Reviews of professor Patrick Hong

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This class might be ok if you have never done anything in real life and don't mind a poor grade. His canvas page is a nightmare, he grades harshly and based on his opinion of your ideas rather than the facts presented. Some good guest speakers if you dont know anything about public speaking, patents or how to do an interview. Lots of busywork.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He is not as bad as everyone says. He is a tough grader but this class is about communication in the professional world so this is not your typical writing class. He helps you A LOT with important soft skills (writing concise, pitching, interview, resume, public speaking). I learned those skills a lot from him because of him being tough grader.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I think he was a great professor. He gives honest feedback to your work, and there is a decent amount of work. I learned a lot in this class, and I feel like I came out a better writer and presenter. That being said, he will make you work for it. There are a lot of assignments and pre-lecture videos to watch, so its a decent amount of work.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He's one of the harshest grader I had at UCI. Don't even think about taking his class unless you have editorial grade writing skills. He says he grades based on "learning" but it is bs.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
5 points for enthusiasm in teaching be a good lecturer. Attendance is mandatory. He is a nice and great professor, but he is a tough grader. There were no A+ and not too many As in his class. 4 papers and presentation (2 group + 2 individual), 2 quizzes and 1 final quiz. Want to learn, take him. I'm an ESL student, and it's not an easy class.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Usually, professors are either easy and won't teach much, or hard and will teach a lot. This class taught me a good deal but bombarded me with assignments (about 10 per day). It was barely manageable with my other responsibilities, and I write extremely fast. Most of your grade comes from 3 papers that felt graded quite randomly. Hard pass.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He's a great speaker and conducts helpful class activities, but his way of grading leaves some students worse off as it's hard to adapt to what he likes.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Like the other review says, Patrick prides himself on not giving A's. I have never gotten below a solid A in a writing class. I had the highest grade in the class until week 10 where he suddenly graded extremely harshly on ONE paper and dropped my grade 8%. Went from an A- to a C+ in one paper. Finishing with a B. Avoid this guy at all costs.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Super fragile ego. Doesn't take feedback well and spends more time bragging about his past jobs and his startup company than actually giving useful information. Grades like his life depends on keeping people from having a good GPA and refused to round an 89.7 to an A-. With another prof the class might be ok, so seriously take a different prof!