her exams were very complicated and had some questions regarding content we never covered. The first exam's mean was in the low 70s while the second's was low 60s. It was very frustrating since there is no curve so if you did badly, it heavily sank your grade with no way to recover. I think it's still possible to get higher than a B if you put in A LOT of time to study and go to lectures and office hours, but I HIGHLY RECOMMEND taking Moody instead.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/11/2024	Scandizzo's lectures do not add anything to the assigned textbook readings. She frequently fumbles with what she is saying, and when I have asked questions that she does not know the answer to, she makes the question seem stupid. I do not go to lectures anymore, and honestly feel that self studying is best. Her exams are reasonable and compared to AP Micro, it is a much easier class. I spend maybe an hour or two per week on homework.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting a B Anonymous 05/10/2024	She's ok. The lectures just consist of slides that you could do in your room. This course is mostly busy work but it does help you learn the material. To all the people saying its and easy A,its not if you dont have any kind of background in economics. There's lots of definitions and graphs that you need to be able to understand and analyze. There is no wiggle room, there are no extensions,no extra credit,nothing, this include people with ADS accommodations. The TA's exam review session is a god send-go to it. All in all ok professor,moderate difficulty course,and lots of work.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting a D+ Anonymous 05/10/2024	This course was difficult. There is a lot of material, so if you fall behind, it could be hard to catch back up. You need to really put a lot of effort on this course. She is very monotone and her lectures are hard to pay attention in. I think I learned better by learning on my own than her lecture. However her practice problems that we do in class were not too bad. Her exams are tough. Overall, you'd have to put a lot of effort in this class.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 05/10/2024	Bland and boring. Lectures were honestly not very helpful and skippable. You could definitely just look up videos of the content for the week and be better off that way. I took econ in high school so I didn't struggle much except for the tests but I would say she is not a very good explainer for the graphs (which are a huge part of micro) so that led to many students poor performance. Overall, its possible to take it with her but you get what you put in for this class, don't slack and study for tests and you should be able to pass with an easy B maybe an A if you put more effort.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/07/2024	She does not curve and reading the textbook is better than going to her lectures because sometimes they are very confusing.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting a D Anonymous 04/30/2024	If zero stars I could. Please avoid her take another prof. I had to take the W and withdraw because her class is too dumb. Study guides are useless, tells us to focus on this but then doesn’t put anything on study guides on exams. Average for the midterms were ranged from 60 to 70. This is crazy because she actually can not teach please learn from someone else and not her. GSS is useless too they don’t help. Literally does not curve too like? I love econ i took econ classes in highschool but she made me hate it now. passion GONE.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting a C- Anonymous 04/24/2024	She knows what she’s talking about, but her practice tests for exams are nothing like the actual exams. The average for her last 2 exams were low 60’s. Obviously there’s something wrong if more than half the class is failing.
Stefania Scandizzo Expecting an A- Anonymous 04/19/2024	I think she gets too much hate. She's kinda boring but I thought that she taught the concepts pretty well. For not taking any Econ classes in high school, she was able to make the concepts easy to learn. She tends to read off the board sometimes but she's fine.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting a C Anonymous 04/16/2024	She’s not bad, but not great. Her exams are nothing like the practice tests she gives us. Her lectures are pretty boring, but they do help. I know she has no control over who TA’s but they do absolutely NOTHING. Not helpful whatsoever. I know econ200 is a requirement for many students, so just prepare yourselves
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting a D Anonymous 02/01/2024	Horrible professor to take. She is not very understanding about deadlines even if you have ADS accommodations. It took me 3 months to get my ADS signed by her after numerous reminder. Super boring lecturer and long homework assignments. Def take a different professor if you can
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting a D+ jj 01/16/2024	The instructor found it hard to listen to a long lecture twice a week and was very boring. Although practice exams were the same as the test, there was a crazy amount of material to learn for the entire semester and if you fall behind it can be hard to catch up. The ta's were not helpful for this course and made you feel stupid when you didn't get it or didn't do well on the exam and did not try to help you do better. Would take this course with someone else if possible
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/03/2024	Took AP Econ in highschool so this class was an easy A, other ppl tend to struggle tho. Definitely take Scandizzo, her lectures are well explained and other professors added in more material. Smartbooks and homework every week but you get a second attempt. Probably be helpful to take notes on the textbook if you're gonna skip class
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting a B luby 12/21/2023	I think she teaches the course pretty well and straight-forward. Tests are a pretty average difficulty and she provides adequate resources to prepare but she is a little boring.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A MDreviews4 12/19/2023	Professor Scandizzo is a pretty good professor who explains concepts pretty well and makes it easy to understand what is happening. While the hws and smartbooks can be a lot of work during the week, they make it easier to understand the concepts. Her tests are fair and she provides helpful resources and practice problems to better prepare you for the exams. There are 2 midterms and a final that make up a majority of your grade. ECON200 also has weekly GSS sessions and a tutoring center that allows you to get help multiple times a week which is helpful. I recommend attending class as concepts are easier to understand when she explains them but she does post the slides if you need to go over them again.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/19/2023	She posts the note for each class so you don't ever have to come to class in person. She goes over examples and releases practice tests and questions before each midterm. The two midterms are 20% each with the final being 30% of your grade. She covers different chapters than other sections so unless you have friends in your class, you can't study with anyone else. Although she doesn't curve, if you end with a 90 or above its a A. And a 88 or 89 is a A-. The smartbooks are helpful for learning content, and there are Guided Study Sessions weekly, as well as office hours which are helpful for questions.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting a B Anonymous 12/18/2023	Not a bad teacher to take for micro at all. Do not get all the negative buzz around her. Lectures are very boring and I stopped going around third week. All HW assignments are free A's and you get two attempts. I learned everything for the midterm and final a week before and managed to pull out a B. If you apply yourself and do the work it will be easy to get an A.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting a B- Anonymous 12/07/2023	Her lectures are kinda boring but this class is definitely doable. She provides a lot of resources for students and honestly you don't even really have to go to class to do okay. Economics has always been hard for me so I struggled a little bit, but take advantage of the resources like GSS and you will be fine.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/05/2023	Dr. Scandizzo is a good professor to take ECON200 with because she posts annotated notes after class and explains the content pretty thoroughly during lecture. My one qualm is that lecture is extremely boring and I find myself doing other things in her class because I can't pay attention. However, she provides good resources and the class is easy.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/26/2023	Scandizzo is a pretty solid professor to take ECON200 with. The class itself is very easy, and Scandizzo also writes exams that are very straightforward. The practice materials she provides are sometimes useless, but sometimes will have the exact same questions as the actual exam. Outside of exams, there's just so much busywork that, for a class like ECON200, is quite frankly unnecessary; the weekly Smartbook and homework assignments get tedious after a while, and they aren't really helpful. Her lectures are also just fine, she basically just reads off the slides but does so in a fairly engaging way. Still, after a while, I just stopped going to class altogether since honestly the material is easy enough to learn on your own.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/24/2023	Econ200 is not too difficult of a class however Professor Scandizzo's lectures were extremely boring. She mainly taught off the slides. I stopped going to lectures two weeks in and only attended Gavin's GSS. If you have the choice to choose professors pick Abbasi.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/24/2023	Anybody who says that the class is hard is stupid. All you have to do is read the assigned smart books and take some notes. Most the people who get bad grades in the class either cheat on the homework’s or don’t read the smart book. This class takes common sense and no business background to get an A in this class.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 05/23/2023	For people who don't really care for this course and is only taking it because of the gen ed requirement, I feel like taking this professor is good enough. I barely show up to class and I honestly do not know anything until the week before an upcoming exam. She provides a lot of useful resources like GSS sessions and practice exams so there is really no reason to be failing her exams.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON387 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/20/2023	Take this class if you wanna prepare for job or internship related position. Moreover, the class is extremely easy to get an A+ .
