Reviews of professor Mercedes Vargas

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She is strict but caring. As long as you learn your vocabulary, you are ready for the class. All grammar tests are online, so make sure to have your online code. She assigns some online homework, but never an overload. If you need help, she will take time out of her schedule to contact you. She is an amazing teacher, and I would take her again.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She is a good teacher, especially for people who don't know Spanish. If you know Spanish then it can get confusing because she only wants you to speak at an elementary level. If you can't get a grasp on the language, then she will try to help you and even different types of tests where it helps you way more. Overall whe was a good professor.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
not sure why some say she is understanding of late work. she isn't. She never had a clear grading system and was constantly change grades out of no where? she does everything by hand, but is too disorganized to keep track. so much memorization. 40+ words a week. quizzes everyday. tries to start class 10 minutes early

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof Vargas is a nice teacher and she is understanding. Her class is not very hard but she does give a lot of assignments. There is a lot of vocabulary to memorize and there is a quiz every class. Does not like when students are late. You are usually partnered up with the person sitting next to you to learn stuff.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Vargas is an odd one. She's caring but gives alot of work for a entry level Spanish course. She gets really upset when the students don't have ALL the material memorized. 5 exams and a final. You have to write a composition composing of 1 1/2 pages for each exam which has to be done in 20 minutes. Not the worst professor but avoid her if you can.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Mercedes is a confusing instructor to understand and seemed to keep the class going in many different directions. The entire Spanish Department shares the same Learning material and uses outdated stock images that you'll have to "decipher" into Spanish. If you don't have a grasp of some Spanish you'll definitely struggle.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
As a Spanish speaker i can say this class was an Easy A as long as you keep on track of assignments. But if you don't speak ANY Spanish or haven't taken any Spanish class then the class is probably gonna be a little difficult. She is very strict but as long as you do what she says then you'll be solid. She isn't the best at teaching tho.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She also teaches at Cal Poly Pomona. She praised the spanish speakers and often made the non Spanish speakers, like myself very embarrassed by calling them out and comparing them to the spanish speakers. She does not grade fair, there was many times were she would write my grades on the paper then give me 5 or 10 points less than I deserved. Awful