AI Rate Professor

English

Julia Macdonald

ENGLISH5 · ENG3644 · ENG1A · ENGL1A · ENGL305 · ENGLISH305 · ENG2436 · ENGL5 · ENG2928 · ENGLISH1A · ENG100 · ENGL1AM · A3644 · 26 lifetime ratings

AI rating
18/100
RMP rating
2.2/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
4.7

The decision

Avoid unless you specifically want a brutal writing bootcamp and can tolerate low grades and frustration.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough GraderHeavy WorkloadScattered LecturesDestroys ConfidenceHardcore Writing
  • Most students report and low grades despite high effort.
  • Lectures are often called scattered, rushed, and .
  • A minority say she improves writing if you want rigor and can survive the workload.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

12/100

Even strong prior A students report C grades and say hard work does not reliably produce an A.

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Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

14/100

Difficulty scores cluster near 5 with , and relentless essay standards.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

and success depends on constant presence and meetings.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

16/100

Dominant ; would-take-again is effectively zero among explicit answers.

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Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Harsh

14/100

, and many students stuck at C or lower.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

22/100

Lots of , and essay load that students call overwhelming.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Poor

28/100

A few praise real writing growth, but , and destroyed confidence.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Grade outcome is driven mainly by strict essays with limited recovery paths beyond rewriting effort.

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

26 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Very hard in-person English courses with and writing, and frequent student frustration.

Main concern

, and lectures that feel scattered or unhelpful.

What students said

“ .”
ENGLISH5
“grades EXTREMELY HARD”
ENGLISH5
“DO NOT TAKE JULIA MACDONALD.”
ENG1A

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.

Assessment centers on harshly graded essays with rigid expectations rather than student-friendly formats.

Essay HeavyStrict RubricsTough GradingIn-Person Class

Assessment risk

Strict

24/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person English work is essay-heavy with and .

Essay HeavyStrict RubricsTough Grading
“grades EXTREMELY HARD because she doesn't agree with what you have to say.”
ENGLISH5
“She gave me a D on an essay because she disagreed with my opinion”
ENGL1AM
“ a certain length and with certain material.”
ENG1A

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“DO NOT TAKE JULIA MACDONALD. she has destroyed all the confidence I have ever had in my writing skills.”

Voice snapshots generated from 26 in-person , and low recommendation. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

28/100

“This instructor is the worst.”

👍 Recommendation Rate

16/100

“ .”

⚖️

14/100

“grades EXTREMELY HARD because she doesn't agree with what you have to say.”

📚 Learning Upside

55/100

“If you !”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • She is ALL OVER the place in class
  • Her lectures are scattered and unorganized.
  • always runs out of time and goes overtime.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • If A.
  • no one in my class got above a C!
  • I worked for countless hours and put a tremendous amount of effort into my work and could only pull off C's.

Theme 3

❤️ About Support & Confidence

  • I've always been an A/B student in English. But she has completely destroyed my writing confidence.
  • she ruined it for me.
  • Met with her several times for and .

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

26

Recent reviews read by the AI

26

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Twenty-six reviews over many years show , and low recommendation.

Inside 26 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 55
4 out of 52
3 out of 52
2 out of 58
1 out of 59

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

C range results lead the reported letter grades.

4 reported outcomes

A range

0

No reported values

B range

0

No reported values

C range

2

C 2

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

2

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