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A- Anonymous 05/16/2023	Not rating Scandizzo because i never went to class, but the course is very simple. Read the textbook and made try to not get behind too much. It really helps to write chapter summaries/ study guides that you can look back at when studying for the final.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting a B- Anonymous 05/16/2023	As a student with nor prior Econ knowledge, this class was tough and Scandizzo made it even more difficult than needed. She was very friendly and nice but her teaching method was hard to follow. Also, the smartbooks and HW's are really time consuming and they make up a pretty good chunk of your grade so I don't recommend slacking off on those. The test questions are a lot harder compared to exam review and what is gone over in class. Anyways this was one of the more annoying classes I had to take and I ended up self teaching myself a lot.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A- Anonymous 05/12/2023	This class is challenging if you don't have any background in economics. Dr. Scandizzo's lectures are kind of boring and there is a lot of material to cover throughout the semester. The homeworks are how you mainly learn the material and your worst three grades are dropped. The exams are definitely the hardest part of the course.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/02/2023	I have taken econ courses in high school and my first one in college I took with Professor Scandizzo. She mainly just used slides to teach the course, but I feel this really worked because her tests were almost the same as what she taught. I would recommend taking this course with her.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A Anonymous 03/14/2023	I've never taken econ or anything of the sort before, but I feel like this class wasn't nearly as terrible as the other reviews are saying. If you go to lecture, and start studying for exams at least a couple days in advance, you'll do fine. I didn't take textbook notes, or go to review sessions outside of the pre-exam kahoots (recommended). She's a decent professor, just sit up front and take hand written notes so you don't get distracted. Exams are straightforward, and the practice ones she gives are accurate to how the real ones are. Don't let the people who didn't put in any effort discourage you!!
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 02/06/2023	Easy class, but awful teacher. Does not explain anything better than the book does, and stopped going to class. However, easy class in general.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/22/2023	Super nice professor who gives all required material to do well in the class. I will say the exams were straight forward in a lot of ways, but I somehow always got a lower than expected grade. COME TO CLASS if you want an A. If you don’t care, the slides should suffice.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting a B Anonymous 12/24/2022	I did not attend a single lecture after the first month and still pulled out a B. That should be all the info you need.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A- edenw29 12/17/2022	I loved learning from professor scandizzo. Econ is hard to make interesting but she did as best as she could. Lectures could get boring, but if you did the weekly HW assignments and smartbooks, you don't really need to pay much attention. Her exams were pretty straightforward and were never on concepts that she didn't cover.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/13/2022	Very nice professor, but the way she taught was not very engaging. Her lectures were just a slideshow of notes. I obviously understand that she taught a large lecture for ECON200 which makes it hard to engage everyone, so it's kinda something you'd have to deal with. You have to do a lot of busywork in this class. Smartbooks seemed a bit pointless because in class she covers the same material from the chapters, but just less of the smartbook and only the material needed for exams. Completed notes will always be posted if you miss a class, and the GSS sessions and TA office hours are good resources to use if you need help understanding any concepts. It is a passable course, but will be boring at times - something I felt like I just had to get through. If there is an upper level course with her, I think it would be better because she can be more engaging in smaller groups - she's still very personable and approachable.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/09/2022	I really loved Scandizzo as a person and professor. I think she is really friendly and easy to approach. Her examples in class are simple to follow and she is clear in her explanations. Go to class, attend GSS, and review as much as you can. I did extremely well on the first test, but not as well on the second. It is a tough class. I recommend taking her if you can because she cares a lot about the success of her students.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A- cwill04 12/08/2022	The course is hard no doubt. I think she tries as hard as she can to help students get the material down during lectures and when that isn't enough there are a lot of resources she makes sure to push and review sessions with the TAs are great. The annotated slide shows are all posted online which is great incase you need to miss class but I really recommend going. Her tests are mainly multiple choice and a few short answers of drawing and identifying graphs. Its a decent amount of work outside of class and studying is definitely needed to do well at all on her tests and even the class in general because they weigh so much. One midterm I got a 90 the other a 73 and that was with a lot of studying (granted I still didn't have everything down and I hope the 73 was just a fluke). Its a lot of information fast but if you do your work, go to lectures or look over the slides, take notes, and go to review session you'll be good. She wants you to succeed and helps as much as she can the class is just rough.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/08/2022	It's a fairly easy class if you come to lectures. She answers questions well and her lectures do a good job clarifying material from the smartbook. There is a decent amount of busy work but that's going to be with all intro level courses and it boosts your grade which is nice.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 12/06/2022	A very nice person, sometimes lectures are hard to follow. Smartbook lessons and Hw so basically completion which is nice for hw. She posts lecture slides if you can't make it to class but they are not very detailed. 2 midterms and 1 final.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/06/2022	I like Scandizzo I think she uses good examples to explain the topics and does good work building off past information. The homeworks are graded for completion and you get two attempts with the homework and she takes the highest grade which is nice. Go to the review sessions, look at the notes she posts on canvas, ask the TA's to review your past midterms and you'll do fine.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/01/2022	People like to say Scandizzo is a horrible teacher but I found that not to be the case. If you do the assigned smartbooks and homework, along with the exam reviews, you'll do fine.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/15/2022	Honestly don't really get the bad reviews. I came into the class with no micro experience but Prof. Scandizzo made everything easy to follow and fair. There was a fair amount of work every week since you have to do Smartbook questions and homework on Connect, but the Smartbooks are easy 100s and you get 2 attempts on the homework. Tests were really doable if you do the practice exams and take advantage of GSS study sessions. Her lectures also follow the notes very closely (with a couple more examples) so if you take good notes sometimes going to class isn't super necessary. I personally stopped going and just attended the review sessions before exams and was still able to get an A. I honestly wouldn't be put off by the bad reviews, just take her! If you put in the work it's definitely possible to do well in this class.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/06/2022	I found Dr. Scandizzo to be a great professor. She is really knowledgeable on microeconomics and her lectures were pretty clear. I will say that the smartbook assignments were honestly pretty dumb and unhelpful. Make sure you attend lectures, do the readings, and GO TO GSS or office hours. Her exams were oddly specific and difficult but the practice tests were very similar so really try and master those.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting a B Anonymous 01/22/2022	Her exams are extremely difficult especially compared to what other Econ professors gave out. I’d be fine with her being a hard teacher if she actually cared about her students, whenever I’d go to her office hours asking for help on concepts/how to improve my study skills to better my grade she always quickly dismissed me. Honestly just go for a different professor she doesn’t seem to care about teaching.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting a B- Anonymous 01/20/2022	EXAMS WERE SO HARD, the assignments she gave did not prepare you for the exam, the only way you were suppose to well on the exam is do the practice exam and go to class. She really nice but is awful at teaching, she explains in a very roundabout way, please take a different prof
