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Difficulty17%
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“Worst Professor I have ever had”
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MARKETING101 - 1.0 ratingClass Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
94%
Textbook Required
100%
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BUSAMRKT
5.0
(1)INTROTOBUS
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4.0
(1)MKTG
4.0
(1)BUSA137
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MARKT151
5.0
BUSA04
5.0
BUSA
5.0
BUSA131WB
5.0
BUSA131WA
4.6
Reviews (108)
This lady is mad cool. shes smart, knows a ton about marketing. its a fun class. plus shes young, and is easy on the eyes, which is always a +. she could wear some tighter clothes tho, haha. hw isnt bad, i recommend this class. its sweeeeet
She is a really good teacher. I like her teaching style.
Shes an amazing teacher, she knows what shes talking about and if you answer questions in her class its all good. Shes very attractive too.
It wasn't the most creative class, although she did give us a big group project. Problem was, she hardly gave any time in class to work on it. She has a lot of experience in the industry, which she doesn't hesitate to incorporate into her lectures. Tests were all multiple choice. You'll be seeing a lot of slides, though. And she's pretty.
This class was horrible. All the guys thought she was highly attractive. She was very professional though and could handle it. She would brag a lot thought the class. It's one thing to use past experiences in your teachings but she was just rediculous.
Had for Principles of Marketing and now Principles of selling. She gives you the impression of being very strict and inconsiderate, but is opposite. She does keep attendance and deadlines for her assignments, but she is really clear on what she expects. Her examples have a purpose and she is very helpful. #1 or #2 best prof. I have had
Dumb as a rock. Boring stories no one cares about. Thinks she's good looking, but she isn't. Possibly the worst instructor I've ever had.
She is a nice teacher. Helps you out if you ask. Makes you do some cool projects. Tests are a little hard but if you study you will do fine. I would recommand her!!
Comes off as very serious, intimidating, bold but really turns out to be a nice person. FOLLOW THE RULES IN THE SYLLABUS or she will deduct points/call you out in class on the spot. Otherwise she is very nice and likes class discussion. She talks very quick and to the point during lectures but if you read and follow along this class is a breeze.
Very nice and helpful. Test questions come from the book mainly, if you dont read the book you will fail.
One of the worst teachers I have ever had at NCC. She is so close-minded when it comes to grading, would never take a class with her as a teacher again! AVOID!
Good Teacher and I enjoyed the class. If you are a evening student beware there are alot of group projects.
excellent teacher!
Airhead!!!How on earth do people like this manage to GET through school, much less get jobs reaching?
If you are the type of student who reads the book and is organized, practical, and creative then she is a good teacher for you. WARNING she is pretty hard core about lateness, plaigerizing, and the textbook. She uses slides from the book almost every class, but she knows a lot about marketing and she keeps it interresting in class. shes helpful to
She is professional, knowledgeable, and caring. She'll meet you half way. Read the book, don't slack. If you slack the slightest bit, the whole semester could fall apart for that class. Plus she's attractive. She'd get it ;)
Prof Achey is one of Northampton Community College's best professors. She is essential to any business student who is enrolled there. If you don't know her, meet with her and learn because even after your studies are over, she'll still stick in your mind. I wish she would get her PhD and teach at other colleges though
Had her for an online class and it was garbage. Basically your paying for someone to tell you to read the text without any guidance beyond that. Did not offer any help or advice when informed my entire team for semester long project was inactive and was forced to complete a project meant for six people by myself. Useless professor
SUCKS! the only help that was received was read the chapters 2 or 3 times! no interaction, constantly changing syllabus, no communication. SUCKS!
Professor Achey is extremely educated in her field. The downfall is that her course is very time consuming. She lacks a personality.
She teaches a tough class but gets the point across well.You will learn if you attend and study.I hate the no late policy though,life gets in the way and she would know she has not missed teaching class once in seven yrs.but managed to miss 1 this semester.There are 2 group projects 1 is worth 75% of your grade, this was the most difficult for me.
I had her for Marketing and intro to business over the summer,on line, and she was the worst professor I ever had.Very close minded and does not communicate with the students.The only help she gives you is she tells you to read the chapers 2 and 3 times.She doesnt teach the classes and is only there for a paycheck.Worst professor I ever had by far!
This instructor is useless. She was difficult to communicate with - never giving clear answers. It was a lot of work, a tough "grading ruberick" was used on everything including forum posts! Major project was a Marketing Plan with a group ONLINE. Tests were hard.. TRICKY. Pick another professor!!!
