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Dyana Valentine

Santa Monica College · Counseling

4.2
732
83%
3.1

Supportive, fast feedback, and highly organized online class.

MustTake

Students overwhelmingly recommend her for caring support, fast feedback, and meaningful learning despite heavy workload.

FairEffort

Extra credit and flexible policies help, but strict formatting and many assignments mean you must keep up to earn an A.

Standard

Weekly quizzes • End-of-term exam

Common Courses

  • COUNS20
  • 1161COUNS20
  • 1137COUNS20

Student Tags

  • Lots of homework
  • Gives good feedback
  • EXTRA CREDIT

Carol Cini

De Anza College · History

4.0
710
71%
2.9

Courses are well-organized with clear lectures, visuals, and engaging films.

MustTake

Students widely praise her clarity, organization, support, and generous grade boosters despite a few strict-grading complaints.

EasyA

Extra credit, free points, curves, and advance question hints make As attainable if you keep up with weekly work.

Student Friendly

Review session hints • Advance question previews

Common Courses

  • HIST17A
  • HST17A
  • HIST17C

Student Tags

  • Amazing lectures
  • Caring
  • Inspirational

Amber Katherine

Santa Monica College · Philosophy

4.4
462
82%
3.0

Heavy reading and frequent quizzes with clear guidance and support.

MustTake

Most reviews are highly enthusiastic about her passion, clarity, and support, calling the class challenging but worthwhile.

EasyA

Despite steady workload and precise grading, abundant extra credit, dropped quizzes, open-note quizzes, and clear guidance make earning an A very achievable if you stay on schedule.

Student Friendly

Open-note quizzes • Online quizzes

Common Courses

  • PHIL7
  • PHILOS1
  • PHILO7

Student Tags

  • Get ready to read
  • Amazing lectures
  • Inspirational

Mohamad Rezvani

De Anza College · Mathematics

4.4
410
84%
2.3

Exams closely follow lecture examples and optional homework with clear grading and dropped lowest test.

MustTake

Students widely recommend him for transparent exams, patient help, and policies that reward preparation.

WalkInThePark

Generous curves and policies (dropped test, final replacing midterm, cheat sheet, extra credit) plus exams copied from homework make A’s very attainable with basic practice.

Student Friendly

Drop lowest test • Final can replace midterm

Common Courses

  • MATHD001A
  • MATH31
  • MATH1A

Student Tags

  • Clear grading criteria
  • Respected
  • Caring

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Nicky Yuen

De Anza College · Political Science

3.7
501
47%
3.5

Very heavy weekly load with reading, videos, projects, and civic engagement tasks.

Depends

Students are split between finding the class inspiring and fair versus overly demanding, ideological, and unhelpful.

FairEffort

Extra credit and late acceptance can buoy grades, but earning an A still requires substantial weekly work and engagement.

Standard

Frequent quizzes • Online format

Common Courses

  • POIL1
  • POLI01
  • SOSC083

Student Tags

  • Get ready to read
  • Lots of homework
  • Participation matters

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