Reviews for Alice C. Mignerey
Average Rating:| Anonymous Course: CHEM131 Grade Expected: B+ December 22, 2011, 1:07 pm | Make sure you understand the material when you come into lecture. She'll point out all the little things you need to know but you have to go back to the book and read up on it, thankfully the book is really easy to understand. Her tests are basically what she gives you on the practice exams, understand the concepts, memorize the equations and you'll do well on the tests. Be wary she's not to approachable. Yes she does want you to do well but it's best to understand when she raises her voice at you it's not because she's mad. I could have gotten an A in this class. In fact I got an A on the final. I wish she had a policy like Dixon's where if you get an A on the final you get an A in the class. |
| Anonymous Course: CHEM131 Grade Expected: December 21, 2011, 11:31 pm | Guys don't take her. Take Eichorn. I would suggest this. Go to two of her lectures, and go to two of Eichorn's, you will figure out four yourself. I knida' did it, but I did too later to drop Mignerey's class and go to Eichorn's. So, yea. Trust me. Take Eichorn. A better professor from every angle. >Mignerey doesn't teach you concepts, Eichorn does. >Mignerey puts everything in the powerpoint and everything is organized so she goes really fast over the material and loses a lot of her students in the middle. So, after she does every question, there would be 10 hands up by the students asking what she did. >Eichorn puts questions up, doesn't put steps up. Does on the board. So goes slowly. You get the concepts and understand how to approach the problem, and solve it slowly. >Mignerey faces board and powerpoint while teaching. Eichorn faces you. >Mignerey doesn't tell you the conceptual background of the question. Eichorn does. >Eichorn, in general, just gets more student's attention because he is animated. Makes stuff interesting. Mignerey, not any of that. Etc.. Eichorn > Mignerey |
| Raikou-Neko Course: CHEM131 Grade Expected: C- December 14, 2011, 9:39 am | While I'll admit I failed the course, I don't feel like it's Mignerey's fault. I'm just really bad at the math in the course. She tries her best to convey the material and is probably one of the better teachers in the course. She seems to try her hardest to get people to pass the course, which is typically used as a drop course. Do the homework and the quizzes - she gives you extra credit for it. I MIGHT be able to scrape a D from the EC, despite getting really low exam grades. ---Edit--- I ended up with a C- due to the massive curve. Lucky me. |
| Anonymous Course: CHEM131 Grade Expected: B June 19, 2011, 8:29 pm | Mignerey was not a bad teacher at all. Her exams were very straight forward. The only thing is that, I wouldn't go to her for office hours because she spoke to me with a condescending tone. But her TAs really wanted us to do well so I went to them often. The class wasn't hard but do not ever wait until the last minute to do your mastering chem. But for chem131, I recommend her |
| aplane Course: CHEM131 Grade Expected: May 14, 2011, 12:55 pm | Dr. Mignerey is a very nice and interesting person. I just could really get interested or engaged in that class. She knows her material very well, but conveying it to the general public is not her strong suit and is very hard to follow along with when she gets lost in her own thoughts. Her exams are interesting. She posts a practice exam along with an answer key, but when the actual exam comes, there are several questions that were talked about for one lecture slide. Things like that make the averages of the exam around a 55. I think that in this case, either you lover her or you hate her. |
| Anonymous Course: CHEM146 Grade Expected: A December 17, 2010, 6:53 pm | Dr. Mignerey is a really nice lady and she really cares about her students. She gave us plenty of opportunities for extra credit and has office hours all day the day before the exam. Her quizzes are usually not too difficult and you can make up for any low grades with extra credit from the homework. In class she gives plenty of examples to help you understand the material. Her exams are generally not too difficult if you do your part which means doing the "optional" homework and completing her practice exams. Before every exam she gives us a practice test which depicts EXACTLY what will be on the exam. She doesn't expect us to memorize a lot of things so if you understand the material, you'll do well on the exam. |
| aznnick91 Course: CHEM271 Grade Expected: A+ May 3, 2010, 8:58 pm | GREAT Professor! One of the few in the Chemistry department who WANT you to succeed and do well. She is always open for office hours, and her powerpoints-style of lecturing is amazing. If you miss a class it's fine, but better even that she highlights the MAIN concepts, and gives straight examples, so you know what the test will be like (exactly like the study guides). Compared to Dr. Khan, whose averages hover around 50%, and he does concepts, Mignerey teaches by example, and if you attend every class, do the homework, and study hard the night before, and can memorize a few equations and use your brain to manipulate them on an easy 80 point exam, then TAKE Dr. Mignerey! |
| Anonymous Course: CHEM131 Grade Expected: April 6, 2008, 8:27 pm | This class has been terrible for me! The online homework took hours to complete, but wasn't worth many points. The practice tests weren't always accurate depictions of the actual test. I am doing poorly, and have to drop the course! Do not ignore these reviews. Some people don't mind her, but she didn't work for me. Be cautious when choosing this professor! |
| kbe12478 Course: CHEM131 Grade Expected: B November 13, 2007, 9:15 pm | A very sweet lady, but unless you really need or love to take chemistry, do not take this class. Mignerey did not know how to work the equipment in the room, and after wasting ten minutes of each 50 minute class, she presented bare-bones powerpoint slides that she just read off of the whole time. Also, you had to show up at the beginning of class to answer questions with your clicker, and many people just left immediatewly afterwards (which disrupted the class even further). Three tests and a final. And the accompanying lab is awful (Chem 132). |