Very educated in her field. However, lacks a personality and VERY hard to get in touch with. She would never show grades in class, only in office hours. Final marketing plan project hardest college project ever and very unclear. Too many assignments...both online AND paper homework is too much when I had 4 other classes that semester.
Although it was a difficult course, I do feel like she taught me a lot. She was very knowledgeable in her field. Her tests were a bit hard and the final marketing project took a lot of time outside of class. Though the packet wasn't very clear on what had to get done, if you visited her in her office, you could see samples of prior marketing plans.
she does know alot about marketing but is very strict and serious. also the marketing plan project we had to do was so stressful and time consuming. she is a good teacher but don't take her if you have a busy schedule. she was alittle to formal for me and always made you make an appt. if you had a question for her.
She thinks that her class is the the only class you're taking. She has basically 5 different things due at any given time for both Online/In class. Extremely difficult to have a positive learning environment when she is constantly making you feel horrible about yourself when you're not even a marketing major. If you have a choice don't take her.
Worst professor I've ever had. Rude, doesn't care about students, and is a psycho about grading. Switched assignment due dates causing me to get a on a homework. Instructions for final exam "Chapters 1-18." Please don't make the mistake and take any of her classes.
Completely narrow minded with no interest in helping students. She's hostile and if students make the mistake of asking questions, she is rude. Who wants an instructor you can't ask questions from without being belittled? Her projects are unclear and she contradicts her own syllabus. Save yourself a semester of hostility and find another professor.
Rude, hostile, inflexible. Cruel, subjective, intolerant. Achey thinks she has all the traits of a great teacher.
Learned good information in regards to marketing. Would never take again. Too many assignments and group projects. Little help .Disregard her class if you have a job or other classes or want to have a life Her class is time consuming. Never again.
Difficult Professor, no comment.
not impossible, just stupid. the problem is a lack of learning. it may not be her fault but the online class in general does not promote learning. i have done very well in school only 1 B and all A's but this class just eroded any desire to work. the project was an unexplained waste of time. this needs to be an in person class with real disscusion
Achey is no doubt a hard teacher even to a good, dedicated student. Her directions are often unclear and the final project is like shooting in the dark. Her expectations of her students are high even with the unclear directions. This was an elective for me and I wouldn't recommend it for anyone who isn't a Marketing major.
Avoid this teacher
She's a difficult professor. I'm a great student, yet her class was difficult. The material isn't bad, it's her unclear directions. For studying, she recommends reading everything at least 3 times. She gives multiple assignments at a time, while you have a major group project. Don't plan on holding a full time job. I would avoid her at all costs.
Not clear! This is a great professor if you like uptight miserable ones. Is not willing to work with anybody. Extremely arrogant. Not inspirational in any shape or form. Does not care about your personal time so make sure you don't have a life so you can do her assignments. I think the rest of the reviews pretty much sum her up!
She is the worst professor I have ever had. She is no help and is always miserable. She is also very arrogant. IF you take her class expect to have no social life. She should not be a professor she is only in it for the paycheck. Do not take her class
Read the book to learn. Attendance is very strict (She doesn't even let you go to the bathroom) but her lectures should only be used to clarify the reading. The slides she uses for class are made by the textbook company so you're better off just reading and doing the online homework. Getting the e-book through Connect is cheaper. Just read. A lot.
Empty assignment threats
Professor Achey definitely makes you work for your grade, but she also expects way more out of you for a 100 level class. there were times i would walk out of there just completely mind boggled as to how much she went over in a 50 minute time frame.
Worst Professor I have ever had! She will give you a head Achey!
Will 100% ruin marketing as a major for you! She constantly makes you feel horrible about yourself and very obviously will have favorites within the class. She expects you to give 110% without regard to you having other classes and because she is the only marketing teacher you are forced to pick her as your teacher.
Expects 110% effort from students, but doesn't give credit where credit is due. Makes it as hard as possible to get a good grade in the class almost makes you feel like she wants you to fail. Directions for assignments are extremely unclear but when you ask she makes you feel stupid.
Do yourself a favor and DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS WITH HER. She is AWFUL. She gives no extra credit. If you are stuck by the first class, withdraw so you don't lose a boat load of money getting the book( which you HAVE to buy). Super picky. And you can't even email her for help, you can ONLY get help if you visit her during office hours... no.
Your on your own this class. Get a tutor because your gonna need it. She's not interested in giving you a good grade. very strict. I feel like if you sneeze too many times she'll get upset and give you a strike. And yes she gives strikes, if you get 3 you will be dropped. Advisors even said many students struggled in her class.
