Reviews of professor Maryam El-Shall

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Very tough grader, you'd assume rough drafts have mistakes in them but with her your rough drafts might as well be your final draft. My first writing assignment I got a 82 on because she didn't like how I used a comma, she didn't understand what I was trying to say in a sentence, and I didn't separate two different thoughts into two paragraphs.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor El-Shall is fantastic. I found that her learning style works effectively for retention of information. You begin with basic, easier modules which progress to the more difficult modules as the weeks go by. By the end of the semester you don't even realize how much you have progressed due to the organization of this class. She was great.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Personally and in my opinion:

She assigned too much homework every week. None of my other classes had as much. The writing assignments take a long time. With 3 other classes and a job, it's hard to keep up.

When she talked about a certain concept in a post, she didn't provide resources that truly made you understand and feel familiar with it.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very clear expectations.  She spent a lot of time working through some of the questions I had on my last essay.  Those who complain about her grading are not reading the directions or asking for help.  She goes beyond what is required to make sure her students understand.  Would definitely recommend.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I took Professor El-Shall's online class and I was expecting it to be boring because it was online and lots of reading, but it wasn't. The articles were interesting. She is super helpful too.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Don't take this professor!!! I took her this semester because the ratings on here were so good, however, she is not a good intro English teacher. She grades super hard like you're in an advanced class, and grades papers based on her opinion rather than the actual quality of the paper. She also gives a lot of work and doesn't care about your grade.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor E was a great teacher. I took ENC1102 online and she was always available to answer emails or make an appointment for zoom calls. Do what's required and it's easy to get an A. Q

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
One of the toughest grading professors for a class that shouldn't be that difficult. She doesn't give individual extra credit so the whole class has to request it to be able to get it. She gives lots of feedback but it is very ambiguous and based on personal opinions. The textbook she uses in class HAS to be bought and it is like $80 (digital).

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Cares about student hard class, i had to work hard I really appreciated this professor always gave good feedback and was willing to explain additional confusion great professor

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
El-Shall was a very sweet teacher, and always gave good feedback. I really enjoyed her class, and I thought the variety in essay genres was nice. She also was a fair grader.