Probably the worst class I've ever had. Lewin tries to act nice and like she cares, but she has a heart of ice and is fake. Take anyone for Western Civ. besides her and maybe you'll even enjoy it!

We got 14" of snow in Philly and when I called to ask if we're having class she said, "Why not?" Why do you intentionally make learning Western Civ. hard ALISON LEWIN.

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She is the worst teacher ive ever had

I hope alison lewin finds this website and reads her reviews. Therefore, if you are alison lewin, I hope you're looking at your horrible reviews. They are all correct. Withdrew within 2 weeks.

TheworstprofI'vehad!Tells college students that her young daughter is smarter than them. Has no personality and has no rhyme or reason to her grading system. Avoid this woman like the plague! I can't believe the university actually still employs her.

Stop with the it's supposed to be tough nonsense. She's a horrible teacher. It's a GER class, not a Phd progam. The fact that she still has a job at SJU is crazy. SJU should be ashamed of themselves.

After reading the comments you can kind of get a sense of the weirdos who like Lewin are the people who "like challenging professors". I just graduated and it stands, Alison Lewin and Peter Clark were my hardest professors at SJU.

absolutely horrible. she's a nice woman, but as a teacher, she sucks. Her tests are absolutely impossible and i wouldn't reccommend her to ANYONE.

She's impossible. Teaches as if you were going for you Ph.D. She's literally insane. Hardest teacher of my life. She loves failing people

A horrible lecture class with impossible grading and an unreasonable amount of material. Two tests and a final plus weekly 1-2 pg paper on Sources book. An all-around horrible class with for a horrible subject.

I absolutely hated this class. Her grading is too particuar and for the first exam, the average grade was a 39. you really need to work hard in order to deal with her in this class. If your looking for an easy class do NOT take her! wouldnt recommend taking her class at all!!!!! lot of work during the week such a reading and papers every week.

super nice but grading is ridiculous. practically everyone failed this class. she's unclear and the only grade we had for her was exams. the average on all the test were between 20 and 60

Very difficult class, she expects you to be a history expert. Tests and quizzes are extremely hard. Grades papers very harshly and doesn't give very good feedback. She's too crazy and all over the place, would not suggest taking.

This is hands down the worst professor I have ever had. She is not clear, lectures for almost the entire class, and doesn't even talk about the reading you had to do the night before. She's horrible. Do not take her

worst teacher at sju

Lewin was absolutely HORRIBLE. She made this class unbearable. She gives quizzes every week on readings assigned over the weekend that can be anywhere from 25-50 pages long, complete bullsh*t. The questions are always way too specific and everyone usually fails. The final is I M P P O S S I B L E.

Alison Lewin is hands down the worst professor that has ever graced this earth. Do NOT trust a word this woman says. She says you'll get a passing grade? Count on an F----. She teaches in circles, makes absolute no sense, and sobs over every piece of work you will read. She is heartless and probably the worst person I have ever met. DO NOT TAKE HER

Lewin is an absolutely terrible teacher. The amount of readings each week is too much considering how harshly she grades. She has impossible standards for impossible goals.

While she is a nice lady, Dr. Lewin makes tests near impossible, gives little to no information about the tests, and assigns about 150 pages of reading per week. Her grading is inconsistent and the toughest i have ever encountered. If you wish to get a fun, educational experience learning history, don't take this class.

HORRIBLE!!! DO NOT TAKE. I REPEAT, DO NOT TAKE. Unbelievable amount of reading, lectures are all over the place, never explains anything, mid term and final are impossible to finish in the time period, and overall the worst teacher I have ever had in my entire life!!!!!!

She is a horrible person. She acts like she's a kind person but at heart, she is truly an ignorant person that doesn't care about anything but the homework. When I was sick she droned on about what was due without regard to my health. Reading heavy. Worst prof. I've ever had.

I went to 1 class for Lewin, and after 1 class I already knew that her Forging the Modern World class was gonna be way too tough with all the homework and readings. Luckily I was able to drop her class. If you can still drop her class before it's too late, please do it, and of course, don't even think about taking her.

