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Meisenheimer, Kristen

Cumulative GPA: 3.65/4.00 with 17 evaluations
Presents Material Clearly: 3.65
Recognizes Student Difficulties: 3.76

Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, Cal Poly, SLO
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CHEM 316 Sophomore Grade Earned: C Required (Support) 4:56 pm, Mar 19, 2012 Report Evaluation		Dr. M is one of the best teachers at CP especially for chemistry. She is so enthusiastic and happy in lecture that her attitude makes you want to love chemistry too. She gave 1 midterm, 6 quizzes, and a final. You have to study for everything to do well. Her final was incredibly difficult but it was Organic chem so I can't blame her for that. I would recommend her but be ready to study alot.

CHEM 316 Sophomore Grade Earned: N/A Required (Major) 8:00 pm, Mar 5, 2012 Report Evaluation		Dr. M is an amazing, amazing professor. She does everything she possibly can to make you succeed in the course: organized handouts, extremely clear lecture notes, explanations with models, tricky ways to remember many different aspects of the material and even songs! She provides you with everything to be successful and the rest is up to you! There is no way around making organic easy so studying is essential. There is one midterm and one final; be sure to be very prepared for both. If you do better on the final she will replace your midterm grade with your new one. There are quizzes nine out of ten weeks but she drops the lowest score. Lab makes up the rest of the points (Get Dr. M if you can). Stay on top of your work and use her in office hours! She's so helpful and approachable. Clearly I have nothing but good things to say about her... HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

CHEM 316 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 8:01 pm, Jan 3, 2012 Report Evaluation		Dr. Meisenheimer is by far one of the most amazing teachers I have ever encountered at Cal Poly. One of my sorority sisters recommended her for O Chem and I can honestly say I am so glad that I took her. She cares so much about her students and is such a fair teacher. I failed the first midterm and she asked me to come to her office hours. She talked to me for an hour and told me never to give up, and told me she would help me every step of the way in order to make sure I had a good understanding of O chem. She never grew tired of me (even though I attended every one of her office hours) and I managed to pull my grade up dramatically, even though I thought I did much worse in the class. If I hadn't taken her for O chem I probably would have failed it to be honest with you. TAKE HER! Se literally changed my life.

CHEM 127 Junior Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 4:57 pm, May 26, 2010 Report Evaluation		I wanted to write a review on Dr. K because I ran into her today on campus. I took chem 127 with her 5 quarters ago, and she recognized me on campus today and remember my name. That is just an example of how amazing she is. She cares so much about her students and truly gets to know them. I only went to her office hours once or twice and she knew my name and really made an effort to help me. She is not only one of the greatest teachers out there, but she is also one of the nicest people I have ever met. Take her for chem!!! yes she is a semi-tough grader but it will be worth it.

CHEM 316 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 8:05 pm, Dec 18, 2009 Report Evaluation		Dr. Meisenheimer was an excellent professor. In lecture she went over the material slowly and even brought in models for everyone to see which was great for clarification on the topics. In lab she explained each of the procedures that we would be performing before she would let us start so that everyone knew what they were doing beforehand. If anyone had questions she was extremely approachable and allowed the students to think for themselves so they would learn the material better instead of just telling them the answers. O Chem is a rigorous course no matter what teacher you have, but Dr. M will ease you into the course and make it much, much less painful than other teachers, guaranteed.

CHEM 127 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 5:13 pm, Aug 31, 2009 Report Evaluation		She is totally awesome. She's super nice and is good at making things clear when things get tough. We went at a pretty slow pace and didnt get to chapter 12 which was nice. Her tests were sometimes tricky, but not too bad. She definitely is worth taking. Awesome lady

CHEM 319 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 7:55 pm, Apr 22, 2009 Report Evaluation		Dr. Meisenheimer is amazing in lab! Her pre-labs explain everything, and she'll help you with anything you have a problem with. She's super nice and honestly cares about all her students. Take lab with her if you get the chance.



CHEM 127 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 11:02 pm, Feb 25, 2009 Report Evaluation		Dr. Meisenheimer is so awesome. She is the nicest teacher you will ever meet and she makes sure that everyone understands the material and she will do anything to help you. She truly does know all her students names and makes an effort to get to know all of them. GO TO HER OFFICE HOURS! she is so helpful, and she will get to know you and like you. Overall a very easy class. Lectures are simple. The tests are easy if you put in any studying. No homework, (except for take home quizzes and homework that comes with the lab). And she does cool demos and blows stuff up in lecture. Such a nice caring lady, and a great teacher, take her. She will make chem so easy.

