Reviews of professor Christopher Van Ginhoven Rey

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Chris is an amazing professor. He's so knowledgable, kind, and funny. There is a decent amount of homework and reading, tests are a little hard, and four papers, but nothing unmanageable plus he's helpful and understanding. You will learn so much with Chris and improve your skills immensely. I enjoyed this class so much.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The hardest part of the class for me was the grammar quizzes, but they honestly don't weight that much towards your grade. As long as you put in effort and meet with him when you're struggling, you'll be okay. The papers are also pretty important, so put a good amount of time into them! The class is all in Spanish, I didn't know that going in!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Chris is such an amazing, kind, caring, and overall genuine guy! He's truly understanding and very insightful on the material. Would definitely take again! My favorite professor by far.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This man is such a sweet dude.  He's super accessible for accommodations/extensions, grading criteria is very clear, not a hard grader in the first place.  He assigns a lot of grammar exercises, but they are graded for completion.  Quizzes are mildly difficult, but not too bad.  Final was a project comparing two movies (that had English subtitles).

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He's not a terribly difficult grader. You should be totally fine especially if you do the prep work (15 minutes a day). Chris makes class itself very entertaining and I genuinely enjoyed going. He seems like a pretty cool dude outside of class too if hanging out during office hours is your thing.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Chris makes meeting four times a week entertaining and engaging. Class often consists of reviewing topics by doing partner exercises or answering questions he popcorns out to the class. Tests come with study guides and there is plenty of time to finish homework. Definitely one of the best Spanish profs at Pomona. ¡Él me fascina!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Chris was a great Spanish professor and an incredibly kind and understand person. He assigned a lot of grammar activities and the essays are difficult but really help you develop your ability. I didn't know my grade until the final grades were published which was annoying but I got an A. Super helpful in office hours. Would highly recommend Chris.