Reviews of professor Rachel Allen

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
A very understanding prof who wants to see students do well. She takes a long time to grade but she's flexible with deadlines if you communicate with her. The only drag is the actual course content. You're just covering a bunch of stuff you learned through middle/high school and there's a dumb attendance policy.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She is a graduate student who talks in monotone for 30 minutes and says absolutely nothing (which is funny since this is a communications class). She was a half-semester behind before she graded, taught me absolutely nothing. It is such a shame because I am an A student in communications. An annoying time trying to decipher her material.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Rachel was very unorganized. She would take 3 weeks to answer emails, she would be late giving us the lecture videos and then try to sneak them in without telling anyone, and her grading system is unclear. If I do exactly what you ask for the assignments and do all the extra credit, how did I not get an A? I'm upset that I took her class at all.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Allen's assignments are often unclear. The directions are confusing and she often times send email clarifying what she wants at 9:30pm the night that they are due. She is an easy grader and does what you to succeed, however it seemed like a lot of busy work. I wish I took a different class to fill that general ed requirement.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof. Allen's course was my saving grace last semester. It was the only one that didn't put a ridiculous amount of stress on my shoulders and it's the only one I walked away from with actual knowledge of COM research. Coursework was easy and understandable. Exams were open book and no time limit. Would take again and again if I could.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
At first it seems like she is very organized but that turns out not to be the case. When papers are due, they are never graded until a month later which was frustrating since we had one topic all semester and kept having assignments to do but no feedback to go off of since nothing important would be graded. Nice person but not very helpful teacher.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
While she is a caring and understanding professor, she takes forever to grade. She grades harshly and unreasonably.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
*Format is dry and uninspiring
*You can reach instructor, but grading turnaround takes *literally* forever

Due to online format, things are pre-recorded but it feels like the instructor has given up. They take forever to grade, which leaves you in a bind to argue for your grade.