Lin Aanonsen - Macalester College

Professor: Lin Aanonsen
Department: Biology
College: Macalester College
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: BIOL265
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Lin is a wonderful person. She is my favorite professor I have ever had. Her lectures are interesting and makes difficult material understandable. Her class is hard but if you study (she is very clear about what to study) you can do well.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: BIO265
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Very helpful and an awesome professor. However, I did miss most of the classes and I still received an A.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: BIOL265
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Lin's courses will stick with you and change your life. She gives amazing lectures, great feedback, and passionate details to illustrate each concept. Listening to her lecture or explain a mechanism is engaging and fun; you'll be captivated and motivated to learn more. She inspires students, makes them think, and has incredible mastery of teaching.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: BIOL265
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Lin is not just one of the best bio professors, she's one of the best professors at Mac period. I thought her classes were engaging and interesting. I don't think I've had this much fun studying biology in a very long time.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: BIO265
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I completely disagree with the comment below. Prof. Aanonsen gives fair tests. Her study guides reflect topics taught in class or covered in the book. If you pay attention, ask questions, understand the study guide and go through your lecture notes, that 94% A- is IM-Possible instead of impossible. She's the best Prof. I've had. Ever.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: BIOL265
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Lin was one of the worst professors I've ever had. Lectures were disorganized and unhelpful and more filled with meaningless tangents than any actual information. Test questions ranged from ridiculously easy to flat out unfair, and the number of tests (6) was ridiculous. In the end you have to learn everything either from the textbook or online.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: BIOL265
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Awesome professor, awesome class. Clear about assignments, expectations and what she wants you to know for the test. AND fair tests!!! hallelujah!!! I'm now trying to take as many classes with her as possible.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: BIOL265
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Lin is always enthusiastic about the topics she teaches and loves to go off on tangents because of her exitement. Her study guides are complete and outline in detail what will be on the test (they pretty much ask questions for you to answer from the whole unit). Yes, she is a bit goofy at times, but that's why she is great. Very approachable
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: BIOL367
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Lin is really great, super nice and very knowledgeable. Her exams are not easy; they definitely test your knowledge on a wide spectrum. She takes a long time to get the exams back and isn't very accessible, so that's a little frustrating, but she always get back to you, eventually. But because of her, I'm now pursuing the Neurobiology emphasis!
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: PHYS1
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Lin is great, but I understand why some people would get frustrated with her teaching style. You have to take some initiative.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: BIOL265
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She's a nice lady and all, but her lectures are incredibly boring. She doesn't explain the subject material well and she grades hard on tests. Though she is understanding if you do poorly and will help you one-on-one if you want
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: BIO265
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Was not a good professor. Her lectures were terrible and nothing she taught in them were useful enough to show up to class for. Tests extremely hard and based all in the book. She couldn't even pronounce some of the things she was teaching us. Try to avoid her.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: BIO265
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Extremely disorganized, boring, unhelpful. Lectures not worth attending but tests graded very hard. Fails at providing useful and timely feedback and hard to find outside of class. Don't take a class with her.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: BIOL265
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Lin is great. One of the nicest professors at Macalester, hands down. Classes are a little unorganized and sometimes boring, but that's because of the material. Although she does try enthusing her students in the subject she's teaching. Take advantage of the study guide she gives. Her tests are based heavily on them. Definitely recommend her.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: BIOLMANY
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Lin Aanonsen took me to LeeAnn Chin. Great person
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: BIO265
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Super nice, super helpful, never says no when you ask for something. Way cool, just like that hip grandma you know. Knows tons about biology
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: BIOL164
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
A very nice prof and always cheerful. Not necessarily helpful. Tries to but does not help much. Better at higher level courses than introductory courses. Doesn't put much effort or dedication to lower courses. Other than that, she would have been amazing, if you take a class focused more on specifics. Grading is very lenient, easy to get a B
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: BIOL367
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Lin is such a greatttt professor. I think she is the BEST here at Macalester.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: BIO164
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She was kind of hard to find when I needed her, but when i could find her she was extremely helpful. she's also the dept. chair, so expect her to be busy and a little scatter-brained. She's probably the best in the dept. though, and she's VERY enthusiastic about her topics.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: PHYSIOLOGYLAB
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
lin is amazing and so helpful
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