Jennifer Billman - Messiah College, Mechanicsburg, PA

Professor: Jennifer Billman

Department: Science

College: Messiah College, Mechanicsburg, PA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: BIO101
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Truly one of the greatest professors I have had throughout my college experience. If you reach out to her in office hours outside of class she will make endless time for you and treat you like you are the only person on earth. She treats her job like a passion, not a job. She expresses interest in what she does. Record Lectures thats her whole test

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: BIO186
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She is a wonderful person. She is very kind and an excellent professor. A&P is hard material though, so expect to put in some studying. I found it helpful to either print the notes or write them ahead of class and then follow along and write what she says. What she is saying is just as important as what is written on the powerpoint.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: BIOL161
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Billman is one of the most amazing people that I have ever met in my entire life. She gives great academic and personal advice. She is very well rounded and will treat her students as human beings if they do the same for her.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: BIOL186
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She is wonderful and truly invested in the lives of each of her students and doing whatever she can to help us succeed. A ton of material is covered in a short amount of time so you HAVE to stay on top of it. She is always open to meeting with students and is on campus on the Saturday before an exam. Great person; great personality; great prof!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: BIOL186
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Billman is a nice person. She really cares about her students and wants them to do well. Her teaching is great, sometimes a little spacey or off topic. She likes when you have questions and gets excited when she talks about anatomy stuff. It is a hard class and you do really need to study. What helped is recording her lectures I think.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: BIOL186
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

An absolutely wonderful person! She made every class very enjoyable. It's definitely a hard class that you need to put a lot of work into, but Billman explains the material soooo well! She's really good at breaking things down and getting to the point! I would highly recommend her!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: BIO186
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

No doubt, the class was hard, but she is excellent at explaining things. She absolutely cares and wants students to succeed.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: BIOL186
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Billman's just amazing in all ways.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: BIOL186
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She's a hard grader, but she's such a great professor. She cares for her students and wants to see them succeed. A&P is hard, but she does her best to make it interesting. Also, she almost always cancels for snow of any amount.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: BIOL102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Billman is the best! I'm not a science major but I took Bioscience for gen ed credit, and it was so interesting with her teaching it. I was challenged because science isn't my strong suit, but she made all her expectations very clear. She's super smart and passionate about her work, and a really nice person too.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: BIOL201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She is an amazing lady! She really cares about her students and is very welcoming if you need to stop by her office with a question. Her enthusiasm for the the course made me excited for it as well and it made me want to do well on my exams. Her class can be challenging, but if you put in the work it will be very rewarding (I had her for A and P)

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: BIOL102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If you're not a science major, take Bioscience for your gened requirement! It's not bad at all and Billman is nice. She's tough on grading labs sometimes but overall I enjoyed the class. There's a lot of material on exams but if you study you'll do fine.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: BIO161
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Professor Billman is a very interesting woman. She has her ups and downs, but I think overall she really cares for her students.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: IDFY1
• 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:

wow.. had her last year and she was always willing to edit our papers, but was unclear as to how it should be fixed and graded ridiculously hard.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: FYS1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

LOVES her students and is great to talk to. Isn't easy but is worth getting to know!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: BIOL185
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Definitely really cares about her students, but not very helpful and tricky to understand. Did much better in Harms' class.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: BIO189
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She is a very good professor. I had her for human anatomy and physiology I. I got an A in the class but you have to put in the study time. Her tests are fair.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: IDFY101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Super nice, and the class was really interesting and i learned a lot but... WAY TOO MUCH WORK for a stupid fys and it will bring you gpa down. she grades super hard and there is a ton of reading writing. if you end up picking this class you might wanna be an envi sci major, amazing at writing and ready to participate in class.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: BIO162
• 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:

Lectures are organized but her tests are really tricky. Smart but brings her 2 young daughters to lab/lecture so she wont be able to answer your questions and will treat you like you are bugging her. not really clear in anything. says "figure it out yourself" ALOT.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: BIOL161
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Lectures are okay, a little unorganized. Her tests are much harder than anything you cover in class. Tests are tricky, you might understand the material, but you will still fail. The whole class might fail a test but that just means we are not trying hard enough...