Ann Cali - Rutgers - State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ

Professor: Ann Cali

Department: Biology

College: Rutgers - State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: BIO405
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Cali is a wonderful professor & person. She is very relatable and charismatic. Grading this semester was based on 2 lecture exams (35% each), 2 lab exams (10% each), and one paper/powerpoint (5%). Buy the book (10$ on Amazon) and study for the exams out of the book. Pay attention to the summary at the end of each chapter (exams based on this).

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: BIO325
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She is by far the smartest professor I have ever taken in college. She is funny, and you learn almost as much from her stories of her life than you do from her actually lectures. You will learn so much from her, esp in animal parasites. She will make you study, but if you're not ready to study then you should be ashamed to call yourself a bio major

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ANI101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Tough class, but you may have to take it in order to graduate. She is actually very nice and easy to understand. The life cycles get tricky, but she does a good job of making them simple. 2 short reaction papers fulfill the WI part, very easy. 4 exams, each increasing in difficulty. I did not take the lab but I heard it was easy from my peers.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MICROANTOMY
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Cali is absolutely amazing. For anyone is going into any medical health field, this class is a must. Dr. Cali is an amazing professor and she knows what she is talking about. Be prepared to study. But this is class is worth it.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: BIO405
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

For Microanatomy, be prepared to work your but off because none of her exams are multiple choice and questions in the exam are unclear. The TA makes everything difficult since she grades the exams. Take this class at will. There are 2 exams each worth 25%, Lab worth 25%, and the final worth 25%. Do not recommend taking this course.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: BIO325
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Her tests are SUPPPPPERRR HARD. She if very knowledgable and clear. However does not care about the students at all. Im one of two people i know who got a D in her class while having her know that it was the only class needed for gradutation. I could have easily been bumped to a C given that there was some arbitrary grades given or so it seemed.

Rating # 7

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Reading the book is absolutely mandatory if you want to do well. Write down EVERYTHING she says in class especially what she repeats over and over.know how to spell organisms names!!exams are difficult! she doesn't give them back because she uses the same ones over and over. her grading is beyond me, handwork but you learn ALOT

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ANIMAPARA
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Taking this class was the dumbest thing I've done in my academic life. The first 2 sections are cake. The 3rd and 4th are when you start to see how disorganized her thoughts are - jumps from one thing to another and another and back. My notes are all over the place and there are ALOT of notes. It's still a mystery to me as to how she grades.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ANI101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Not a fan.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: HISTO381
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

when ur actually taking this class, it seems overwhelming and i hated every minute of it but now in med school, this was one of the best teachers ive ever had b/c anything u learn in her class is guaranteed to stay with u until u take histo again =)she's a really good teacher who uses the txtbook directly (albeit a very old book) take this class =)

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: HISTOLOGY
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Cali was one of my favorite professors, she was an inspiration. She believed in me and I became the physician I am today because of her help. I will always remember her class and how she momtivated us. I highly recommend her histology class.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ANIMALPARASITE
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

ok guys.. listen up. this teacher is def not one u should take.. if the devil and his mom would coteach a class, then take that.. her grading is absolutely shot to hell, it is EXTREMELY SUBJECTIVE and her TA sucks worse than she does.. she messed my gpa, so people, dont take her if u can get away with it...

Rating # 13

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Sucject matter very interesting & taught directly from text book. Tests are hard & cumulative. Beware of the TA b/c she sucks & will make getting a good grade VERY hard!!!

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ANIPAR
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

the topic is very interesting and she does know her stuff however she is very picky and will take points off for just about everything..you simply cannot study enough for her test..something is always wrong..hard to get an A but not completey unattainable

Rating # 15

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

All exams r cumulative & she takes pts off for spelling. The writing intensive part is just a summary & reaction to 4 articles.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ANIPARSIT
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Don't take this class unless you absolutily have to. A subjective grader, and has her favorites in every class. So if you are a suck up, this class is a gold mine.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ANIPARASI
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Hard class. Exams are long and all long answer. 4 exams - each cumulative. She makes the material very clear and easy to understand.