Carolyn Snively - Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA

Professor: Carolyn Snively

Department: Classics

College: Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: LAT201
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

One of the best professors ever. My favorite of all! Keep up the good work.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: 201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Snively knows her stuff, and is good at keeping things interesting. Her Latin class looked at particularly weird passages to keep us engaged, and she explained stuff on the side quite well. She assigned a lot of papers, but wouldn't grade or hand them back for a long time, so it was hard to know how you're doing. Tests are standard Latin tests.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: LAT201
• 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: Mandatory

Comment:

She was not a very helpful teacher. If you got confused in class she got very upset that you didn't understand and would proceed to not go over it. She even sent the entire class (of 8) a very passive aggressive email telling us all our papers sucked and we needed to do better.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: LAT201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Prof. Snively is a character. Takes some getting used to, but overall a fairly good professor. As long as you keep involved during class, do your work, and go to her for help, you'll be fine.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CLA122
• 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:

Very dry sense of humor, but funny if you can appreciate it. Clearly knows her stuff. Answers e-mails promptly, always very willing to explain/clarify things via e-mail. Also very generous with extensions on papers. Quite good prof overall, especially if you are actually interested in Roman History.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CLA122
• 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:

Very understanding teacher. She will accept late work, provided you have a good reason. Lectures are pretty much looking at pictures and her explaining it, which is probably the biggest downside of the class. Other then that it's an easy class.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CLASS251
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The only criticism I have for this prof is that she assigns papers at lengths better suited to a 300 or 400 level class. Other than that, if you show up to class and actually work, you should do fine.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CLA122
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS! she is by far the worst professor I have ever had. extremely boaring and monotone. does not involve the students at all. also assigns a ton of work and fails to return tests and papers to the students. the class could have been very interesting but it was completely ruined by the professor.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CLA121
• 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:

hilarious prof, helpful, dry wit, laid back and understanding, take her if you want a solid B or better, its pretty much guaranteed with some effort

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ROMANHIST
• 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:

Professor Snively is very knowledgeable and definitely knows her stuff. The information is very interesting, however sometimes she is very vague and unclear when assigning things.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CLASSICS
• 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: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Snively was my advisor. She was absolutely awesome. It was nice to deal w/ her in a department that had only Cahoon and Zabrowski when i was there. Snively may seem like she blows people off in class, but if you are one of the few that she sees actually working you can definitely excel with her.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CLA122
• 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: N/A

Comment:

Oh my god does she suck, by far the most boring teacher in the world who talks about **** all class, on top of that she is a snob who doesnt help at all, never take her class

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: LAT201
• 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:

Professor Snively is very smart and knows her stuff, but she can't teach. She often blows you off if you don't understand something and she moves very fast and refuses to slow down even though the entire class doesn't know what is going on. I recommend avoiding this Professor if possible.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ROMANCIV
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

If you have any interest or knowledge in the Roman World prior to taking the class, take it. 3 incredibly easy tests and one term paper. Attendance is optional, and it would seem the readings are as well, as most of the time, one can ace a test without doing them. Beware however, class is BORING.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: LATIN101
• 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:

While she is very knowledgeable herself, she often just laughs when one makes mistakes and doesnt seem to make any major effort to explain or help the student understand. Her random quizzes are also pretty difficult and she moves through material too fast for one to comprehend it fully.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CLA112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Roman civ ..HJow many studenyts took that class because it was boring. You didn't really have to show up. All those slides....

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: LAT203
• 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:

Professor Snively is the best!! It's because of her that I became a Latin teacher. She genuinely cares about her students and goes out of her way to help them. Keep up the good work!!!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: LAT102201
• 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:

Dr. Snively is a very nice person but her lectures (especially the ones including slideshows in Roman Civ) will almost certainly put you to sleep.