Reviews of professor Alyssa Toohey

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She is a very caring professor and genuinely wants you to succeed, but can be a harsh grader. She has a very strict attendance policy, and will lower your grade if you are absent more than twice and 3 lates equals an absence as well. Overall, the class isn't awful, but she is strict and it's just a lot of work so make sure you keep up with it.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I liked Alyssa at the beginning of the semester, but she became too laid back for me. I feel like she barely helped us format essays, which made me feel extremely lost (b/c all we did was write papers). I'm so thankful for my prior essay knowledge bc I would've been drowning without that info. Alyssa became more of a friend than a teacher to me :/

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Caring and kind. Has workshops once a week which are really helpful. Lots of reading and writing, but you pick your topic for every paper in her class, and the readings are generally interesting. She's really bubbly and is always wearing fun clothes. Deadlines & attendance are strict, but as long as u make time to work on papers you'll be fine.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
she is amazing, took it for credit but genuinely one of my fav classes. she's young and understands adolescents our age which is really refreshing

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
alyssa is a great professor and deserves all the respect in the world. other students in my class would take advantage of the "easy" homework and not do the readings which would force her to push our lessons. if you take her class, be on time and do the readings. her class is worth it

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Toohey is a really great ENG170 professor. She truly motivates her students to do their best and to succeed in and out of her class. I loved having her, and a lot of our work actually proved meaningful, rather than feeling like it was all for nothing, which is something I really liked. If you can get Toohey, definitely take it.