James Pasto - Boston University

Professor: James Pasto

Department: TBD

College: Boston University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: WR120
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Good at giving a lot of feedback on essays. Interesting topic choices for reading (also get to watch some cool stuff like Ex Machina). But the schedule also seems unclear at times.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: WR150
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Loved him. Best professor I've had so far at BU. Very kind and supportive with all the assignments. Easy A if you show him you care by showing up and doing all the work.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: WR150
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

So, so kind and caring. Extremely available and genuinely willing to help. Gives excellent and useful feedback. I had a wonderful WR150 experience though I had initially dreaded taking the class. Pasto is truly one of a kind and I highly recommend him.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: WR150
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Pasto is very caring and is extremely accessible outside of class. He is one of the EASIEST writing professors and only makes you write a few papers, for example, we only had 2 papers the whole semester. He gives great feedback and really wants students to do well. Overall, an extremely caring man and a really EASY class and grader. TAKE PASTO!!!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ST111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Professor Pasto was a great teacher who genuinely wanted his students to become better writers by the end of the course. He did not focus on grades, but he rather focused on classroom learning. His assigned readings were always creative, and we could take our writing in any direction that we chose. He provided clear feedback on all assignments.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: WR100
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Great teacher! Lectures could get long, but if you're interested in the topic, then it's totally fine. He gave great feedback and it was easy to meet with him. Meeting with him helped me with my essays. I feel that my writing improved and he was just an overall nice and caring guy. Definitely take his class, I really want to but can't!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ST111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Genuinely one of the nicest professors I had the first semester. Professor Pasto genuinely wanted his students to learn how to write and had very frequent office hours outside of class to give students one on one time to work on their papers.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: WR100
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Prof. Pasto was not great at holding discussions and gave you weird feedback on your papers, and he clearly had a style of writing he prefered everyone to follow. His class is extremely boring, but if you don't do the readings it's not too big of a deal until you have to write the paper. Easy grader though, as long as you turn in the work on time.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ST111
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Professor Pasto was one of my favorite professor I had for my first semester at BU. Although assigned texts may require deep reading, Pasto focuses more on improving your writing than ensuring your understanding of class readings. He is super accessible out of class and provides students with an abundance of resources to improve their writing.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ST111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Pasto is a genuine and approachable professor who wants you to improve as a writer. Put time into addressing his helpful feedback and you will not only get the grade you want - you will also grow as a writer. Highly recommend.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: WR100
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Great writing professor. He is very accessible out of class and will take the time to help you critique your writing, and ultimately get the grade you want. Note: he is also one of the few writing professors at BU that lets you rewrite your final papers for a better grade. In addition he is very nice and genuinely cares about his students learning.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: WR100
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He's the best! REALLY cares bout his students and will teach you specific writing techniques to improve your academic papers. He grades fairly. If you are a strong writer, you will do well in this course. If you are not a strong writer, no need to fear, he will help you. As long as you go to his office hours, show effort, your grades will be fine.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: WR100
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Pasto is a great guy, super nice and easy to talk to. He's very helpful if you go in for office hours, and just an interesting person to have a conversation with. His class was at a difficult time in my schedule and he was very flexible with timing for me. Not too hard of a grader, lots of opportunities for you to change your grade if need be.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ST111
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Incredibly understanding and actually wants to help your writing to improve. He gives excellent feedback and encourages his students to pursue their individual ideas by getting creative with assignments. He obviously cares about his students and does his best to engage his students in the material.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: EN104
• 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:

Such a thoughtful and caring professor. Truly cares about the students and wants to see them succeed. I would definitely take more classes with him.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: WR100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The professor is very helpful, he gives very detailed feedback and is available almost all the time. That's not to say that he's necessarily a lenient marker, but if you ask for his feedback, you can definitely boost your grade. He's rather laid back; doesn't mind if your late, and we barely did any reading throughout the semester.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: WR150
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He's the nicest guy in the world and is always willing to help. Very understanding and often cancelled small assignments to allow us to focus on bigger ones. Only problem is his lectures are SO BORING. I wanted to fall asleep, and some of my classmates actually did. Overall though, one of the less challenging WR150s.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: WR150
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Pasto really helped me enjoy a course that I was not looking forward to taking in the first place. He demands respect but highly respects his students as well. Very sensitive to students' personal situations: flexible about due dates and always willing to go out of his way to help students and accomodate personal interests.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: WR15O
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I took the Witchcraft in New England writing course with him. Jimmy P is a cool guy that's really understanding of crazy engineering schedules and tries to develop interest even though it might not be what you're into. Definitely a lot of reading. Always incredibly helpful outside of class and flexible with deadlines if you are drowning in work.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: WR100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Pasto is very understanding when it comes to your specific situation in the class. He will go out of his way to make a conference with you to talk about your writing, and is always flexible with his office hours. Although there is a lot of reading, the essays are manageable. Final paper is huge and worth a large percentage of your grade.