test are rediculous, class is worthless, he thinks hes funny, and says "see the concept" about 30 times a class and no one sees the concept

AWFUL teacher. Haven't learned a single thing by going to class. Test are very confusing. I've never seen such easy material made so complex. NOT what a principles teacher should be like. May receive my first C in college because of him.

I did not enjoy Padgett's teaching skills for this class. He obviously knows what he is talking about when it comes to Marketing, but he has a very poor method for teaching the material to students. His lectures are difficult to listen to, because he can ramble and rant about absolutely nothing helpful on one slide for the entire class period.

I've learned nothing from his lectures. To pass the class, you must read the book with and do the online homework. Each assignment takes approx. 2 hours. He is a nice guy, but this class is extremely difficult. The tests are very difficult.

Lectures can be entertaining but are useless as far as the material is concerned. I went to maybe the first five or so. They amount to a very dumbed down version of the text. Just read the book and you'll do fine.

Worst Professor I've ever had. His tests are impossible, even after reading the chapters. This is an entry level class, it really should not be this difficult. I would take someone else.

Way too difficult for a principles class, but the man knows what he is talking about. Tests seem easy but are very tricky. When studying I found myself saying "oh obviously" to many of the terms and principles but the tests were just sooo much harder than they should have been.

Padgett was exactly what these other reviews say. His lectures were pointless, he would cover MAYBE 6 slides for the hour and 15 min lecture. Tests were the only grades you had and they were impossible. Pay for the McGraw Hill Connect and take the practice quizzes for each chapter because that is the only way you will pass this class.

He was awful. Worst class I have taken at Auburn. Do not take him for Principles of MKTG. Should not have been that hard for a principles class.

I am an A student and Padgett has made me work harder for an A in this PRINCIPLES class than any other teacher. He takes what should be simple and makes it tough to justify what hes devoted his life to. The tests are unnecessarily difficult and reading the book is necessary if you want to pass. Going to class is a waste of time, just focus on book

Lectures are long and monotonous. Gets off topic but somehow he thinks it relates. Tests are hard. Don't get the textbook. It's useless. Buy the online thing he recommends at the beginning of the semester. I didn't know anyone who had a C or higher before the final exam. Curved the final grade by about 5-10.

This was a ridiculous class. Do not take Padgett if you can avoid him. Worst class I have taken at Auburn-I am a senior. He gives no direction as to what will be on the exams. The book is useful and so is the online material. But it is hard to memorize EVERY single word in the book, and that is what he requires.

A Principles of Marketing class should NOT be this difficult. Padgett makes things so much harder than they need to be. Multiple answers for his questions are correct and you have to learn how he would answer to get them correct even if another answer is more correct. He is no help at all, and doesn't care, and isn't friendly.

By far the worst professor in Auburn's marketing department.

Dr. Padgett is hands down the worst professor I have had while attending Auburn. Any time you go to him to ask a question he blows you off and makes you feel stupid. I truly don't understand why he ever thought being a teacher would be a good idea. Avoid him at all costs, even if you have to take the class somewhere else.

The worst. Very lazy. Makes his tests so hard that you can’t actually learn anything. Lectures straight from the textbook HE wrote. Only grades are the two tests and optional final. DO NOT take. Fail the first exam? Good luck Charlie. I haven’t heard one good thing about this class/professor. I repeat.. DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS

I would recommend to absolutely no one. this professor makes this class insanely hard for no reason...you only have three tests with no other grades and on the tests he makes each question as if your reading his mind and blind picking an answer out of the 4 options. I understand everything he teaches but come test time it doesn't matter.

This class is the biggest joke ever. Auburn does a terrible job regulating this class, but there is no way that as an accounting student this should be my hardest class. The tests are stupid difficult, and even for someone who studies a good amount, I would honestly be better off just randomly guessing. Avoid him if you can.

Do not take Principles of Marketing with Padgett at all costs. As a Finance major, this should not be my hardest class! My friends who aren't business majors know who Padgett is because he is notorious around campus for being a terrible teacher. He puts in little to no effort into this class. He has not once answered an email of mine. Avoid!!

Marketing should not be this hard, you have 3 test but the test is nothing like the lecture, book, or study guide. If you have no other options but to take him my best advice is to not take it and try to get someone else. What every you do DO NOT take his class.

I have only received a grade lower than a B once in college and it was a 79. So explain to me how I am getting a D in Principles of Marketing currently. For test 2 I doubled my study time to 8 hours. AND I GOT A 60. Do not take this class if you care about your GPA. I was going to graduate with Magna hours and now I have no shot.

Worst class I've ever taken while in college. The guy has devoted his life to marketing and acts as if his lectures are some sort of divine revelation. He overcomplicates what should be incredibly simple concepts, and then is virtually unreachable when you have questions. Test questions have multiple correct answers. One of the hardest As I've made

Not a good experience. Only four tests the whole semester and those were the only grades besides two extra credit assignments. Very lecture heavy and tests are confusing.

