Molly Diesing - Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Professor: Molly Diesing

Department: Linguistics

College: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: LING301
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I loved her! GREAT for semantics. So humorous!! One of Cornell's best. Take advantage of her BRILLIANCE.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: LING101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She is a very good lecturer and understanding professor. The tests may seem a little tricky, but if you come to class and show interest she will adjust your grade to reflect that--she doesn't just calculate numbers.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: LING101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The material is quite straightforward and reinforced by her fantastic, utterly off-the-wall sense of humor. No nasty surprises on tests. Don't expect her to give you any scaled/letter grades partway through the term; she just doesn't work that way. Oh yeah, and avoid begging her for a few more points on a prelim; she won't give them to you easily!

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: LING303
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

She's great. I definitely recommend taking a class with her!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: LING303
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

You might find her funny the first day, but trust me, it gets old. Especially when she uses a horrible book and doesn't try to clear up what it leaves out. After a while, the joking seemed more of a cover for her method and made her seem needy for attention. Skip every class you can, it will help you keep your sanity. Longest hour and a half ever.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: LING101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Molly is awesome! Part of the reason I took the class was because I heard she was so fun. She really does make even boring material tolerable, and the workload is very manageable. Make sure to study your lecture notes more than the book for prelims!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: LING101
• 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:

She has so much energy and loves her subject. A great professor.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: LING203
• 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:

Molly is fun, although maybe sometimes it gets old, but class is definitely never boring.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: LING
• 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:

No Comments

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: LING101
• 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:

Also had her for Ling 203, 403, 421. Extremely entertaining, makes even dull syntax classes quite amusing.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: LING203
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

goofy

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: LING421
• 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:

Molly is one of the funniest teachers ever. She is also very good at teaching linguistics and making even the driest material fun.