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ENG101 - 2.0 rating“I do NOT recommend her”
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5.0
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Reviews (149)
She expects a lot from her students and is very strict!
Interesting class. I like the discussions. She's opinionated, yet listens also.
Very rude. Cancelled class a lot. Will tell students they are wrong
Just write a few papers. I think I showed up to class more than she did
Cancels class often, helpful sometimes, does not lecture, write a few papers
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A mean lady
SHE WAS NEVER THERE! ALWAYS LATE OR CANCELLED CLASS, hard to get an A b/c of thi
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worst english teacher. if she doesn't like what you wrote, you will fail. very rude. i think she has low self-esteem so she makes others feel stupid. she hates skinny people. avoid her!
She always cancels class and she is very opinionated. Just try to do your best to win her over
She doesn't hate skinny people and has never been rude. I loved her class and plan to take her for Eng 201
She is very opinionated but not to bad. She seems to have had a rough life but very willing to talk to you about your life woes. I would take her again, she cancelled class alot.
won't listen to anyone with opinions different than her own. test questions are ambiguous and her grading scale is hard. avoid!
cancels class and changes assignment due dates without warning-sometimes even forgets to post class cancelization sheets! plenty of teachers teach this class-pick a different one!
Missed class due to sickness, Always caring, understanding, and wonderful. She makes you work for your grade and teaches you alot about life and english. Always clear on due dates, Pushes you to your best ability!
Kind of mean. Will tell you your opionion is wrong. Missed a lot of class. Good teacher though.
So mean, so rude but her class is easy. Likes to yell. Picks people that she likes and only really talks to them in class.
I really enjoyed class discussions and our papers were on movies vs. reading books. She cancels class a lot and is a nice, caring person. Likes students and you will get out of this class what you put in.
Can't stand her. Would never take a class with her again. Avoid her like the black death.
she is strict with what she does, but for good reasons. get on her good side and become her favorite to ensure a good grade! she may seem intimidating, but she's a good person and really makes you laugh. she misses class a lot which is a good thing.
she fails to give grades back, often is out of class, and gives essay topics which would put Socrates to sleep.
She had her favorites in class, and the ones she had on her bad side. All and all though she was fairly easy. Got an A on all of the papers, she seldom was in class.
I think that she is a good teacher, if you are unclear about something she is more then willing to talk you through it.
Don't like the way she organizes class or looks or acts
Do not like class or teacher
This teacher is not a good one. She runs her class like you're still in high school, you learn nothing, and she has a way of making you feel bad about your writing skills when you think you're improving. And she cancels all the time. Get someone else!
shes never there and she doesnt care if anyone gets it and shes glad to screw over the students
Skipped class all the time. a horrible example for her (mostly) freshmen classes. Stuck on topics including: her cats and phallic symbols. sad, sad woman. she might skip class so she can lay in bed and eat frosting out of the container.
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There are plenty of other teachers that teach this class...she misses class way to much and all of her test questions are very ambigous. She misses class allllll the time and the the last two days of class she didn't show up.
Even when she makes it to class you dont learn anything
She is rude, especially at 8am. She is pretty straight forward but in a bad kind of way and she may embarass you at times. Never shows up to class though, she missed my class 7 or 8 times and she is always coughing and sick. Be ready to read and write.
She's a nice person, but not a good prof. I've been told I'm a strong writer, and all she does is shoot me down (and everyone else). I think she likes giving out bad grades even when you do what she asks you to do.
I thought she was a great professor. Its nice to have a professor that picks pop culture topics to write on. She's fun and very helpful. If you can write descently, you'll get an A..she's always absent and gives you plenty of times to write your papers
She was a very sarcastic professor, with a dry sense of humor. Only a few people would be laughing with her. She calls you out and sometimes emphasizes your embarassment to the rest of the class. She stresses oppression of women too much though.
