Kyra Mello

ENG1A · ENGL1A · INTROTOFILM · 1B · ENGLISH1A · ENG51 · ENG1B · ENG1C · 74 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 28/100
RMP rating: 2.7/5
Take again: 35%
Difficulty: 3.7

The decision

Avoid unless you want a high-demand English workload and .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough graderForced group ZoomsHeavy reading loadUnclear async designPolarized reputation

Recent Online ENG reviews , and mental-health stress.
Many asynchronous listings still require group Zoom meetings that clash with work and athlete schedules.
A minority of students find her supportive with .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

Tough grading, picky feedback, and major sustained effort.

Online reviews dominate the hard-A narrative; a few In person students still report high grades with less pain.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

, and dense modules make the content load high for a composition course.

; Online adds group logistics that increase difficulty.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

Even online async classes often require group Zoom meetings, participation, and schedule syncing that students cannot skip.

Online forced Zooms are the main complaint; In .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

30/100

Take-again rate near 35% and recent comments urge students to pick anyone else for mental health and .

Online sentiment is strongly negative; In person is mixed with a few strong recommends.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Harsh

20/100

Tough grader tags dominate, with complaints of , and rarely full credit even when rubrics are met.

Format shift

and is strongest Online.

Workload

Heavy

24/100

Lots of reading, papers, podcasts, discussions, and .

Format shift

Online and In ; Online adds recurring group work.

Teaching experience

Poor

34/100

Some students praise patience and feedback, but , and unapproachable communication.

Format shift

Positive teaching comments appear more in older Online and some In person reviews; recent Online is largely negative.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

28/100

, and group projects more than traditional sit-down exams.

Format shift

and book talks; In person still leans essay and project heavy.

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

11 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

some call her kind and , and opinion-based scoring.

Main concern

Inconsistent expectations and to face.

What students said

“She was an amazing professor! She really helped me understand the work and made sure everyone in class felt comfortable”
ENG1A

“Expectations were inconsistent and professor was unwilling to help. .”
ENG1A

“you're gonna read alot and get graded roughly”
ENG1A

Remote format

Online

39 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Online English sections are widely described as , and harshly graded, with and mental-health warnings.

Main concern

Async courses still force group Zooms, and picky.

What students said

“I have never dropped a class so fast! . Your mental healthy will suffer.”
ENG1B

“It was said this class was fully online and asynchronous but did ZOOM GROUP calls”
ENG1A

“Please value your mental health and .”
ENG1A

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Assessment is assignment-driven with occasional quizzes or .

Essay heavyPodcast projectsGroup book talksQuizzes on readingsRevision on major papers

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In person reviews focus on essays, heavy reading, and .

Essay GradingHeavy ReadingGroup Projects

“you're gonna read alot and get graded roughly”
ENG1A

“We had an , and I have not received as much harsh comments on my grade”
ENG1A

Online

, and Zoom group book talks; traditional proctored exams are rarely described.

Group Zoom ProjectsPodcastsEssaysReading Quizzes

“For every book we read you would have to create a podcast episode and a 3 page essay on it.”
ENG1A

“You have to do a book talk with other students. You meet in a Zoom meeting after you read about 5-10 chapters”
ENG1A

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice
“Please value your mental health and .”
Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews (39 Online, 11 In , and workload themes. Credibility rating: High.

🚫 Recommendation Level

30/100

“ . 0/10.”

⚖️

20/100

“She and can be very straight forward with you.”

👥 Group Work Trap

22/100

“This class was listed as "asynchronous", but mid way through the semester she had a total of 4 assignments that required group work through Zoom.”

📚 Workload Intensity

24/100

“If you take.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

well
She seems like a
She was an amazing professor! She really helped me understand the work

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

never got full credit on a single assignment
she is a
hard but fair

Theme 3

⚠️ About Course Format Issues

I have never dropped a class so fast
Your mental healthy will suffer
she dropped me 3 weeks before class ended

Data context

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Analysis sample

Recent reviews read by the AI

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

50 reviews over many years with large Online sample, repeated group-work and , and detailed grade outcomes.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 520

4 out of 512

3 out of 54

2 out of 55

1 out of 533

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

43 reported outcomes

A range

A+ 1 · A 10 · A- 4

B range

B+ 4 · B 8 · B- 2

C range

C+ 2 · C 3 · C- 3

D range

No reported values

F

No reported values

No letter grade reported

Drop/Withdrawal 3 · Incomplete 1 · Not sure yet 1 · Rather not say 1

Kyra Mello

Avoid unless you want a high-demand English workload and x x x x x x x x.

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.

🚫 Recommendation Level

⚖️ x x

👥 Group Work Trap

📚 Workload Intensity

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

⚠️ About Course Format Issues

See exactly what the AI read.

Quality ratings

Course coverage

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

A range

B range

C range

D range

F

No letter grade reported

Avoid unless you want a high-demand English workload and .

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