AI Rate Professor

English

Gayle Fornataro

EGLIS101 · ENGLISH101 · ENG101H · ENGLISH103 · ENG7054 · ENG101 · ENGLI7051 · ENG103 · 130 lifetime ratings

AI rating
24/100
RMP rating
2.6/5
Take again
22.73%
Difficulty
3.8

The decision

chaotic instructions, politics-heavy content, and .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerUnorganized CanvasEndless InstructionsPolitics HeavyTough GraderAvoid Online
  • Canvas modules and multi-page instructions constantly confuse students
  • Workload and
  • Many say she cares personally but still call the class a disaster

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

Even students who finish all work report Ds, Fs, or brutal citation penalties; an A requires exceptional persistence and luck.

Online and .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

24/100

Massive reading, multi-page instructions, and harder than peers.

Difficulty is high in both formats; online chaos adds extra friction.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

55/100

, yet hybrid show-ups and last-minute cancellations still disrupt students.

Online often optional; in-person reports frequent absences by the professor herself.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

22/100

and most reviews explicitly tell others to stay away despite occasional praise for caring.

and in person.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

24/100

, and little revision chance leave many feeling punished.

Format shift

Harshness appears in both formats; online TA-to-professor grade shifts are a .

Workload

Overwhelming

16/100

Weekly discussions, long readings, many papers, and 3-unit class.

Format shift

Workload complaints are constant online and in person.

Teaching experience

Poor

28/100

Knowledge and care show up, but disorganization, rambling, and unusable instructions dominate the student experience.

Format shift

In-person adds lateness and cancellations; online adds Canvas chaos.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

22/100

Grade lives in papers, discussions, and long modules rather than traditional exams.

Format shift

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

22 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person reviews still slam cancelled or late classes, political tangents, heavy paper load, and .

Main concern

Frequent lateness or .

What students said

“Ms. Fornataro is one of the .”
ENG101
“She would cancel class 15 minutes before it started, and on the days she would be there, it would be anywhere between 30 minutes late.”
ENG101
“ if you want to fail!!!!”
ENG101

Remote format

Online

28 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Online and hybrid sections draw the strongest complaints about messy , and politics-heavy papers.

Main concern

Confusing modules and it is too late.

What students said

“ so messy. She overcomplicates everything. Save your nerves and brain cells and .”
ENG101
“HER DIRECTIONS ARE ABOUT 7 PAGES LONG(ONLINE) FOR SOMETHING SO SIMPLE.”
ENGLISH101
“ but I didn't like how this class was heavily politics based.”
ENG101

Exam style

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Assessment is paper- and discussion-driven with few traditional exams; .

Heavy PapersLengthy Written InstructionsSlow FeedbackDiscussion Boards

Assessment risk

Standard

42/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person still funnels most grade weight into online writing and .

So Many PapersOnline DiscussionsHarsh Finals/Citations
“All the classwork is online, and there is a lot of writing in online discussions and papers.”
ENG101
“did and completed all the assignments correctly and still failed because of one bad Citation on the final.”
ENG101

Online

Online work is papers, quizzes, and discussions with long Canvas directions; reviews .

Canvas ModulesLong InstructionsPapers and DiscussionsSlow Grading
“Her instructions/assignments are so .”
ENG101
“SHE .”
ENGLISH101

Student evidence

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Top student voice

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Voice snapshots generated from 50 English reviews with strong negative consistency. Credibility rating: High.

📉 Teaching Organization

28/100

“ so messy. She overcomplicates everything.”

🚫 Recommendation

22/100

“ !”

📚 Workload

16/100

“I felt like I was taking a 20 unit class!”

❤️ Caring but Ineffective

40/100

“She is a and really wants you to learn.”

Theme 1

🗂️ About Organization

  • instructions are SUPER long and repetative
  • so messy
  • writes five pages just to confuse you

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • if you want to fail!!!!
  • if you want an A!
  • still failed because of one bad Citation on the final

Theme 3

🗳️ About Course Content

  • Seems more like a politics class than an English class
  • class is all about politics mainly, rarely about English
  • everything else is about politics

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

130

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

50 reviews over many years with highly consistent complaints about organization and workload give strong confidence.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 528
4 out of 519
3 out of 513
2 out of 525
1 out of 545

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

28 reported outcomes

A range

11

A+ 3 · A 8

B range

7

B+ 1 · B 5 · B- 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

2

D 2

F

2

F 2

No letter grade reported

6

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Not sure yet 4 · Rather not say 1