She teaches the class like high school. Does not fit the criteria to teach at all. Always marks your papers down when you know you did great. Very unclear in assignments. I feel sort of sorry for her and CMU in having her.
I always looked forward to Sandy's class. I thought she was a wonderful professor. I also loved her sense of humor. She's a ray of sunshine.
overall a pretty good prof. didn't really care for her on the 1st day, but it got better. she always asks how u are doing and she really cares. pretty good class. not too hard. mostly reading. tests aren't too bad if you do the study guides
I cant stand this teacher, she embarasses you in front of the whole class and doesnt appologize for her mistakes. She grades VERY harshly and is to plunt on her opinions. She does NOT deserve to be teaching and needs to keep her nasty mean comments to herself! Shes very ****! YOU DONT WANT HER!
She likes the Beatles. What more is there to say???
I think she's an alright prof. The class is pretty easy as long as you do the reading and come to class. Tests are quite easy if you do the study guide. The semester is over and she still hasnt cancelled class yet....
I must say, Sandy was always on here game. She was always willing to talk to you about a paper, and she doesn't expect much from you considering it's ENG 101. I thought the class was easy, and she enjoys teaching. She's quite the comedian too, as I loved her witty yet sophisticated sense of humor.
She is a great Professor. You can tell she really cares about her students and their lives. She made the material easy to apply to real life and drew upon our personal strengths and experiences. I would recommend her to anyone.
Not bad. Doesn't expect much from you in Eng 101...but she's not very helpful either. I didn't learn anything I didn't know in high school
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Do not take her. I hear she is easy for ENG 101, but hard for ENG 201. She is very opinionated, and quick to cite student's flaws. She asked me in front of everyone if "I believe in God." Tough grader, she will like you if you are: female, white, and agree with everything she says.
Prf. Snow is great. She loves pop culture so all your paper are about pop culture. She is a good teacher and lets you know what you can do to make yourself a better writer. She is anal though about plagarism and details about citing and punctuation, but thats not a big deal.
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Pretty Good
She presents her opinons as facts, if you have an opinion that's fine you will just be shot down and told you're wrong. Puts very little comments on papers, like she doesn't even read them, seems as though she's always in a bad mood. It takes her abou a month to grade any papers. Very poor professor.
Mean, bitter, and presents her opinions as facts. Don't expect any jusitification on why you got a curtain grade on a paper, and it'll take about 2 months to get you papers back.
she is HOT
She is a great professor. She gives you study guides that tell you exactly whats going to be on the tests. Study the study guides, and you'll get an A, no problem.
she's a diamond in the rough. she's got spunk.
She misses class a lot. She is really helpful, though, and quite friendly.
She seems disinterested in the beginning of the semester. After she warms up and the class give a bit more communication and discussion it goes smoother. The tests are somewhat difficult but the class itself is easy - lots of movies.
She's upset that she's alone with her cats and takes it out on her students by being bitter and cockey. Doesn't teach anything in 201... Should be dismissed.
She can't get up so be ready to do everything for her. She takes forever to grade papers and you can't do anything the way she wants. Avoid her if you can
I had to take this class for a UP and ended up really enjoying it. Prof. Snow seems to really care about her students and can be quite whitty sometimes :)
Evil in every sense of the word.
This is the wrost teacher that I have ever I had. I loved english before I took this class.
not the warmest teacher ive ever had...seems like shes one of the few who really dont want there students to do well in her course...dont have to even read the required books but know the basic elements about them...loves sci-fi but doesnt seem to love her job.
As she said to a person in my class, "Let me play my game and then we'll talk." In other words, it is her way or the highway. She uses professionalism to hide her weaknesses. She will discuss logical fallacies in other writers and then make baseless accusations about them. To be fair she knows her structure, mechanics, and grades fairly.
If you want to take this class, DON'T take her as a teacher. I loved english, and have never recieved less than a A in any english class until I took her.
