Gwendolyn Alley

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AI rating: 28/100
RMP rating: 2.6/5
Take again: 6.67%
Difficulty: 4.1

The decision

Avoid unless you have a light schedule and want a brutal writing boot camp.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerOverwhelming paper loadUnorganized and lateSo many papersImproves writers who surviveVery low take-again

Dominant , and overlapping deadlines.
, and unclear; a minority say hard work builds real writing skill.
for busy students.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

32/100

Some As exist, but only after extreme weekly writing; many get Bs, Cs, or .

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

12/100

Students report multiple , and essays every class meeting.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

25/100

Attendance is repeatedly marked mandatory with .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

12/100

Would-take-again is about 7 percent with .

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Strict

30/100

Completing everything still yields middling grades for some; standards feel hard to please.

Format shift

Workload

Overwhelming

8/100

Near-universal tags and comments about so , and multi-book reading.

Format shift

Teaching experience

Poor

32/100

Kindness and writing growth for a minority are outweighed by disorganization, lateness, and .

Format shift

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

20/100

, and big research papers dominate; midterms mentioned as multiple short papers.

Format shift

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

work; survivors credit writing growth while most warn of chaos and overload.

Main concern

and .

What students said

“FOR THE LOVE OF . DO. NOT. TAKE. THIS. CLASS.”
ENGL1A

“Great Professor, course load too much. I passed with an A while working full time, but my .”
ENGLISHV01A

“Although and professional, beware of the course load because it can be overwhelming.”
ENGLV01A

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 is continuous paper writing rather than classic proctored tests; friendliness is low due to volume, not software.

Weekly essaysMultiple midterms as papersHeavy reading responses

Assessment risk

Standard

45/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

reading, and paper-style midterms rather than described Lockdown exams.

Essays every weekReading responsesGroup projectsPaper midterms

“Essays are due every time you meet, and . Midterm? There are at least five.”
VO1A

“Be prepared to write over 50 pages throughout the semester.”
ENGLISHV01A

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice
“FOR THE LOVE OF . DO. NOT. TAKE. THIS. CLASS.”
Voice snapshots generated from 50 in-person English reviews with strong theme consistency. Credibility rating: High.

📚 Workload Overload

8/100

“I would come home late from work seeing 6 assignments due at 11:59 that's the most draining part of this class”

🚫 Recommendation Floor

12/100

“ ”

📝 Writing Growth Minority

55/100

“This was by far the most difficult class I've ever had. But just the same, it was the most rewarding class I have ever taken.”

🗂️ Organization Issues

25/100

“She is always late, has given out 6 syllabi now, and doesn't tell us about due dates until the day of.”

Theme 1

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

Save yourself the headache.
Way too much work to do. .
If you do not have the time for 6 hrs of .

Theme 2

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

All she blabbers about is her personal life and Burning Man
She constantly assigns
She will help you find your niche you just have to be willing to do the work!

Theme 3

💔 About Student Stress

if you have a job
.
You will have like 10 assignments due in one day.

Data context

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Analysis sample

Recent reviews read by the AI

Lifetime ratings

90/100

Evidence confidence

overload and organization complaints.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 59

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3 out of 59

2 out of 516

1 out of 521

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

17 reported outcomes

A range

A 6

B range

B+ 1 · B 2 · B- 1

C range

C+ 1 · C 1

D range

D+ 1

F

No reported values

No letter grade reported

Drop/Withdrawal 3 · Not_Sure_Yet 1