CHEM 317 Senior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 8:33 pm, Aug 7, 2007 Report Evaluation		Dr. Meisenheimer was a chill person to talk to and such and nice but she was one truly rough grader. Most of these reviews just talk about her being cool, but she was a horribly tough task master. She tries to make you figure out a question, but if you can't than your grade will suffer even if you go to office hours. Most people in there got destroyed grade wise on the reports, so beware of her grading.

CHEM 316 Senior Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 3:00 pm, Aug 1, 2006 Report Evaluation		Dr. M was an awesome teacher. She's so enthusiastic and helpful. I loved having her for lab. You have to do a little bit of work to keep your lab notebook up to date and ready before class begins each day, but it makes the labs so much easier and it gives you easy points. Lab with Dr. M definately brought my overall grade up in O chem. Take her if you can.

CHEM 312 Sophomore Grade Earned: N/A Required (Support) 11:44 pm, Mar 9, 2005 Report Evaluation		Simply put, Meisenheimer kicks ass. She is friendly, enthusiastic, knowledgable, and straightforward. Her tests are straight from lecture, but I would recommend doing the homework nonetheless. I enjoyed chemistry this year because of her.

CHEM 129 Junior Grade Earned: N/A Required (Support) 9:53 pm, Dec 7, 2004 Report Evaluation		I don't like chemistry, and Dr. K really got me into it. She's such a great teacher/lecturer. Her notes are very organized, and she explains everything that you need to know for the test. She is very down-to-earth. In lab, she plays good music and helps you out. Her tests and grading style are fair. She brought her twin boys into class a couple times, and they are the cutest things! I wish I had gotten her for my previous chemistry courses! I very highly recommend Dr. K!

CHEM 316 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 5:10 pm, Mar 12, 2003 Report Evaluation		Dr. K is absolutely wonderful! She is one of the best teachers I have had here at Poly. She made lab fun and laid back. Before each lab she goes over everything you need to know for that days lab, and then if you need help during the lab she is right there to help out and answer your questions. She always plays music during the lab, and she even encourages students to bring in some of their own music to play. The reason she is such a great teacher though is because she is always willing to help, no matter what. I had a different teacher for lecture who I thought was horrible and couldn't explain the material at all. So I would go to Dr. K's office hours and she would help me out and explain everything so well. That really showed me that she cared, she could have just said "Go get help from you lecture teacher" but rather she sat with me a helped me to understand, and that made all the difference. Take Dr. K if you get the chance! She actually made ochem fun. If given the chance I will DEFINATLY take Dr. K again in the future.



CHEM 125 Senior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 1:27 am, Sep 21, 2001 Report Evaluation		Dr. K is a great teacher. She is really nice, helpful and instructional (in a goofy sort of way). The subject matter is difficult, but she has take home quizes and is nice in her grading. Sometimes she can get a little boring during the lectures--but hey that's chemistry. Overall she's awesome--and you should hear her sing.

CHEM 125 Freshman Grade Earned: C Required (Support) 10:36 am, Aug 23, 2001 Report Evaluation		DR. K IS GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She presents material in a straightforward manner. I had the chance to take Poncho for 124, also a great teacher! Take either of them if you get a chance! Her grading policy is fair. Her tests are difficult and I got a D on both midterms, but she gives you the chance to make it up in labs, homework, take home quizes. She is AWESOME in office hours, but you have to make the effort to go to them. She is one of the best teachers I have ever had. I hope Cal Poly never looses her and I hope I get to take her for another class sometime!

CHEM 124 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 9:32 pm, Mar 13, 2001 Report Evaluation		She's awesome! She lectures very well, easy to follow & understand, moderate tests. Take her! you'll thank me!! BTW, in the class of like 70 people, she actually knew everyone - and not just their name!

CHEM 124 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 2:25 pm, Jan 31, 2001 Report Evaluation		She is one of the few professors that actually knew most of the students names in her class, and actually made an effort to get to know her students. She is more than willing to help students who have problems. I believe she is better one on one in office hours or during labs than in her lectues. When you are one on one she will explain the material more in depth (and in a different way if necessary, unlike many professors) and then give you sample problems to work in front of her to help you with any problems. Her lectures are all written out so note taking is easy. Her tests were fair and straightforward. I would recommend taking her.

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