Helen Bailie - Pennsylvania State University - Altoona, Altoona, PA

Professor: Helen Bailie

Department: English

College: Pennsylvania State University - Altoona, Altoona, PA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENGL202A
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If you're in this class thinking you're going to be writing engaging research papers and learning more so about psychology, don't even take it. She's an unrealistic grader. The readings are so stupid and so are the presentations/papers. I would do everything she instructed me to do and she will still give me low grades. Take another prof/class.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENG15
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Helen Bailie is a super nice professor. She is willing to help you all the time, and there is plenty of work to get a good grade. She assigns three papers on pretty easy topics. The only downfall is there is a lot of reading, but they are all short stories. You will have to work in this class but if you try you'll get a good grade.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ENG202A
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Not a good teacher. Nice enough but doesn't use CANVAS so you never know your grade, and just makes you read when its supposed to be a WRITING course. She assigns pointless essays to read and then a paper out of nowhere. You never know what she expects bc she doesn't go over it in class. Would not take again

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ENG015
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

It was interesting, I could meet her talk about my writing in her office hours and I could see my writing improve. Id take her again.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENG202A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Did not like this class at all. Nothing was ever specified and she was late every day to class. Expects you to know APA format like the back of your hand and made up her own writing style when the paper was to be in APA format. Every class is the same by being based on an article that was to be read for homework. Very boring and won't take again.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENG15
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Not a bad class lots of reading and writing but she helps allot if you go to her office hours.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ENG202A
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Doesn't use any kind of online course management system, which can be really frustrating, especially because she doesn't hand anything back. If you're someone who really relies on reviewing material before exams, you may have a hard time because quizzes span 9-10 essays over the course of 4 weeks.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ENG015
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Great class

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ENG15
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Awesome class, professor! After taking this class my writing was so much better. Really interesting novels, too. Easy to pass.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ENG015
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Going to class felt pointless. You read 3 books and write a paper for each one. You never know your grade in the class. Some of the work felt unneeded. Grades tough on some papers.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ENG015
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Pretty much your basic English class. It was not hard at all. She always tells you what you need to do to fix your grade and if you do it, you're fine. If you do bad in her class then you're just lazy.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENG202A
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

The class honestly was not bad at all. Really only used one book and a few side articles. The reading was straightforward and easy to comprehend. There were 2 or 3 big papers that were a bit on the lengthy side, but she wasn't a rough grader so just follow the format she asks for and don't miss any of the steps and you will be fine.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ENG015
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Didn't really do much in the class, just read books and wrote papers

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ENG202A
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This just wasn't a good class. She is very demanding when it comes to papers & what she says in class doesn't match what's written on the syllabus. She never responds to her emails, but will stay after class to chat. She allows others to take tests, during another class time which disrupts everyone and expects more reading than a 200 level should.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ENGLISH
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She is a great teacher. She goes with the flow, and she tells you what needs to be done by what time. She helps allot, and helps you get better with writing. She has you type a paper ,and then says before you turn it in she says check for errors before during it in.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENG15
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

My writing really improved in her class. She helped me with revisions and formatting, and I felt more confident expressing my ideas because of her. She always had time to work on improving my writing.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENG015
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Loved this class.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ENGL15
• 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:

Great instructor. I enjoyed the novels and the papers, and class discussions were interesting.I would take a class from her again.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ENG15
• 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:

great teacher! really helps you improve your writing and the class prepares you for writing research papers later on

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ENG015
• 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:

We had to read four books in the class, but the books were really interesting and my writing really improved from her class. I would recommend her for writing, she is very smart.