Julie Thompson

ENGL1B · ENG1A · ENGL1A · ENG1 · ENGLI100 · ENGIS1A · ENG302 · ENG5 · ENGLISH1A · ENGL100 · ENGLISH100 · ENGLISH1B · ENG1B · ENG0769 · ENGLI1A · ENG100 · 89 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 42/100
RMP rating: 2.5/5
Take again: 50%
Difficulty: 4.0

The decision

if you will use office hours and ; otherwise pick a clearer, more consistent English instructor.

Best fit · Effort For RewardTough Essay GraderUnclear ExpectationsOffice Hours CriticalRewrites AllowedPolarizing English

and often feel subjective or inconsistent
Success usually requires drafts, writing center, and office hours
Students either say she transformed their writing or urge total avoidance

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

32/100

As are possible with rewrites and heavy office-hour work, but many , and brutal midterms.

; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

30/100

, and high standards make the content and pace feel hard for non-majors.

; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

35/100

and imply showing up plus office hours is essential; skipping is risky.

; no online reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

45/100

About half the and comments split between life-changing writing coach and .

; no online reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

28/100

and harsh essay marks dominate; rewrites help only if you match her exact format.

Format shift

Workload

Heavy

28/100

Lots of , and sometimes poem-memorization style midterms.

Format shift

Teaching experience

Average

45/100

and passion; many cite confusion, limited help in class, and unfriendly tone.

Format shift

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

30/100

Essays, outlines, drafts, and multi-choice exams.

Format shift

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

50 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

Large in-person English sample shows polarizing rigor: heavy reading and picky essays with rewrites possible if and confusion.

Main concern

Unclear expectations and C without intensive office-hour coaching.

What students said

“She grades very rigorously, she acts as if this is the only class you are taking”
ENG5

“ and disorganized.”
ENG1B

“She is very sweet and puts forth a great deal of effort for her students.”
ENG1A

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

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Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Assessment centers on strict essays and reading-based tests; at least one cohort faced harsh poem-line identification midterms.

Essay HeavyReading QuizzesPoem Line ID Midterm Reported

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and ; one course required memorizing poem lines for ID.

Essay FocusReading QuizzesMemorization Midterm

“midterm was for us to read 25 poems and memorize every line”
ENGLISH1B

“The but fair if you read the books.”
ENG1A

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“If you're not an English major good luck!”
Voice snapshots generated from 50 in-person English reviews with and support. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

45/100

“Very nice lady but as well as .”

📝

28/100

“She .”

👍 Split Recommendation

45/100

“ . Very friendly”

📚 Workload

28/100

“She assigns so and so .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

She went above and beyond helping me
and disorganized.
.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

She grades very rigorously
Even with getting them edited by other teacher still never received a grade higher than a C.
if you follow it and go to her office hours ... you will get an A

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

A wonderful teacher.
..
She is probably one of few that teach at this school who actually TEACH ENGLISH.

Data context

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Analysis sample

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Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews over many years with , and office-hour dependence give high confidence.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 519

4 out of 514

3 out of 57

2 out of 513

1 out of 536

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

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6 reported outcomes

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B+ 1

C range

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F

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Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Not sure yet 2

Julie Thompson

x x x if you will use office hours and x x x; otherwise pick a clearer, more consistent English instructor.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

HardWork

Challenging

Mandatory

Depends

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.

🎯 Teaching Quality

📝 x x

👍 Split Recommendation

📚 Workload

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

❤️ About Character

See exactly what the AI read.

Quality ratings

Course coverage

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