Olga Parshina

I thought that Prof. Parshina was an extremely harsh grader and was not willing to give any partial credit on tests, quizzes, or homework grades. The home work was also all graded, which provided no opportunity for being able to learn from mistakes. In office hours Prof. Parshina was fairly harsh and unwilling to hear the student's way of thinking. Prof. Parshina is also the least personable Middlebury professor that I've had, she doesn't seem like she likes working with college students. (Spring 2025)

I thought that Prof. Parshina was an extremely harsh grader and was not willing to give any partial credit on tests, quizzes, or homework grades. The home work was also all graded, which provided no opportunity for being able to learn from mistakes. In office hours Prof. Parshina was fairly harsh and unwilling to hear the student's w …Read more

Actually took it in fall of 2024 but there isn't an option for that. Professor Parshina is awesome! She was super into teaching the class and very willing to answer questions when asked. There are a lot of quizzes though.

Professor Parshina moves very fast through the course content. It was helpful to download her slides onto my iPad and take notes on those slides. Others typed notes, but handwriting was too slow. Parshina is very thoughtful and enthusiastic in her work. All the tests are take home. There is a quiz every week and 3 exams throughout the year. There are also weekly assignments that require short answer responses. Her discussion sections are usually very engaging, where she uses us to describe experiments done.

Professor Parshina moves very fast through the course content. It was helpful to download her slides onto my iPad and take notes on those slides. Others typed notes, but handwriting was too slow. Parshina is very thoughtful and enthusiastic in her work. All the tests are take home. There is a quiz every week and 3 exams throughout th …Read more