Catrelia Magee-Barker

DNC · BEGINNINGJAZZ · JAZZ1B · DANCE13 · DANCEA · DANCE15A · DANCE15B · MODERN · DANCE11B · DANCE11A · COMPCHOREO · DANCE10 · BEGINNINGDANCE · DANCE21B · DANCE015A · BALLETJAZZ · JAZZ · DANCE9A · DANCE21A · DANCEDEPT · MODERNDANCE · DANC · DANCE · BEGBALLET · BALLE11A · BEGJAZZDANCE · DANC009A · DANCE9B · 82 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 18/100
RMP rating: 1.9/5
Take again: 20%
Difficulty: 3.0

The decision

unless you have no other dance option and can handle a harsh classroom climate.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerRun away warningsRude and unprofessionalMood swingsFavors experienced dancersPoor technique instruction

Most reviews urge students to avoid her dance classes entirely.
Common complaints are rudeness, favoritism, lateness, and weak teaching.
A small minority praise passion in production or patience with beginners.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

35/100

A few call history or modern an easy pass, but many report unfair grades and favoritism that block deserved As.

Nearly all evidence is in person; the single online review ends in .

Is the course easy?

Standard

45/100

Physical dance content ranges from easy follow-along to advanced combinations that overwhelm beginners.

In-person studio classes dominate; online evidence is too thin to compare content difficulty.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

25/100

Participation tags and skip-class warnings appear often; attendance and engagement are treated as critical.

Evidence is almost entirely in person; online also punished perceived non-participation.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

18/100

The dominant message across years is do not take her, with only scattered positive outliers.

Both the single online review and the bulk of .

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

22/100

Students report biased grades, favoritism toward experienced dancers, and unfair evaluation.

Format shift

In-person reviews drive this conclusion; .

Workload

Moderate

50/100

Workload is not the ; reading, tests, and performance demands appear but vary by course.

Format shift

In person mentions tests, concert reports, and technique practice; online stressed forum work.

Teaching experience

Awful

15/100

Persistent reports of , and failure to teach technique safely.

Format shift

teaching evidence.

Assessment method

Balanced

50/100

Assessments mix participation, tests, concert reports, and .

Format shift

In person mentions multiple tests and performances; online focused on forum participation.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

49 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Decades of in-person dance reviews are overwhelmingly negative about demeanor, favoritism, and technique instruction.

Main concern

, and discouraging beginners.

What students said

“R U N . Run run run .”
DANC

“She was mean and rude. She was always making wrongful accusations”
DANCE

“Run Run Run away as far as U CAN”
BEGBALLET

Remote format

Online

1 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

The sole online review reports poor communication, heavy forum demands, and an .

Main concern

Unprofessional communication and punitive participation enforcement online.

What students said

“Communicates poorly and is very unprofessional. This was an online class and she expects heavy use of the online forum.”
DANCE015A

Exam style

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Assessments are conventional dance-history tests and performance checks rather than clearly student-friendly or proctored online exams.

Multiple testsConcert reportPerformance midterm or finalParticipation graded

Assessment risk

Standard

45/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and performance evaluations with little detail on open-book policy.

Seven tests mentionedConcert reportPerformance midterm and final

“she teaches from the and you do a concert report.”
DANCE21A

“Fun class, small group perf. .”
DANCE9A

Online

One online review .

Forum participationParticipation-based drop risk

“I did participate yet she dropped me claiming I did not participate in the assignment.”
DANCE015A

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“R U N . Run run run .”
Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, highlighting avoid warnings and classroom climate. Credibility rating: High.

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18/100

“ !!! Supposed to be learning about the history of dance and haven't learned a thing.”

😤 Classroom Climate

12/100

“She was mean and rude. She was always making wrongful accusations and saying people were racist.”

🩰 Beginner Unfriendly

20/100

“Takes kindly to dancers who have experience but does not favor inexperienced students.”

🎭 Rare Positive Outlier

55/100

“ . She is a very strict teacher, but I have only seen her reprimand students who are not doing what they are supposed to be doing.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

, and completely incapable of explaining anything in a coherent way.
, but its an easy A+++++ class. all you do is watch videos
Beautiful dancer, but she cannot get over her ego and crazy competitive ways.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

It's an easy class, and if you can ignore her insults and abuse for a semester its an easy humanities.
She graded so unfairly and made jazz a chore rather than a fun class
Easy to pass if you are one of her favored students but if you do one thing she doesn’t like then you will NOT get an A

Theme 3

⚠️ About Professionalism

Habitually late, goes off topic, interrupts you, leaves class for 15-20min
She is ALWAYS late for class (20 min or more), and is rude.
No warm up or cool down - very unprofessional.

Data context

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Analysis sample

Recent reviews read by the AI

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews over many years show a consistent negative pattern despite a few older positives.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 57

4 out of 58

3 out of 510

2 out of 513

1 out of 544

Course coverage

DANCE21A6 reviews

DANCE21B6 reviews

BEGBALLET3 reviews

DANCE3 reviews

DANCE11A3 reviews

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DANCE9A3 reviews

BEGINNINGJAZZ2 reviews

DANC2 reviews

DANCE15A2 reviews

MODERNDANCE2 reviews

BALLE11A1 review

BALLETJAZZ1 review

BEGINNINGDANCE1 review

BEGJAZZDANCE1 review

COMPCHOREO1 review

DANC009A1 review

DANCE015A1 review

DANCE101 review

DANCE11B1 review

DANCE131 review

DANCE15B1 review

DANCE9B1 review

DANCEA1 review

DANCEDEPT1 review

DNC1 review

JAZZ1 review

JAZZ1B1 review

MODERN1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

6 reported outcomes

A range

A 3

B range

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C range

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D range

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F

No reported values

No letter grade reported

Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Rather not say 1

Catrelia Magee-Barker

x x x unless you have no other dance option and can handle a harsh classroom climate.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

HardWork

Standard

Mandatory

Avoid

See how this professor fits your week.

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

In person

Online

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😤 Classroom Climate

🩰 Beginner Unfriendly

🎭 Rare Positive Outlier

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

⚠️ About Professionalism

See exactly what the AI read.

Quality ratings

Course coverage

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

A range

B range

C range

D range

F

No letter grade reported

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