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Counseling

Sam Shooshtary

COUN100 · COUS100 · 11 lifetime ratings

AI rating
96/100
RMP rating
4.9/5
Take again
100%
Difficulty
2.4

The decision

Must-take COUN100 if you want a and nearly always yields an A.

Best fit · Beginner FriendlyParticipation heavyHilariousInspirationalBuilds communityEasy A with effort
  • students call him the .
  • An A is realistic if you show up, participate, and ; content is not hard.
  • Expect group work, culture plunge, snacks, and a social classroom more than pure lectures.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

86/100

Students say the work is not hard and you get an A , and completing projects.

All evidence is in person; no online reviews to compare.

Is the course easy?

Beginner

76/100

; main challenge is participation, not concepts.

All evidence is in person.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

Attendance and participation are graded heavily; skip-class tags and 60% participation notes make absences costly.

All evidence is in person and consistently stresses mandatory participation.

Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

98/100

100% would take again; and .

All evidence is in person with unanimous recommendation.

Course guide

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Grading

Generous

88/100

Nearly all reported grades are A or A+ with and .

Format shift

In-person only; grading is consistently student-friendly.

Workload

Light

72/100

Quizzes, group work, and projects exist but students call the work not hard if you participate.

Format shift

In-person only; workload is light relative to other college classes.

Teaching experience

Excellent

95/100

Students rave about care, humor, life lessons, guest speakers, and personal growth support.

Format shift

In-person only; teaching praise is nearly unanimous.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

32/100

Participation, group projects, culture plunge, and .

Format shift

In-person only; .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

11 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Beginner Friendly

All reviews are in person and overwhelmingly positive: , and easy to pass with engagement.

Main concern

Heavy participation grade and forced social stretch may stress very shy students.

What students said

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“If you want to pass his class with an A, do the work it's not hard, and its important to communicate and participate too!”
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“10 out of 10 would recommend.”
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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 leans on participation, projects, and .

Take-home testsParticipation heavyGroup projectsEXTRA CREDITQuizzes

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

84/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person COUN100 uses take-home tests, quizzes, group work, and .

Take-home testsParticipation gradedGroup projectsQuizzesEXTRA CREDIT
“ important”
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“If you work hard and .”
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Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

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Voice snapshots generated from 11 in-person reviews, highlighting care, participation, and easy success. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

95/100

“Professor Shooshtary was an amazing professor and very helpful.”

👍

98/100

“ . ... Take his class.”

🅰️ Easy A Path

86/100

“If you want to pass his class with an A, do the work it's not hard, and its important to communicate and participate too!”

🎉 Fun Classroom

92/100

“Some classes had us on the ground rolling because of how much fun we had.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • his style is based on getting you out of your comfort zone slowly and respectfully.
  • He teaches real life skills along with the stuff from the text book!
  • Expect snacks and potlucks, too!

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • do the work it's not hard
  • 60% of your grade is participation so definitely a must.
  • If you work hard and .

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • best counsolor at MiraCosta College that actually cares!
  • He cares
  • Sam is a great counselor and helps from wherever he is.

Data context

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Analysis sample

11

Recent reviews read by the AI

11

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

Eleven recent, detailed, highly consistent reviews with perfect take-again rate give strong confidence despite a single-course focus.

Inside 11 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 510
4 out of 51
3 out of 50
2 out of 50
1 out of 50

Course coverage

COUN10010 reviews
COUS1001 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

10 reported outcomes

A range

10

A+ 3 · A 7

B range

0

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C range

0

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D range

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F

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No letter grade reported

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