Reviews of professor Diana Santillano

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
AVOID this class if you care about your GPA. Communication is inconsistent and group projects are worth most of your grade. She also grades terribly, you could do an outstanding job and then get an 80%. This class ruined my GPA as a premed microbiology student. If you need to complete gen ed classes, do yourself and your GPA a favor and avoid hers.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor takes forever on responding back to emails plus you will never know your grade because she doesn't grade until the semester ends. However, class was pretty easy and it was fun. Her lectures weren't boring and she was nice. Only 1 midterm and 1 quiz, everything else are group project. One of them, u will have to travel somewhere in LA.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I would not take this class again because it was difficult to know my grade throughout the whole semester. Assignments will literally be graded and posted during Finals Week. If you turn in an assignment even a day late, you may as well not do it since the grading is rigorous. Feedback is short and not so understanding of a student's needs.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Santillano's class is hard on the basis that you NEVER know what your grade is. She is a tough grader, attendance matters and her lectures tend to be heavy and boring. Not a lenient grader and doesn't accept excused absences. Not clear on criterias for papers.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She's okay at best. Does not give timely feedback so you have no idea what grade you're at. We had an essay worth about 25% of the total and she took half a semester to grade it and we only got it back during finals week. She doesn't check her email so dont expect to hear from her outside her class or office hours. Exam grading scheme is skewed IMO

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Avoid! her lectures are boring and out of context most of the time. You will have to visit 2 museums and write a 8 page paper on them, which is really bad we don't get much information on it. You will have to take a midterm in which she does not provide you with a review, it is based on 8 articles that we have to read for her class. Don't do it!