Donna Altepeter - University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND

Professor: Donna Altepeter

Department: Accounting

College: University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ACCT218
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Donna is caring and would walk you through a problem you have in Excel. It is important to go to class and take notes because she would demonstrate the steps to finish your homework. You are going to be tech-savvy after this class because her lecture covers so many topics: functions, charts, windows OS, and visual basic programming for macro.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ACCT201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Donna talks in circles all day long. If you can't teach yourself everything you need to know, then do not take her class. If you try to follow along with her lectures you get even more confused. If you have a question don't ask her because she will tell you to figure it out. Good luck taking her class.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ACCT218
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Incredible class, the skills learned from 218 are unprecedented by traditional ACCT courses (200, 201, 300, 301, etc.). Ms. Altepeter has built an outstanding course with the objective to prepare students for a career in accounting. This course allows UND students to compete with UMN and other top schools' graduates for Big 4 positions.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ACCOUNTING218
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Simply, The worst ever!! No exaggeration, she basically wants you to fail. The HW & tests are extra tough/Long. I still don't understand her grading system, and her favorite sentence " I counted it wrong!" for the smallest mistakes. She does't know the material well, in fact, she makes a lot of mistakes. Since of humor? beyond Expired!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ACCT201
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

She goes way too fast during lectures and no one has any clue what she is saying but instead of explaining it she just says it's easy. She doesn't review the material before class and tends to get the answer wrong herself. Also it always seems like she is panicking. Very hard to have respect for her.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ACCT201
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

10/10 would not recommend. Terrible jokes (that are barely even jokes?) but she will laugh at them every single time. eventually her laughter will become the equivalent to Chinese water torture . If she happens to pop up on your schedule, for the sake of your entire family, change classes or just drop out! If you don't, ask a priest to pray for you

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ACCOUNTING218
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Take this class and only this class in summer, and you will have plenty of time for all the reading and assignments. Don't skip lectures because the information she covers in classes would guide you through assignments. Yes, there would be a lot of hw, but without the intensive practice, it is impossible to actually excel at Excel.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ACCT201
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

There is such a thing as too many resources. Providing so many resources is helpful to a fault. It becomes overwhelming. I appreciate her willingness to help when I ask for it, but often times I've ended up more confused after. I wish for lecture videos to refer to so I clearly understood what SHE is looking for, not the broad textbook.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ACCT201
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Very involved w/ online class, but overwhelms students with resources, lengthy updates, vague/confusing hints, & implies everything optional must be done to pass the tests. Doesn't teach the class (no lecture videos). Expects students to understand the textbook & the overwhelming amounts of practice problems. Try doing problems w/o being taught.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ACCT218
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Get this class out of the way as soon as you can. You will be doing 10-20 hours of homework every single week. That's not an exaggeration. Homework is tedious and confusing at times but you will learn a lot. You will hate this class while you are in it but will look back and see it as one of the most important classes you take in college

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ACCT218
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Sorry in advance for the suffering you will go through this semester. RIP to your social life and anything else you wanted to do.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ACCT218
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Worst prof i've ever had in my entire life. get ready to spend 12-18 hours a week in the lab at gamblethat's not including time spent studying for her tests. I would suggest taking this class in the summer so you don't have to juggle 218 with four other classes during the school year. Good Luck and I'm sorry if you have to take this class.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: 201
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Donna is terrible at actually teaching a lesson. My first day in her class that we actually did a lesson she literally messed up the problems we were doing and let it wrong and simply said 'oh well'. She literally makes the students do most of the work for her even though we don't know how to do the new material. I taught myself the first chapters.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: 201
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

one of the worst teachers i have ever had the displeasure of having. she assigns homework for each class, which isn't bad, but when she goes over it don't expect to get any help from her. When you ask a question she responds with "We don't have time to go over this" or "we already learned that, I'm not going over it again" Don't take her class.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ACCT218
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

The course covers almost everything learned in ISBC 117 within the first few weeks, after that everything is new. Assignments are relatively long, but she usually goes over them in class the day before they are due so it is worth it to have them done early. Grading is fair, but can be confusing for bigger assignments. Fast paced, learned a lot!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: 218
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Directions on "add-ons" to assignments are vague with poor grammar. She even stated that she herself doesn't know how to perform some of the content. VERY condescending. E-mailed for help a few times, responses were limited and unhelpful. Everything has to be her verbiage, you can't use more efficient formulas, limited explanation, etc.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ACCT201
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

If you try the problems before class you will get much more out of her lectures than if you show up unprepared. Read the book and do the exercises and the class won't be too hard. Donna isn't my favorite professor but also isn't anywhere near my least favorite. She's tough but fair. Put in an effort and it'll pay off when it comes time for exams.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: 218
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Have fun, is all I have to say. This class has about 10 hours of out of class homework a week. The assignments take forever and the tests are reasonable hard. She acts like she knows everything about excel. She doesn't help you with everything as she wants you to figure it out on your own. If there is any other teacher take it with them.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ACCOUNTING218
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Donna knows A LOT about excel, to the point that it is annoying. Her lectures are boring, and it sounds like you're listening to your grandmother brag about how much she knows about computers. The assignments take about 8-10 hours a piece to complete and are worth nothing compared to the tests, which are fairly difficult.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ACCT218
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Her updates on assignments make it 10x more confusing Asked her for help on a problem I was having and she sat around for awhile while I explained what I was having a problem with then said I went over this in class today so I'm not gonna explain that again. Then she left and I was just like what the.... Don't like her