George Bilgere - John Carroll University

Professor: George Bilgere

Department: TBD

College: John Carroll University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: EN277
• 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:

Bilgere is great! Yes, you will need to read and write, but not too much. He understands we're busy people and he's real with his students. He wouldn't make a reading out of class take more than 20 minutes and we had a 2-page paper once a week and two 5 pagers twice during the semester. his midterm and final were quite simple as well.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: EN301
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I like poetry but George is not my poet. Overall, he is a good professor just do the poems and participate in discussion.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: EN277
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Probably one of the most unengaging professors I have had thus far at John Carroll. Basically just reads the literature in front of the class and gives his interpretation of it. When you have to write about it, he basically just wants to hear what he lectured. Regarding due dates, it is always unclear when assignments are due. Wouldn't recommend.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: EN299D
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Bilgere was engaging, encouraging, sensible, no-nonsense teacher. He is pretty laid back and just wants to see his students succeed. He gives excellent feedback and is always honest with his students regarding their work. He is passionate about literature, especially poetry, and bestows that same interest among his students. Good guy/teacher

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: COD17
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

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Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: EN301
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Bilgere is a no-nonsense grader. He's comfortable telling you right from the beginning that most people will not leave with an A. If you're willing to work hard and take the class seriously, however, you will become a demonstrably better writer. It's as simple as that.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: EN277
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Class is very boring. Essays are 60% of your grade and he grades them with a check or check minus so you never know how you are doing in the class. He does not give a syllabus so you never know the homework beforehand and he often emails it the night before it is due and expects it to be done. He also randomly leaves class

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: EN000
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Loved Bilgere's class! He's great at lecturing and leading discussions. He made an effort when commenting on and grading papers.

Rating # 9

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Throw an exposed body part in your poem, and Bilgere will melt like butter on a vacationing and sunbathing Natalie Portman. You'll enjoy Bilgere's class. Don't confuse confidence with arrogance like some of these other "posters."

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: EN301
• 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 worship unabashedly at the altar of Bilgere. He's funny... he's brilliant... he's a reasonable grader... such amazing insights... just a great prof. and person!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: EN101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I really liked his poetry classes. He is very easy going and is a pleasure to have as a teacher. He really knows his stuff.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: EN201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

So funny. Easy class all you ever do is compare two poems and write one page for hw about how they are different. Really funny always cracking jokes. Take him

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: POET101
• 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:

Very overrated. But a nice and funny teacher. Often times is crude in humor and narcisistic.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: POET201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He is hilarious. Very outgoing, humorous, and light-hearted. dont mention HIDDEN MEANINGS in poems bc he gets mad. overall good teach. lets u out early. easy, fun, interesting

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: POETRY
• 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:

Egomaniac? Perhaps, but certainly no more so than most profs, especially in that department. But of all the profs I had in grad school, he's the one I would most like to hang out with now. He's engaging and has a truly wicked sense of humor, which is probably lost on undergrads. (Does that comment make me sound egotistical? Oh well.)

Rating # 16

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Easiest midterm I have ever taken. He is kind of a strange guy and egotistical. If you read and pariticpate you will be on his good side.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: EN301
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Oh, for a good kiss. The best poet JCU has and pobably ever will have.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: EN277
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

If you participate a lot, he'll love you. Grades harder that I would have expected, but we had very little work.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CONTEMPPOETRY
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I took him a while back, but agree with the egotistical reviews. Beneath his cool-hip-guy facade lies an ultraconservative stylist and a nauseating name-dropper. But in retrospect, this makes me feel more sympathetic toward him. I think he's still a kind man & rather vulnerable underneath it all.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: EN302
• 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:

What an egotisical guy. Classes are okay . . but a lot of work.