Yes, she has experience and is also challenging; but absolutely inconsiderate when it comes to helping students and respecting them. No one enjoys being compared to a child or "kindergartner." One mistake or wrong answer, you will be called out. Extra credit is what? Up to 2 points sometimes.. It's a definite NO if you want to be discredited 24/7.
The worst professor I've had at NCC, including several adjuncts who were atrocious. Very unclear, very condescending, massive expectations for an entry level course with little to no assistance. Online group work in a huge group with no direction. Avoid her at all costs!
I will never take another class with this instructor. A quarter of the class dropped during the semester. I took an online class so I could complete around my schedule but she makes you commit to 'meeting' with your group for a semester long assignment. I am a straight A student and I struggled in this class to get a B!
Prof Achey is by far the best teacher I have ever had. She is extremely strict, and makes you really work for your grade. I am usually not the best student or not very organized, however BECAUSE she is so strict, it gives you very little room to mess up, so it helped me keep up with everything. She also loves marketing and gets everyone involved.
She's really hard at grading. Test are very hard as in you do not have enough time to do them. I really do not like that she won't let you email her because she does not like it. Seriously do not take her.
I would not recommend having class with her. I took an online course with her and she was awful. It was heavy reading with hard quizzes at the end of each week, that are so confusing. Not helpful of students, not respectable. Not clear on directions, very vague. Make sure you don't miss any assignments even if you die, she doesn't care, youll fail.
I like professor Achey, but I also don't like professor Achey. She is knowledgeable and has practical experience in the marketing field, but she can be very rude and difficult. Her instructions are very unclear and her expectations are very high. (Bad combination) most students in my class expressed the same confusion about her assignments I did.
She is a great professor, but hard, and expects a lot from you. I found her class challenging yet do able, as long you put in the effort. She is always open to help you. She wants you to work for your grade. She gave a ton of homework but it helped for exams. As long as you are dedicated and follow instruction she will respect you.
Expects a lot with little direction provided. Syllabus and assignments/lectures do not meet.
She is a tough professor, but makes you feel great about yourself when you do exceptionally well. If you need any help, visit her in office hours and she is super nice. Any student who gives up early and drops the class is just too used to having easy professors or is just lazy.
She is very knowledgeable in her field, but shes too emotional and she snaps at her students for unjustified reasons. She doesnt care for her students and their education. She refuses to post grades. She wont help you unless you chase her and shower her with respect. All positive reviews on here, she wrote herself. She's marketing herself on here
She explains things way too fast. She only cares about her class, she doesn't care the fact that you have 4-5 more classes.
Experienced in marketing, but you've got too many assignments on your hands when you have other classes. Assignments are utterly confusing, and with hostility in the mix, asking for help or emailing her is useless. Avoid at all costs if you want to have a life.
She is a tough professor, but She explains things way too fast. She only cares about her class. she does not care about when you have 4 or 5 classes. she gave us tough project and not very easy and too much work and more stressful. I would not recommend with her. test is very tough.
She is a tough professor, but She explains things way sooo sooooo fast. she gave us tough project and not very easy and too much work and more stressful. but She not very clearly explain for project and talk too fast. Test is very tough and not very pretty easy. if you read book but on the test not same exactly . I would not recommend with her.
Professor Achey teaches this class like an upper-level business course. It is hard, but if you put in the work you'll do fine! Online homework/quizzes, papers, case studies, exams, and group projects. A huge group project makes up a large percentage of the final grade. Willing to work with you in office hours.
Knows her content extremely well due to her field experience. However, for a 3 credit class the workload is insane. A massive group project requires hours worth of work outside class on top of the online homework due every few days. The professor is also overbearing at times, and can be a bit rude or nasty to students if caught on the wrong day.
DONT DO IT GET OUT WHILE YOU CAN. MAKE SURE YOU PAY ATTENTION TO THE SYLLABUS!
One word to describe her: tough love. I know as you're going through the semester with her, it can get EXTREMELY crazy ,especially with her group projects. However, I am now a student at another university and I am so glad and appreciative that I took her. I hated her when I was taking her but now i realize she was just bettering her students.
Wendi is one of the worst professors Ive ever had. If you are thinking about taking her class, then you should get ready to do three classes worth of work for one class. On top of that, she is not a gifted teacher. I have not learned very much from this class, but I have had spend 10 hours per week only to get a lousy grade.
Wendi Achey is one of the worst professors at this college. She is disliked by her students for giving extreme workloads that no one has time for. Her assignments are not productive, but they are worth lots of points. Overall, she tries to make the class as difficult as possible for her students and is known around campus to be a bad professor.