I felt obligated to write this review. Before I switched schools I took Multivariable Calculous. She made this intro level history class harder! In the syllabus it says it requires 30 hours of reading outside class a week. Also in syl. she says no paper with 3 or more mistakes will be accepted. the syllabus for the entire year had multiple mistakes

Professor Lewin is all over the place with her lectures. I went from learning about the Mongols one lecture and the Declaration of Independence the next. There is no correlation between her lectures whatsoever. Preparing for midterms is practically impossible, and I cannot recall anything that I have actually learned except things I taught myself.

Avoid at all cost. Nothing she talks about in class was on the midterm or on the quizzes. Hours and hours and hours of confusing, heavy reading weekly for homework assignments that shell just give you a 60 on, lower if theres any sort of mistake. Avoid taking her class at all costs.

Do not take her. She assigns so much readings each week for homework that do not make much sense at all. She is a harsh grader on homework assignments. For a GEP class this will kill your GPA by taking her. Her midterm and quizzes have little to no correlation to what she says in class. This class was just not worth the GPA hit.

Don't ever take Dr. Lewin's class. She can barely organize her class, assigns over 200 pages of reading a week (that honestly make no sense or anything to do with the course), essays every week, harsh grader and will constantly tell you that Indians could write better than you. If you want to pass a class, make sure you don't take her's.

The worst class I have ever taken. I feel the more work and time I put into this class, the harsher grades and comments I get on my work. Although reading can be intense, there is so much other things to worry about for this class. The professor is not friendly.

Im not even halfway into this course yet and shes the worst teacher Ive ever had. HEAVY readings all other reviews are correct on how many pages a week. hard analyses and way she grades changes each week makes no sense. Lectures also make no sense and dont connect to analyses we do. She is beyond rude and not organized and uses old powerpoints.

Her course is extremely unorganized. She changes specifics of assignments even the night before they are due. This is extremely frustrating when trying to complete work early because you will have to go back and change what you have already wrote. The assignments rarely give page numbers making it difficult to find what she wants you to read.

Do not take this class. I am in her HIS 154 class right now and the workload is over the top. The HW readings are lengthy and do not correlate with the lectures whatsoever. I spend over half of my HW time on the analyses and get a 60. My GPA is 3.9. Ironically, she won't accept HW with more than 3 mistakes but she makes more grading them. AVOID

Actually the worst teacher I have ever had. Not organized at all and will send you updates about the homework before the night it is due. Lectures don't correlate to the homework or tests at all. The homework is just busy work that takes over 2 hours and you will learn nothing from it and will receive a 4/10. NOT UNDERSTANIDING TO ONLINE SWITCH.

Please don't take her. You will be miserable. We had a midterm on Tuesday, a 2 hour long assignment due Thursday, a paper due Friday on our participation (never done that before and I'm a junior in college), and then a reflection on what she commented on our homework due Sunday. This is all during midterm week while we are taking her class on zoom.

Essays every week class average is a 50. Her class is so hard she has her own grading scale! Midterms/quizzes don't correlate to readings. Class average on midterm is a 65. Average on essays are a 50. Not organized at all. Sends updates to assignment night before due. Known as hardest teacher in history department. Take anyone else.

I realize there are already several bad reviews about Pr. Lewin this semester but still wanted to write because that's how bad she was this semester. No communication, lots of homework, grading criteria isn't clear, wants you to do everything perfectly and will give you a zero but then her quizzes are consistently messed up and that affects us.

We had an assignment (sometimes two) due everyday on Thanksgiving break. The workload she gives out is insane and gives ZERO leeway but then she will struggle with her own materials and the students have to be lenient with her. Her lectures don't relate to the test or quizzes and you will have to read 200 pages w a lengthy HW assignment per class

The hardest professor I have ever taken. She doesn't really care if her students fail and you will never get an A on anything. Gives insane amounts of work and acts like this is the only class you are taking. Extremely disorganized. Please don't take her

One of the worst professors I have ever had. She would grade me 0 on papers and be rude about it in the comments, instead of helping. I would meet with her and she would say that everything I got wrong shouldve been self explanatory. None of her class flows together, and I wasted so much time on this class for no reason. DO NOT TAKE HER PLEASE!!!

