2.7
Quality2.7
Difficulty37%
Would Retake97
Reviews37%
Would Retake
97
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What Students Say
“She does have a great personality, but she does forget due dates”
RDG101 - 2.0 rating“She will literally take points off for no reason”
CRE101 - 1.0 ratingClass Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
86%
Textbook Required
100%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
B+
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
Declining
-1.45 avg changeRatings by Course
CRA101
5.0
(2)CREA102
5.0
(1)RDG081
5.0
(1)CREA101
4.3
(3)RED095
4.3
(6)Difficulty by Course
MCO220
4.0
MCC220
4.0
RDG091
3.6
RDG092
3.3
RDG
3.3
Reviews (97)
TERRIBLE
Gina is one of the worst instructors i have ever had at GCC. She is often late to class, passes out per class syllabus's that we never come close to finishing, SHE DOES NOT RESPOND TO EMAILS. This class and instructor is a joke. I feel i have been robbed.
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Gina is very nice. I very much enjoyed her as a person. However as a teacher I too feel that I was robbed. She is very unprepared and constantly stressed. Her class is set up like a grade school class, and believe me that's not a good thing. DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS! unless you love to study, read, and write papers. however she is fair with her grades
Ms. Desai is a sweet teacher. But very strict on grading, doesn't make her class lectures fun or interesting (everything is out of the book), and she is very disorganized. I still do not know what grade I have. So if you like to do homework and tests that are all book related, take this online instead. I disliked media before,now I really loathe it
I WAS SO FRUSTRATED THE WHOLE ENTIRE TIME I WAS IN THIS CLASS NO STRUCTURE NONE WHAT SO EVER MAYBE STICK TO YOUR DAY JOB
horrible! still dont know my grade, and she has students grade eachothers work. it was a waste of time. if i do not pass this class im raising hell! people that did no work or copied it are passing.
HORIBLE! Shes a nice person im sure but as a teacher so unorganized, she has another job and its pretty clear which one she cares more about. Its true she has other students grade each others homework so theres no point in doing it if you just have the other person fill it in for you. She loves to pile on the homework! DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS!!!!!!!!
Shes a nice person im sure but as a teacher so unorganized, she has another job and its pretty clear which one she cares more about. Its true she has other students grade each others homework so theres no point in doing it if you just have the other person fill it in for you. She loves to pile on the homework! DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS!!!!!!!!
if you have a job then DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS! she does A LOT of group work and expects students to take time from their busy schedules to do it and WILL NOT let you do it alone. I called some of my classmates and ALL OF THEM got D's! she lovess to pile on the homework and is soo unorganized! Her stress, stresses YOU out!! DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS!!!!!
Ok these posts are right to an extent. HOWEVER, she is extremely fair and willing to help you out if you are respectful about it. She may not be the best with emails but she does try to reach out. Her class does involve some busy work but it is interesting and she makes it very interactive. I have had TONS of worse classes & teachers than this!!!
Cake class if you do ALL HW, journal entries & group work. Syllabus is a joke, didn't even come close to completing it. Ms. Desai is sweet but could use some organizational skills as she lost our homework on multiple occasions. So keep records of all your work on a thumb drive. Overall cake class if you dont mind the busy work and disorganization.
Too much work and so unorganized
Nice lady but organizational skills...suck. was frustrated all semester.
wonderful
great professor, super sweet and helpful. A lot of the comments are true about her organizational skills, but I love her! I have taken her classes numerous times.
Easiest class ever. She is a fun teacher.
People who say her class is hard are not ready for college because I took two of her classes and they were the easiest A's I've gotten. Just do the homework she assigns in class to and throw the syllabus away.
Bad all around.
She is very helpful and supportive. I recommend her.
Miss. desai is bae!!!
She is a great teacher that will mold you to become a better student,
Creative Teacher- she inspires student to study properly, overall fun class
Beautiful and Awesome teacher, Her class is always fun and interesting, she teaches well to prepare all student for higher college degree level.
Her class is fun, she assigns valid homework to make you a better student. great teacher
People in this class are complaining all the time. She is not following the schedule and alway popping up something. We were suppose to read two books in her class. But she just cut one off. I didn't like her class at all, and I tried to talk to her how to improve. But the answer was "hanging there, you will do fine." It did not meet my expections.
the best!!!!
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, AWESOME TEACHER!
great teacher !