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 12/21/2021	The TAs were very helpful and nice but she was very poor at explaining things during lecture. I had to work my but off for this course and had an A most of the semester until the last exam. I would try to take it at a community college if you can but be prepared to study a lot to a an A. The homework is difficult and the exams are deceptively difficult.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/16/2021	Dr. Scandizzo is very knowledgeable about microeconomics! She explains the content very well and does practice problems during class so you can watch how to do problems step-by-step. The only problem is she ONLY talks about microeconomics-- there are no tangents or anything, which can make the lectures a little bit boring. But I came into the class with no background whatsoever in microeconomics and I am expecting an A, even though I only attending one review session in the entire semester. My best suggestion is to read the chapters and take notes before the lectures so you can use the lectures as a review. Dr. Scandizzo does cover most important concepts in each chapter, but sometimes there simply is not enough time for her to cover everything, so I really suggest you take in-depth notes in advance. There is a very reasonable amount of work. Half the assignments are graded for completion, and the other half is graded for accuracy. But you get two attempts for the assignments that are graded for accuracy, and she takes the better of your two scores. Personally, I find the homework assignments to be very difficult and the exams to be extremely easy, but most of the class believes that the homework is easy and the exams are difficult, so it may be subjective. Average exam scores hover around an 80, but my lowest exam score has been a 93. Just read the textbook chapters before class and take in-depth notes and you'll be fine, but you'll need to do that no matter what professor you have for this class. Dr. Scandizzo does everything right to help her students get good grades. It's just that the content is really hard for most people. There isn't much more she could possibly do to help.
Stefania Scandizzo Anonymous 12/06/2021	She is a very good lecturer and makes the topics very understandable in lectures with examples. Go to GSS sessions if you're confused and you'll be fine. The textbook assignments are really annoying but she drops your 2 worst grades.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Anonymous 11/17/2021	She literally doesn't know how to explain ANYTHING. homework is horrible and super hard and her lectures dont help one bit. you're better off taking a micro class at community college
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/14/2021	I had little trouble with Professor Scandizzo's class, and found the homework pretty straightforward, but I can understand the frustrations people have been expressing. She seems like a nice person overall and seems responsive to student concerns. I did, however, have to rely on the textbook for most of the class but her lectures were recorded and I'm glad I was able to watch them on my on time. The class felt overall pretty intuitive for me, but I can understand how people did not feel that she helped them that much through her lectures and tests.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/25/2020	Lots of busy work which does cover the material and helps you learn, but the content of the exams is not directly covered by the homework and SmartBook assignments.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/22/2020	(I took this class completely online.) This was a surprisingly difficult class for me. I put in a considerable amount of effort (significantly more than I've needed to get an A in most of my other classes so far) and still struggled to get the A. The pace of the class is quick–not unmanageable, but still quick. I also found the exams to be MUCH harder than the homeworks and review materials. From what I heard from my classmates, some people thought the exams were very unfair and some thought they were fine. As someone with no econ background but who genuinely put in a lot of effort, studied a lot, kept up with the material, etc, I'd say the exams are pretty hard but not impossible. She's a good professor and seems to know what she's talking about. Overall a solid course, but if you don't have a background in economics and/or economics just isn't your thing, be prepared to really work for it.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/17/2020	She is one of the most organized teachers I've dealt with but does not take constructive criticism well. Overall the class is fairly easy if you put in the work you're supposed to. I was lucky and had a background in microeconomics before taking it so most things were not new to me. She understands what she's talking about but the execution of her teaching style did not always go well with students. It was her first time teaching such a large lecture AND it was online so got to cut her some slack there.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/17/2020	The exams are typically easy if you know the content, and she lectures well, if you pay attention and take good notes you’ll do fine.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/16/2020	Assigns 1-2 textbook chapters every week. Chapters are not long, each one takes like 1 hour to finish if you read thoroughly. She goes over the material from the readings in class and records them. HW consists of Connect and Smartbook questions. Smartbook is a bunch of multiple choice questions based on the reading, but it's basically completion cause the questions are easy and you can get a bunch wrong and still get full credit. Connect questions are like problem sets, which can take a little while to finish and can get tricky, but prof drops lowest two connect and smartbook assignments, and you get 2 submissions per assignment, so there's some leeway if you mess up. In class quizzes are assigned every week, but you get 2 attempts per quiz and prof gives you a chance to talk in groups about the quiz after the first attempt. Exams are all multiple choice. If you don't know the material well then you're fffffffucked, but all you gotta do is study well, go to GSS, and go over past HW's and most importantly understand the material and you'll easily get a B+ or above every time. To be honest, contrary to my peers, I really liked the class. If you're good at teaching yourself, you like economics, and you have an interest towards the subject, you will most likely get an A and learn a good amount. However, I can't say much about the professors teaching abilities because I mostly learned from the readings and HW assignments. You'll probably eat shit if you're looking for a loaf class and/or you rely on the professor to teach you most of the info. P.S I took this class during rona szn
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting a W Anonymous 12/10/2020	I’m a little annoyed by the people saying “just study and you’ll be fine” “we’re exaggerating””..More than half of the class is struggling at a borderline C/D...stop giving bias reviews if you’re already a pro at Econ. “Obvious questions”?? Econ is hard what other times do we have to ask questions if she doesn’t respond to emails? The pace wasn’t the issue the lack of assistance, help, matching test questions was the issue. Homeworks and smart books were annoying but do-able....Exams were a entire different thing. She could improve a lot of ways for the next round of students.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/09/2020	Tests are very fair and you don't have to do much studying. Just to the homeworks and the smartbook assignments and you're good. You don't really have to pay attention to the lectures most of the content can be self learned. She knows what's she's talking about but gets kinda annoyed if you ask obvious questions.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/08/2020	I want to cut her some slack because it's her first semester dealing with this many students and having it online doesn't make it easy, but she was very ineffective as a teacher this semester and at least some of that is due to the online nature of the class to be fair. Do the readings and study them hard if you haven't taken micro before and you'll be fine, but I know I'm only doing well right now because I took Econ in high school.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/05/2020	Thought she was a decent professor; make sure to take good notes since tests online are open note & almost all multiple choice, and if you take this course with no econ background, be prepared for a lot of graphs and be ready to analyze graphs in 30 seconds during a test possibly. Definitely a good course but I know a lot of kids complained about the pace of it, which I thought was pretty decent for a freshman taking a first-time college course; you teach yourself the content with the online textbook and then she goes over it in class to really get in your head which I liked; would reccommend!
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/04/2020	People exaggerate the difficulty of this class. With that being said it is a 200 level class, not a 100 level. Overall exams are not too bad if you actually study. The busy work seems dumb but honestly it drills the content into ur head. She's a pretty good teacher but does get frustrated with students sometimes.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting a W Anonymous 12/02/2020	Please do not take her. Smart books and homeworks are no match for test material. If you reach out to her she’s either not going to respond to your email or she’ll reply with something that doesn’t help (in reference to grades) GSS sessions barely help. It’s like she purposely makes the exams so difficult for what reason I dont know. I would’ve been able to get by with at least a C if the exams weren’t rigorous and if we had longer than one hour. All in all, it didnt seem like she cared much. Even when other students would ask questions during zoom calls.
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting an A- Anonymous 11/30/2020	I'm actually doing ok grade-wise, but I admit I've gotten lucky. She doesn't listen to her students and the majority of the class is severely struggling (averages are typically around 70-75).
Stefania Scandizzo ECON200 Expecting a W Anonymous 11/25/2020	Terrible. Her exams are 100x harder than class material like homework and smart books. The GSS sessions, TA sessions and practice problems are no match for her exams. Doesn’t seem to care because she barely responds to emails. Only 1 hour for exams please dont take her.
Stefania Scandizzo Anonymous 11/24/2020	so much busy work... and in a pandemic?! Her tests made me wanna cry. would've failed if it wasn't for GSS

