AI Rate Professor

English

Melissa Kort

ENG0760 · ENG1A · ENG0770 · ENGLISH1A · ENGL12 · 1A · ENG7777 · ENGL462 · ENGL422 · CAMP1968 · ENGL4A · ENG472 · ENG12 · ENG1 · ENG5 · ENGL0760 · ENG101 · ENG462 · ENGL46 · ENGL0770 · ENGL1A · ENGL1 · ENG1B · 131 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
2.3/5
Take again
40%
Difficulty
4.4

The decision

Avoid unless you want a brutal writing boot camp and and .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough graderHeavy essay tutorialsHigh drop rateArrogant toneWriting skills improve if you survive
  • Extremely hard English courses with and multi-round essay approvals
  • Many students call her rude or biased; a minority credit big writing gains
  • Attendance and nonstop work are required; easy A

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

18/100

Students say As , and she is nearly impossible to please.

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Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

15/100

, and multi-draft essay approvals make the content very hard.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

15/100

Skip class and you will not pass; quizzes and presence are tightly enforced.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

32/100

Most students warn others away despite a minority who value the rigor.

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Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Harsh

18/100

Widely labeled a tough or and lowers grades for disliked opinions.

Format shift

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Workload

Overwhelming

12/100

Lots of , and multi-round tutorials before essays can be turned in.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Poor

35/100

A few praise life-changing writing help; many describe arrogance, rudeness, and poor communication.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

28/100

Grades hinge on essay quotas approved through .

Format shift

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Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

50 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

mandatory presence; polarizing between life-changing writing growth and miserable, biased experiences.

Main concern

, and high drop rates make success feel impossible for many.

What students said

“It was the most difficult class I took at SRJC, and it made me a far better writer.”
ENGL1A
“If you see her name on a !!!!!”
5
“This class is an absurd amount of work and it is virtually impossible to get an A.”
ENG0770

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

and frequent quizzes rather than student-friendly exams.

Frequent quizzesEssay tutorials requiredNo easy curve

Assessment risk

Strict

35/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and multi-step essay approvals before submission.

Quizzes most class periodsEssay must be approved firstHeavy reading load
“Quizes are every class period 90% of the time, so it is important that you attend.”
ENG1B
“she requires that , and she can send it back as many times as she wants”
ENG1

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“If you see her name on a !!!!!”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 in-person reviews capturing polarized rigor and . Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

35/100

“It's not so much a learning experience with her as much as it is an opportunity for Kort to show she's smart and we're not.”

📉 Difficulty to Get an A

18/100

“it is virtually impossible to get an A”

📚 Workload

12/100

“This class is an absurd amount of work”

🔥 Polarizing Rigor

70/100

“It was the most difficult class I took at SRJC, and it made me a far better writer.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Loves to hear herself talk
  • She is very thorough
  • arrogant attitude overshadows her instruction

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • virtually impossible to get an A
  • She will not cut students any slack
  • You have to work for the grade you want

Theme 3

⚠️ About Classroom Climate

  • run away
  • . rude, not a nice woman
  • half the people dropped

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

131

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

50 reviews over many years show consistent themes of extreme difficulty and polarizing personality.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 516
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3 out of 528
2 out of 528
1 out of 542

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

12 reported outcomes

A range

4

A 4

B range

2

B 2

C range

2

C+ 1 · C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

4

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Not sure yet 1 · Pass 1 · Rather not say 1