Since this class is required I was trying to do a great job, but she makes it so difficult. She never checks your papers before turning them in so whatever you turn is is final and you never know what she wants on a paper. It takes a while to find what she wants, and sometimes you don't. I'm an A student and she took that atribute away from me.
this teacher is no jk. She is not nice at all and it is definatley her way or no way. Don't debate in this class because she thinks she is always right. I was late on the FIRST DAY OF CLASS and she marked me down a pt, on the first day. She is mean take this course don't get this professor you will regret it.
She was never very nice to me. Its like she tries to be your friend, but then is always rude to you. She never really teall you what she wants in her papers, and you never really find out. She comes of very pompus, and doesnt really seem to care about you. For her part, if she doesnt like you she doesnt hold it agianst you in grading.
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With professor Snow you either lover her or hate her,theres no in-between. Personally I know a lot of pple don't like her because they think she is rude and doesn't accept a lot of crap. But the thing is get on her good side learn to like her she can be very helpful.Do good on her test and turn in all your work and you will get along fine with her
She is very sarcastic.... EXTREMELY SARCASTIC....
If you can help it, don't take her. She doesn't ever give you papers back in time to see what your doing wrong and change it. The grope assignments are really in depth. What she wants you to fix in your writing is ridiculous, I know my writing wasn't perfect but she never pointed out the things I really needed to fix.
Very rude.
A campus instructor with little grasp of CEL students or their work schedules. Stay away Stay away!!!
A very biased and sarcastic women. from campus and it shows horribly!!
sandra is a fair professor and i would recommend her to anyone!
comes to class even when shes sick so I got sick
excellent class and an excellent teacher. she's strict but fair.
Great Professor, w/ good sense of humor
I've had Sandra for two semesters and I adore her. She is helpful, funny, and has taught me so much when it comes to writing. I wish I would have taken her ENG classes in the beginning of my academic career. She's a great person and all of you that say mean things about her should be ashamed of yourselves.
Very Kind and helpful
Professor Snow is an extremely intelligent woman and I really enjoy her. She is funny and extremely helpful when you don't understand something. I would recommend her to anyone.
Does not keep up with grades, so students have no idea what they are doing wrong.
She is a great teacher that will help anyone who shows effort in her class. The only draw back with her is that she is extremely slow at passing back papers. This makes it hard to improve your grade and see what you are doing wrong. Other than that she is a great teacher that is funny as well that always helps the learning process!
I found that she was honestly the WORST english teacher I have ever had. She's nice at first and then she just gets worse. She complains and makes students who are absent feel very uncomfortable. Your paying 900 dollars for her class and she's absent at least 10 times if not more so far this semester. It's ok for her to be absent but not students.
Sandra Snow will treat you with the respect you deserve. She's flexible and understanding if you act like a responsible adult. Attacks on her personaly are no more than a reflection of the character of the person rating her. Sandra knows her stuff and you will do well to learn from her. She's not your enemy. She wants to imprvove your skills!!
I thought she was an awful teacher! She was very rude. She misses class often but will make you down (a lot) if you miss her class. If you can take another teacher, than do!She also is not flexable with her assignments and grades hard. She will fail you if you don't turn in a single assignment- but she won't tell you that until too late.
Shes decent, but not fun.
She is a tough professor, especially being a freshman english, but if you just write the papers on time, come to class, and make sure your always up on what due you will do well. Most people who hated her only feel this way because they never came to class and that is just not probably in this kind of class.
Some of the papers that you write make no sense and the topic choices that she gives you are really difficult to write a paper on. She also cancels class frequently for her various health issues. She picks her favorites for the class and treats those people better than others.
Had definite favorites in the class, which was annoying and made it really hard to pay attention because she would only call on her favorites. Gives exams back months after you take them and then chastises for our bad grades - never her fault we do badly.
pick a different professor if possible, if not pick a different class... She cancels class all the time, picks favorites, and grades very unfairly
Cancels Class Often, but is very enthusiastic, and can be understanding and helpful...just go to class
She is really hard. However, she is very nice. Just make sure you go to class and write the papers. She criticizes but in a good way. It's helpful.
this professor sucks. try to avoid her. she is fat too and never shows to class. was not there for the week before finals. what a loser.
