Reviews of professor Walter Middlebrook

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
His feedback is unhelpful and unprofessional. Middlebrook chooses to say nasty one-liners about your work while offering zero recommendations as to fixing errors he does find. As an example, he highlighted an error and left a comment of "Huh?????" with nothing else.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He is nice but expects SO much out of you and will not give anyone a good grade. He wants everyone to be able to learn to write AP style perfectly which is SO unrealistic.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
worst professor.  does not care about students.  hope you like being belittled.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I dropped this class after the first day. He showed up to class late, with no syllabus, no plan, no grading criteria, just bad vibes. He assigned us an event to report on with 3 days notice, and when people made it known that they wouldn't be able to make it due to classes or work, he seemed surprised that it couldn't be their top priority.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Nice man, can be funny. If this class is not mandatory for you- run. Large amount of papers with unclear guidelines. I never felt like there was a clear structure that would allow me to improve. We were just expected to memorize every little thing in the AP stylebook, and if you mess up get ready to receive a mean comment. GOOD LUCK!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
A class with Middlebrook is not just a waste of your time; it wastes a huge chunk of your time, and it will drown your schedule. Be prepared to have articles due three hours after class and receive incendiary, insulting commentary on your rushed writing. I dropped the class out of self-respect, and I implore others to avoid it for the same reason.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Don't get the hate for Middlebrook. He is a funny guy and easy professor. Just show up and participate and his classes are very easy.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Nice man, but do not take this class with him. Literally ridiculous amounts of work and he expects you to just know everything after he says it once. He expects you to be a real journalist for a basic class most COMM students take.


Nice guy and funny but not a good professor.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Worst professor ever. I dreaded going to his class. He had no syllabus for us until over half way through the semester but told us to "refer to the syllabus" when he didn't feel like answering questions. Gave rude feedback and was very passive agressive and rude to students in class. I purposely chose not to take classes that he teaches.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Loved Professor Middlebrook. I'm not sure why his rating is so low. He may be a tough grader on papers and requires AP Style, but the class is literally called "News Writing," and to become a better writer, which he will make you. He gives good feedback, is funny, caring, and overall a nice, helpful guy. My favorite class I've had, ever.