Sarah Leyden - Shoreline Community College

Professor: Sarah Leyden

Department: TBD

College: Shoreline Community College

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MATHS146
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Overall, okay professor. There was a lot of homework and it was difficult but she was always willing to help and very nice. Exams were difficult. Mostly a "self teach" class.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MATH099
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Lovely person, cares a lot about her students and is passionate about her job. She moves very quickly but she's a fair grader and is amazing at explaining things more thoroughly to confused students. Overall, she seems to fully understand the best way to help students succeed and is the best math professor I've taken a class from at SCC so far.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MATH099
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Sarah is a great professor and gives thorough and detailed feedback and explanations of anything, ever. The class with her is engaging, and her teaching style is great. She is also a very fair grader and uses one out of five different grading techniques to best fit your strengths in her class. 10/10 would take every math class with her.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MATH099
• 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:

A crazy lady that is very passionate about her job and is willing to help students pass no matter what your grade is. She is there to help, so don't hesitate to ask! Definitely a professor to remember.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MATH098
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Shes great JUST DO YOUR WORK AND FOCUS THE LITTLE TIME YOU CAN she really cares about you passing if you do so just study take time watch videos as for help from tutors friends ect you got this if I did it you can to

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MATH98
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Took math 098 with her online SHE IS THE ABSOLUTE BEST TAKE HERRRRR

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MATH151
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The class itself was interesting enough, she made the lessons pretty engaging. She also is a super nice grader, and the way she weights stuff at the end of the quarter saved my life.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MATH151
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She grades you using eight different ways to give you the best possible grade and gave extra questions on the exam which counted towards extra credit. But there's a bunch of homework due at the end of the qtr so make sure to catch up! Also, she talks too fast for my liking so avoid taking the 2h30m classes or else expect a lot of self-studying!

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MATH098
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

You only need MathLab, it has the Digital Textbook in it. You have two assignments each week, one online through MyMathLab that you can see your grade as you go. The other is a hand written question that you use what you learned from the lab. Says you don't need to take midterm, if I could go back I would have. She provides equations on the final.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MATH141
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She literally gets paid to simply assign impossible homework... she doesn't teach at all and rarely responds to emails. Really hard to pass a class when nothing is taught and her expectations are not communicated at all (which she is SO particular. I literally got 20% off of a perfect grade because it accidentally submitted sideways) DO NOT TAKE

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MATH151
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

There are lot of grading methods that u can get a good grade, especially when u gain a full mark in the ONLINE WebAssign homework, the hand-writing homework, and participation (ask or answer questions), it is easy when u take it online. She also give detail explanation to the exam questions that u don't know.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MATH146
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Don't take her unless you're OK self-teaching. She expects you to learn from the book, brief summaries, other teachers (she posts links to youtube lectures), and other students. She will respond if you email her, but you have to reach out. I don't feel like I learned much and would not take her again. That being said, it was a fairly easy grade.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MATH146
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She expects you to learn by reading a text book which is simply not how you learn math. I am just now getting graded on assignments from the beginning of the quarter. I saw little to no effort on her part to teach this course. If you are able to learn math from text book readings and little help from a teacher take her class.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MATH099
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Worst class ever. Basically, she did absolutely nothing. I didn't even receive grades to homework assignments. A computer would have given better feedback and instruction. Docks you hard on the tiniest, irrelevant to the equation, things. Even had a pointless discussion board. I made sure NOT to take her Math146 class. AVOID IF YOU CAN!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MATH146
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Avoid taking courses with this professor if possible. Worst class experience I have ever had. Wish I could give her more credit, but I just can't. If you had a question she would send a link to the page in the book that had that subject....... Copying and pasting does not count as teaching.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MATH146
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

It has been difficult figure out what is expected for the written homework and two big exams. The teacher expects problems to be worked in her style rather than mystatlab style, which are different. The mid-term and final have at least a page rules each that you can lose points for if you don't follow to the letter. Take this class in person!

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MATH099
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Excellent teacher who really seems to care if you succeed. The class was pretty easy for me as it was mostly stuff I had done before. She is very clear on her expectations, and grades fairly. At the end of the quarter when she calculated our grades, she weighted different categories more or less to give us the best possible grade. Would take again!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MATH211
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

EXTREMELY TOUGH GRADER. DOCKS POINT IF YOU DO NOT FOLLOW HER GUIDELINES. AVOID SARAH OR GO TO ANOTHER COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO TAKE HER CLASS. ROUGH TEACHER.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MATH146
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

You have to be familiar with using your TI84 in order to succeed in this class. I wasn't, and the textbook readings/lecture notes didn't make it any clearer. She makes written homework and tests way harder than the homework you do in MyStatLab.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MATH146
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Online Statistics was not a good choice for me. Professor is awesome and her notes are invaluable, but I can see how in person class would have helped. If you are comfortable with a TI84 and can manage the work, she will help you. She grades by weighing different assignment types to give you the best grade. Do the practice questions!!