Reviews of professor Yelena Rivera-Vale

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
For a teacher that preached kindness, she was very condescending and mean to students. She told us that attendance would be corrected at the end of the semester for illness and did not correct participation points ever. The grading is very unclear as she often disagrees with the rubric she publishes but still has a strict rubric of her own.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
passive aggressive with a smiling face. that's all you have to know.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I had Rivera for GT1000, and she made the class much more difficult than it needed to be. Her instructions and grading criteria were unclear, and she had very low patience with our class. I would avoid taking her class as much as possible, but if you don't have a choice, it's still an easy A.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Very passive aggressive. Blames students for her own mistakes. Always looks for a way out when she is in the wrong. Class is easy if you show up and complete all the assignments.