Reviews of professor Sayuri Collins

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I love Sensei a lot. She's super helpful, and she is a fantastic teacher. She's very helpful, and encourages us to make mistakes so that she CAN have the opportunity to help. She's a little strict on paying attention, but that's not even bad. I love going to her class every day. If I could have her as my Japanese teacher next year, I would.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She's very harsh and not super understanding, but the class is great and she is a wonderful professor. Just study, participate and attend class, and you'll do great.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Collins Sensei really cares about her students. She can come off as scary or intimidating but she really just wants students to learn Japanese well. She encourages constantly and communicates with us very well about everything. Mistakes are welcome in her class because it helps us learn more. Provides tons of extra material to learn from!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Two weeks into the semester I was struggling with katakana so emailed her asking for help and she told me to figure it out for yourself. The whole semester was miserable and she just lets you struggle. This is an entry level course and you have to teach yourself because she wont. Dont take a class with her if you value your mental health.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I struggled a lot with getting help in this class from the professor, because she refuses to help students and she is very harsh when giving criticism or feedback. A lot of the material, you will have to learn from the textbook and workbook on your own.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She can be a bit tough and her expectations may seem pretty daunting, but she gives consistent feedback on every assignment you submit. You are expected to know the material being covered in class prior to class actually happening. If you take time to review the textbook and study as you need, you'll be fine.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Sayuri Sensei is a firm teacher. She expects you to do your work and come to class, with little to no exceptions. If you can handle that, then the class is an absolute breeze. While she does not accept excuses, you are given so, so many chances at improving your grade that it would be pretty difficult to receive less than an A.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Just flat out mean

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Overall I like Prof. Collins because I think she holds high expectations to seek the best in students and to help them learn the most. I learned a lot in her class and found it really interesting. She's tough but if you just do the work to the best of your ability, you'll get a good grade.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She will say you aren't working hard enough no matter what, and is very harsh as a grader. But she will teach you how to be better at conversation.