PLEASE DON"T TAKE THIS CLASS BECAUSE VERY TOUGH CLASS. I TOOK THIS CLASS AND FAIL CLASS.. TESTS ARE VERY HARDLY AND NO EXTRA CREDIT. IF YOU MISSED HOMEWORK, QUIZ, OR ASSIGNMENT SHE WON'T ACCEPT. IT IS TERRIBLE PROFESSOR. SHE NEVER RESPECT TO STUDENTS. BEING RUDE TO STUDENTS. I DID WELL ON HOMEWORK AND PROJECT AND EXAMS BUT TOUGH CLASS EVER.
It was hard to keep up. I dont think she realized how many assignments she was giving out. If I knew how hard she was I would only take one of her classes a semester good luck being full time. She kept saying that in the real world you have to do so many projects at once but Im a full time student with a full time job. Thats what NCC is for.
Lady thinks basic marketing is what makes the world go round. I never saw somebody give so much work for a stupid little filler class
WORST PROFESSOR EVER. Doesnt ever have grades up. Gives you instructions for homework, did them, gives them back with other instructions that she didnt even mention. Avoid her at all costs!!!
Worst professor I've ever had. I did very well when it came to the connect assignments and the minisims assessments, but the test were so unfair. I studied everything in the book and even the power points, and I still didn't do good! She gives no extra credit either, doesn't care if you fail.
This was my first online class and let me tell you... I will never take an online class again if they are going to be like this. I studied so much and still didn't do well. Plus, with all the material you need to know she doesn't provide a study guide or any extra assignments to help your grade.... I. AM. LIVID.
Prof. Achey feels as though she is superior to all her students. She is very difficult to get in contact with and she is not willing to help students out at all when issues arise. She grade crazy hard and just when you think you understand what is going on she changes it up. Will NEVER take her again!
shes the most vague professor i have ever experienced she interrupted me mid presentation to discredit and embarrass me
No words for how horrible this Professor is except that if you were planning on taking other classes along with hers, drop them because she thinks the world revolves around her class.
This was a very difficult class for an entry level course. Prof achey is very rude and nasty to student and uses a condescending tone when she speaks. She also make it very plain and clear that no one ever get and A on the group project. Why does no one ever get an A? Is it because they don't try hard enough, or because she doesn't want the to?
worst teacher ever.
Professor Achey is super passive aggressive and not helpful at all. I studied so much for every exam and prior to this class I only got A's but I struggled to pass exams. Would not recommend.
Achey was very knowledgeable and gave good feedback. However, she refused to post assignment due dates on blackboard and would flip flop on her in person instructions for assignments/group project work. I would recommend her if you're not taking too much of a course load.
She isnt for the weak! If you want a repeat of high school, that this time you pay for, Achey isnt for you. However, if you want to see yourself excel, sign up for every in person course taught by her. Achey along with her female colleag are TRUE business leaders. This is the exact tough experience youll get in the real world. Grow up & learn!
this is the absolute worst class ive taken. she thinks shes the only class you have and expects literally every ounce of your free time to be dedicated to this course.
Prof Achey is not organized she requires students to complete projects that are vague and have little to no resources on what the assignment is. She makes snarky remarks at students and says "check the syllabus" to every question when there is nothing there. Please beware of her she brags about students not doing well in her class. Good Luck
worst professor i've ever had. the workload is ridiculous, she acts like her students don't have other classes to study for. assignments and hw don't help your grade, it's mostly based on exams which are difficult. if you're confused she tells you to check the syllabus & offers little help. avoid her classes if you can, save yourself the stress
Honestly, dont expect her to get back to you about much. The Marketing Plan Project she assigns is crazy for an introductory level course. People who majored in marketing at our colleges and universities do not do the project she assigns to entry level marketing course until their senior year. Be prepared to WORK!!
I am taking Professor Acheys summer course and I have never struggled so much in my life. I spend hours studying and preparing for her exams and do not pass any of them. She has one office hour a week and it takes her days to respond to emails. She assigns an insane amount of work and gives no help to complete it. Avoid her at all costs.
Awful. Non-communicative. No pre recorded lectures. Arbitrary replies of read the rules or syllabus. Incoherent given I've got over twenty years in business, and none of the nonsense hard line rule setting works in the real world. Avoid.
Honestly, this class is all over the place. You get a ton of homework & tests but they are not even distributed evenly throughout the course, one week you may have 1 assignment the next week you might have 8 & all of them are pretty time consuming. Even if you read the book, pay attention & take good notes you probably won't pass the tests.