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting a C
Anonymous
12/10/2024

Don’t have anything bad to say about her as she is a nice professor, if she’s the only option you will be ok but there are definitely better alternative professors of this course to be better for success (other sections offer cheat sheets, retakes, etc but not hers). Not saying you should rely on a cheat sheet or retakes for success, but to struggle with an heavy introductory level course like this one I must say it unfortunately comes down it. I struggled heavily with test, I think that is mostly me being a bad test taker considering I would just about ace the practice exams. Final is optional to replace one of the three midterms if you need a boost come the end of the semester. The dropping of low smart books and homework's did literally nothing to help my grade. Do ALL the in class polls to get the most of extra credit points to your final class grade at the end of the semester to give you some security. Not sure at this point if she curves final grades or not, she does not curve midterms/exams; class averages are around 70% across the board… Taking notes in lecture did not help me, but I attended to do the in class polls for the extra credit since I had nothing else to do during that time anyway. Definitely stay on the top of the material, go to gss/tutoring appointments. Especially if you feel you will struggle with this type of material and/or have no prior Econ experience.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/09/2024

The lectures aren't super engaging, I didn't show up to lecture after the halfway point of the semester, but she offered up to 2% extra credit if you went to class and did the polls. Practice test multiple choice is nearly identical to the actual multiple choice questions on exams so it's not super hard to study for her exams, but sometimes the free response grading asks for really specific things. HW and smartbooks can sometimes be a lot of busy work for the weeks when we go over 2 chapters, but she drops the lowest 3 grades for each, and you can take optional final to replace your lowest midterm grade, so you have chances to fix your grade.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/09/2024

Class is boring as hell but the teacher is fine. I can't believe that you have to pay 100 dollars for the punishment of doing smart books. Don't really have to show up to lecture to do well. She's pretty good at explaining the concepts but again, so boring.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting a C
Anonymous
12/08/2024

If I could give her zero stars I would. Yes, I understand that a 300 person lecture is a hard class and you won't get individualized attention. However, I have always been a straight A student. Never in my life would I be the student to get a C, but let me tell you this class was a STRUGGLE. Every other professor of this course lets their students use a one page front and back cheat sheet on the exam with any information they please. They can also redo every exam. WELL NOT in this class. We don't get any form of cheat sheets on tests and the only way to fix your grade is to take the optional final which replaces your lowest of the 3 midterm grades. Some questions on exams are very straight forward and same as practice exams, but most questions are insanely hard. This class is absolutely awful and may be the hardest class I've ever taken. DO ANYTHING TO AVOID THIS PROFESSOR. Yes she is a kind lady, but going to class will not even help you. Might as well not attend her class at all and you'd end with same grade as if you went every day.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
12/06/2024

Pretty good, not much better you can do for such a big lecture. Go to class and you get free extra credit from polls. Exams are pretty similar to mock tests. Drops lowest grades, so you don't have to worry about homework too much.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/06/2024

She's a decent professor. Her teaching style is very straightforward and to the point. It can be a little boring at times but that might just be the course material and not her. Homework each week is pretty light, usually just a couple smartbooks and/or homework assignments. Plus, she drops your lowest three homework and smartbook grades. Also, she provides a lot of exam preparation material that is usually extremely similar or even the same as the real exams. Do the homework, do the practice exams, and you will be fine. I think she gets a lot of hate but her class isn't too bad.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Anonymous
12/04/2024

In comparison to other professors who teach this course, her class is slightly hard. Lectures are very lecture-based. She is very matter-of-fact and as said on the syllabus does not cut a lot of slack with work. There is a lot of busy work, but nothing that is not manageable. She is very sweet, but if you have not previously taken an economics class the material could be challenging. If she is the only option available for registration, she is not a bad one.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
07/14/2024

The professor is fine, but her teaching style is so boring. The homework is ridiculously hard--taking hours on end to get an okay score. Exam wording is meant to trick you, which is just not what you want in an intro level class. The practice exams were not great preparation. It is very hard to do well in this class. She put a curve on it after final grades were in for crying out loud! Also, I never had an interaction from a TA, but the guided study sessions were helpful.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting a B
Anonymous
05/29/2024

