Reviews of professor Ashley Preston

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Honestly she's a very rude person. I often felt belittled by her because of how she points out your mistakes/ how she even speaks to you and addresses you during class. She was often very condescending. Classmates and I agreed her grading is ridiculously hard for a general education class being it's a 121 level, and her paper rubrics are extreme.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
BIO 100 Course. Grading on discussion posts is suspect. Either the questions posed for response can only have a one line answer, or there is not enough resources given to create a response up to her standards. How do I respond to a classmate who wrote the definition of transcription? Unrealistic expectations for posts given the resources questions.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This is a challenging and tough grading professor. The course work is very time demanding for a general intro class. Intro to Technical Writing is more advanced by this professor. I don't recommend taking this course with other hard courses, get this over with first. However you will be pushed to be a better writer which was beneficial.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This professor is very rude and condescending. I had basic questions for an assignment and she refused to answer them because of the way I worded the questions.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
For being a 3 credit, level 100 class, it is astonishingly difficult. Ashley Preston is very unwilling to work with you regardless of your circumstances, COVID related or not and is often condescending and rude. Many of the assignments are also poorly outline and very confusing. I recommend taking Intro to Writing instead.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The syllabus and assignment pages are often very vague so the best way to do well is to go above and beyond. For example, although the Reflections have a minimum 500 word count, I only did well (perfect score) when I wrote 800 + words. Same for the discussions. There are also no exams, just short responses. Overall, it takes work but is not hard.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This Professor is extremely difficult to work with. If an issue arises such as not being able to submit an assignment on time due to an illness or hospitalization, she is unwilling to work with you to find a solution, regardless of if you have a doctors note. The class is very difficult and requires a lot of dedication.