AI Rate Professor

English

Marjorie Smith

ENGLISH78 · ENGLISH1BH · ENGLC1000 · ENGLISH1A · ENGLISH100 · ENGLISH901 · ENGLISH1B · ENGLISH400 · 57 lifetime ratings

AI rating
24/100
RMP rating
2.7/5
Take again
28.85%
Difficulty
4.2

The decision

Avoid unless you want a high-intensity writing bootcamp and can devote many hours plus office hours every week.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerExtremely tough graderOverwhelming homeworkHarsh feedback toneHigh standards writer builderMandatory tutoring notes
  • Most students find her English courses extremely hard with relentless reading, essays, and .
  • A minority who use office hours and grind hard report becoming stronger writers and earning As.
  • Online sections draw , and unmanageable weekly hours.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

As are possible but only with intense weekly writing, office hours, and strict adherence to her exact standards.

Both formats demand hard work; online adds confusion that makes the A feel even harder.

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

18/100

, and high critical analysis expectations make this among the hardest English loads.

Honors and online accelerated sections feel especially crushing.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

as required, with participation strongly affecting success.

; online still enforces mandatory tutoring or weekly presence in several reports.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

29/100

Only about 29% would take again; most advise switching professors unless you seek a true writing gauntlet.

; online recommendations are mostly negative.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

18/100

; points are docked for wording, formatting, and interpretation mismatches.

Format shift

Harshness is reported in both formats, with .

Workload

Overwhelming

12/100

Constant readings, journals, discussions, and multi-essay loads leave students calling the class unmanageable.

Format shift

Online 8-week versions and honors sections are described as especially overloaded.

Teaching experience

Poor

34/100

Some credit strong feedback and growth, but , and demoralizing critiques.

Format shift

; online rapport is weaker.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

28/100

, and journals more than traditional exams.

Format shift

Both formats are paper- and response-driven; a .

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

32 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person experiences split between students who thrived through office hours and many who call the class brutal, judgmental, and over-assigned.

Main concern

, and a classroom climate some find intimidating.

What students said

“This class is a brutal struggle to do well in.”
English1BH
“She , but there are only around three big ones for the whole semester.”
ENGLISH1B
“Utilize Office hours is the secret.”
English1BH

Remote format

Online

18 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Online students frequently report vague assignments, harsh feedback, huge weekly time demands, and little flexibility.

Main concern

Disorganization, , and unrealistic 16-20 hour weekly loads.

What students said

“Expects 16-20 hours/week for just her online class which is really unreasonable”
ENGLISH1A
“I never felt respected.”
ENGLISH100
“ . Ignored my emails asking for clarification.”
ENGLC1000

Exam style

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Assessment is mostly high-stakes writing and little late-work flexibility.

Essay heavyReading responsesOccasional pop quizzesMandatory tutoring

Assessment risk

Standard

42/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and discussion-based analysis, with occasional hard pop quizzes and heavy weekly homework.

Essays every 1-2 weeksDiscussion heavyPop quizzesOffice hours critical
“She gives essays every 1-2 weeks with no late work or while .”
ENGLISH1A
“ the reading, a long answer question, and a discussion.”
ENGLISH1B
“ because they're not multiple choice”
ENGLISH100

Online

Online work is essay and and mandatory tutoring noted by some students.

Weekly essaysHeavy readingNo late workMandatory tutoring
“No , no late work, and .”
ENGLISH1A
“she "”
ENGLISH1A
“Prepare to spend 18+ hours a week on everything”
ENGLISH1B

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Save yourself and .”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews (18 online, 32 in , and a small hardcore-success minority. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

34/100

“No interesting or helpful lectures, only slapped-together PowerPoints of .”

👎 Recommendation Rate

29/100

“ as far as to wait to get another professor”

🔥 Workload Intensity

12/100

“There are an insane number of ”

⚖️

18/100

“She is an .”

Theme 1

📝

  • grades very nit picky
  • if one word isn't how she wants
  • , and unhelpful at times

Theme 2

📚 About Workload

  • So So So overwhelming
  • tons of reading and tons of writing hw
  • Entirely too much work for a freshman level English class

Theme 3

💪 About Growth For Some

  • she will make you a better writer
  • if you wan to improve your writing
  • if you do what it takes you WILL become a better writer

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

57

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty detailed reviews across online and and overwhelming workload.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 513
4 out of 59
3 out of 54
2 out of 511
1 out of 521

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Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

45 reported outcomes

A range

17

A+ 1 · A 15 · A- 1

B range

6

B+ 1 · B 4 · B- 1

C range

2

C+ 1 · C 1

D range

2

D+ 1 · D 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

18

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Not sure yet 13 · Rather not say 4