I'm guessing that grades are based around 4 core tests and some participation, but she doesn't post grades so I don't know. Heavy on reading, and if you don't "get" the stories and poems you're screwed. Is a tough grader as well. If you have to take her make sure you can interpret literature. Otherwise, just take a composition class.
No interest in class at all
Prof. Snow is the laziest teacher I have ever met in my life. Papers were not graded in a timely manner at all. She is nice though. I feel like at the end she just gave random grades and I am not a fan of that at all. Also, I don't think she even read most of my papers. You need the books for sure and to go to every class even when pointless.
Honestly, I'd advice u to take anoda class if u have d choice. Snow sucks, period. She seems knowledgeable about d course. Other than that, she is pretty much useless. She won't grade your papers, she won't show up for class and she has her "favorite students". She sits in front of class and asks pple to do things 4 her. Don't take her class.
This was my least favorite class of all time and I love English. She's absent a lot and without warning most of the time. She was absent the day before and the day of our exam. She has favorites. She's not very helpful when it comes to explaining something. The only grades you get are from tests.
Definitely not a slack off class, and she does cancel class every now and then, but I felt it challenged me in a good way! If you put forth the effort, you will learn more about English. Use your resources and definitely buy the books (they're used often). If you want to learn, take ENG 101 with Prof Snow.
One of my favorite professors! She does have her "favorites", but as you get to know her she is a real fun teacher. I am also not a confident writer and I ended up doing better than I expected. The topics are easy to relate and easier to write. She is very good and I have her for ENG 201 this summer and am looking forward to it!
Horrible, Horrible teacher. Insane amount of wk expected and like another student mentioned completely out of touch with the CEL students. Avoid her at all costs. I have never dropped a class till this one. RUN AWAY FAST!!!!
I took Professor Snow last semester for ENG 101, and this semester I took ENG 201 with a different professor...BIG mistake. If I could do it over again, I would take Professor Snow in a heartbeat. She's tough, but you learn, and ironically I learned more in her 101 class than I am in my 201 class this semester. You'll have to work but its worth it.
Professor Snow is a fair, respectable, and effective teacher. Yes, she challenges her students, and from the comments below you'll see that many of her students just couldn't rise to the challenge. Any attacks on her personally in posts below are proof that those students are lazy and immature.
I did not learn anything from Professor Snow. The class was a waste of time, and I would suggest to anyone who has gotten good grades in their English class in high school to take the CLEP test instead of taking ENG 101. Professor Snow's personality is not a favorable one either. If you do take her class make sure to buy the books.
Professor Snow does not grade fast enough, there is so much reading and papers, plus exams. She works with units and modules and that is very hard to track. DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS.
Ok I took an expository writing class in high school where we learned the structure of essays and how they should look. This class taught me the exact opposite. I hated it! She does not explain anything, she merely expects you to understand the writing prompts. Out of the 5 papers we turned in she only graded 2 in time to be turned back. CLEP out!
She grades too hard, and doesn't grade everyone evenly. She's also very pushy and picks favorites. I would avoid taking her at all costs. Not only will your writing barely get better but you'll dread every day of class.
Horrible professor. Did not communicate, did not update blackboard. No communication with the class. Tests were hard and the papers took 20+ hours to write. The class is reading, reading and reading, watch movies and more movies.
Bad professor, she always late on grading, always has an excuse but students have no room for excuses. She is not flexible at all. Hard, unfair grader. CMU needs to review her class comments.
Prof. Snow was awful. She would never return papers or update blackboard. I did not know my grade until after semester. I learned absolutely nothing from her. I would highly suggest CLEP-ing out, or at least taking another professor that will actually teach you something useful.
