Brian Thill

ENGL60241 · ENG110 · ENGL100 · ENGLG100 · ENGL110 · ENGLG110 · ENG100 · A · G100 · 51 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 72/100
RMP rating: 4.0/5
Take again: 70%
Difficulty: 3.5

The decision

Take him if you want a serious reading and writing course, but choose carefully if you need visible grades, deadline flexibility, or a light online class.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerPassionate teacherReading heavyParticipation requiredHidden gradesRewarding but demanding

Students often call him passionate, caring, and intellectually engaging, especially in person.
The course requires steady reading, discussion, quizzes, and essays, so the A usually takes real effort.
The biggest recurring complaint is hidden grades, strict deadlines, and unclear online organization.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

62/100

Many students earned A grades, but comments say the A requires reading, participation, essays, deadlines, and strong writing.

Online A grades often come with stress and strict timing, while in-person A grades feel more rewarding when students attend and participate.

Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

The courses are intellectually demanding because they rely on close reading, analysis, discussion, and long essays.

Online reviews describe more scheduling and organization stress, while in-person reviews frame the challenge as productive learning.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

20/100

Attendance and participation are repeatedly described as important or mandatory, with several warnings that skipping hurts performance.

Online reviews emphasize time-sensitive participation, while in-person reviews directly state attendance matters or is mandatory.

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

72/100

Most students recommend him for serious learning, but online structure, hidden grades, and strict policies lower confidence.

In-person recommendations are stronger, while online recommendations are more divided because of grade visibility and course organization.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

58/100

He is demanding and sometimes seen as harsh, but many students say effort and clear analysis are graded fairly.

Format shift

Online reviews include harsher grading complaints, while in-person reviews more often describe fair grading tied to effort.

Workload

Heavy

34/100

Students report frequent reading, discussions, quizzes, essays, and participation requirements.

Format shift

Online sections add deadline and Canvas or announcement stress, while in-person sections emphasize nightly reading and daily quizzes.

Teaching experience

Good

82/100

He is widely praised as passionate, caring, helpful, and intellectually engaging despite recurring organization complaints.

Format shift

In-person teaching is rated especially strong, while online teaching is more polarized by structure and communication.

Assessment method

Balanced

50/100

Assessment is a mix of readings, discussion posts, quizzes, essays, participation, and occasional midterm or final essays.

Format shift

Online sections lean on discussions, quizzes, and essays, while in-person sections add attendance, in-class quizzes, and discussion.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

24 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person reviews are mostly very positive, describing a caring, passionate instructor who makes students read, discuss, and improve.

Main concern

The main concern is that attendance, participation, and nightly reading are hard to avoid.

What students said

“The perfect professor to train you for college.”
ENG110

“If you're looking for an easy class, this isn't for you.”
ENG110

“Attendance is mandatory.”
ENG100

Remote format

Online

26 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online reviews are sharply mixed, praising structure and passion while criticizing hidden grades, strict deadlines, and confusing announcements.

Main concern

The main concern is grade opacity and unforgiving online deadlines.

What students said

“This 8-week class is pure stress if ur bad at writing or scheduling.”
ENG110

“Great professor! I enjoyed the layout of the online class.”
ENG110

“This class was by far the worst English class I have ever taken.”
ENG100

Exam style

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Exam evidence points to quizzes and essay-based assessments, with no clear proof of webcam, Lockdown Browser, or strict proctoring.

Weekly QuizzesEssay Midterm MentionedEssay Final MentionedFew Traditional TestsNo Clear Proctoring Evidence

Assessment risk

Standard

62/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person reviews mention frequent reading quizzes and in-class essays, with no clear proof of open-book, closed-book, webcam, or Lockdown Browser rules.

Daily QuizzesIn-Class EssaysNo Final Mentioned

“He doesn't do finals, you just have 2 in class essays, that are follow ups to the reading you do all semester.”
ENG110

“Expect to read, do quizzes every class, and have intellectual discussions.”
ENG110

“Do the nightly reading, short quizzes each day.”
ENG110

Online

, and essay midterm or final formats, but do not clearly prove webcam or Lockdown Browser use.

Weekly QuizzesTimed Short QuizzesEssay MidtermEssay Final

“Midterm and final are essays that are graded very leniently”
ENGLG100

“Weekly quizzes that are 5 minutes with 5 questions”
ENGL110

“Quizzes are honestly not easy, but if you understand the readings they are bearable.”
ENGL110

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“If you're looking for an easy class, this isn't for you.”
Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, highlighting key themes in teaching, workload, grading transparency, and format differences; credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

82/100

“Professor Thill was an inspiring educator, and I admired how he explained the plays we read.”

📚 Workload Challenge

34/100

“The reading and homework is a lot, on top of quizzes everyday but, if you're willing .”

⚖️ Grading Transparency

58/100

“I disliked how grades are hidden the entire semester.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

Professor Thill is a very passionate man and genuinely cares about the given material.
Dedicated to helping his students understand the material and answering all questions.
He was very patient with our(my) grammar errors and helped us to improve drastically.

Theme 2

📚 About Reading & Workload

You have to read A LOT, and take quizzes everyday.
This 8-week class is pure stress if ur bad at writing or scheduling.
There is a lot of work that goes into it, but if you stay on top of everything the class can actually be pretty fun.

Theme 3

📈 About Grades & Structure

You are completely in the dark about grades, he does not update or post them ever.
Late assignments are not accepted, regardless of the excuse.
Overall pretty easy class to get an A

Data context

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Analysis sample

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Lifetime ratings

94/100

Evidence confidence

Credibility is high because 50 reviews include recent and older comments with detailed, repeated patterns across online and in-person formats.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 528

4 out of 510

3 out of 54

2 out of 54

1 out of 56

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

43 reported outcomes

A range

A+ 5 · A 25 · A- 3

B range

B+ 1 · B 4 · B- 1

C range

No reported values

D range

No reported values

F

No reported values

No letter grade reported

Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Not sure yet 2