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Nancy Allah

SPAN2 · SPANISH1 · SPAN202 · SPAN1A · SPAN001 · SPAN10495 · SPAN01 · SPAN1 · 76 lifetime ratings

AI rating
22/100
RMP rating
1.9/5
Take again
10.2%
Difficulty
3.7

The decision

if and support; most students call it stressful and disorganized.

Best fit · Self Taught ProOverwhelming homeworkDisorganized courseHard to understand accentRude oral examsDo not take
  • , and sometimes rude.
  • Workload is extreme with many weekly assignments and tests.
  • A small minority like her unorthodox style if they stay on her good side.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

Some get As by showing up or after heavy grind, but , and stressful rather than free.

and ; in-person sometimes A for attendance while peers struggle.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Difficulty is high due to volume, confusion, and .

Both formats rate difficulty high; online amplifies workload chaos.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

40/100

and mixed online; skip-class tags and participation demands are common.

In-person more often mandatory; but still demand heavy weekly work.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

12/100

Only about 10% would take again; dominant message is run away and .

and in person; rare older positives get heavily downvoted.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

28/100

; favorites and lost grades are also reported.

Format shift

oral exams and unfair scores; in-person: favorites and forgotten grade entry.

Workload

Overwhelming

12/100

Students report 10-20+ assignments per week and excessive homework for 8-week Spanish.

Format shift

Online volume is most extreme; and homework.

Teaching experience

Awful

18/100

, and sometimes insulting during orals.

Format shift

Both formats align on poor teaching; a few praise immersion if you already cope.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

65/100

Tests and oral exams often .

Format shift

Online emphasizes quizzes/orals and McGraw-Hill work; and oral exams.

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

25 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person reviews echo disorganization, hard-to-follow lectures, favorites, and little Spanish learning despite some As for show-up.

Main concern

Rude classroom tone, political digressions, and .

What students said

“Can barely speak Spanish or English. I do not understand why Saddleback is still having her work at the college.”
SPAN1
“Professor Allah is a highly unqualified teacher whose both English and Spanish is unintelligible.”
SPAN001
“Show up every day and you will get an A regardless of your scores. though.”
SPAN2

Remote format

Online

25 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online Spanish is widely described as chaotic with , and little help; oral exams often stressful.

Main concern

Massive weekly assignment dumps, poor communication, and hostile or .

What students said

“she gives 18-20 assignments a week, half of .”
SPAN1
“Save !!!”
SPAN1
“Asked for help and was met with vague strange emails that said things like "You can do it! You will win!".”
SPAN001

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Oral exams and heavy testing are frequent; students report impatience and stress, not student-friendly proctoring details.

Oral examsTest heavyPop quizzesRetakes sometimes allowed

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person comments emphasize oral exams, pop quizzes, and .

Oral examsPop quizzesTest heavyShow up for A
“ and expect us to know everything in the book perfectly.”
SPAN2
“BEWARE OF ”
SPAN1

Online

Online students describe stressful oral exams with tech blame, many quizzes/tests, and .

Oral examsMany weekly quizzesTest heavyRetakes possible
“when it comes to oral exams she gives you a bad attitude, berates you, and makes you feel worthless for messing up.”
SPAN1
“towards the end of the class, she allowed me to retake about 5 different tests and quizzes”
SPAN1

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Save !!!”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews split evenly online and , and . Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

18/100

“She should not be a teacher if shes unwilling to answer a question from a student.”

📚 Workload Overload

12/100

“she gives 18-20 assignments a week, half of .”

🗣️

25/100

“if I got something wrong she would insult me to the .”

👎 Recommendation

12/100

“ .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • can barely understand her
  • rambles on about politics

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • Lots of homework
  • Show up every day and you will get an A

Theme 3

⚠️ About Communication

  • passive aggresive tone
  • refused to set up a zoom meeting
  • vague strange emails

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

76

Lifetime ratings

92/100

Evidence confidence

50 reviews over many years with highly consistent negative themes on organization, workload, and communication.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 58
4 out of 58
3 out of 54
2 out of 510
1 out of 547

Course coverage

SPAN125 reviews
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SPAN013 reviews
SPANISH13 reviews
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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

36 reported outcomes

A range

17

A+ 3 · A 12 · A- 2

B range

6

B+ 2 · B 3 · B- 1

C range

2

C 2

D range

1

D 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

10

Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Incomplete 2 · Not sure yet 5 · Rather not say 1