Reviews of professor Kate Votaw

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Very caring and understanding of mental health. Wants you to succeed and will give you the tools to do so. She expects a lot and grades pretty harshly. While I feel that every assignment is meant to help us succeed, I feel that her expectations are often unclear and change.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I went to this professor many times, but her feedback was unhelpful. She also took a long time to grade and hand back papers, so sometimes it felt like too little feedback too late. She grades very harshly. My classmates and I generally felt the same about the class. She is nice, but although she says she is, she is not very open to critique.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Great teaching style, but her grading is pretty harsh. She believes that A's are only for perfect work, and because perfection isn't possible, neither is getting an A. I managed an A-, but I had to work hard on every assignment, participate as much as possible in class, and do the extra credit opportunities. You've got to work HARD for your grade.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Kate openly states that she does not believe in giving As unless your work is perfect. And, you can't turn in perfect work. However, she is super fun, sweet, and caring and will reward you an A- for your hard work. She's a pretty good teacher too, it's just that her grading style can suck