Is this an easy A?
HardWork
22/100, and harsh late penalties make a high grade feel like a grind or a drop.
All evidence is from in-person ENG100 reviews.
The decision
Key questions
Is this an easy A?
Tough essay grading, pop quizzes, and harsh late penalties make a high grade feel like a grind or a drop.
All evidence is from in-person ENG100 reviews.
Is the course easy?
Heavy reading, weekly essays, and high difficulty ratings make the content feel demanding for a first-year English course.
All evidence is from in-person reviews.
Is attendance flexible?
Most students report attendance was mandatory and class time ties into the heavy paper schedule.
All evidence is from in-person reviews.
Is this professor recommended?
Low take-again signals and repeated do-not-take warnings outweigh the few praise-for-lectures comments.
All evidence is from in-person reviews.
Course guide
Grading
Strict
24/100
Tough grader tags dominate and multiple students dropped after harsh essay marking.
Format shift
All evidence is from in-person reviews.
Workload
Overwhelming
15/100
Weekly essays, lots of reading, and ungodly paper volume define the course load.
Format shift
All evidence is from in-person reviews.
Teaching experience
Average
42/100
Some call lectures informative and motivating, but many still call the teaching experience a regret.
Format shift
All evidence is from in-person reviews.
Assessment method
FocusOnAssignments
28/100
Grades revolve around frequent essays, papers, and pop quizzes more than a balanced exam set.
Format shift
All evidence is from in-person reviews.
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Course format
Classroom format
Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner
In-person ENG100 feels paper-heavy with strict grading, pop quizzes, and frequent drops despite a friendly personality.
Main concern
One-minute late essay drafts and overwhelming paper load push many students to withdraw.
What students said
“Don’t take this class!! Yes she’s a cool person but the amount of papers and homework is ungodly”
“essay draft due at 11:59pm if you miss by one minute your dropped from her class”
“Very nice professor but lots of papers and very tough grader, would not recommend”
Remote format
Low confidence
No stored summary is available for this format.
Main concern
No main concern is stored for this format.
Exam style
Assessment centers on essays and surprise quizzes with strict timing rather than student-friendly open formats.
Assessment risk
Standard
42/100
Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.
In-person sections rely on pop quizzes plus relentless essay drafts with severe late penalties.
“Beware of pop quizzes”
“essay draft due at 11:59pm if you miss by one minute your dropped from her class”
Student evidence
Top student voice
“Don’t take this class!! Yes she’s a cool person but the amount of papers and homework is ungodly”
“the amount of papers and homework is ungodly”
“lots of papers and very tough grader, would not recommend”
“Don't take the class trust me!”
“Shes an awesome teacher who genuinely wants you to improve your writing quality”
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Data context
Analysis sample
8
Recent reviews read by the AI
8
Lifetime ratings
62/100
Evidence confidence
Eight in-person reviews from 2011-2024 are detailed and consistent on tough grading and workload, but the sample is small and older praise softens certainty.
Inside 8 stored ratings
Reported outcomes
6 reported outcomes
No reported values
B 2
C+ 1
No reported values
No reported values
Drop/Withdrawal 3