Mary Cox - De Anza College

Professor: Mary Cox

Department: TBD

College: De Anza College

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1A
• 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:

I had her and ended up graduating from UCLA in 2012. Hands down the worst teacher I have ever had in my whole life. I am writing this now 6 years later because I STILL hold her accountable for ruining my chemistry experience at de anza. Even though I got a B+, I honestly hope she is fired because NO one like her should be allowed to teach.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1A
• 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:

Absolute worst teacher I have ever come across during my time at De Anza. Worst lectures, doesn't help during lab, expects you to teach the course instead of her doing a job. I was a solid A/B student. This is my first F I have ever received and it sunk my GPA like a brick. If you get switched into her class drop immediately!!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

please do not take her class. She doesn't lecture clearly, and sometimes she can take the whole lecture period just to discuss homework problem. The only way you'll get a good grade in this class is if you know the material from someone else. If you just hear her lectures, you'll fail this class, because she just doesn't teach

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1A
• 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:

AVOID THIS INSTRUCTOR AT ALL COST! Or You will be End Up Dropping this class anyway later on in the course!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CHEMA
• 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:

AVOID AT ALL COSTS IF YOU VALUE YOUR GPA.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1B
• 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:

additional advice if you really are thinking oh she cannot be that bad, GO SIT IN ON ONE OF HER SECTIONS AND TALK TO THE STUDENTS IN HER CLASS, THAT WILL tell you how bad it is or just listen to her lecture, if you can even call it that, she cannot even teach you lab techniques, she is a sorry excuse of a professor who should of been kicked out

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1C
• 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:

She has messed up so many students with her half ass teaching, wrong answers, fictitious grading curves- I could go on forever...Whats worse is that the Dean knows all these issues and does nothing...Don't expect reading the textbook, hiring an additional tutor or even going to the admissions for help....De Anza turns a blind eye!!!

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CHEM10
• 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:

Mary Cox is by far the worse teacher I've ever had. TERRIBLE! DO NOT TAKE HER CLASSES, over half the class has already dropped, but I need this class. Class with her is pretty much what hell would be like. She's going senile, she's rude, has anger issues and gets off on making her students feel inferior. She definitely shouldn't be teaching.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CHEM10
• 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:

Chem 10 exam average was 64/100. She doesn't follow the textbook, lab manual and prefer to lecture her own ways. Many students appear to be lost because of the poor presentations and instructions. If you read the textbook,lab manual,and do the homeworks, you still have to pay close attention to her lectures, because she gives the questions off them

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1A
• 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:

Ok, she is the worst professor I ever came across in De anza. Her lectures are boring and the mid-terms are hella tough. The highest in my course was B-. Never take her !

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1A
• 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:

Regret taking this class. Took this class because it was the only section open. Big Mistake =(

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1B
• 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:

I have Never been so disenchanted with a Instructor before, if you can call her that. Don't fall for that sweet granny line, she cannot teach and more importantly will not prepare you for 1C or O-chem, so if your ok with have gaps in ur education take her otherwise drop. No matter what she says, or how hard you study, be prepared for a C.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CHEM001B
• 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:

MUST AVOID! Do not trust.Exams quizes and lab reports are worth less than a turnip. She will lie to you about your grade, hold onto every paper you get back !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! More often than not she will TRY to lecture, but will confuse not only you but herself every TIME!!! Dont expect anything more than a C no matter how hard you work!

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CHEM001B
• 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:

STOP!, and Turn AROUND!, AVOID this teacher, if you can call her a teacher, WORST teacher in the world, needs to retire sometime soon, horrible , if it wasn't for my classmates i would have passed..... DO NOT TAKE HER... Its a waste of your time and she will make you hate chemistry!!!!! OH and attendance she doesn't know if you go or not!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1B
• 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:

AVOID AVOID AVOID.. This lady is a JOKE! Horrible teacher! You must teach yourself all the material and when you do go to her for clarification she will confuse you with incorrect information. Don't waste your time/sanity, like I did. *sigh*

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1B
• 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:

This teacher is beyond horrendous. HIGHLY not recommended. Her teaching style is just off the charts BAD. I can't even say she teaches. She'd probably flunk her own exams. Test averages are under 50%.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1A
• 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:

PLEASE do NOT take her! last quarter no body got an A in her class, I am an above average student but I filed her class. She does NOT teach, is NOT helpful and definitely is NOT easy, for final review she was merely reading some questions from the back of the book and not answering them! how the heck does that help!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1B
• 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:

Terrible professor, cant even call her a teacher because she does not teach. Like everyone has said avg on tests are in the 50%s, and weird pop quizzes. The class is absolutely impossible if she does the lecture and lab. How is a teacher still at de anza when at the end of the quarter more than half the class has dropped? Gratz on wasting our time

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CHEM1B
• 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:

Absolutely the worst teacher at De Anza. A lot of pop quizzes on things we have never learned and the exams include stuff she has never taught. She even gets tripped up on her own problems and asks the class to help solve it. Do all the homeworks and labs as it is your only way to get a passing grade. Oh our class avgs for tests were 54 57 and 48.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CHEM50
• 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:

She does not give any partial credit on exams. You can have a correct equation and get no points for putting a lower case t instead of an upper case T. Her lectures do not clarify anything!. Expect at least 20-25 pop quizzes, many on material you have not covered yet in class or on HW. She does not seem to care if people are learning or not.