Mary Garvin - Oberlin College

Professor: Mary Garvin

Department: TBD

College: Oberlin College

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: BIO200
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Mary is passionate and geeky about her work. She makes biology fun and interesting to learn, regardless if you like bio or not. She is willing to help in office hours to ensure you understand the material. She is welcoming and caring. She listens to student feedback for groups/class structure. Work load is manageable. Lectures are fun and posted BB

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: BIOL200
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Prof Garvin is the only professor so far who has made me cry. I literally left her office and cried for as long as I could until my next class.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: BIOL201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I honestly wish I could choose more tags! Every lecture with Prof. Garvin is informative, engaging, and memorable! She is so passionate and enthusiastic about her work!

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: BIOL200
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Mary Garvin is a gift to the world

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: BIOL200
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Such a great, passionate, inspiring, charming person and very understanding of learning style differences and the challenges that sciences/math present. She wants students to understand and is very helpful. Engaging lectures. Tests were difficult.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: BIO200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She's the best professor I've had at Oberlin so far. This class was really fun and made me decide to change my major. She really cares about students and is always eager to help more if she can. She is reasonable and encourages students to talk about missed questions on exams, and if you explain it well enough, she'll often give points back.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: BIOL200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Great professor, really wants you to learn the material, good lectures.

Rating # 8

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

I don't even know where to begin. She's perfect. Changed my path through college, and doubtless the rest of my life. She's the most skilled educator I've ever had.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: BIOL102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

In BIOL 102, much better than Laushman. Wasn't as interested in the material she presented in the second module compared to what Laushman taught in the first module, but I learned a lot more and the lectures were more clear.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: BIOL120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Very clear and knowledgable. Not difficult unless you absolutely need that A.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: FYSP116
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She is very nice and enthusiastic! Do NOT take this class, though, unless you have absolutely no prior knowledge about the basics of ecology, or be prepared to be bored to death. Most of the assignments are extremely badly-conceived, and the class is very frustrating.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: BIOL120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Very gentle teacher, very understanding but not an easy A.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: BIOL201
• 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:

awesome!

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: BIO201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Great prof. Great person. Mary Garvin is warm, gentle, and very approachable (even to rude&difficult students who deserve less). Lectures and field trips (to Maine!)rock. Take all her classes, you'll learn lots.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: BIO201
• 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:

Great lecturer but I feel like she's really only interested in either her honors students or students whom she likes. Awkward, difficult to talk to and dismissive if you aren't on her level of Biological appreciation. Another problem is she seems a bit passive agressive about things to certain students. But good teacher and you'll learn alot

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: BIOL120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Despite my interest in the subject, this class kicked my ass (not quite so much as 118) and I barely passed. I think Mary Garvin is the reason I passed. She was very helpful and actually cared about how I was doing in the class, despite the like 100 other students there were in the class.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: BIOL205
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Probably the nicest person I've ever met. Interesting lecturer, cares a lot about the subject, very available outside of class.

Rating # 18

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

great honors advisor.

Rating # 19

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: BIO120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

nice person, good lectures. but grades a bit harshly