Reviews of professor Valerie Ballesteros

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Val is nice, but so inconsistent and unorganized. Says one thing about deadlines and instructions, but then does another and changes her mind without informing the class. Got through the class, but it was not enjoyable.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Attending this class is a waste of time. You'll learn more if you copy the textbook definitions during class time. Attendance is mandatory; this professor will spend the first 30 minutes of class taking attendance, and the rest of the class sharing irrelevant personal experiences. She's inconsistent and ignores student needs. Do not take her class

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Had great things to say the first day of class about how much students get out of the class. She never talked about finances. I left the class without learning anything, having random assignments never released on time (like we don't have jobs/other classes to work around) and when she finally arrived to class late she spent it telling stories.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Val is very nice and she wants students to be successful. The class is just a lot of writing for a course that is not writing intensive. Doesn't post grades in a timely manner. She takes attendance and there is a group project but it was pretty fun and overall a relatively easy class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Class consists of her telling stories that vaguely relate to what we are actually supposed to be learning according to the syllabus. Super unorganized and is very bad at inputting grades onto TRACS. There are random assignments she introduces in class but aren't on the syllabus so watch out if you skip class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
The only way to learn anything with this prof is to read. No need to actually pay attention in lecture because it will just confused you. Prepare for long stories and unnecessary topics covered during lecture. Luckily its open book for everything.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Val is hands down one of the greatest professors I have ever had. She cares a lot about her students and course material. She is incredibly flexible with the class as a whole (we voted on when it is convenient for things to be due) and individually like with late work. Very sweet, attendance counts but you could still pass if you missed a few.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Val is amazing. Her class was very easy. All of our assignments were online and the group projects were enjoyable. Some may call her disorganized, but I call her flexible. She is aware that her students have other things to worry about other than school, so she usually moves due dates around for our convenience. Love her! Take her!