Lesley Rimmel - Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

Professor: Lesley Rimmel

Department: History

College: Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: HIST3163
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Rimmel is highly opinionated and not objective. She is recognized and knowledgeable on her topic, but belittles and and demonizes the country, government, people, and gets lost on rabbit trails. If you have a personal interest in Russia's history, research it on your own. It is amazing that some professors are allowed to teach.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: HIST3163
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Gives long, hard to follow lectures. Will jump around from subject to subject. Often expects students to know quite a bit of Russian history and historical figures already. Very hard to follow and doesn't post grades. Switch out ASAP.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: WESTCIV1500
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Worst class ever. Her tests are 80% essay questions and the study guide has nothing to do with the tests. You have no way of knowing what grade you have because she has no grading scale and when you ask her she can't give you a specific answer. She told me I probably had a B. Very unorganized lectures and horrible power points. Very unhelpful.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: HIST1623
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Rimmel is a strange person and at the same time one of the worst professors I have ever had. I was in Western Civ AFTER 1500... we started in 1200 and barely made it to WWI in 16 wks. She is boring, dry, and monotonous. And the only way to get an A on tests is to have a doctorate in history yourself. She expects you to be an expert.

Rating # 5

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

For the love of God avoid this woman. i am a history major and she makes me hate history. she is dry, thinks she's hilarious and is nearly impossible to follow in lectures and doesn't use slides to make up for it. NEVER take her class if you can help it.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: HIST1623004
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

For an entry level gen ed. it' not the most interesting class ever. (and I'm a history major) I feel her lectures were one sided and she asked the class a lot of questions completely unrelated to the topic. Make sure to do the reading! She will give assignments from there and ask random questions from the text. Suffer through it if you can.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: HIST009
• 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:

Avoid her at all costs, she is very unclear in her lectures. She rambles and her power points give very little help! I don't know one person in my class who enjoyed her!

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: HIST1213
• 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:

Her lectures are boring and she rambles, she is extremely hard to follow. Avoid her at all costs!

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: HIST1113
• 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:

I had her for western civ and now for HIST 3163. I like her a lot. I am a history major and she is one of the better ones for these courses, really. If you go to class and can pay attention then you are fine...

Rating # 10

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Rimmel is a very knowledgeable woman, but she is very dry in her lectures. I dreaded going to class, but her tests came almost entirely from her lecture notes so it was basically Mandatory! I am normally very good at history but her class i struggled in, she didn't make things interesting and I didn't want to learn I barely made a B. :(

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: HIST3163
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I will not take her again! Lectures are boring and she grades tough. Too indepth. Supposed to be 1860 to present and we only made it to 1940 in 16 weeks! I did more reading for this course than all my others combined this semester and still got a B. First B I've had in a history course and I am a history major.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: HIST1623
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

this professor is the worst! avoid taking her at all costs. her material is dry and worthless. she does not reference the book and learning the material is left up to you because she does nothing but lecture. she jumps around in her lessons and makes it hard to follow.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: HIST1623
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This professor is a HORRIBLE teacher!! She is very unclear about things and BORING. She has no personality whatsoever. She is dry, has a personality of a flee and thinks of herself as high and mighty. Her grading is very unusual for a college course. Beware you have to write a dialogue as a paper grade. I was unaware I enrolled in a theater class!!

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: HIST3
• 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:

HORRIBLE TEACHER! She does not care about the students and she is so hard to follow! By far one of the worst professors I have ever had in my 4 years of college! Do not miss class because you lose points. Weekly assignments and too much reading than is possible if you have other classes to worry about! Save yourself and do not take her

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: HIST1623
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Very helpful, sometimes she could be clearer. Go to class, take notes (heaven forfend!) and read the book.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: WESTERNCIV
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Absolutely horrible woman. Very ambiguous, i have so much hate for this human being! For one test i recieved a B++ no joke... she gave one guy an A-/B+ and we were like soooo what did he get? Boring, dry, zero creativity, i mean history is allready boring! do not ever study under this person...

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: HISTRUSSIAN
• 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:

terrible lectures, i wanted to kil myself, there are kids in there that think they know everything about history and kiss the teachers ass. not a fun class and not at all an entry level course

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: RUSSIANHISTORY
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Her lectures were extremely unorganized and she barely talked above a whisper. Her lectures are almost impossible to listen to and take notes at the same time. Avoid any class she teaches at all cost!!

Rating # 19

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Lectures were boring and hard to follow. The few assignments weren't very releavant. The tests were long and in essay form. If you can't stay interested in the lecture you wont learn anything. Not a good class.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: HIST1623
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Outlines are not very structured.