Jim Dollar - Siena College, Loudonville, NY

Professor: Jim Dollar
Department: English
College: Siena College, Loudonville, NY
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: ENG220
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Dr. Dollar was fantastic! He really knows the material, is very approachable, and cares about his students. I learned a lot from his class and read wonderful books. I would definitely recommend him and take him again.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: ENG350
  • Grade Received: A-
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
A boring class but very easy. Sparknotes will be your best friend and help you to get an A. Easy response papers and decent tests. Quizzes are easy if you know and understand what you've read (SPARKNOTES!). I highly recommend taking him.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: HONORSENG090
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
SOOOOOO easy. Sparknotes on everything, only one book you had to buy book rags for. Easy A, take him if you can. He's a great guy and cares a lot.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: ENG256
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
took for the novel. class was easy as long as you read the books. no textbook required just 7 novels throughout the semester. gives a 20 q quiz on each book. 2 tests couple papers pretty easy also. if you like to read, take! very nice guy to boot, but can be boring at times when lecturing in class.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL090
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Dr. Dollar was an all-around good guy. He splits the class into participation, quizzes on the longer readings, and 3 papers which were 5-6 pages each. He is a very fair grader. Class discussions weren't very entertaining, but I would definately recommend Dr. Dollar to anyone!
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL011
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
he's so nice. He cares about you as a student and helps you out anyway he can. Pretty easy-- just do your readings and the essays aren't bad
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL090
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
English is my major, so I was so excited to take a Great Books class... but he is absolutely the driest, most boring teacher ever. He's incredibly nice, and very loveable, but watching him try to spark a discussion, is like trying to watch a fish walk. It just doesn't happen.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL101
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
super easy goes off on tangents about random things but assignments are easy, no final, no tests, and easy 2 page papers! kind of boring to listen to but almost always out of class on time and very easy grader
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: ENGALL
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Dr. Dollar is the most reasonable teacher i've encountered at Siena. He assigns a good amount of reading, and if you do all the reading you will be rewarded with good grades. It is as simple as that.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: ENG101
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Dr. Dollar has got to be one of my favorite teachers at siena, he is THE MAN!! take him for every english class that you can, he's so funny, in a dorky kind of way -- and he even adopts children from africa -- what a nice guy!! Take him if you ever have the chance!!
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: ADK
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Amazing man. Very enthusiastic about teaching. Would do anything in his power to help you out. Overall wonderful personality that makes you want to come to class. I fell in love with him.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: ENGLISH
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
very nice guy, maybe best prof on campus, so glad i studied his course because he actually made me interested in english again!
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: THENOVEL
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Boring class, loves to talk about stuff that you dont even need to know, keeps you till the last minute almost always, easy grader however so i would take him if you want an easy good grade
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: NATAMERLIT
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
dollar is soooo boring. class is hell. readings are good. tests are easy. papers are easy. thank god he gives 6 absenses or i would have stabbed myself in the eye with my pen.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: THENOVEL
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
You don't necessarily have to read the books to get good grades on the quizzes; he goes over the material in class (in great detail) and most of the books are on sparknotes.com. YOU ARE ALLOWED 6 ABSENCES!!!
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: NOVEL
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Nice man but the class is boring. Everything is straight forward. Quizzes are all based on the characters. He tells you exactly what you need to know for the midterm and final. Easy grader on papers!
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: ENG190
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
very nice man, very helpful if you need, easy grader...make sure you participate, he loves people who share their opinions
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: ENG190
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Really boring class but easy. Reading quizzes strictly on character names. Grades papers very fairly, almost everyone get a B+ or higher on them. Expects you to participate a lot.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: LIT
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Could be one of the nicest professors in the school. Reminds me of a late James Taylor. I expected him to bust out a litte fire and rain at any moment. The entire test is recalling characters names, very easy to study for!!!!
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL101
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
sooo boring, 5 papers and 5 quizzes...grades papers hard, quizzes are mad easy
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