Reviews of professor Pat McDonald

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Pat is a great professor, especially for ENGL 2250. He is very understanding if you are not an english major and does not grade harshly. He makes jokes during class and it is very laid back and enjoyable (coming from someone who hates anything literature related). Only two exams and he goes over literally everything beforehand and offers EC.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Pat is a super cool guy, but not someone you really want as a prof. His grading requirements are unclear and it is hard to get a perfect grade on something. His class involves lots of discussions, and he will get fed up if participation is low. Overall, not the absolute worst, but the class was a pain to get through.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor McDonald is really chill and tries to make sure you know the criteria before going into the assignment. Not a difficult grader and gives great feedback on all papers. Attendance is required with daily exercises worth 1 point, but if you do well on the papers then you should be fine. Participation is not graded but he does expect it!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
WORST TEACHER EVER. Didn't explain anything in class, lectured about stuff that wasn't even about what we were learning, and didn't help or explain any types of papers. Due to COVID-19 I. had to end my year online with him and the class did not improve. He also made up stupid assignments and was so weird. Don't take this class, you've been warned.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Very chill dude who likes the class to run mostly on discussion. MAKE SURE YOU READ or your grade will suffer. Loved this class but there are not many opportunities to get your grade up if it drops.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Hardest grader. He takes off ridiculous amounts of points for no apparent reasons. He is very vague in what he wants and is a very negative personality. Would STRONGLY recommend not taking his course. Clear that he would rather not be teaching. Again- do not take his class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Funny guy. Read the material for class in order to be able to contribute to discussion, but it's not mandatory. His tests and papers are generally open-ended so they're not difficult if you read. Weekly textual analysis but not graded harshly. If you show up and pay attention his class is an easy A.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He grades pretty harsh... The flip grid and discussion posts, while tedious, weren't hard, but he grades papers like he isn't allowed give out a good grade. You can do fine, you do have to work for it though.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This was the professor/course that made me realize I was not supposed to be an English Education major. Make of that what you will. Also, the essays were hard.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Online was hard for this class, never quite sure what the professor wanted from assignments. Wrote some long papers and was graded harshly. I would not recommend it. The subject was boring and the professor did not help.