Most of what I think about this guy is not appropriate for this website. This is an intro marketing course meant for all business majors, but he turns it into a high-level class for marketing majors. There's a fine line between challenging your students to get them thinking critically and actively trying to trick them, and he goes miles past it.

This class was way overcomplicated. The tests were so badly worded and even had misspellings. It is a test bank with questions from practice tests and new questions so you could be lucky and get ones you have seen before or not. Very unfair way of conducting tests in my opinion. Also this guy makes no sense in his responses to student questions.

The class lectures seemed pretty straightforward and easy to understand but his tests are overcomplicated and are very tricky with the wording. Extra credit assignments are pretty much useless unless you just need 1 or 2 points to get the next letter grade. Study guides are very vague. For an intro class kinda ridiculous in my opinion.

Missed the deadline for course evals so decided to take my review here. This guy is the absolute worst. His subject is simple so he overcompensates by making his tests ridiculously hard. Most questions have multiple correct answers and he asks for the "most correct". If you ask for clarification he'll either ignore your email or smart off. Avoid.

If you ever try to get into contact with him you can't. He might be one of the most difficult people to get into contact with, he only tells you to talk to his TAs. He has never talked to a student about class material. I hope the Auburn University marketing department reads this. He wrote the textbook and swears by it, good luck. HE SUCKS!

Just a bad teacher, plain and simple. He wrote the textbook and will live and die by it. Good luck on his tests, all of the answer choices are correct and he will try and trick you at every turn. Stay away at all costs, and if not, good luck.

Was in a class of over 400 students and the test average was consistently in the 60s. Not only that, but not a single student scored a 100 on any of his tests the entire semester. When you are in a class that big and no student can get a 100, I think it proves that the teacher is the problem, not the students. By far worst professor I've had at AU.

This class is one of the worst I have taken. This teacher thrives off the fact that students struggle in his class. I just barely made a B at the very end of the semester. Studying for the tests feels like a waste of time after you take it because of how hard and ridiculous they are.

Awful professor. Padgett thinks that he is a saint, and refuses to acknowledge his faults. Tests are different for everybody since he makes massive test banks, so your grade is almost entirely up to luck. Don't attempt to reach out for clarification, as he will either ignore you or direct you back to his vague announcements.

Hardest final exam I have ever done.

How are you going to say we can get 10 extra points for each exam if we do the extra credit work, apply it to the first exam, and then not apply it to the other two? Are you just lazy? If so then do not make promises than you clearly can not keep. Crazy how you just changed how extra credit worked last minute, as if no one was going to call you out

He completely lied about how extra credit was going to work on the very last week so that more people would take his ridiculously hard final. I can even recall a time he said things like "and if you can't get this right on the test then you might as well drop out." Really just a terrible teacher that assumes you're the reason half the class has a C

He grades of participation heavily, and I never missed a class but got a failing grade on my participation, which makes a lot of sense. He is also obsessed with the textbook because he wrote it and will include small things from the textbook on the tests that he never taught. -8/10

Try to avoid him if you can. He lives and dies by his textbook, and if you don't read it, you won't do well on his tests. He's not transparent about his grading criteria, and he hurt a lot of people's grades because of participation despite not being given any opportunity to participate. It's a miracle I made a B in his class can be rude.

its an awful class

In my personal opinion if I was this teacher's superior and let this go on to this point and saw these comments and did nothing they should be fired also. I mean really... 70 total "Awful and ok" scores on Rate My Professor I have never seen so bad!

Purposely tricks you on every test question... My engineering classes should not be easier than an entry-level "principle of marketing class." Crazy how this professor can accumulate this much hate toward him and his class/material over the years and nobody has stepped in to fix it...

He is definitely the worst professor I have EVER had as a college student. He makes his test so difficult that if you go to class, read the book, and study your wasting your time. The class average for my class on the Exam was a 45 and he does not care. He makes an intro class 10390914 harder than it really is. STAY AWAY FROM THIS PROFESSOR!!!!!!!!

His exams were extremely difficult and he was not sympathetic at all. I attended every single lecture and even sat right at the front like a nerd and was fully engaged and would raise my hand during class. This was my first non A in my whole college experience and let me tell you it was not for a lack of effort. DO NOT take this professor!!!

Such a bad professor. He wrote the textbook so there's basically no supplemental instruction. I didn't understand the examples and he said he didn't have any better one so I didn't understand the material in that case. Was never helpful one-on-one and the final grade is just 3 tests. Would avoid at all costs.

Worst professor at Auburn. Legit makes this class the hardest marketing class for no reason. He wrote the book, so he has a big head about what you need to know. Way too much material to study and hard to grasp. Pick literally any other professor for mktg 4800. This class might be the reason I don't graduate.