Generally a good professor. Her lectures are easy to follow and she makes sure to point out confusing topics in each unit. I'd say the practice exams are also pretty similar to the exams themselves. This class is easy, you just have to do the Smartbooks and take notes.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting a C+
Anonymous
05/23/2024

Dr. Scandizzo didn't really listen to student feedback. I understand that she did give us a little curve but the averages on exams were horrible, and many students asked if we could use cheat sheets or have any form of extra credit. She is a nice person though, but ECON in general needs to have some sort of discussion since it was hard for many students to go to the GSS session. Proceed with caution. I heard that Abassi is a better professor.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting a C
Anonymous
05/22/2024

Spring 2024 her average for every exam counting final was around 69 to 75. Not pretty good. As a person she nice but sometimes made me feel quite dumb as i told her what i struggle in and she was like "it should be easy". But I ended up passing due to a curve she did. The curve was maybe 9 points as a 61 was a C-. Your groupme should help you, i believe there should be a discussion time for this class. I myself ended up with a C but many peers were in the C- to C+ range. Please watch Jacob Clifford on yt he was very helpful.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/21/2024

Attendance isn't mandatory which is nice because lectures are not particularly engaging or necessary for learning material. It can basically be an online asynchronous course if you want it to be. Overall Professor Scandizzo was okay, not necessarily a detriment but not all that helpful either except for providing practice exams. Keep in mind there's no curve, test averages were somewhere between 65-75. Just do the SmartBooks and homework and you should be fine, maybe go to GSS exam reviews if need be.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting a B-
Anonymous
05/20/2024

I think that some of the reviews for Scandizzo have been too harsh. While I don't think she's that great of a professor, she isn't as bad as everyone makes here seem to be. Her lectures are pretty boring and weren't that helpful in my opinion, honestly you were probably better of just doing the readings by yourself. The practice exams were nothing like the actual exams, and the multiple choice questions were very difficult for no reason at all. Towards the end of the semester I started attending her office hours and they were very helpful. She's honestly a nice woman and in smaller groups she helps break down the material much better than she does during her lectures. She gave us all the resources to succeed on the final, and the exam was written almost exactly to what we have learned throughout the semester. If you can take ECON200 with another professor I would suggest you do, but Scandizzo isn't too bad. If you have prior economics knowledge before this class, you'll be fine, but if not, you will most likely struggle.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A
DenialWhammy
05/19/2024

It's a lot of content to cover, but totally doable by yourself. Just cover the material, and don't fall behind. If so, you should be chill.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting a B
Anonymous
05/17/2024

I think she's a decent professor, I showed up to lectures for the first 2 weeks then stopped because I didn't want to wake up for 11 am class. Lectures are boring and are useless HOWEVER make sure you are keeping up-to-date taking lecture notes and using other given resources to help navigate the class. I didn't really give a shit, hence the B, but if you go to lectures, take good notes, study adequately, you'll get an A- or A relatively easily

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting a B
Anonymous
05/16/2024

as a professor, not good. her lectures are a total snooze fest, never cares to go in-depth and just "lectures" using definitions straight from the textbook. ALSO, the textbook does NOT HELP AT ALL. when you crack the textbook open (using the website), be prepared for yapsville. Honestly, the topics overall are not hard to cover, but Scandizzo does not teach it well, or the textbook. Pray for good TA's and use the GSS worksheets if they provide them. Good Luck!

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting a B
Anonymous
05/15/2024

Lectures are very boring and she doesn't care about the students because the class is huge. Exams are so hard and often do not match the practice exams which is frustrating. If you take her, plan to spend a lot of time in Guided Study Sessions.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting a C
Anonymous
05/14/2024

This was honestly one of the hardest courses I have taken. I expected econ to be a challenge but since so many people have to take it I also expected it to be a bit easier than it was. Everyone I talked to that found the class to be easy had already taken econ previously. My high school didn't have econ or anything like that so going into this class with no background- it sucked. I was behind from the beginning and don't think I've been able to catch up. Highly recommend taking this course at a community college if you haven't taken econ before- that's what I should've done. Dr. Scandizzo is nice but I did not find her lectures to be helpful at all.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting a B
Anonymous
05/13/2024

Lectures are really boring and the practice exams are nothing like the actual exams. Homework is very long and tedious.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an F
Anonymous
05/12/2024

Scandizzo if you're reading this, I do not like you. I wish I could give 0 stars. She is a bad professor who is too old to be teaching. Her lectures are not helpful, nor are her posted slide shows. You're better off skipping lectures and going straight to the TA's for help or YouTube honestly. Save yourself 4k and take the class at a community college for half the price and just transfer the credit here.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting a B
Anonymous
05/12/2024

DO NOT TAKE HER IF MOODY IS AN OPTION (or really anyone else)!!!!! Micro is supposed to be an easy introductory course but the way her's is set up makes it such a difficult class. As a professor, she does do a good job going over the content in class with examples but she moves so so so fast. It is impossible to write everything down before the next slide so I would go back and review the slides later. The wording on her exams were very complicated and had some questions regarding content we never covered. The first exam's mean was in the low 70s while the second's was low 60s. It was very frustrating since there is no curve so if you did badly, it heavily sank your grade with no way to recover. I think it's still possible to get higher than a B if you put in A LOT of time to study and go to lectures and office hours, but I HIGHLY RECOMMEND taking Moody instead.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/11/2024

Scandizzo's lectures do not add anything to the assigned textbook readings. She frequently fumbles with what she is saying, and when I have asked questions that she does not know the answer to, she makes the question seem stupid. I do not go to lectures anymore, and honestly feel that self studying is best. Her exams are reasonable and compared to AP Micro, it is a much easier class. I spend maybe an hour or two per week on homework.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting a B
Anonymous
05/10/2024

She's ok. The lectures just consist of slides that you could do in your room. This course is mostly busy work but it does help you learn the material. To all the people saying its and easy A,its not if you dont have any kind of background in economics. There's lots of definitions and graphs that you need to be able to understand and analyze. There is no wiggle room, there are no extensions,no extra credit,nothing, this include people with ADS accommodations. The TA's exam review session is a god send-go to it. All in all ok professor,moderate difficulty course,and lots of work.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting a D+
Anonymous
05/10/2024

This course was difficult. There is a lot of material, so if you fall behind, it could be hard to catch back up. You need to really put a lot of effort on this course. She is very monotone and her lectures are hard to pay attention in. I think I learned better by learning on my own than her lecture. However her practice problems that we do in class were not too bad. Her exams are tough. Overall, you'd have to put a lot of effort in this class.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting a B+
Anonymous
05/10/2024