Overall she is a good teacher it's just there is A LOT of book work. DO NOT RENT YOUR BOOK FOR THIS CLASS YOU LITERALLY WRITE ON EVERY PAGE. She is helpful and gives clear directions . This teacher is funny, but beware there is an abundance of book work to do.
Half of the time is an alright teacher. She goes off topic and sometimes teaches things off topic, making us not have no time in class for full lecture. she is pretty confusing teacher who just need an advice to how to be a good teacher.
she is one of the best reading teacher at Glendale Community College. she is always in good mood she enjoy helping students. always make class fun and interesting i would take her class again in the summer . Great teacher, good personality, explains everything. Come to class, check our assignments! Would highly recommend her!
she's one of the best teachers I ever had.. I took her in RDG 71 and it was my first semester in college and even in the USA.. she gave me supports .. I'm taking her in my RDG095 class and I will take her for RDG 101 .. she cares about my homework and my grades also she wont leaving me until I done from it .. I wish her all the best ..
I've had Prof. Desai for two classes both RDG071- and RDG075. There is no doubt prof. Desais class require lot of hard work, dedication and self-motivation. However, she is always willing to help her students succeed both academically and intellectually. I think what make Desai extraordinary different is her passion for learning.
she is my role model . and the best teacher i ever had in my life. she taught us all about positive thoughts and critical thinking.
one of my favored teachers i have ever had.
Best teacher ever I love her, and I learned how to read well.
My favorite instructor! She is amazing! I thank her a lot. She has inspired me to further my education. She is the reason why I'm getting better at reading. She cares about her students. She is like my mother. I wish I can take her every semester.
she is really nice
a great teacher ....
Sloppy. Not understanding and something is due every single day. She doesn't take the responsibility for poorly structuring her class and not having a set date for all her assignments. She says follow the rubric but her herself doesn't even follow the rubric. She's messy
Messy just all over the place!!! Doesn't even follow her own rubric
Refuses to work with her students. And refuse to take responsibility for her nasty actions
Check canvas.
Bad Commumication. I had emailed her multiple times about the final where she provides an article to read. The article was not posted on canvas so I asked what I was supposed to read about which received no response. She also lacks organizational skills. This class was all over the place and I was left constantly confused on what was expected of me
Ms. Desai She is an amazing instructor you will ever meet she is always there for you when you need help on your school work !!
Excellent teacher, would take this class over and over.
loving, caring, helpful
She does have a great personality, but she does forget due dates. Hardly ever checks canvas to see if you have submitted assignments. She doesn't follow up with emails. Taking this class is basically half of a online class, doing lab reports from a website. Oh and the final is literally 3-5% of your grade. She is very confusing.
Ms. Desai is caring, yes. However she is very unorganized. She doesnt remember what she assigned, nor when its due. Lots of book work along with Lab reports which are extremely annoying. Some class periods she spends only putting in people's grades in because frankly she is not clear on what is assigned so no one gets it done. Don't take this class
great person, horrible professor. She is extremely unorganized and assigns busy work then complains about grading. Puts assignments on canvas but locks them so no one can turn in & then gives 0s. Uploads assignments on canvas months after theyre due & deducts points for lateness when you turn in. Gives rubrics of assignmets AFTER theyre submitted
Gina is great! As a person not as an instructor. There is no organization or timeline of anything. She doesnt follow canvas so whatever is posted on there wont be do till months ahead. She forgets what she assigns and then insitits that something was assigned when it was not. I can speak for others when I say we left class SO confused.
She is extremely condesending and rude to her studnets without even knowing. She assigns tons of homework with the text book and doesnt even grade it. She will skim it and only really check it if she doesnt like you. She will literally take points off for no reason. Take her over the summer is you really have to.
Desai was a motivational speaker rather than a prof. She failed to teach anything valuable about reading/analyzing texts and media critically. Her organization is terrible, she does not stand by ANY schedule nor does she take responsibility for being sloppy with the assignments. The textbook used makes you feel like a middle-schooler. Inefficient.
She is really good professor. There are lots of homework you have to do in the text book and she graded from there. There is no assignment you have to submit on canvas but if you want to know what your homework for tomorrow is, check the canvas assignment. My advice is borrow from the book from the outside of canvas cause there are answers in it.
She gets distracted easily while shes teaching. Gives a lot of homework. Doesnt give enough time to complete assignments and is passive aggressive. My advice is just look up the assignment that are due on canvas and turn them in.