The class is somewhat hard. Going to class really doesnt do anything, but is required. she will answer all the qustions you ask her and she does care a lot about her students and takes pride in her job. she does want students to pass so if you treat her nice she will pass you. not a bad class
She is such a great teacher and is super nice. She grades papers in a reasonable amount of time for their length and she has a lot of them to grade so be patient. I would recommend her for any freshman student, she will teach you a lot and is very precise when it comes to the papers. She is extremely helpful and cares so much about her students!
I have never learned as much as I have learned from Professor Snow. She is by far the best English teacher I have ever had. The papers are lengthy so grading takes a while, as expected. She will help with ANY questions you have. I RECOMMEND her for all College Freshman!
She is not bad, but the laziest pro I've met,seriously. Also, her class is really boring. If you wanna have fun in class, don't take her's. Just, you won't have the interest to go to class.
Snow is an AMAZING professor! One of Central Michigans best by far. Everyday you can tell she really enjoys her job. Very helpful and approachable for all students. Gives good directions for her papers and always makes sure that everyone understands the assignments. Learned way more than I ever anticipated, I highly recommend taking her.
Professor Snow is not the most exciting or welcoming professor in the world, but her class is helpful and she goes above and beyond the call of duty to be helpful. I admidt, she has been known to call people out in class, she says it how it is! Be prepared to be graded on attendance, and dont plan on slacking off.
I did not learn from Professor Snow. When I took her class I realized how much I appreciate my high school english professors. I only got 3 papers returned out of the 6 or so I wrote. I was disappointed I did not learn anything new in this class.
Attendance is mandatory in this class, even though half the time you sit there and write your paper, and often she doesn't even show up for class but won't even post anything on blackboard. Sign up for someone else.
Worst online class I've ever taken! Extremely rude and was not understanding of students' needs. Some books/movies were interesting however, the questions for some of the weeks were obnoxiously long. Final exam requires to talk to her on the phone, creepy. Never take her class.
Took class in person as opposed to online because I needed extra help. Well, that extra help never came and I learned nothing. Although, she was open to questions she did absolutely no teaching. She could be a bit blunt and short with students. Which I could deal with, but her lack of interest to help students succeed gives professors a bad name.
Professor Snow may seem a little harsh or mean at first, but she is a FANTASTIC teacher. Seriously, if you have any questions or need help, JUST ASK. Learned a TON of useful information in this class. Don't be intimidated by her style- she is effective! I would take her for ENG 201 if she taught it!
Professor Snow is a nice lady once you get to know her. Get past the gruffness and she really cares about her students doing well. The first paper did not have much clarification, but the remaining papers she was always open to questions. A little bit of a hard grader, but try your best and you should do okay.
Worst Professor EVER. She never shows up to class. Shes always sick so she never gets any work done. Beyond that even, shes very rude. Not at all a good prof choice if you can call her a prof. TAKE A DIFFERNT CLASS.
Took the class online, She records her lectures and will tell you this book is "answer" and then does not tell you why. Then she will ask the question on an exam and want to know why. She give grades but does not give corrections so you never know what you did wrong. Very bad prof, tests are really hard do not take her if you can avoid it.
I took her Fantasy class online and there is No gray area with her. Shes right PERIOD, EVEN when you prover her wrong. The class was all about HER opinions, yours didn't matter and nether did professionals. If your a mindless drone you will do well in her class.
She is a very mean person. I loved English before I took her class. She never helps you. We spent more time being graded on the format and line spacing of papers rather than the actual content. I would never recommend taking her as a professor.
Horrible professor, she skips class more than the students do, teaches nothing, but her own rules, and everything has to be her way 100% of the time.
Class was not interesting at all. She missed class several times. Papers were not super difficult, but she did not grade super easy. It may not be the worst class I took, but I would take it with someone else if there is an option.
Cancels class a lot but she shows a lot of movies. Soooooo hot <3
I agree with 90% of these comments. Avoid her as much as possible! Very opinionated, rude, and grades papers awfully.
