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English

Philip Pastras

ENGLISH1C4315 · ENGL1B · ENG1A · ENGL1A · ENGASFE · ENG1 · ENGL2A · ENGLI1B · ENGLISH1A · ENGL0341 · ENGL1C · ENG4659 · ENG4315 · ENG1B · ENGAFEG · ENGL4659 · ENG1C · 187 lifetime ratings

AI rating
18/100
RMP rating
1.9/5
Take again
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Difficulty
4.3

The decision

Avoid unless you want a brutal English challenge and can accept a likely C.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerBrutal Essay GraderNearly Impossible AHeavy Reading QuizzesUnclear ExpectationsGPA Killer
  • Overwhelming consensus is harsh grading where hard work often yields C or lower.
  • Many students report , and boring lecture style.
  • , and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

12/100

Students repeatedly say even strong writers get C or D and that perfect grammar still fails to earn A.

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

22/100

, and strict standards make the content and pace hard.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

20/100

At least , and class participation pressure is common.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

15/100

The vast majority and poor teaching clarity.

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Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

12/100

Comments say he grades ridiculously hard, often caps success at C, and nitpicks grammar heavily.

Format shift

Based only on in-person reviews.

Workload

Heavy

25/100

Lots of reading, frequent essay quizzes, and .

Format shift

Based only on in-person reviews.

Teaching experience

Poor

22/100

Students , and unhelpful despite occasional praise.

Format shift

Based only on in-person reviews.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

35/100

, and paper rewrites rather than a single high-stakes exam model.

Format shift

Based only on in-person reviews.

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

50 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person English courses are widely described as overly hard, unclear, and GPA-damaging with and .

Main concern

impossible.

What students said

“ !”
ENG1B
“It's not because he is challenging you, it's because you cannot get an A in this class.”
ENGLISH1C4315
“nobody got better grades than C's in his class this semester”
ENGL1A

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

and little clarity on what earns high marks.

Essay HeavyWeekly Reading QuizzesStrict Grammar GradingUnclear Finals

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and strictly graded essays with little student-friendly flexibility.

Essay HeavyWeekly Reading QuizzesStrict Grammar Grading
“there's a week”
ENG1C
“He grades super hard.”
ENGL1A
“I have ”
ENGASFE

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ !”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 in-person reviews with highly and clarity. Credibility rating: High.

🚫 Recommendation Collapse

15/100

“ ”

📉

12/100

“You can work 6-10 hours on an essay and receive a C.”

🧠 Teaching Clarity Issues

22/100

“I can never understand what he wants”

📚 Heavy Load

25/100

“lots of ”

Theme 1

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • impossible to get an A
  • nobody got better grades than C's
  • Told us on the first day of class that he does not give out A's

Theme 2

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • he mumbled EVERYTHING
  • doesn't teach for sh*t

Theme 3

❤️ About Student Outcomes

  • ruined my life
  • I now understand what hell is like
  • unless you reallyyy want to lower your GPA

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

187

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty consistently negative in-person reviews over many years with detailed, repeating complaints make the pattern highly credible.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 515
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3 out of 523
2 out of 543
1 out of 593

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

3 reported outcomes

A range

1

A+ 1

B range

1

B+ 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

1

D 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values