Professor: Neelam Sethi
Department: Philosophy
College: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Rating # 1
Overview:
- Course: PHIL1450
- Grade Received: B
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
(NOTE: I dislike philosophy; don't let my review unduly bias you) Neither very inspiring nor amusing. Fastidious and sometimes hard to understand her grading criteria - could be more of a grader's problem.
Rating # 2
Overview:
- Course: PHIL146
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.5
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She's really super nice, and if you show her that you care she will help you. Show her that you are here simply for a grade, and she will not feel obligated to help you at all. Basically, if you take the class for the right reasons, she'll be an excellent professor.
Rating # 3
Overview:
- Course: PHIL2450
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Lectures summarize different points of view of ethical issues from assigned readings. A bit bland, but clear. Philosophical approach of ethics is interesting. Good topics. TAs are extremely helpful. She's more helpful and clear if you ask her specific questions outside of class.
Rating # 4
Overview:
- Course: PHIL245
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
easy
Rating # 5
Overview:
- Course: PHIL249
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She's a trip. She doesn't accept any answer that is not in line with her opinions. Definitely one of my least favorite classes, but if you suck up and go to her office hours she'll lighten up on you.
Rating # 6
Overview:
- Course: PHIL249
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Sethi is possibly the worse teacher at Cornell. She does not listen to her students, cuts down any argument against hers, and is extremely defensive. Relies too heavily on her notes and does not allow students to voice their opinions without attacking them. Avoid her courses.
Rating # 7
Overview:
- Course: PHIL145
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Sethi is a cool professor but she wants you to be able to explain things the way SHE does. I often feel pressured to get the questions 'right' even though there is no right or wrong answer in an ethics class. Her hair is a trip!
Rating # 8
Overview:
- Course: BSOC206
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 4.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
She knows her stuff and philosophy and ethics are rather complex to begin with yet Sethi explains them well. You just have to take good notes and go to her office hours before papers and exams to clarify your questions. She wants her students to understand the material and do well.
Rating # 9
Overview:
- Course: STS206
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.5
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Really confusing lecturer. Gets confused in lecture sometimes. Doesn't answer questions sometimes. Tough grader also.
Rating # 10
Overview:
- Course: PHIL100
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Gives no standards for grading; lacks academic objectivity (and seems to grade on personal bias); often loses the class in lecture and responds with hostility when the class is confused.
Rating # 11
Overview:
- Course: STS206
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Sethi is hard to follow much of the time:you don't know where she's going or how she got there. However, she does know her stuff and tends to answer questions directly. Doesn't check e-mail as often as I'd like. Complains often if section is quiet.
Rating # 12
Overview:
- Course: PHIL181
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Although she was willing to help, it was always at her convenience. She knew her stuff, but her feminist attitude kept her from giving unbiased arguments about the various authors. Did not like views other than hers.
Rating # 13
Overview:
- Course: PHIL181
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I find Prof Sethi to be helpful and always available when I have question for her. She is not clear at times, but answer most questions with accuracy and knowledge of the philosophers' stances. Her grading system was fair, although exams were hard
Rating # 14
Overview:
- Course: BSOC206
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Confusing grading system. Didn't seem to make sense.
Rating # 15
Overview:
- Course: FEMINISM
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.5
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
course was awful, it was boring, i could never tell what she expected in the papers. her hair was always a mess!
Rating # 16
Overview:
- Course: FEMINISM
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
No Comments
Rating # 17
Overview:
- Course: PHIL246
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
No Comments
Rating # 18
Overview:
- Course: BSOC206
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Unclear, antagonistic, resentful questions that challenge her beliefs
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