Yolanda Gouldsmith

CSTU102 · COLLEGESTUDIES · CSTU6268 · CAREE102 · CSTU1 · COUN4 · CS1 · 22 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 84/100
RMP rating: 4.2/5
Take again: 57.14%
Difficulty: 1.7

The decision

Great for low-stress credits if you complete weekly easy work on time and .

Best fit · Easy A HunterEasy counseling creditsCaring and approachableLots of short assignmentsClear weekly structure onlineMixed email responsiveness

Counseling and college-studies courses are widely called easy As with practical stress-management content
Weekly quizzes, discussions, and ; some online students report unclear directions and slow replies
and sweet

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

88/100

Many students call it impossible to fail or an easy A if you show up and finish short weekly work, with .

Online reviews stress redo quizzes and light weekly work; and .

Is the course easy?

Introductory

86/100

Counseling and college-studies content is beginner level with practical stress and study skills rather than hard academics.

Both formats describe very low intellectual difficulty.

Is attendance flexible?

WorthIt

68/100

and support, though and online communication issues lower enthusiasm.

Online is more mixed on communication; in-person recommendations are warmer and older.

Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

78/100

Easy full credit when work is done; but overall grades stay high.

Format shift

; in-person is almost uniformly easy.

Workload

Light

68/100

Many short weekly assignments and quizzes that take under 30 minutes each, not deep projects.

Format shift

Online volume is higher but still easy; .

Teaching experience

Good

76/100

Caring, helpful, and approachable for most students, with weaker marks for slow replies and occasional boring lectures.

Format shift

Online teaching praise is mixed by communication; in-person praise is consistently warm.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

28/100

, and quizzes dominate; midterms are rare and .

Format shift

Online is assignment and quiz heavy; and little testing.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

15 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Beginner Friendly

In-person students describe her as caring, helpful, and easy, with and .

Main concern

A few older reviews call lectures boring or self-focused despite the easy grade.

What students said

“This class was easy and yolanda is such a great teacher very helpful so as long as you attend class you should be good.”
CAREE102

“She is an absolute joy to have a teacher, she is extremely helpful”
CSTU1

“Easy A grade, if you show up to classs everyday and do all the homework.”
COLLEGESTUDIES

Remote format

Online

7 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Easy A Hunter

Online counseling and college-studies sections are mostly easy and manageable with weekly quizzes you can redo, but a and .

Main concern

and late or missing email replies can frustrate fully online students.

What students said

“There are a lot of assignments, but they're so easy that it shouldn't take more than 30 minutes.”
COLLEGESTUDIES

“Honestly, if you need the . It's impossible to fail.”
COUN4

“ . She also doesn't respond to emails at all”
COUN4

Exam style

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Assessments favor redoable quizzes, journals, discussions, and .

Unlimited quiz retriesTake-home finalNo midterm oftenWeekly short quizzesExtra credit

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

84/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

quizzes if any, and may use a take-home final.

Take-home finalNo mid-term or quizzes sometimesEasy final exam

“No mid-term or Quizzes in this class just a .”
CAREE102

“ if you know your material.”
COLLEGESTUDIES

Online

Online work is weekly short quizzes with unlimited retries plus discussions and journals; no camera or .

Unlimited quiz retriesWeekly short quizzesDiscussion postsJournals

“If you fail the . You have unlimited chances to redo it.”
COLLEGESTUDIES

“You have a discussion, one textbook assignment, and one journal entry or quiz.”
COUN4

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“Honestly, if you need the . It's impossible to fail.”
Voice snapshots generated from 22 reviews (7 online, 15 in-person), highlighting easy credits, care, and online communication gaps. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

76/100

“She is an absolute joy to have a teacher, she is extremely helpful and always willing to spend 1 on 1 time”

👍 Recommendation Rate

68/100

“Great professor. ! .”

🅰️ Easy A Reality

88/100

“There are a lot of assignments, but they're so easy that it shouldn't take more than 30 minutes.”

📧 Online Friction

45/100

“ and in my experience, she pushes out assignments very late into the week.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

She is very open and friendly to all students.
great teacher..great counselor..very helpful
omg so boring. her lectures were absolutely pointless.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

It's impossible to fail.
Easy A grade, if you show up to classs everyday and do all the homework.
easy A. but boooooring.

Theme 3

💻 About Online Experience

I took this class online and its been really manageable!
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Data context

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Analysis sample

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Lifetime ratings

70/100

Evidence confidence

Twenty-two reviews span many years with consistent easy-course themes, but and mixed online detail moderate certainty.

Inside 22 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 516

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2 out of 53

1 out of 51

Course coverage

COUN45 reviews

CSTU1025 reviews

COLLEGESTUDIES4 reviews

CAREE1023 reviews

CSTU12 reviews

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Reported outcomes

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Yolanda Gouldsmith

Great for low-stress credits if you complete weekly easy work on time and x x x x x x.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

EasyA

Introductory

Recommended

WorthIt

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Compare the in-person and online experience.

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In person

Online

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🎯 Teaching Quality

👍 Recommendation Rate

🅰️ Easy A Reality

📧 Online Friction

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

💻 About Online Experience

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Quality ratings

Course coverage

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F

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Great for low-stress credits if you complete weekly easy work on time and .