Bland and boring. Lectures were honestly not very helpful and skippable. You could definitely just look up videos of the content for the week and be better off that way. I took econ in high school so I didn't struggle much except for the tests but I would say she is not a very good explainer for the graphs (which are a huge part of micro) so that led to many students poor performance. Overall, its possible to take it with her but you get what you put in for this class, don't slack and study for tests and you should be able to pass with an easy B maybe an A if you put more effort.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/07/2024

She does not curve and reading the textbook is better than going to her lectures because sometimes they are very confusing.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting a D
Anonymous
04/30/2024

If zero stars I could. Please avoid her take another prof. I had to take the W and withdraw because her class is too dumb. Study guides are useless, tells us to focus on this but then doesn’t put anything on study guides on exams. Average for the midterms were ranged from 60 to 70. This is crazy because she actually can not teach please learn from someone else and not her. GSS is useless too they don’t help. Literally does not curve too like? I love econ i took econ classes in highschool but she made me hate it now. passion GONE.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting a C-
Anonymous
04/24/2024

She knows what she’s talking about, but her practice tests for exams are nothing like the actual exams. The average for her last 2 exams were low 60’s. Obviously there’s something wrong if more than half the class is failing.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting a C
Anonymous
04/16/2024

She’s not bad, but not great. Her exams are nothing like the practice tests she gives us. Her lectures are pretty boring, but they do help. I know she has no control over who TA’s but they do absolutely NOTHING. Not helpful whatsoever. I know econ200 is a requirement for many students, so just prepare yourselves

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting a D
Anonymous
02/01/2024

Horrible professor to take. She is not very understanding about deadlines even if you have ADS accommodations. It took me 3 months to get my ADS signed by her after numerous reminder. Super boring lecturer and long homework assignments. Def take a different professor if you can

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting a D+
jj
01/16/2024

The instructor found it hard to listen to a long lecture twice a week and was very boring. Although practice exams were the same as the test, there was a crazy amount of material to learn for the entire semester and if you fall behind it can be hard to catch up. The ta's were not helpful for this course and made you feel stupid when you didn't get it or didn't do well on the exam and did not try to help you do better. Would take this course with someone else if possible

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
01/03/2024

Took AP Econ in highschool so this class was an easy A, other ppl tend to struggle tho. Definitely take Scandizzo, her lectures are well explained and other professors added in more material. Smartbooks and homework every week but you get a second attempt. Probably be helpful to take notes on the textbook if you're gonna skip class

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting a B
luby
12/21/2023

I think she teaches the course pretty well and straight-forward. Tests are a pretty average difficulty and she provides adequate resources to prepare but she is a little boring.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A
MDreviews4
12/19/2023

Professor Scandizzo is a pretty good professor who explains concepts pretty well and makes it easy to understand what is happening. While the hws and smartbooks can be a lot of work during the week, they make it easier to understand the concepts. Her tests are fair and she provides helpful resources and practice problems to better prepare you for the exams. There are 2 midterms and a final that make up a majority of your grade. ECON200 also has weekly GSS sessions and a tutoring center that allows you to get help multiple times a week which is helpful. I recommend attending class as concepts are easier to understand when she explains them but she does post the slides if you need to go over them again.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/19/2023

She posts the note for each class so you don't ever have to come to class in person. She goes over examples and releases practice tests and questions before each midterm. The two midterms are 20% each with the final being 30% of your grade. She covers different chapters than other sections so unless you have friends in your class, you can't study with anyone else. Although she doesn't curve, if you end with a 90 or above its a A. And a 88 or 89 is a A-. The smartbooks are helpful for learning content, and there are Guided Study Sessions weekly, as well as office hours which are helpful for questions.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting a B
Anonymous
12/18/2023

Not a bad teacher to take for micro at all. Do not get all the negative buzz around her. Lectures are very boring and I stopped going around third week. All HW assignments are free A's and you get two attempts. I learned everything for the midterm and final a week before and managed to pull out a B. If you apply yourself and do the work it will be easy to get an A.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting a B-
Anonymous
12/07/2023

Her lectures are kinda boring but this class is definitely doable. She provides a lot of resources for students and honestly you don't even really have to go to class to do okay. Economics has always been hard for me so I struggled a little bit, but take advantage of the resources like GSS and you will be fine.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/05/2023

Dr. Scandizzo is a good professor to take ECON200 with because she posts annotated notes after class and explains the content pretty thoroughly during lecture. My one qualm is that lecture is extremely boring and I find myself doing other things in her class because I can't pay attention. However, she provides good resources and the class is easy.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
05/26/2023

Scandizzo is a pretty solid professor to take ECON200 with. The class itself is very easy, and Scandizzo also writes exams that are very straightforward. The practice materials she provides are sometimes useless, but sometimes will have the exact same questions as the actual exam. Outside of exams, there's just so much busywork that, for a class like ECON200, is quite frankly unnecessary; the weekly Smartbook and homework assignments get tedious after a while, and they aren't really helpful. Her lectures are also just fine, she basically just reads off the slides but does so in a fairly engaging way. Still, after a while, I just stopped going to class altogether since honestly the material is easy enough to learn on your own.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/24/2023

Econ200 is not too difficult of a class however Professor Scandizzo's lectures were extremely boring. She mainly taught off the slides. I stopped going to lectures two weeks in and only attended Gavin's GSS. If you have the choice to choose professors pick Abbasi.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/24/2023

Anybody who says that the class is hard is stupid. All you have to do is read the assigned smart books and take some notes. Most the people who get bad grades in the class either cheat on the homework’s or don’t read the smart book. This class takes common sense and no business background to get an A in this class.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting a B+
Anonymous
05/23/2023

For people who don't really care for this course and is only taking it because of the gen ed requirement, I feel like taking this professor is good enough. I barely show up to class and I honestly do not know anything until the week before an upcoming exam. She provides a lot of useful resources like GSS sessions and practice exams so there is really no reason to be failing her exams.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
05/16/2023

Not rating Scandizzo because i never went to class, but the course is very simple. Read the textbook and made try to not get behind too much. It really helps to write chapter summaries/ study guides that you can look back at when studying for the final.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting a B-
Anonymous
05/16/2023

As a student with nor prior Econ knowledge, this class was tough and Scandizzo made it even more difficult than needed. She was very friendly and nice but her teaching method was hard to follow. Also, the smartbooks and HW's are really time consuming and they make up a pretty good chunk of your grade so I don't recommend slacking off on those. The test questions are a lot harder compared to exam review and what is gone over in class. Anyways this was one of the more annoying classes I had to take and I ended up self teaching myself a lot.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
05/12/2023

This class is challenging if you don't have any background in economics. Dr. Scandizzo's lectures are kind of boring and there is a lot of material to cover throughout the semester. The homeworks are how you mainly learn the material and your worst three grades are dropped. The exams are definitely the hardest part of the course.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/02/2023

I have taken econ courses in high school and my first one in college I took with Professor Scandizzo. She mainly just used slides to teach the course, but I feel this really worked because her tests were almost the same as what she taught. I would recommend taking this course with her.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
03/14/2023

I've never taken econ or anything of the sort before, but I feel like this class wasn't nearly as terrible as the other reviews are saying. If you go to lecture, and start studying for exams at least a couple days in advance, you'll do fine. I didn't take textbook notes, or go to review sessions outside of the pre-exam kahoots (recommended). She's a decent professor, just sit up front and take hand written notes so you don't get distracted. Exams are straightforward, and the practice ones she gives are accurate to how the real ones are. Don't let the people who didn't put in any effort discourage you!!