She a decent professor and showing caring to student sometimes, if she likes the students. she gives out to much homework that is assigned in a day to finish, and she gives extras spared time on student to finish assignment sometimes and not 0 or deduct points, full points, if student not finish. easy level book and test just by googling it.
This professor is not well organized and that is what made the class difficult to follow. I was not fond of her lectures because she was always all over the place with readings and homework. The topics discussed were interesting and the homework is easy, but the professor made the class difficult and confusing. Also, her tests were challenging.
she was way too disorganized, she would lose tests and still blame it on you and say you were absent, huh? take it again. and would take an hour just to input grades then another hour to go off track. also way too MANY PRESENTATIONS, pretty unnecessary.
I think as a person she's nice and attempts to care but she lets her emotions get the best of her. We worked a lot in our textbook and something was always do but she was very disorganized. She forgot about assignments and didn't grade them. The whole semester felt disorganized, I wasn't sure she knew what she was doing. I wouldn't recommend her.
She is so disorganized and doesnt grade things she makes you do, forgets whats on the agenda and just gives busy work to waste time. Most stuff you do for credit she forgets to grade or loses the papers, so you have to keep reminding her to grade things.
Desai is excellent instructor teacher she really helpful in class. she teach really good I learn a lot of things in her class. she is caring , worry about her students and very loving teacher. she is really good communication with me and other students what i see in class. when i'm going to have bad grade she ask me what's going do you need help
The most helpful professor, respectful, Always give positive energy.
At first, Miss Desai is a nice person, one who cares about her students, but not as a professor. She constantly gets off topic, and when you get her back on track, she makes it the focus for 5 minutes or less, before she goes on another tangent. She is fun as a person, but she is so unorganized, and unfair in grading, especially a few minutes late.
She shows to be interested on your grades and learnings, but few week more you e-mail her for some questions and she doesn't answer you back till a month after, how come you could have good grades if they don't answer you on time and the due dates are close, Honestly this is a HORRIBLE teacher, if you want to FAIL go ahead and enroll her class.
Ms Desai is a very caring teacher. In the midst of the COVID Zoom Era, her organizational skills regarding Canvas are AWFUL. She has a terrible time with technology, staying on task, and she copies and pastes the same assignments from previous semesters without changing dates and names. Aside from that she is sweet and passionate about her subject
I am from another country, weak in English and computer. It was difficult class for me, but I could complete it successfully. She is caring, helpful and reasonable. I could learn a lot from her class. She gives extra credit. She is organized, responded all my emails. If someone properly follows her instruction and rubric, will get good grade.
The professor teaches critical thinking while also leading her students to her own pltc thoughts and opinions. Despite the fact that I am taking this class online and have no interactions with the professor, she spreads personal viewpoints on assignments that compel students to say what she wants.
She is very unorganized. We started with 16 students and ended with 8.
I attended Professor Desai's reading class and she was absolutely horrible! If you like clear communication, your work graded, and guidance, do not take her class. She will respond to an email within a week, grade your work very last minute, and not give clear instruction about her work posted. If you do attend her class, good luck to you!!
Her classroom was very cold every morning... So be sure you have some warm clothes... She wasn't that professional in my opinion...
She was a very slow grader, she wasn't prepared for anything. She didn't give clear directions. If you are able to take the 8 week RDG course, take it to get it over with. She didn't finish grading things until after the class ended.
This teacher would say that she wanted to have a connection with her students but never actually even tried missed class in the most crucial part of all the assignments. Her my reading lab cost 80$ for a 8 week class and the assignment she would give would be unnecessarily long and difficult for supposedly a easy class I would never recommend her
Definitely focuses on group work and makes you truly engage with the class. If your not a fan of interacting with other people I would not take her class. She is absolutely fun to work with and has engaging conversations.
Please do not take this Professors class, she offered extra credit at the end of the semester and refused to put it in for me, she is very slow at grading and is not very good at responding to messages.
What I want the other students to know about her is that she is very caring and hard work and she tries her best in the class to make sure that her students pass with good grades and not only that she is always there when students needs her helps with their assignments and very understanding I would love to have her as my professor agin.
Professor Desai seems to be caring and nice, but she is hard to follow and the way she sets up her assignment due dates is always changing and is very confusing. She sometimes rants on students for not finishing work, but they did it, however we had to submit everything for grading and many students had trouble following how to submit them.
Professor Desai is very nice but incredibly unorganized. She rarely teaches and when she does it's very basic stuff. There's a lot of homework each week and she recently assigned two group projects at the same time. She's shown up late three times in a row now. Don't take her, please.
