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ELLA MERSHON

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Raw average: 3.25/5 from 4 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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What students say

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ENGLISH141 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 4/5
Ella is a great professor. She is very passionate with the subject material but can get a little off topic and her slides can be a bit disorganized. There is a lot of reading for the class but it is not necessary for most of the assignments.
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ENGL 141
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
Her lectures are very dry. She basically just reads off the slides. Books for this course are absolutely terrible. The class is NOT what you would expect.
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ENG141 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 4/5
Professor Mershon is a very good professor and is very interesting to listen to. The class however is a lot of work and more difficult than it should be.
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ENG346 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
Ella is an amazing professor. Though she is a little scatter brained at times, she is passionate and funny, and is a fair grader.
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Classes with ELLA MERSHON

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