Frances Stump

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Frances Stump CHEM131 Anonymous 04/05/2025	I personally think she's a great person. I hear people complain about how slow she goes, but I feel like she explains everything in detail, and goes slow enough for you to really understand the material. I hate when lecturers go through like 1000 topics in one lecture, but she stays at a steady pace. The tests aren't hard, they're very short.
Frances Stump Anonymous 04/04/2025	Ms. Stump is a new instructor for the CHEM131 lecture this semester. As a student returning to chemistry after a significant period away from the subject, I found the course presented some challenges. While I appreciate Ms. Stump's efforts in teaching the material, I personally would have benefited from an instructor with more experience. The pace and assumed prior knowledge level sometimes made it difficult to fully grasp the foundational concepts she presented. I ended up relying heavily on self-teaching through a paid subscription to Pearson+ modules and practice questions, which got me through the concepts more than the class itself. I literally stopped attending lectures. I should have paid for the Pearson+ subscription at the beginning of the semester instead of the clicker subscription for attendance/in-class questions. Again, I’ll give her credit for stepping into a tough role, but I found the experience harder than it needed to be. I also observed a very strict approach to policies and deadlines in the course. While I understand the importance of structure in a college setting, the lack of flexibility at times felt counterproductive to fostering a supportive learning environment. Her strictness, no exceptions, and no flexibility felt like she was trying to set a firm tone as a new professor. For students who may encounter unexpected challenges or require a slightly different pace of learning, a more adaptable approach could be more conducive to their success. It's important to remember that students come from diverse academic backgrounds and may require varying levels of support. I get that she’s new, and teaching isn’t easy, but I wish she’d treated us more as individuals rather than assuming everyone’s trying to game the system. Flexibility and understanding go a long way toward helping students succeed, especially in a subject as demanding as chemistry. In hindsight, I’d have picked a more experienced professor who could meet me where I was at. I hope this review helps students make an informed decision when choosing future CHEM courses.
Frances Stump Anonymous 04/01/2025	I really love this professor. After taking another professor last semester for chem and dropping it because I was failing the class due to how difficult it was, trust me when I say Stump genuinely goes in depth into the material and goes at a steady pace. Her lectures and discussion worksheets are exactly what's on the exam. She is very open to answering questions during class and explains thoroughly. I highly recommend professor Stump for CHEM131 especially if you don't have a background in chem.
Frances Stump Anonymous 03/19/2025	she seems like a nice person but cannot teach to save her life... everything is set up horribly and new topics will be sprung onto you with the worst explanations ever. it is hard to retain any information in this class; everything seems to be 1000000x times more complicated than it should be. The organic chemistry tutor is the only reason I understand... save yourself and don't take this professor
Frances Stump CHEM131 Anonymous 02/26/2025	I have never written a review for a professor before, but it is baffling to me how this class is set up. This professor is teaching us new material 2 days before an exam, yet it's still going to be included in the exam. Decides to bring up an even harder topic on a Friday and tells us to memorize it. We had only one lecture session to go over this and she brings it up the last 10 minutes of lecture. This has to be a joke. Dont understand how this professor expects us to learn this way. Bringing up 2 new topics and they'll be in the same exam. It's like she took her sweet time teaching us the fundamentals of an atom and the next thing you know-- we got polyatomic ions and now you have to memorize all of that. Should've just started from there so we had more time to review that. Don't choose this professor.