Susan Jaret-Mckinstry - Carleton College,Northfield, MN

Professor: Susan Jaret-Mckinstry

Department: English

College: Carleton College, Northfield, MN

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENGL362
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I love taking Susan's discussion-based seminar classes. Yes, it's work to be taken seriously, but you learn a lot and enjoy it at the same time.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENGL222
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Susan is wonderful! She is a really tough grader though, so I would consider how invested a writer you are prior to taking a class with her. She is really eager to help students and clearly cares. She's also really hilarious and makes class enjoyable to attend.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ENGL225
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Susan is hands-down my favorite professor at Carleton. She's so lovely and obviously cares for all of her students. She also has this manic energy that makes lectures really engaging. Her writing assignments make you rethink the way in which you compose essays, which is super valuable. A-traditional and great!

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ENG100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Amazing professor, great discussions, and very helpful notes on essays. I feel like a better writer from working with her. I highly recommend her!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENGL374
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Found Susan's Victorian Novel dissapointing. Lacked ability to guide a productive discussion: students veering into vague characterizations+"what if" plot points. When she did reign ppl in her ceaseless repetition of critical persp. (mostly cult. and deconst.) stifled thoughts to generality rather than producing nuanced wholes.OnlyProfIWon'tTake.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENGINTR
• 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:

Wonderful prof. Discussion based, students really engaged. Asks challenging, interesting questions. Not an English person, but I loved writing papers for her and loved her class.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: SEVERAL
• 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:

Susan is one of the few English profs who changed the way I looked at a text. There were plenty who taught me a lot about English. but Susan's Narative Theory Seminar changed how I read. She loves the work. She tells good stories. I never regreted a class i took with her.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ENG109
• 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:

Really nice prof, and has great energy.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: AUSTEN
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

One of the best of the department

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: NARRATIVETHEOR
• 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:

Wonderful professor. Perhaps the best in a good department.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ENG109
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENG200
• 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:

She's super friendly and loves kids!