Professor Desai was friendly and easygoing, and so were my classmates. I'd love to take another class with her, and what I appreciate best about her class is that she assigns a lot of group assignments, which helps me communicate with my classmates more effectively.
Professor Desai was friendly and easygoing exactly like my classmates. I'd love to take another class with her, and what I appreciate best about her class is that she assigns a lot of group assignments, which helps me communicate with my classmates more effectively.
Extremely unorganized. Half of the links she used don't work and her due dates are either not changed from previous semesters or wrong entirely. Her sped up summer class is extremely difficult to follow as she doesn't modify anything to accommodate for the short semester. Coursework is easy but the professor and her canvas are extremely difficult.
Unorganized. The assignment material and criteria all over the place. I can say that she takes constructive feedback so if there are any issues she willing to correct it and also give her opinion on an assignment.
Professor Desai is very great professor. She wants you to succeed. Was at time a little unorganized but it was only a 8 week course and students were a little slow on turning in things. Overall her class was really easy if you do the work. Very hard not to pass.
Honestly, she is a really caring person and easy going if you suggest an idea. If you're a very organized person don't take her class because she is the most unorganized person you'll ever known. She doesn't communicate well, she gives random assignments and overall her class will put you on edge.
I hate her class, she is terrible at everything, I dropped class because I couldn't handle her teaching and grading. First time in my whole life, I hate someone this much.
She really cares. She's kinda political too, she wants you to be on her side if not she makes faces if you disagree. She grades really last minute too, in the beginning constantly late, and still super disorganized. If you do things ahead you'll have a surprise assignment due same day or you can't even find the assignment in moments.
Easily the worst professor I have ever come into contact with. She doesn't grade anything on time, and you have to stand over her shoulder to make sure she grades your stuff. To make it worse she only has to grade two assignments per week for each student because the rest are auto-graded... She won't email you back so don't even try.
professor Desai is a caring professor I will say that but she is very unorganized, provides very little to no in class lectures where SHE is actually teaching, grades very last minute, most of the work will be online and extremely time consuming, I understand the 2-3 hour out of class study but 3-4 assignments on mcgraw hill take so much longer.
This class had a lot of assignments, but they were easy but boring. She reads into every assignment and grades kinda harsh. You have a group project to read a book of your choice, and the final was a 3-page paper (originally 5-6). Overall, it was a pretty easy but boring class. Desai was quick to respond and was pretty helpful with my questions.
Worst grader ever takes FOREVER.. she is really nice but she seems to not care about her students but she will give you extensions, if you turned in something 2 months late she wont take late points away..
The was the worst teacher I had for my first year of school. She is always late to class, never actually teaches the class, and always terrible grader. She gives the hardest feedback four weeks after the assignment was due. Would never want to take her again.
The class is easy, it is just monotonous and boring. Coupling that with the fact that she takes forever to grade, doesn't give great feedback, organizes her Canvas poorly, and isn't great with time (determining how long things take and balancing workload). This class feels like ENG101, but without being taught anything. Wouldn't recommend.
Absolutely do NOT take her.. the class is beyond easy but there is SO much busy work. She is the worst grader on campus, she graded things from the first week a week BEFORE THE END OF THE SEMESTER!! She is so kind but doesn't teach. She reads off slides and doesn't tell you when big assignments are due.. will not take her again.
The professor was often late but expected students to be on time. Homework was excessive, grading was slow, and lectures were disorganized and off-topic. It was hard to reach her for help, and the class was grade-heavy with little guidance. Very frustrating experience overall.
This professor would lecture about things that didn't even apply to course, kinda feel like she brings her outside problems into the classroom and she takes SOOOO long to grade assignments.
She is really funny, but most of her assignments are AI generated and most of the notes aren't even correct. Also she takes a LONG time to grade
Professor Desai is kind and nice but she doesn't know what she's doing half the time. She tells the class what we will do the next meeting and completely does something way different and unexpected and unplanned the day of which can be very stressful.the town press in this class is extremely frustrating and confusing she doesn't make it clear.
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
86%
Textbook Required
100%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
B+
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
Declining
-1.45 avg changeRatings by Course
CRA101
5.0
(2)CREA102
5.0
(1)RDG081
5.0
(1)CREA101
4.3
(3)RED095
4.3
(6)Difficulty by Course
MCO220
4.0
MCC220
4.0
RDG091
3.6
RDG092
3.3
RDG
3.3