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
02/06/2023

Easy class, but awful teacher. Does not explain anything better than the book does, and stopped going to class. However, easy class in general.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
01/22/2023

Super nice professor who gives all required material to do well in the class. I will say the exams were straight forward in a lot of ways, but I somehow always got a lower than expected grade. COME TO CLASS if you want an A. If you don’t care, the slides should suffice.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting a B
Anonymous
12/24/2022

I did not attend a single lecture after the first month and still pulled out a B. That should be all the info you need.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A-
edenw29
12/17/2022

I loved learning from professor scandizzo. Econ is hard to make interesting but she did as best as she could. Lectures could get boring, but if you did the weekly HW assignments and smartbooks, you don't really need to pay much attention. Her exams were pretty straightforward and were never on concepts that she didn't cover.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/13/2022

Very nice professor, but the way she taught was not very engaging. Her lectures were just a slideshow of notes. I obviously understand that she taught a large lecture for ECON200 which makes it hard to engage everyone, so it's kinda something you'd have to deal with. You have to do a lot of busywork in this class. Smartbooks seemed a bit pointless because in class she covers the same material from the chapters, but just less of the smartbook and only the material needed for exams. Completed notes will always be posted if you miss a class, and the GSS sessions and TA office hours are good resources to use if you need help understanding any concepts. It is a passable course, but will be boring at times - something I felt like I just had to get through. If there is an upper level course with her, I think it would be better because she can be more engaging in smaller groups - she's still very personable and approachable.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
12/09/2022

I really loved Scandizzo as a person and professor. I think she is really friendly and easy to approach. Her examples in class are simple to follow and she is clear in her explanations. Go to class, attend GSS, and review as much as you can. I did extremely well on the first test, but not as well on the second. It is a tough class. I recommend taking her if you can because she cares a lot about the success of her students.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A-
cwill04
12/08/2022

The course is hard no doubt. I think she tries as hard as she can to help students get the material down during lectures and when that isn't enough there are a lot of resources she makes sure to push and review sessions with the TAs are great. The annotated slide shows are all posted online which is great incase you need to miss class but I really recommend going. Her tests are mainly multiple choice and a few short answers of drawing and identifying graphs. Its a decent amount of work outside of class and studying is definitely needed to do well at all on her tests and even the class in general because they weigh so much. One midterm I got a 90 the other a 73 and that was with a lot of studying (granted I still didn't have everything down and I hope the 73 was just a fluke). Its a lot of information fast but if you do your work, go to lectures or look over the slides, take notes, and go to review session you'll be good. She wants you to succeed and helps as much as she can the class is just rough.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/08/2022

It's a fairly easy class if you come to lectures. She answers questions well and her lectures do a good job clarifying material from the smartbook. There is a decent amount of busy work but that's going to be with all intro level courses and it boosts your grade which is nice.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting a B+
Anonymous
12/06/2022

A very nice person, sometimes lectures are hard to follow. Smartbook lessons and Hw so basically completion which is nice for hw. She posts lecture slides if you can't make it to class but they are not very detailed. 2 midterms and 1 final.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
12/06/2022

I like Scandizzo I think she uses good examples to explain the topics and does good work building off past information. The homeworks are graded for completion and you get two attempts with the homework and she takes the highest grade which is nice. Go to the review sessions, look at the notes she posts on canvas, ask the TA's to review your past midterms and you'll do fine.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
12/01/2022

People like to say Scandizzo is a horrible teacher but I found that not to be the case. If you do the assigned smartbooks and homework, along with the exam reviews, you'll do fine.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/15/2022

Honestly don't really get the bad reviews. I came into the class with no micro experience but Prof. Scandizzo made everything easy to follow and fair. There was a fair amount of work every week since you have to do Smartbook questions and homework on Connect, but the Smartbooks are easy 100s and you get 2 attempts on the homework. Tests were really doable if you do the practice exams and take advantage of GSS study sessions. Her lectures also follow the notes very closely (with a couple more examples) so if you take good notes sometimes going to class isn't super necessary. I personally stopped going and just attended the review sessions before exams and was still able to get an A. I honestly wouldn't be put off by the bad reviews, just take her! If you put in the work it's definitely possible to do well in this class.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/06/2022

I found Dr. Scandizzo to be a great professor. She is really knowledgeable on microeconomics and her lectures were pretty clear. I will say that the smartbook assignments were honestly pretty dumb and unhelpful. Make sure you attend lectures, do the readings, and GO TO GSS or office hours. Her exams were oddly specific and difficult but the practice tests were very similar so really try and master those.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting a B
Anonymous
01/22/2022

Her exams are extremely difficult especially compared to what other Econ professors gave out. I’d be fine with her being a hard teacher if she actually cared about her students, whenever I’d go to her office hours asking for help on concepts/how to improve my study skills to better my grade she always quickly dismissed me. Honestly just go for a different professor she doesn’t seem to care about teaching.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting a B-
Anonymous
01/20/2022

EXAMS WERE SO HARD, the assignments she gave did not prepare you for the exam, the only way you were suppose to well on the exam is do the practice exam and go to class. She really nice but is awful at teaching, she explains in a very roundabout way, please take a different prof

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting a B+
Anonymous
12/21/2021

The TAs were very helpful and nice but she was very poor at explaining things during lecture. I had to work my but off for this course and had an A most of the semester until the last exam. I would try to take it at a community college if you can but be prepared to study a lot to a an A. The homework is difficult and the exams are deceptively difficult.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/16/2021

