Michelle Doherty

WR208 · WR201 · ENGL100 · 5 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 18/100
RMP rating: 1.6/5
Take again: 0%
Difficulty: 4.2

The decision

Avoid if you can; students across years report a poor teaching experience and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProCondescendingUnclear AssignmentsLots of PapersTough GraderRude

Students consistently call her rude, passive-aggressive, or condescending
Assignments and while workload stays high
Group work often dumps teaching onto stronger students

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

22/100

grades hard even for diligent students.

Online and and heavy writing load.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

30/100

, and group work make the course feel harder than peer sections.

Online highlights extra blogs; and bad prompts.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

15/100

Every review that as mandatory.

Both online and as mandatory.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

12/100

Every review is negative, with and .

Online and in-person agree on avoidance.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

18/100

and D+/B outcomes accompany complaints that opinions and prompts are judged unfairly.

Format shift

Online and .

Workload

Heavy

28/100

Weekly blogs, essays, readings, and group responsibilities stack into a high writing load.

Format shift

Online emphasizes blogs; and group teaching labor.

Teaching experience

Awful

18/100

Students , and a condescending or rude classroom tone.

Format shift

In-person reviews focus on personality; the online review focuses on excess busywork.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

28/100

, and group work rather than traditional exams.

Format shift

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

4 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person writing courses are described as , and harshly graded with dull readings.

Main concern

Personality and .

What students said

“She's incredibly condescending.”
WR201

“She is very passive aggressive and is a "its in the syllabus" type of teacher”
WR201

“She is a .”
WR 208

Remote format

Online

1 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

One online ENGL100 review reports heavy repetitive blogs plus essays and .

Main concern

Extra weekly blogs and .

What students said

“She makes you do these repetitive things called blogs weekly on top of normal work such as essays and readings.”
ENGL100

Exam style

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Assessment is writing-heavy with essays and blogs; reviews do not describe proctored traditional exams.

Essay BasedWeekly BlogsPeer Review Groups

Assessment risk

Standard

55/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and group peer review, not classic exams.

Essay PromptsPeer Review Groups

“ .”
WR 208

“She puts you in groups to peer review but then doesn't want you to talk to one another.”
WR201

Online

Online work adds weekly blogs on top of essays and readings.

Weekly BlogsEssaysHeavy Papers

“She makes you do these repetitive things called blogs weekly on top of normal work such as essays and readings.”
ENGL100

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“ ... She's incredibly condescending.”
Voice snapshots generated from 5 reviews (1 online, 4 in person), highlighting tone, clarity, and workload. Credibility rating: Medium.

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12/100

“Do not sign up for her I REPEAT DO NOt sign up for her class.”

😤 Personality Friction

18/100

“She is very passive aggressive and is a "its in the syllabus" type of teacher when you try to ask her a genuine question”

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28/100

“She is a .”

👥 Group Work Dump

22/100

“it ended up seeming like I was doing more teaching to some of the students than the professor herself.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

She is incredibly scattered during lectures and .
She's incredibly condescending.
everyone's opinion is always wrong, unless it's her own opinion.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

She is a
Save yourself from all the extra work.
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Theme 3

❤️ About Character

She is honestly just rude lol
She's incredibly condescending.
Honestly, the .

Data context

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Analysis sample

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Lifetime ratings

55/100

Evidence confidence

Only 5 reviews, but they are detailed, recent-to-midrange, and highly consistent in negative tone across formats.

Inside 5 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50

4 out of 50

3 out of 50

2 out of 54

1 out of 51

Course coverage

WR2013 reviews

ENGL1001 review

WR 2081 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

3 reported outcomes

A range

No reported values

B range

B 2

C range

No reported values

D range

D+ 1

F

No reported values

No letter grade reported

No reported values

Michelle Doherty

Avoid if you can; students across years report a poor teaching experience and x x.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

HardWork

Challenging

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

See what students actually said.

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😤 Personality Friction

📝 x x x

👥 Group Work Dump

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

❤️ About Character

See exactly what the AI read.

Quality ratings

Course coverage

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

A range

B range

C range

D range

F

No letter grade reported

Avoid if you can; students across years report a poor teaching experience and .

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