Odemaris Valdivia - Santa Monica College

Professor: Odemaris Valdivia

Department: Business

College: Santa Monica College

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CIS36P
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This was a single-credit online PowerPoint class and she lectured like it was part of a pre-med curriculum. I'd used PP in the past and was shocked by the anger in her feedback for minor things. She wrote literal essays for margins being off by 1/8 inch. I ended up taking the beginning and advanced classes elsewhere and got an A in both. Sad.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CIS35
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I rarely ever have more negative points to mention about professors, and most often I use this as an opportunity for constructive criticism, but this professor is one that should be avoided at all costs. Usually, its enough when the student is a hardworking one, but somehow with this professor, being a hard working student earns you a tougher time

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CIS35
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Without a doubt, the worst teacher I've had at SMC. Tough grader. Doesn't help that her directions for the assignments are almost always unclear. Her "instructional" videos need MAJOR improvements. It seems that she does not care about teaching, only cares about ruining dreams. Avoid her at all costs and if you can't, best of luck!!!

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ACCT31A
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I've taken two classes with Professor Valdivia-one online and one in person. Neither were easy. She gives a lot of homework, and the projects can be challenging, but they were worth it. Don't underestimate the work. Focus on understanding what she is asking for. Get to know her. She cares about her students' success.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ACCT31A
• Grade Received: D
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

You can work for two hours on a class project and receive 0 points. Even though her instructions are not clear. You will not understand what she wants.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: EXCEL31
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Let's just say I'm glad I took her Excel class(es) but they were taught at very low level. It was not an Advanced course by any means. She never gave any practice tests and was just a pain to deal with, muddled instructions in poor English. The work was actually fun, but not hard at all. Need a Part 3 and 4 to this course sequence, for sure.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ACCT31A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

She isn't as bad as everyone makes her out to be. Her practice tests are easy if you study the material and do your homework. The only frustrating part about her class is that her directions for the project can be a little confusing, however, if you email her she gets back to you promptly except for weekends. Which is fair,don't be a procrastinator

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CIS30EXCEL
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

probably the worst teacher at SMC, she is not nice at all, only answers emails on the during the week and not weekends and doesn't seem to care about the students. She is a very tough grader and doesn't give good feedback. Never gives good advice. would not recommend .

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ACCT031
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I have taken her for both ACCT31 A & B online. The negative is that she does take forever to grade assignments. Her instructions are clear, but difficult for international students to not understand her directions due to her not using spell check on her syllabus and assignments. If you can keep up with your assignments, then you will pass .

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CIS30EXCEL
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Instructions are a little confusing, but I never had to email her for clarification and I got an A. If you're the kind of student who often understands the text without asking the professor for help, then you will do well in this class. The extra credit was so hard though. It took 20 minutes to get 1 extra credit point

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CIS30
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Easily the worst professor I have ever had at SMC. She doesn't answer emails on the weekends, and if she does she lectures you about how you should be sending emails during the week. Her grading system is ridiculous 80% or higher on everything or you receive zero credit, I really feel like her class is set up for students to fail. I don't recommend

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CAOT078
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Although the class met once a week, the material itself was not hard. Trying to understand what she wants you to turn in is. I feel she is not clear and that makes it very hard especially when she grades the hw about a month later. This makes it hard to correct mistakes that "you should have known" when the rest of your hw is now incorrect.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CAOT78
• Grade Received: D
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

She is poor professor as I ever met. Non organized stupit thing is she. She is never get your homework file submitted and always tell you about it at the end semester.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ACCT31A
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She is strict on her formatting preferences, but her instructions are in muddled English and spread across several documents and docks points if any cell formatting is slightly off. She is an unresponsive, slow grader - all of the tests and projects are required to be taken/turned in, in the middle of the week - challenging for full-time workers.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ACCT031
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She does give good feedback on assignments and exams but the course was pretty much a mess. As noted in other reviews, her instructions for the class work are often very unclear, resulting in wasted time and energy trying to figure out what is being asked for. I would not take another class with her.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CIS60BONLINE
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Yet another teacher that struggles with making her instructions clear. Slow to respond to questions too. Lots of reading and an average amount of homework each week. Not a difficult class, just difficult to determine what the teacher wants.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CIS1428
• 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: N/A

Comment:

By far the worst professor I have ever had. Her English is not clear . Every email , announcement , and assignment that was not taken straight from the textbook contains grammatical errors. I had successfully completed Adobe Photoshop 1 &2 ,illustrator and digital media before taking her class .She grades based on criteria not clearly listed.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ACCOUNTING31A
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I got an A in the course but was really disappointed after taking it. I spent more time trying to understand her poorly written instructions and notes than I did learning Excel. She needs an assistant to help edit her website or something because she doesn't seem to have solid English skills. Her being a stickler for details is ironic.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ACCT31A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Unclear instructions, condescending tone , unfair, unhelpful, i would never take a class with this instructor and will not recommend anyone else

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ACCT031
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Horrible teacher, despicable individual. Excel is my life and I was really interested with this class but this person ruined it for me. I'm being objective here (I scored 98%). She is disorganized, doesn't write proper English, and is mean to students.