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Colleen Terpos
MATH003 Expecting a C Anonymous 11/09/2023 |
Unhelpful and just plain mean/condescending. Work is easy but if anything ever comes up do not expect her to be understanding or helpful. |
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Colleen Terpos
MATH003 Expecting a P Anonymous 05/11/2023 |
Math is unnecessarily hard at UMD but Professor Terpos made it very manageable to get on track for the higher-level classes. She makes you work for your grade which I really appreciated. At some point, photomath and mathway won't get you through and she helps you learn math on your own. Terpos is willing to help and made it an enjoyable experience |
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Colleen Terpos
MATH003 Expecting a P Anonymous 04/11/2023 |
I want this to serve as a warning to incoming freshman. For your sake, take the math placement test seriously. Don’t do what I did, which was take it at 2 AM, not put in any effort, and then end up in this class. Colleen Terpos is unhelpful, condescending, difficult to work with, and has a serious attitude problem. She does the bare minimum, which is teaching for maybe ten minutes and then you spend the rest of the class with a group filling out a worksheet. It’s one of the few classes where the TA’s are actually more helpful than the teacher. As for the work load, it’s definitely manageable. It’s annoying and boring, but if you grit your teeth and stick it out you will have no issue passing the class. Just stay on top of the workload, do NOT start it at the last minute, and you’ll be good. If you do end up in this class and you’re reading this, just know that I believe in you and you can do it. Just grind it out. Good luck. |
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Colleen Terpos
MATH003 Expecting a P Anonymous 12/12/2022 |
I was nervous taking Colleen's class after I saw her ratings, but I'm glad I did because this is the first time I've actually understood math. The course is homework heavy, and she's strict about attendance but it's because she wants you to succeed. I did so well in this course that I didn't even have to take the final! If you actually want to understand math, and don't mind a professor with a bit of sarcasm, take her!! |
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Colleen Terpos
MATH003 Expecting a P Anonymous 05/23/2022 |
Colleen’s no nonsense attitude can come off as rude, but I truly don’t think it is meant to be. Besides, I think she is a great teacher. If you ask her a question, she always explains things in a way that is easy to understand. Because this course was self-paced, students worked on their own and came to class with questions. I think some students expected something else, but you could always get help from with this professor or TAs of you asked. In fact, I still go get help from Colleen now that I am onto more advanced math courses, because she explained things so well. If you have her as a professor you are in good hands! |
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Colleen Terpos
MATH003 Expecting a P Anonymous 11/20/2021 |
DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS! it is totally avoidable if you just retake the placement test! If for some reason you absolutely need to take this class, you can take it in 5 weeks if you stay on top of all the assignments. The class is literally just like the middle school/early high school Algebra 1 course you took just with no help from the teacher. As far as Professor Terpos goes, she was really mean all the time and made all her students believe they were going to fail. She also did not teach a single thing to anyone, all she did was stand around and watch kids do the online textbook problems for 3 HOURS! If I could put negative stars, I would |
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Colleen Terpos
MATH003 Expecting a D+ Anonymous 05/19/2020 |
She is ok. But at times she is mean and rude. She makes me feel more stupid and made my mindset to fail the course instead oof motivating me to pass. |
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Colleen Terpos
MATH003 Anonymous 05/17/2020 |
not very helpful at all. Avoid her at any cost. If you are stuck with her, you better be hella motivated and put the effort in to pass and get the hell outta this class. Her tests are hard as well. so be ready af. |
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Colleen Terpos
MATH003 Student12 12/13/2010 |
I would not recommend this woman. I had her last semester and she was very impatient and often very rude in her responses. Similar to that of a smart alec. She frequently would not assist me in exercises/problems but rather point me to the online book. This was frustrating as sometimes I needed a direct explanation as the book can be vague at times. Take somebody else. |