Angela Seliga - Boston University

Professor: Angela Seliga

Department: TBD

College: Boston University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: BI211
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Barely interacted with her and only TA's. When I did interact she was not understanding about the Lfa situation and overall very rude. Her lab manuals at 500 pages long and impractical and make it difficult to get a clear grading criteria. Doesn't seem to care about student's success. Overall all I can thank her for is damaging my mental health.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: BI211
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Never saw the professor, only interacted with the TFs and LAs. Not very clear grading and used the exact same rubric for papers that were vastly different. I don't think that she knew anything that the students were doing in lab.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: BI315
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This lab was such an immense waste of time. We didn't learn a thing really, so in that case the lab completely missed the mark. Seliga likes to come across as caring, but she's not. Assignments are harshly graded and she gave work over the break. She's definitely been one the most disconnected professors I've had at this school. Love the TA's tho.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: BI211
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Lab manual is a mess (3 separate components sent to us at different times, one updated manual component, and 1 STEM writing guide). Assignments are extremely vague. No clear feedback on grading. Stats heavy despite it not being a prereq. Assigned an extensive write-up during Thanksgiving. No sympathy for having to learn in the midst of a pandemic.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: BI211
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

if u want to write a 10 page grant proposal over the holiday by all means take this class! i thoroughly enjoyed writing it as i got to see my family for 2 seconds and spent the rest of the holiday in my room writing this paper! thanks seliga!!!!!!! love you girl!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: BI315
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Does not make her expectations clear for any assignment and will blame you for not understanding what she wants. Did not expect her to be so harsh during a pandemic but she went out of her way to make us struggle in lab. Not even the lecture portion of the class was as hard to keep up with than her lab sections.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: BI315
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She is extremely disorganized and fails to outline the assignments well. All of her class materials are confusing and she blames the students for her own faults. She is also very condescending and talks to her students as if they're children. I would go out of my way to avoid taking a class with her again.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: BI315
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Horrible. Before the pandemic, lab manual was always unclear and the TAs always had to make corrections. After the pandemic, a nightmare. Papers due practically each week and were worth so much, with harsh grading, TAs said it was based on her rubric. My TA was very nice and helpful. Be very careful with your writing, easy to get deducted points.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: BI315
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

The lab portion of BI315 is tedious and convoluted. Lab manual is confusing, information/ deadlines are spread out over multiple documents, and the grading criteria is extremely harsh. TFs are unclear and unhelpful as well. If you take this course pay extra attention to the lab as it will bring your grade down.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: BI315
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Seliga is known for backing up her TFs even when they are in the wrong. Our team was treated horribly as our TF clearly had a bias towards another team because a member was "funny". If you bring up unfair grading to Seliga, she just refers to her convoluted manual as your only resource. Grading is unfair and harsh and she does not pity you.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: BI211
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

expected students to attend multiple labs during week with no respect that students may only be able to attend their assigned lab due to other work. expected to juggle testing 20+ subjects while also participating in 11 experiments. unreasonable expectations, purposely vague about grades. This lab wasn't the most difficult but the most frustrating.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: BI211
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This is the most disorganized, unclear lab I've ever been in. Not only does it have almost nothing to do with BI211 lectures but also people are failing this lab while they're getting A's and B's in lecture. The grading criteria- you can do the same thing in 2 different papers but get points off only in one. I would avoid at all costs.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: BI315
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Her lab manual has about 10 typos per experiment, and the contents are extremely unorganized. Bi315 lecture part is manageable and interesting , but the lab is absolute horror. Dr. Seliga is probably an amazing scientist and professor but not definitely not the best lab coordinator.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: BI315
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Now. This lab? Not a fan of how it's run at all. Everything is computerized and you're expected to finish the whole procedure, which is poorly worded, as well as a postlab assignment by the end of the period. How? The way this class is weighted makes it almost impossible to get the grade you work for because lab drags you.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: BI315
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

THE WORST lab I have ever taken. I have one year of biochemistry lab experience, and 3 years in an actual research environment. This is the worst lab I have ever experienced. And the textbook is awful. The class needs SERIOUS restructuring. Felt like a waste of tuition.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: BI315
• 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:

AVOID AT ALL COSTS. Honestly don't know why she is teaching: one of the worsts professors at BU. So condescending to students and her labs are stringent and horrid because of her. not approachable at all. AVOID

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: BI315
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Condescending and on some occasions, unprofessional towards students in lab. She clearly favors students she likes from day 1, instead of encouraging us regardless of our backgrounds and appearances. I got an A- in lab but I feel like I didnt learn a lot since lab is poorly designed. She knows the content but def doesnt know how to teach it.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: BI211
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

One of the worst professors ever. Almost 100% of all homeworks there is at least one question poorly worded and she tosses it. Her lab manual is the most incomprehensible and confusing text. Almost impossible to get 100% on any homework assignment. Her unnecessary mini lecture at lab takes 1/3 of lab time and demands people to finish lab on time.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: BI315
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The lab manual is in most part incomprehensible. Typos and confusing sentence structures are prevalent throughout the lab manual and the prelab. Not to say that much of the material is not useful for the actual prelabs. Grading sucks. Like someone mentioned previously, I've been getting 90s on exams and 70s on postlabs. Dr. Seliga is responsible.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: BI315
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

One of the worst lab coordinators I ever had, she was so unhelpful. People asked to switch sections with one another, and she tells you that there is no one available to switch with you is a lie. She's condescending when you ask questions, and literally rude if she doesn't like you. Muscedere the lecture teacher was so much better at teaching.