Dr. Scandizzo is very knowledgeable about microeconomics! She explains the content very well and does practice problems during class so you can watch how to do problems step-by-step. The only problem is she ONLY talks about microeconomics-- there are no tangents or anything, which can make the lectures a little bit boring. But I came into the class with no background whatsoever in microeconomics and I am expecting an A, even though I only attending one review session in the entire semester. My best suggestion is to read the chapters and take notes before the lectures so you can use the lectures as a review. Dr. Scandizzo does cover most important concepts in each chapter, but sometimes there simply is not enough time for her to cover everything, so I really suggest you take in-depth notes in advance. There is a very reasonable amount of work. Half the assignments are graded for completion, and the other half is graded for accuracy. But you get two attempts for the assignments that are graded for accuracy, and she takes the better of your two scores. Personally, I find the homework assignments to be very difficult and the exams to be extremely easy, but most of the class believes that the homework is easy and the exams are difficult, so it may be subjective. Average exam scores hover around an 80, but my lowest exam score has been a 93. Just read the textbook chapters before class and take in-depth notes and you'll be fine, but you'll need to do that no matter what professor you have for this class. Dr. Scandizzo does everything right to help her students get good grades. It's just that the content is really hard for most people. There isn't much more she could possibly do to help.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Anonymous
11/17/2021

She literally doesn't know how to explain ANYTHING. homework is horrible and super hard and her lectures dont help one bit. you're better off taking a micro class at community college

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
01/14/2021

I had little trouble with Professor Scandizzo's class, and found the homework pretty straightforward, but I can understand the frustrations people have been expressing. She seems like a nice person overall and seems responsive to student concerns. I did, however, have to rely on the textbook for most of the class but her lectures were recorded and I'm glad I was able to watch them on my on time. The class felt overall pretty intuitive for me, but I can understand how people did not feel that she helped them that much through her lectures and tests.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/25/2020

Lots of busy work which does cover the material and helps you learn, but the content of the exams is not directly covered by the homework and SmartBook assignments.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/22/2020

(I took this class completely online.) This was a surprisingly difficult class for me. I put in a considerable amount of effort (significantly more than I've needed to get an A in most of my other classes so far) and still struggled to get the A. The pace of the class is quick–not unmanageable, but still quick. I also found the exams to be MUCH harder than the homeworks and review materials. From what I heard from my classmates, some people thought the exams were very unfair and some thought they were fine. As someone with no econ background but who genuinely put in a lot of effort, studied a lot, kept up with the material, etc, I'd say the exams are pretty hard but not impossible. She's a good professor and seems to know what she's talking about. Overall a solid course, but if you don't have a background in economics and/or economics just isn't your thing, be prepared to really work for it.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
12/17/2020

She is one of the most organized teachers I've dealt with but does not take constructive criticism well. Overall the class is fairly easy if you put in the work you're supposed to. I was lucky and had a background in microeconomics before taking it so most things were not new to me. She understands what she's talking about but the execution of her teaching style did not always go well with students. It was her first time teaching such a large lecture AND it was online so got to cut her some slack there.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/17/2020

The exams are typically easy if you know the content, and she lectures well, if you pay attention and take good notes you’ll do fine.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
12/16/2020

Assigns 1-2 textbook chapters every week. Chapters are not long, each one takes like 1 hour to finish if you read thoroughly. She goes over the material from the readings in class and records them. HW consists of Connect and Smartbook questions. Smartbook is a bunch of multiple choice questions based on the reading, but it's basically completion cause the questions are easy and you can get a bunch wrong and still get full credit. Connect questions are like problem sets, which can take a little while to finish and can get tricky, but prof drops lowest two connect and smartbook assignments, and you get 2 submissions per assignment, so there's some leeway if you mess up. In class quizzes are assigned every week, but you get 2 attempts per quiz and prof gives you a chance to talk in groups about the quiz after the first attempt. Exams are all multiple choice. If you don't know the material well then you're fffffffucked, but all you gotta do is study well, go to GSS, and go over past HW's and most importantly understand the material and you'll easily get a B+ or above every time. To be honest, contrary to my peers, I really liked the class. If you're good at teaching yourself, you like economics, and you have an interest towards the subject, you will most likely get an A and learn a good amount. However, I can't say much about the professors teaching abilities because I mostly learned from the readings and HW assignments. You'll probably eat shit if you're looking for a loaf class and/or you rely on the professor to teach you most of the info. P.S I took this class during rona szn

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting a W
Anonymous
12/10/2020

I’m a little annoyed by the people saying “just study and you’ll be fine” “we’re exaggerating””..More than half of the class is struggling at a borderline C/D...stop giving bias reviews if you’re already a pro at Econ. “Obvious questions”?? Econ is hard what other times do we have to ask questions if she doesn’t respond to emails? The pace wasn’t the issue the lack of assistance, help, matching test questions was the issue. Homeworks and smart books were annoying but do-able....Exams were a entire different thing. She could improve a lot of ways for the next round of students.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
12/09/2020

Tests are very fair and you don't have to do much studying. Just to the homeworks and the smartbook assignments and you're good. You don't really have to pay attention to the lectures most of the content can be self learned. She knows what's she's talking about but gets kinda annoyed if you ask obvious questions.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
12/08/2020

I want to cut her some slack because it's her first semester dealing with this many students and having it online doesn't make it easy, but she was very ineffective as a teacher this semester and at least some of that is due to the online nature of the class to be fair. Do the readings and study them hard if you haven't taken micro before and you'll be fine, but I know I'm only doing well right now because I took Econ in high school.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/05/2020

Thought she was a decent professor; make sure to take good notes since tests online are open note & almost all multiple choice, and if you take this course with no econ background, be prepared for a lot of graphs and be ready to analyze graphs in 30 seconds during a test possibly. Definitely a good course but I know a lot of kids complained about the pace of it, which I thought was pretty decent for a freshman taking a first-time college course; you teach yourself the content with the online textbook and then she goes over it in class to really get in your head which I liked; would reccommend!

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/04/2020

People exaggerate the difficulty of this class. With that being said it is a 200 level class, not a 100 level. Overall exams are not too bad if you actually study. The busy work seems dumb but honestly it drills the content into ur head. She's a pretty good teacher but does get frustrated with students sometimes.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting a W
Anonymous
12/02/2020

Please do not take her. Smart books and homeworks are no match for test material. If you reach out to her she’s either not going to respond to your email or she’ll reply with something that doesn’t help (in reference to grades) GSS sessions barely help. It’s like she purposely makes the exams so difficult for what reason I dont know. I would’ve been able to get by with at least a C if the exams weren’t rigorous and if we had longer than one hour. All in all, it didnt seem like she cared much. Even when other students would ask questions during zoom calls.

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
11/30/2020

I'm actually doing ok grade-wise, but I admit I've gotten lucky. She doesn't listen to her students and the majority of the class is severely struggling (averages are typically around 70-75).

Stefania Scandizzo
ECON200

Expecting a W
Anonymous
11/25/2020

Terrible. Her exams are 100x harder than class material like homework and smart books. The GSS sessions, TA sessions and practice problems are no match for her exams. Doesn’t seem to care because she barely responds to emails. Only 1 hour for exams please dont take her.