Absolute pain is an understatement to the highest magnitude whilst describing the never ending nightmare that is this class . You will be tested beyond business in Her class as you will soon learn your psychological breaking point. Every single night I wished I would not wake up so I did not have to endure the endless suffering that is this class.
Makes to totally regret returning to school. She talks a mile a minute and thinks this class is the ONLY thing you have to do every week. Do NOT sign up to take her class you will HATE your life.
I like that she has clear expectations for her class and every student can access it through the syllabus. The exams are a bit tricky, but I know that if I tried harder I could have aced them because she continually stresses that we should read the chapter to prepare for the test. She also gives out extra credit when you attend study groups.
There is a lot of work for this class, sometimes you will have two chapters due, with 6 homework assignments in a week. Sometimes she will have you do two chapters and a unit exam plus the homework on the same week. The exams are semi-hard. The final paper is not explained well and graded toughly. I didn't read the textbook and still passed w a B.
She puts a lot of stress with assignments, exams and a vague group project
Never take this class with this professor. Very bad experience, she had a surgery and was out 3/4 of the semester and did not answer to ANY emails. There are 4 exams including the final wish I looked here before taking this course. What so ever do not take her course
I wish I never took this class, tests are impossible, the marketing project is extremely time consuming (as well as vague).Be ready to have no life out of class and have her expect you to have the brain power of a rocket scientist. Currently have a 70 in the class and rejoicing that I don't have to take this class again. SAVE YOURSELF THE STRESS.
She is extremely inhumane in how she interacts with us and doesn't work with students when we reach out to her. The syllabus was also very confusing, there was no direct schedule for when things were due that made it hard to plan out when to turn in certain assignments. Would not take again.
Just avoid her, don't take her classes. Choose anyone BUT her.
I should've looked at her ratings before I took this class. She gives you exams and only allows 50 minutes to complete 50 questions. Then she'll teach a lecture after the exam. You have a group project that she gives you and she doesn't allow any time in class to complete it. The homework isn't too bad of a workload but with the project it's a lot.
Writing this during my final year at NCC. She's going down as most evil professor I've had.
If you are interested in marketing and want to learn more about how to get to the right market she is the teacher you want. And the project isn't too bad as long as you put your effort into it and really listen to the lectures she teaches.
Rude and dismissive. She demands respect but does not give it. Acts as if her class is the only one that exists. Too many assignments, unclear instructions. Gives 50 mins for a 50 question exam, and then spends the rest of the class lecturing. DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS if you want peace!!!
This class is a tough one, but using resources like unstuck ai alongside the textbook can really help. The professor has high expectations, but if you stay on top of the workload, you can do well.
Let me cut to the chase. Professor Achey made me go through an epiphany, one that determined whether or not college was for me. Needless to say, I am no longer pursuing an education at Northampton. The criteria for her assignments were ridiculous. No guidelines, no sympathy, and not helpful whatsoever. NEVER, take her class, even as a last resort.
She's mean, condescending and definitely has favorites. Can care less about students, but must survive her to get degree. Everyone was afraid to rate her honestly until we were done.
This class is the last step of the marketing degree and is the point where you are going to be entering the marketing field with 3 projects all at once, which can be tricky, but it's useful to learn how to manage them. Overall, this class is good for anyone wanting to go into marketing, but it's very hard.
This class ended up being hybrid for me and was a great way to enter my schedule with only one day a week that I can work on my school work the rest of the week. But overall, this class is very good if you are interested in learning how to sell to consumers or even a business.
If you are currently reading this before deciding on taking her or not, please for the love of God never take this professor. Before this class I was nearly an all A student, but this class helped me to realize that not every professor knows how to do their job correctly. She helps as little as possible and loves disappearing to go on vacation. :(
Ridiculous amount of work and most is unpractical. The final project was an oral presentation with 60 power point slides and a 28 page written report. She is more concerned about presentation and reports being in a certain format rather than the content. Not available for help. If you ask a question, she refers you to the syllabus or a guide.
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
94%
Textbook Required
100%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
B-
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
Declining
-0.99 avg changeRatings by Course
BUSAMRKT
5.0
(1)INTROTOBUS
4.5
(2)BUSA04
4.0
(1)MKTG
4.0
(1)BUSA137
3.0
(3)Difficulty by Course
MARKT151
5.0
BUSA04
5.0
BUSA
5.0
BUSA131WB
5.0
BUSA131WA
4.6