Reviews of professor Cristen Hamilton

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Expectations are so impossibly high. I worked  and stressed for hours just to get lousy grades. This is without exaggeration the most stressful class I've taken in college. Class is disorganized, she is rude and treats us like we're kindergartners. Don't' write complex sentences cause she can't understand them.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Definitely my favorite professor at SMU thus far. She has helped me gain confidence in my writing like no other teacher ever has. She has a huge heart and truly cares about her students. Dr. Hamilton trusts her students and is super understanding.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Easily the worst english teacher I have had since freshmen year of high school and thats where you will feel like you are if you take her class. Treats students as if they are incompetent and walks around the room to make sure you are doing work. Do not make your essays complex or nuanced because she wont understand it and take off points.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Hard grader but she is a very cool professor, can't miss class tho. In class work is not hard at all only hard thing is the papers

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr Hamilton is a good professor but a tough grader on papers.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Hamilton provides a great intro course for college writing. She cares about what she does and will definitely help you improve as a writer. She has mini-deadlines for her papers, which is very helpful. She answers emails regularly and sees students as individuals. If you take an interest in the class, there's no reason that you would do poorly.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I would never recommend taking this professor. There is so much reading and she really doesn't care about her students succeeding. She grades so harshly on essays and is so strict about attendance. She will completely revert you back to writing in the 5 paragraph format and completely removed any creative aspect from your writing.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I loved Dr. H! She is so caring and wants you to do good. In first half of semester there is a looot of reading homework but it helps make the essays more manageable. If you go to office hours, you will get a good grade. I got As on all my essays, and I'm not even that good of a writer. Wish I could take her again!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She is a tough grader on essays and strict in class but a nice lady who helps a lot in office hours. Go to office hours for help on papers she gives points to those who try hard. Focus in class and try to build a connection. A lot of work though. Just depends on if you enjoy writing or not, but she is a good professor.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Honestly, this professor isn't that bad. Yes it is annoying you have to go to class and yes this class is boring, yet she has extremely clear directions as to what she wants from you in your papers and does not deviate from that. Just follow directions and you will be fine. Also side note: You don't need to read any of the "assigned" readings.