Reviews of professor Derrick Ortega

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Professor Ortega is the best! He responds to emails very quickly and is super understanding if you need an extension on an assignment. This creative writing class is fun and not stressful, I highly recommend it.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
So nice and easygoing. Is there to help you pass, and makes things fun. flexible with assignments and grades easy

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
He was amazing! As a creative writing major, I loved taking him even though it's a 9 am class. He's super funny and his assignments are not hard at all. You're guaranteed to pass without a doubt as long as you try. He's truly one of the gems of the English department.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Ortega was an amazing professor and his class was pretty easy. Just participate in class and do the writing assignments and you will easily get a good grade. He's also just an overall caring and understanding professor as well. I definitely recommend taking his class!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I had Professor Ortega's class last semester, and he is one of my favorite instructors I have ever had. Whether you need the class or not, take it, you learn to become comfortable sharing your writing and receiving feedback, as well as giving feedback to others in a constructive way.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
The perfect class for a GE. It's impossible not to get an A in this class. There are no tests, no quizzes, very minimal/short assignments graded on effort. He's a very nice professor, who is passionate about the subject. Despite being a writing class, he doesn't critique your writing unless you ask him to. Otherwise, he hypes up your writing!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Ortega is so caring. If you miss class you can just explain to him why and he won't penalize you. He is so passionate about creative writing and his lectures (while long) are genuinely entertaining. If you are interested in writing whatsoever, definitely take this class! He grades based on completion so there's no pressure to write "perfectly".

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Cannot say enough about this professor! He was such a joy to work with and all his lectures were extremely entertaining. He provided a lot of short in class exercises to improve your creative writing and gave excellent respectful, critical feedback on the pieces you submitted in class. Not homework heavy and no tests whatsoever! Very little reading

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Takes his craft seriously and encourages you to take it seriously, too. Show up with a good attitude and an open mind and if you're the slightest bit interested in creative writing, you'll thrive.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This man makes writing fun and that is a damn rare thing these days. He's the best!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I really loved this class! I would take it again if I could. If you love creative writing, you will love the freedom, prompts and projects in this class :)