Alison Lewin - Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA

Professor: Alison Lewin

Department: History

College: Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: HIS313
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Ok, Dr. Lewin cares A LOT about her students and even gives you her cell phone number so you can call her whenever. With that said, I took the crusades with her, which was her first time doing it, but it was very confusing, disorganized and a lot of work. If you must take her, you'll survive but try to avoid if possible.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: HIS154
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I felt obligated to write this review. Before I switched schools I took Multivariable Calculous. She made this intro level history class harder! In the syllabus it says it requires 30 hours of reading outside class a week. Also in syl. she says no paper with 3 or more mistakes will be accepted. the syllabus for the entire year had multiple mistakes

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: HIS154
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Honestly she is a very nice lady but s a teacher she is so hard. It's a lot of reading and writing. This class had me so stressed out that I started falling behind in other classes just to keep up. If you have the option dont take her. if you don't, make a friend or group in that class and split up the reading. Pray to your God you make it through.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: HIS154
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: No
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I went to 1 class for Lewin, and after 1 class I already knew that her Forging the Modern World class was gonna be way too tough with all the homework and readings. Luckily I was able to drop her class. If you can still drop her class before it's too late, please do it, and of course, don't even think about taking her.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: HIS154
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

She is a horrible person. She acts like she's a kind person but at heart, she is truly an ignorant person that doesn't care about anything but the homework. When I was sick she droned on about what was due without regard to my health. Reading heavy. Worst prof. I've ever had.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: HIS154FORAGING
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

HORRIBLE!!! DO NOT TAKE. I REPEAT, DO NOT TAKE. Unbelievable amount of reading, lectures are all over the place, never explains anything, mid term and final are impossible to finish in the time period, and overall the worst teacher I have ever had in my entire life!!!!!!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: HIS154
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

This class is very very hard. Be prepared to read 75-175 pages of reading every week. PARTICIPATE!!! The notecards with your participation are a grade booster!! Also, take advantage of the EXTRA CREDIT, you will need it!! The midterm average was very low (59) but curved well, doesn't post grades, you only know midterm and final, quizzes are hard

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: HIS154
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Not Great, not bad

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: HIS154
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

While she is a nice lady, Dr. Lewin makes tests near impossible, gives little to no information about the tests, and assigns about 150 pages of reading per week. Her grading is inconsistent and the toughest i have ever encountered. If you wish to get a fun, educational experience learning history, don't take this class.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: HIS154
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Oh Jesus where do I start. Her class is HARD and required more reading/studying than any of my other classes (the most was over 150 pages for ONE class). Her grading is harsh/inconsistent and the amount of course material is pretty overwhelming. A few papers throughout the course, pop quizzes, weekly notecards, and cumulative exams. BEWARE.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: FORGING154
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Extremely reading intensive, probably more so than any other college "intro" social science course. But if you just do what she assigns you, and participate, you'll probably end up fine. If you pull Cs or even D+s on the midterm/final you can still pull a B+/A- in the class. Just do the work.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: HIS154
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Lewin is an absolutely terrible teacher. The amount of readings each week is too much considering how harshly she grades. She has impossible standards for impossible goals.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: HIST316
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Alison Lewin is hands down the worst professor that has ever graced this earth. Do NOT trust a word this woman says. She says you'll get a passing grade? Count on an F----. She teaches in circles, makes absolute no sense, and sobs over every piece of work you will read. She is heartless and probably the worst person I have ever met. DO NOT TAKE HER

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: FYS101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Lectures the entire time with very confusing scribbled notes. The readings were almost 100 pages each and are assigned once or twice a week. weekly papers were assigned on the readings. If you use a word she wouldn't use, or word a sentence different than her she scribbles the whole thing out as incorrect and re writes it how she would have liked.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: HIS150FY2
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Lewin's class was the hardest class I have ever taken. She doesn't make sense and she gives a ridiculous amount of work. I took her class for my freshman seminar and she treated it like it was my major. I worked the hardest for her yet have received the worst grade. Everything I do is wrong even if I went to her for guidance. Awful. DO NOT TAKE HER

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: HIS154
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

So Lewin grades supper hard but she sets it up so you only need 64% to get an A. Participation and weekly Q's make up 38%. You write three 2-3 pages papers for 9%, a longer paper for 7%, and the final and midterm are worth 44% combined. First day you get a free 3% essentially. I got a 50 on the midterm and got a and averaged 75 on weekly papers.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: 154
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I took Lewin for Forging The Modern World. I won't lie, the quizzes and the readings were tedious. But honestly Lewin is probably the smartest professor I have had and ever will have. She loves her job, she loves history and she really wants you to get educated. If you take her GO TO HER OFFICE HOURS she helps A LOT

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: HIS154
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Lewin is a tough professor, but if you're passionate about learning you will love her. The course load was a lot, but not unbearable. Skim the readings and do the (very few) papers and you'll be fine. Also take lots of notes during her lectures! I learned so much in this class, and I'm really grateful for her infectious enthusiasm and guidance.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: FORGING154
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Lewin was absolutely HORRIBLE. She made this class unbearable. She gives quizzes every week on readings assigned over the weekend that can be anywhere from 25-50 pages long, complete bullsh*t. The questions are always way too specific and everyone usually fails. The final is I M P P O S S I B L E.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: 101
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

worst teacher at sju