AI Rate Professor

English Language & Literature

Patricia Golder

ENGLC1000 · H104 · ENGL101 · ENG101 · ENGLC1001 · ENGL230 · 58 lifetime ratings

AI rating
18/100
RMP rating
1.7/5
Take again
15.25%
Difficulty
4.6

The decision

unless you already write at a high college level and want maximum rigor with minimal hand-holding.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough graderUnclear instructionsEssay every weekUnhelpful feedbackHeavy online workload
  • Most students , and almost no useful help when they ask questions.
  • Weekly essays and and failing grades.
  • A small minority praise her as a real professor who forces deep learning, but that view is far from the norm.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

14/100

Even strong writers report low scores, zeros for formatting quirks, and little recovery .

; online comments emphasize weekly essays with no second chances.

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

16/100

Content and expectations feel advanced for intro English because of , and constant high-stakes writing.

Online students stress self-teaching from modules; in-person students still call the load extreme.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

62/100

, while and some online sections still treat it as mandatory.

Online is ; in-person is more often mandatory.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

16/100

Only about 15% would take her again, and the dominant message is to switch professors immediately.

Online reviews are overwhelmingly negative; a .

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Harsh

12/100

; tiny grammar or formatting issues can crush an essay score.

Format shift

and in-person comments.

Workload

Overwhelming

12/100

Students report essays , and little .

Format shift

Online and ; online adds unclear modules.

Teaching experience

Awful

18/100

Most reviews say instructions contradict, help is refused, and communication is rude or copy-pasted.

Format shift

Online teaching experience is especially poor; a minority of in-person reviews are positive.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

18/100

, and papers rather than traditional exams.

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

12 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

a and entertaining, but many , and huge paper loads.

Main concern

Strict style rules, moodiness, and workload that some compare to graduate-level writing.

What students said

“!! !! She was incredibly hard and extremely difficult to work with”
ENGL101
“Patty is amazing. I see the bad reviews, and they bring me to complete disbelief.”
ENG101
“The amount of workload is IMMENSE.”
ENGL101

Remote format

Online

38 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Online ENG sections are assignment-heavy with , and students feeling left to figure everything out alone.

Main concern

and unresponsive or passive-aggressive help.

What students said

“ or videos to learn from, only written posts. .”
ENG101
“Find another professor to take this class, for an Engl101 class she is extemely unclear of what she wants from you, grades harsh”
ENGL101
“This is the .”
ENG101

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

The course , so friendliness is limited by harsh essay standards more than proctoring.

Weekly essaysOutlines treated like essaysTurnitin expectationsLittle exam focus

Assessment risk

Standard

45/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person reviews also center on outlines and classic exams.

Essay outlinesStrict paragraph rulesHeavy paper load
“Golder's class consists of and essays. She is very, very specific about .”
ENGL101
“I got a D because I separated the essay into more than 3 paragraphs.”
ENGL101

Online

Online work is dominated by weekly essays and and .

Weekly essaysDiscussion boardsUnclear modulesTurnitin text-box issues
“There are five essays (each worth 20% and out of 200 points) & little room for progress”
H104
“there's essay of 1,000 every week and discussion post of 650 words every week”
ENG101
“Apart from the fact that she gives an .”
ENGL101

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Find another professor to take this class, for an Engl101 class she is extemely unclear of what she wants from you, grades harsh, and there is little room for improvment.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews (38 online, 12 in , and support gaps. Credibility rating: High.

🚫 Recommendation Level

16/100

“ !!! .”

📝

12/100

“She drastically lowers your grade for even the slightest error, causing you a great deal of stress.”

📚 Workload Intensity

12/100

“ if you're a single parent in college, have a job outside of college, or have any kind of second life apart from school. The amount of workload is IMMENSE.”

🧭 Instruction Clarity

15/100

“ .She would not answer my questions or any other students questions.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Support

  • she will just tell you to read everything and the answer is there
  • AI might as well be teaching this class
  • copied and pasted back with no real direction

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • grades harsh
  • little room for improvment

Theme 3

⚠️ About Communication

  • passive aggressive
  • She is unhelpful
  • HORRIBLE COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

58

Lifetime ratings

84/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews with many , and consistent themes make the negative pattern highly credible despite a few glowing outliers.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 58
4 out of 51
3 out of 52
2 out of 52
1 out of 546

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Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

48 reported outcomes

A range

4

A 1 · A- 3

B range

5

B+ 2 · B 3

C range

9

C+ 2 · C 4 · C- 3

D range

3

D+ 3

F

4

F 4

No letter grade reported

23

Drop/Withdrawal 11 · Incomplete 1 · Not sure yet 10 · Rather not say 1