I took Prof Snow's online Fantasy/Science Fiction course. The content is interesting, however,I'm very glad I took this online. She is very rude, as I emailed her once and she responded with a misspelled, condescending message. Her opinions are the only opinions, so don't come up with your own interpretation of the course content.
I just finished my exam for this class. I literally ran out after I was done. I WOULD NEVER take this professor again in my life! She is rude and nothing but her opinion matters. NEVER TAKE THIS PROFESSOR!
She is the most incompetent and aggravating professor I've had. Having to listen to her error-filled audio lectures and participating in her online chats with ridiculous typos was a constant nightmare. She needlessly packs 16 weeks of class into 12 (I took it online), where some weeks include 15-20 hours of work. I do NOT recommend her.
Professor Snow is an expert in her field. A complaint I hear and read a lot is that "only her opinions matter." What people don't realize is that "her opinion" of your writing is the professional standard that you will be held to throughout college and the real world. If you want to grow as a writer, I highly recommend this course.
I did well in this class. Despite that, I saw a lot of things I didn't like from her. She swore at one of the girls in my peer response group, and was quite rude in class sometimes. Her opinion on technical issues is good,but the opinions that she had on social issues sometimes caused controversy. That's where only her opinion mattering was crummy.
Personally, I thought Professor Snow was very nice and helpful. If you took the time to ask questions she was more than willing to answer them. The class itself wasn't that great just because of how the school has it set up. I would recommend her as a teacher but only if you are willing to do the work.
Snow, is rather difficult and rude to her students. She is harsh to her students and all she really cares about is her reputation as you care on. Even though she made good points about my writing she was incredible rude and my least favorite teacher so far.
I took Eng 201 with Snow online and it was not a good experience. In my opinion, she was an unfair grader and not very clear with directions. She doesn't respond to questions that you ask. There have been times I emailed her and she completely ignored my questions in her emails and talked around them! I would definitely recommend another teacher!
I really loved this class. The books were interesting, though not what I usually read. Prof. Snow expects work to be done promptly and well, but she is understanding when there is a problem. I got sick the last week of class and she allowed me to turn in my paper late, without punishing me. Can be a hard class because of the reading load. Loved it
VERY rude and was not passionate about the course. Communication was poor and she did not want to be bothered by an questioned, aka did not do her job.
I think she was a great professor. She is passionate about writing, she even emailed the class some of her personal short stories to read. The readings she assigned were very entertaining and the study guides really help prepare you for the tests.
I think she is a horrible teacher. I emailed her multiple times to ask for help on an essay and she would reply with things to look at in the book or other documents she has, she never even tried to help me. Pretty worthless. Doesn't offer any extra credit and grades her papers hard.
She is unbelievably rude when it comes to anything you try to communicate with her. She is always referring you to other sources and has never given exact help with assignments, so don't even bother asking. She is very unclear with what needs to be done in the class.
Professor Snow is incredibly rude and harsh towards her students. She is awful at communicating what she wants and is a very harsh grader. She did make some good points on my papers but she was very critical and unrelenting. Would not recommend taking a class with her ever.
Professor Snow was an extremely hard grader and not specific with directions. You could hit all the requirements and she still finds things to mark you down on. She is incredibly rude to her students and not helpful at all. Do not take this class with her.
I reached out to her and she was completely nasty in her response back. When the class started there was 25+ people, by the time it ended there was only 3 left. Me being one of them and I still failed. I will never take another online class again because of her and this class. She expected way too much out of her students.
Class Info
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Textbook Required
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Predicted Grade
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ENGSECT
5.0
(1)ENG234
3.5
(2)ENG134
3.2
(25)ENG101
3.2
(65)EHS102
3.0
(2)Difficulty by Course
101
5.0
ENG255
5.0
ENGLISH
5.0
ENG326
4.5
ENG323
4.1