Reviews of professor Melissa Sartore

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
DO NOT TAKE HER. She is so unreasonable, I had a family emergency and she refused to give me a extension and my grade dropped due to it. I want to major in history and she made me hate this class no matter how much I love the contents. If you can take someone else, she is cold, unkind, and not understanding. She grades really harsh too.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This professor is so sweet. I honestly really love her. There arent too many assignments. Three assignments per week, one discussion due on Wednesday/Friday, journal entry due on Saturdays, and a quiz or exam due Sunday. You have all week to do these, and she gives you plenty of time. She great excellent feedback on every assignment too. Take her!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Homework required too much time and effort for anyone with a job or life. One time she wanted us to watch a three hour documentary and write a discussion post on it, no thanks. There was homework due Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. There were 40+ pages of heavy textbook reading per week. She didn't answer questions when asked directly.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This professor is heavy on citiation. One little mistake in your journal entry, you will be docked 4 points. Feedback from this proffessor is useful but not in a kind way.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I appreciate the few assignments, but the assignments were HARD. The questions on the quizzes didn't add up to the information from the textbook, and she expects a lot of rereading from the big textbook. I reached out to her by email about my struggles, (I was already studying my tail off) and her response was to "study more" with vague feedback.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This is a college-level class. The workload has been reduced to one writing assignment and a quiz each week, which isn't too bad; she doesn't pull punches when it comes to grading, but if you exceed the word requirement and cite good scholarly sources, you can absolutely get an A. If you're uncomfortable with research/citations, take another class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I recommend you look elsewhere before selecting this professor. Expect to spend 4 - 10 hours on each assignment. I turned in work 15 seconds late and she docked me several points. Any source outside of OC's library will get you docked points. She provides no opportunity to fix your grade (extra credit, re-work, etc.). Her feedback is snide.