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Communication

Merylee Shelton

COM040 · COMS40 · COMSCOMS · COM · COMS020 · COM03 · COM20 · ENG25 · ORALCOM020 · COMCOMS · COMM101 · COMS101 · COMMS20 · COMS20 · COMM40 · ARGUMENTATION · COMMS6513 · COMM040 · COMMS45 · COMMS40 · COMM20 · COM10 · COMS040 · INTRO · COMS20104 · 156 lifetime ratings

AI rating
18/100
RMP rating
1.9/5
Take again
100%
Difficulty
3.8

The decision

Run from this professor unless , and subjective grading.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerRude FeedbackUnclear AssignmentsPlays FavoritesHarsh GraderRambles Off Topic
  • Most students describe rude, biased, or disrespectful classroom treatment and favoritism.
  • Assignments and expectations are often unclear, leading and outlines.
  • A small minority praise her community focus and critical-thinking push, but the .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

26/100

Students repeatedly call an A nearly impossible and .

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

Content and pacing feel hard , and overwhelming intersession loads rather than clear scaffolded teaching.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

and lateness or missing class harms the grade.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

16/100

The large majority of comments warn others not to take her despite a few glowing outliers.

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Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

16/100

Reviews describe harsh, subjective, and .

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

27/100

Students report many speeches, outlines, labs, treasure hunts, and overwhelming intersession project loads.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Awful

20/100

Dominant student experience is unclear instruction, off-topic rants, and disrespectful classroom behavior.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

35/100

Speeches, outlines, labs, projects, and treasure hunts dominate more than traditional exams.

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

50 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Across many in-person communication courses, students report and speeches, harsh subjective grading, and frequent recommendations to avoid her.

Main concern

, and harsh subjective grading.

What students said

“teachers like Shelton are the reason this website exists. .”
COMS40
“I've had some pretty bad teachers at SJCC, but she's the .”
COMS020
“ , and inconsiderate.”
COMM20

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

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Assessment is speech- and project-heavy with subjective finals and .

Subjective FinalSpeech HeavyHarsh FeedbackUnclear Rubrics

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person reviews describe unclear projects, subjective finals graded in front of students, and .

Subjective FinalSpeech HeavyUnclear RubricsHarsh Feedback
“For Lab Options and the each student, not really even reading for content.”
COM20
“four speeches, various impromptus speeches, outline checks, 10 pt lab reports, and a "”
COMS20
“Professor Shelton is a and can be .”
COM

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“teachers like Shelton are the reason this website exists. .”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 in-person , and sparse positive outliers. Credibility rating: High.

📚 Teaching Quality

20/100

“I've had some pretty bad teachers at SJCC, but she's the .”

😠 Classroom Climate

18/100

“ , and inconsiderate.”

📉

16/100

“Pretty much impossible to get an A.”

👎 Recommendation

16/100

“WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! i took Shelton my first semester. i still have nightmares.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • All she ever does is talk about herself
  • She just talked & talked about who knows what

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Pretty much impossible to get an A
  • She grades by her emotions
  • Ms. Shelton is a

Theme 3

⚠️ About Fairness & Respect

  • plays favorites
  • She picked on anyone who wasn't a football player
  • if you like being treated with respect !!

Theme 4

❤️ About Character

  • Shelton has a huge heart always giving back to community
  • she will hold you accountable to participate
  • I yet

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

156

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty in-person reviews spanning many years are highly consistent on rudeness, unclear work, and .

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 519
4 out of 59
3 out of 513
2 out of 533
1 out of 582

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

7 reported outcomes

A range

3

A 1 · A- 2

B range

3

B+ 1 · B 2

C range

0

No reported values

D range

1

D+ 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values