Very harsh grader, does not help you out in the end, all children's books have something wrong with them, hates disney

Awful... Harsh Grader, hates disney, criticizes every children's book

I took her for STS1010 which should be an easy class. However, there were overly specific quizzes and she grades the papers like her 3000 level english classes. Overall she overshares about her personal life and teaches whatever she wants. I would do almost anything to never take another one of her classes again.

I took Professor MacAlystre asynchronously. She was extremely hard to contact and grades very tough. I didn't receive any feedback on a paper I wrote with the expectation her students have the option revise the paper, but no feedback is given to show what was wrong. This is the most frustrated I have been with a professor yet. Don't recommend.

If you need STS credit I strongly advise avoiding this Professor. Quizzes are ridiculously difficult given they only have 5-10 questions and they count for a lot of points. The essays are very subjective and you must follow every direction you get. Terrible at responding when help is needed. No tutoring is available.

DO NOT TAKE HER. The grading criteria is extremely unclear, and even if you go to every class, participate heavily, do all responses and homework to the best of your ability, you still might not do well. I did all of that and still ended with a B. I WISH someone would have stopped me from taking her. Will get same grade with revisions. Hard grading

Don't take this class. I learned absolutely nothing from this class. Lectures were mostly rambles about random stuff unrelated to science. Too much reading and homework. I had to write essays about stuff I had no idea about which is why this class was so horrible.

Took this class to finish my GEs. BIGGEST MISTAKE. Do no expect to learn anything from taking this class. It's barely even a class. She posts assignments late and it feels like she barely cares about this course. DO NOT TAKE HER. Do not waste your money.

Worst class and worst professor that I have ever had at Clemson. She runs the class horribly and I did not learn a single thing this entire semester, there is no structure whatsoever. She does not communicate effectively, gives extremely hard assignments, and grades super late. DO NOT take this class.

I would say this is a fairly easy course but the teacher is never available and hardly ever answers emails. If you want an easy A then take this course, but if you actually want to learn something I wouldn't recommend it.

Professor MacAlystre took over a month to grade the essay and offered little to no feedback. She doesn't respond to messages or email which again makes any possible feedback or suggestions impossible. I would strongly advice against taking this class as it was a waste of time and GPA hours as the average for the essays were a 70 and the high was 92

She makes the projects sound easy but then she grades them very harshly. She leaves little to no comments on what you did wrong, and she has trouble explaining what she took points off for. I only recommend her if you want to bring your gpa down for no reason.

AWFUL teacher. Spends the whole class driving her lesbian political agenda. Makes essays worth 70% of your grade and then grades unbelievably harsh. She takes off points if your sentences don't agree with her preconceived notions. I did well but the only reason she is on the planet is to try and bring down gpa's.

Absolute worst teacher I have ever had. She gives very little feedback on projects and is extremely hard to follow. She contradicts herself, and you feel lost when she tries to explain projects or homework. Uses class time to teach random topics. Also, posts grades a month or so after they are due. Avoid at all costs.

Worst professor I've ever had. Takes forever to grade and give feedback on assignments. Most assignments have unclear instructions. Pushes political agenda any chance she gets. 0/10 professor would not recommend anyone take her class. RUN!

horrible teacher: makes the essays seem easy and then grades extremely harsh, doesn't answer her emails, teaches about random topics that are unrelated to the class (ie: one time we did a kahoot on child birth)

Do not take this class!!!! This professor gives vague rubrics and is never clear with what she wants,

She is by far the worst professor I have had at Clemson. She talks about her political beliefs and what she believes, but the second you state what you believe in an assignment, she fails you and says you are pushing your beliefs on people. She also never responds to emails and is not willing to help you succeed if you disagree with her beliefs.

Worst grader ever, only has one rubric for all three projects, vague feedback, you might think you wrote the best paper ever but she'll gladly give you a 50. she is a fun person but not a good professor. the only good thing about her class is that she walks around and is ready to help you. but worst grader ever.

This class was online and she doesn't do an ounce of teaching. Final paper is a joke that she just wants you to write new curriculum for her essentially. She grades ridiculously and will gladly give you a 50 with barely any feedback and confusing instructions in the first place. If you can avoid taking a class with her do it... absolutely awful...