One of the worst teachers you can take. Hard grader who seemed to not care at times. Seemed lost at times while adjusting to zoom. Gives weekly papers and final is 18 pages. Expects everyone to be a history major and writing professional. I took the class for writing intensive requirement and got an awful experience, makes you want to transfer.

This class was very difficult, and she was not helpful. Gave very rude comments and unfair grades

Not good laughs at her own jokes. gives too much work. if you don't write like her points will be deducted.

I don't even know what to say. I am taking the class right now and it is so so bad. So much homework with really long readings and even though I try to read them, I don't get it at all. AND in class it's so bad, she calls on you randomly and absolutely no one knows what's going on. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't take her for your own well being <3

Way too much useless work. Bad grader. Laughs at her own jokes. Doesn't tell you at all about assignments and expects you to do random things like go to a museum and write about it for an assignment. Just please whatever you do take someone else for your HIS154 requirement.

Worst professor I have taken. She laughs at her own jokes and lectures the whole class. She calls on people randomly and I fall asleep in her class its so boring. She will fail you if you miss over 3 classes no matter the reason. She grades insanely tough and takes off points for random things.

Learn nothing in class. No connection with professor. She doesn't care if you're failing. No, just don't take her please.

To begin, she made popsicle sticks for our class. Although they were never used, that still says something. Her class was very difficult to keep track of and the course work was a lot. Most of the material was all over the place. She gave an automatic zero if you had more than three typos and for more than 3 lines on the homework.

AVOID PROF. LEWIN AT ALL COSTS!! She is an extremely difficult grader, there is so much unnecessary work and I spent over 4 hours on work a week. She is so unhelpful and the class makes literally no sense. She laughs at her own jokes that aren't funny and also don't make sense. Please do yourselves a favor, don't take her and drop if you get her!

If you are taking HIS154, avoid Professor Lewin.

Just no. Unforgiving grader. Condescending and rude with feedback. Does not care if you fail. Most of the class having same experience with her. Lectures and material are unorganized and random, impossible to keep up. Never know whats happening. Never had below a B, managed to try my best and get a 40% before withdrawing. Hours of HW/week

Dr. Lewin is a very tough teacher to work with. She assigns 60-90 pages of reading every night and will then proceed to quiz the class on material that has not been brought up once in class. She will ask questions in class and then get mad at the class for not answering because everyone is equally as lost. Avoid her at all costs, trust me.

I was put in this class my first semester of freshman year and having Lewin as a professor made it the worst start possible. There are 3 books that you are required to purchase for Forging 154, and just so much reading and homework to be done. She is also extremely strict about attendance, and if you miss more than 3 classes she will just fail you.

If you value your mental health, do not take professor Lewin. Most strict grader ever, laughs at her own jokes, incredibly rude. If you consider yourself as a person who likes school, do not take her. she will put you into depression for real. Too much homework that is not clear at all, Lectures are not good. Avoid her at all costs. Like Seriously.

Do not take Professor Lewin. She is condescending and laughs at her own jokes. She tears assignments apart and gives awful grades. She assigns so many papers and so much reading. If you value your mental and emotional well-being do not take her classes.

ima keep it a bean wit yous, do not take allison lewin if you wanna do well

DON'T TAKE THIS CLASS IF YOU WANT TO SURVIVE. Lewin is a mess. She's a messy professor, disorganized with her slides and lectures, and can be passive-aggressive. Also a tough grader; likes things her way or no way at all, expects us to take good notes despite her slides being messy and a lost cause. her jokes aren't funny either.

DON'T TAKE THIS CLASS IF YOU WANT TO SURVIVE. Lewin is is a messy professor. Most of the time, her slides don't make sense, and her lectures includes her jumping from topic to topic (she makes no sense whatsoever). She's a tough grader, and is very specific with how she wants her analysis. Bought huge books that cost an arm and leg; stay away.

Dr. Lewin is kinda wacko, assigns lots of boring work, and is a tough grader.

Now a senior and I took her freshman year, easily the worst professor and experience i've had at this school they need to fire her asap