Cheryl Elsmore

ENGLISH101 · ENGLISH50 · ENG104 · ENGSIX · ENGL101 · ENG101 · ENGLISH6 · ENG50 · 30 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 28/100
RMP rating: 3.1/5
Take again: 16.67%
Difficulty: 3.5

The decision

Avoid unless you and can handle a .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough graderSo many papersHeavy reading and writingRigid MLA standardsPolarizing English instructor

Recent reviews warn of .
Workload is heavy with , and weekly assignments.
Older in-person reviews are more mixed-to-positive; .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

, and many C-range grades make an A rare without strong writing.

Online recent reviews stress GPA risk; .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

, and strict structure rules make the content and pace demanding.

and papers; online adds dense weekly assignment counts.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

and skipping hurts the grade.

In person and some online sections stress mandatory attendance or heavy participation.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

24/100

and many students say she sets you up for failure or tanks GPA.

Recent online reviews are especially negative; .

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

22/100

; students say .

Format shift

and in-person comments.

Workload

Overwhelming

18/100

So , and little downtime.

Format shift

Online cites 4-7 weekly tasks; in person stresses many essays and readings.

Teaching experience

Poor

34/100

and growth, but many say she criticizes without teaching or explaining.

Format shift

Online lean strongly negative; and poor experiences.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

28/100

Grade is driven by frequent essays, discussions, reading quizzes, and participation .

Format shift

Both formats center papers and .

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

22 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

: some call her a great teacher who improves writing, many call her a tough grader with and mandatory attendance.

Main concern

and grammar, and skipping class hurts.

What students said

“If you're not great at essays, you will be by the time you leave this class.”
ENG104

“A LOT of papers in her class. She is a and while she does grade on grammar, your grade will mainly tank because of structure, thesis, organization.”
ENGL101

“I took this class in the spring and there is so many assignments and .”
ENG104

Remote format

Online

8 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Online ENG101 and ENG104 reviews are mostly harsh: tough grading after revisions, 4-7 weekly tasks plus frequent papers, little constructive teaching help.

Main concern

and high volume can .

What students said

“THE . I did 1/4th the amount of work in my English 104 class.”
ENG101

“ and when you fix what she says she still marks it incorrect.”
ENG104

“Assigns 4-7 assignments every week as well as a paper every 2-3 weeks over 16 weeks.”
ENG101

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Assessment is paper and quiz heavy with strict MLA; reviews do not clearly prove proctored online exams.

Reading quizzesFrequent essaysMLA focused papersParticipation heavy

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and many papers; no consistent proctoring software claims.

Reading quizzesMany papersTough essay grading

“ .”
ENG101

“Quizzes and .”
ENGL101

Online

Online comments emphasize frequent papers, discussions, and .

Frequent essaysWeekly assignmentsGrammar quizzesMLA strict

“Other work is easy a lot of discussions and and quotations.”
ENG101

“The papers are graded strictly MLA 8, making it difficult when your other 3 professors use APA.”
ENG104

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“ IF YOU WANT TO TANK YOUR GPA.”
Voice snapshots generated from 30 reviews (8 online, 22 in person), weighing recent harsh online . Credibility rating: High.

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22/100

“ again.”

📄 Paper Overload

18/100

“Assigns 4-7 assignments every week as well as a paper every 2-3 weeks over 16 weeks.”

👎 Low Recommendation

24/100

“10/10 do not recommend her. She should not be teaching her class sets you up for failure.”

Theme 1

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

She is a .
IF YOU WANT TO TANK YOUR GPA.
if you were an english major.

Theme 2

📝 About Workload

So many assignments and essays.
A LOT of papers in her class.
Get ready to read.

Theme 3

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Help

Does not teach only tells you your wrong with very little input.
she was always so succeed in her class.
If you're not great at essays, you will be by the time you leave this class.

Data context

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Analysis sample

Recent reviews read by the AI

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

Thirty reviews spanning 2005-2025 with detailed grade and workload comments and a .

Inside 30 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 510

4 out of 54

3 out of 55

2 out of 54

1 out of 57

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

16 reported outcomes

A range

A+ 1 · A- 1

B range

B+ 1 · B 5

C range

C+ 1 · C 4 · C- 1

D range

D+ 1 · D 1

F

No reported values

No letter grade reported

No reported values

Cheryl Elsmore

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Four answers before you build your schedule.

HardWork

Challenging

Mandatory

Avoid

See how this professor fits your week.

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

In person

Online

See what students actually said.

⚠️ x x x

📄 Paper Overload

👎 Low Recommendation

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

📝 About Workload

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Help

See exactly what the AI read.

Quality ratings

Course coverage

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

A range

B range

C range

D range

F

No letter grade reported

Avoid unless you and can handle a .

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