Cecilia Miller - Wesleyan University

Professor: Cecilia Miller

Department: TBD

College: Wesleyan University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CSS240
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Professor Miller is one of the BEST professors I've ever had at Wesleyan. Workload is heavy, but she has very clear criteria on what she expects from our papers. The discussions in class are extremely mind-opening. Would love to take her class again, and you will regret graduating without taking one of Miller's classes here.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CSS240
• Grade Received: Audit/No Grade
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Prof. Miller is tough as nails, but nothing to be scared of. She is a real delight to have as a teacher and pushed me to reach my highest potential as a student. If you have the opportunity to take her class, you should do it.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: HIST215
• Grade Received: P
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She assigns so much reading, and it almost makes the class not worth the pain that the amount of reading she assigns. However, I am now a better (and smarter) reader, and she made me realize what I poor writer I was. She makes you want to be a better academic, while forging personal connections with students. She is genuinely interested them.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: HIST294
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

It's a lot of work, but she trains your thinking and articulation. One of the best professors as well as educators I have ever met in my life.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: HIST215
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

im not even exaggerating when i say this class is LIFE CHANGING. Classes are incredibly stressful but the discussions are definitely intellectually stimulating. miller works you so hard that you are forced to push the boundaries of your own intellectual learning. definitely take a class with her before you leave college !!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: HIST215
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Hands down the best professor at Wes. But if you thought you were good at writing before, you thought wrong. Her class that might kill your gpa but will be one of your most worthwhile college experiences.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: HIST215
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Great professor. Have never felt so challenged while simultaneously learning so much from a class.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: HIST3918
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Very challenging and will make you work hard. She is also very kind and will help you as much as you need.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: HIST294
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Very hard grader, plus I sometimes got higher grades on things I had written right before class than things I had put hours into, oddly. Also doesn't let students leave to go to the bathroom and sometimes just reads her lecture off of sheets of paper. Not very engaging, though the material was interesting.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: HST231
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Very smart. And very hard working. But let's face it, Wesleyan isn't Oxford. Still, she is very hot, but as one of the previous reviewers (from 2005) observes, "she is never satisfied".

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: HIST1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

so stressful. in more ways than one.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: HIST215
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

It is only possible to do well in Cecilia Miller's class if you deliberately try to subvert every single strategy for doing well in a class. Her courses are meta in the extreme.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CSS240
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

It's true that Professor Miller works you like a dog, but I found the experience to be worth it. She's extraordinarily dedicated to her students, and is more than willing to help you improve your writing and argumentation skills. She is brilliant and precise, sweet and interesting, and very approachable. My writing is much better because of her.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: HIST216
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

WOW

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: HIST216
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

It all depends on how you take this class

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CSS240
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

You will not have a normal relationship with this woman. Emphasizes certain skills at a great cost to all other you may have as a student/writer/thinker. Wants you to write "academically," papers are pretentious and impossible to do well on. Emphasizes form over content, logical argumentation over actual historical detail or accuracy.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: HIST231
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

smart, but kind of serious

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: HIST215
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Cecillia Miller is a truly fantastic prof. will work you, but it's worth it in the end.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: HIST215
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Prof. Miller is perhaps the best teacher at Wesleyan. The detractors just couldn't hack it.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: HIST215
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

All the rumors are true. We read 16 long texts in 1 semester. This is simultaneously the best and worst class I've ever taken. I learned a lot about myself and life and little else. Every other class you take @ Wes will seem easy compared to this. Even though everything about it is unreasonable, if I had a 2nd chance I would do it again.