This is by far the worst professor I have ever encountered and it is not even close. Gives simple projects and then grades them extremely harshly. Class is a waste of time as she does not teach and instead rambles on about her political views. I am confused how she is able to consider herself a teacher if she does not teach. AVOID AT ALL COSTS.

She is horrible. I have never had a teacher nit pick more than Professor MacAlystre. This is a 1010 class and its the hardest class I am taking right now, harder than accounting. She grades things so late that its hard to know how to improve. I would take any other professor other than her. If I could give her zero stars I would.

Genuinely one of the worst teachers I've experienced at Clemson. Horrible at feedback and it takes over a month for her to grade your essay. For a 1010 class she is EXTREMELY nit picky but even if you fix the things she tells you to, she will not give points back on revisions. Take any other class than hers!!!

Genuinely a horrible professor, even if you correct every single feedback she gives you she won't revise the grade. This is the hardest class I took, especially for a 1010 class its incredibly nitpicky. Take any other professor, any other class, and save yourself the headache.

Genuinely one of the worst professors I have ever taken here. What should have been an easy A in a required literary class turned into a nightmare. Grade is heavily dependent on two major assignments, which she grades as if it was a third year grad school assignment. Avoid at all costs. I have done better in orgo and biochem than I did in her class

I do not recommend taking her. She is the toughest grader and expects you to know how to do things her way without explaining. The grades she gave me on assignments made me feel like I didn't even need to be in college. Her lectures are pointless because all she talks about is politics and random stuff that doesn't relate to the assignments.

Just insane grading criteria for a 1000 level class. I have taken grad level foreign language classes and done fine on essays, but nothing I did could satisfy Megan. Course content is interesting but seriously, if you want an A you better be ready to write the papers of your life. Snarky professor too, way too much attitude and power tripping.

There are no recorded lectures or material created by the professor. It's your responsibility to do the readings and discussions to learn on your own. Papers are graded more on their tone, formatting, and minor grammar slip-ups than the ideas she's testing for. Her grading makes it feel like a weed-out class, too harsh for the 1000-level.

Don't take her unless you're fine getting a B or C in an English class. Your chances of winning the lottery are higher than the chances of earning an A in this class.

In the BV, this class would be a massive #shrink.

This teacher was awful. She was very vague and gave no feedback whatsoever. The feedback was very unhelpful and made no sense. The directions to assignments made no sense as well. She barely took time to explain in class. She expected us to know exactly the kind of writing style she was looking for. Don't take her class unless you want to get Cs.

Toughest grader I've ever had. Projects averaged around 65, and revisions rarely change your grade. Rubrics are vague, and her expectations are unclear. Frequently goes off-topic with political side-comments. Doesn't always reply to emails. She's kind, but rigid. Expect a B or C, even if you work hard.

Prof MacAlystre is not the nicest person and professor. I can't speak for communication outside of class because I didn't email her, but she is a vague grader and would dock points for the randomest and most trivial stuff. She would also push her political agenda, which I don't appreciate. Would NOT recommend.

DO NOT TAKE WITH THIS PROFESSOR!!! I am a science major, taking chem and bio, and yet THIS is the hardest class I have ever taken. Her grading is THE WORST, and frankly NOT helpful. Her lectures are completely useless, where she talks about nothing and yet somehow everything. DO NOT TAKE!

TERRRRRRRRIBLE. Took this course over the summer, and i believe it was the hardest class someone could EVER take. she is weird. she talks about the most random things and makes you feel very uncomfortable and cusses way too much; she's really unprofessional. papers are impossible; ive never tried so hard on a paper and she would give me like a 68.

She is a terrible teacher if you don't suck up to her she will actively give you awful grades no matter what you do. She is honestly the worst teacher and deserves to be fired because she helps with nothing.

She is the worst teacher ever I think I would learn better from my mom teaching she doesn't care about anyone and is a bad person. She should be fired.

She should be fired she is terrible teacher

I was required to take this class and did everything she asked—attended class, completed readings and assignments on time, met with her, and used the writing lab—yet still received a C. She never taught how to write properly, but would constantly finds some issues, and essay averages were in the 60–70s. Avoid her at all costs. Something is off

Nothing is good enough for her. I put in so much work to get very little feedback and then receive a horrible grade. She never made the assignments clear. If she was going to grade assignments as harshly as she did she should have taught us how to write an essay.