<p>yea Keithley is so great! He wrote me a very nice recommendation for Study Abroad in Paris!</p>
<p>I wonder if someone could comment on one of the following professors. I'll also add the class of their's that I'm thinking of registering for:</p>
<p>Deneys-Tunney (ConWest: Antiquity & the Enlightenment)</p>
<p>Mitsis (ConWest: Antiquity & the Enlightenment)</p>
<p>Patell (ConWest: Antiquity & the 19th Century)</p>
<p>Renzi (ConWest: Antiquity & the 19th Century)</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>I took Writing New York with Patell. He seemed like a cool/funny guy and always gave pretty interesting lectures. I would def recommend him.</p>
<p>Oh man, and a recommendation for a writing the essay teacher: Matthew McClelland. He's a 20-something with a crazy hippie/stoner image who is a good grader. Never a dull moment in that class.</p>
<p>Hey guys i have a question</p>
<p>I'm going to the orientation during welcome week...is it impossible to take classes with good professors since most other people will alrady have registered for classes by then?</p>
<p>i loved renzi's class but some thought he was arrogant.</p>
<p>Can anyone describe the best GSP professors? I'm taking Social Foundations I, and Cultural Foundations, Life Science, and Writing the Essay.</p>
<p>Taiwaneseterror--</p>
<p>I believe the school reserves a number of seats for each orientation section so it's not like you'll be totally screwed if you go to the welcome week orientation. I mean, yes a lot of the classes will be closed, but you'll still be able to get classes that will keep you on track for freshman year and good teachers/classes as well. The only thing that might be a problem is that you might end up with terrible schedules in terms of time of day and stuff. You might have Friday classes, early 8AMs, etc. But in my opinion, unless you live near NYC, I really don't think it's worth the money and effort to schedule a flight to NYU just to attend orientation early and snag good class schedules. I did that Freshman year, and regret it. I could have saved some money, and my freshman year first semester schedule was terrible</p>
<p>micheeatsfish----</p>
<p>About professor Jonoh Mischkot, I know you explained about him in detail, but just wanted to ask you this: how is he in terms of grading?</p>
<p>I checked up on him in RatemyProf.com and yes there were a lot of people who liked him but I saw a few people complaining for his harsh grading..</p>
<p>Any insights would be helpful. Thanks!</p>
<p>For Cultural Foundations I had Lindsay Davies. Really intellengent smart woman. A little easier than others but a great person.</p>
<p>For Social Foundations I I had J. Ward Regan. He's very umm... liberal and opinionated. Even if I agreed with him, I found him overbearing at times. That being said, I think everyone should have him for class once because he's definitely super smart and I think he's one of those life changing professors.</p>
<p>If not, ward take Heidi White's Social Foundations class. Sometimes she is ridiculously hard and you want to cry because you have so much work. But she is a great lecturer and I would say I learned the most in this class. Plus, she wrote me some great recommendations.</p>
<p>Lastly, take South Asian Cultures (or any class you can) with Rochelle Almeida. I swear she must have like 15 degrees. She is so perceptive and intellegent. She lectures a lot but it's like listening to a story because it's so relaxed.</p>
<p>P.S. John Canemaker is the best professor at NYU.</p>
<p>P.S. John Canemaker is the best professor at NYU.</p>
<p>I'm an incoming freshman and was wondering which "Conversations of the West" class is the easiest and has the best professor in terms of giving out As? I'm considerng taking Con West : Democracy Ancient and Modern, because it apparently looks like the easiest, but I'm not sure....can current students tell me which con west prof is the most lenient in grading?</p>
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Professor: Jonoh Mischkot
Course: Writing the Essay
Comment: Shockingly, the unanimously-dreaded WTE is one of my favorite classes thus far at NYU (I'm going to be a junior) and although I came in a love for writing, it definitely was the teacher who made it exciting. Most of my friends hate their WTE teachers and most of them love writing as well. Jonoh made each exercise and essay exciting. He's clear about what he wants, and he works personally with each invidiual to really try to improve their writing.
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<p>^ 100% true. He's an amazing teacher who'll bring in CDs and movies and poems to play at the beginning of class and analyze. Even though WTE is still a hellish amount of work, I believe he gave fewer assignments than any other teacher I know (1 essay every week as opposed to 1 every class, at least until the last month or so when we needed to crunch things a bit). This isn't even including his easy candor and ability to relate to students, plus he'll remember your writing pretty well. On the flip side...</p>
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micheeatsfish----</p>
<p>About professor Jonoh Mischkot, I know you explained about him in detail, but just wanted to ask you this: how is he in terms of grading?</p>
<p>I checked up on him in RatemyProf.com and yes there were a lot of people who liked him but I saw a few people complaining for his harsh grading..</p>
<p>Any insights would be helpful. Thanks!
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<p>That, imho, would be true. He is not an easy grader by any means. It's hard to do worse than a C on his papers, but it can be very difficult to get A's consistently if you're the type to be on/off on certain essays. Sort of a glass floor and ceiling effect. And the type of papers you need to write are completely different from HS. Still, if you want a WTE class that's actually enjoyable and you can have fun in even with the annoying papers, Jono's your man.</p>
<p>CollectivSynergy---
It IS still manageable to get A from his class right? I mean, he shouldn't be much tougher than other WTE instructors...</p>
<p>quag_mire: take this one:</p>
<p>FALL 2008 V55.0403 Conversations of the West: Antiquity and the Enlightenment
Prof. Connolly (Classics)</p>
<p>Connolly's a really good teacher - I recommended her in my original post in this thread. I didn't find the class unfairly difficult; that said, I'm the kind of person who does all the readings. </p>
<p>Also, Conwest and World Cultures are classes that you can actually get a lot out of, so better to go with the interesting prof rather than the one that's easy (but puts you to sleep every class). Otherwise, you're going to graduate and be like, 'god, that was a waste of time' and it's a shame to be spending $160k on a waste of time...</p>
<p>clubbiscuit--</p>
<p>CollectivSynergy did a good job of summing J.Mischkot up. From what it seems like, he does assign fewer assignments compared to other WTE teachers. Basically theres a small writing exercise (1-2 pages) due almost everytime the class meets, some easier than others. They sound like a lot, but they are meant to be first drafts exercises, and they're not being graded, only if you complete them or not and he'll let you know if you're on track with a check, check plus/minus. </p>
<p>Grading-wise, he's not an irrational, super harsh grader. It's somewhat true that he doesn't just hand out easy A's, yet if you do what you're supposed to (i.e complete your homework and follow some directions-- even minimally) you should at least have earned yourself a B-/C. It's really based on the 3-4 Final Essays that you write. He'll hold conferences with you with each one, and your writing exercises are supposed to lead you up to this final draft, so the actual final draft isn't as stressful as it seems. From personal experience, I consistently (with exception of a few times) received check plus' on my writing exercises, and did decently on my essays. There were errors here and there, but overall I followed his format of writing, and ended up with a B+ in his class. Although it's not an A, I was proud of my improving in writing and that it's not an easy class. </p>
<p>With that said, WTE is notorious for being hell. It seems like a lot of work (what I've been describing) but Jonoh's class is a more blissful "hell" (even satisfying/enjoying in retrospect)</p>
<p>How do we find out which teachers are teaching which WTE classes? They're listed as staff, tba.</p>
<p>That's because orientations haven't started and nothing is definite yet, the profs will gradually be inputted in there as time goes on. Some, however, will still be "tba" until a month before classes start. I imagine it's the difficulty of scheduling so many classes and professors since the school is so huge.</p>
<p>can anyone comment on prof. pasquino, for conwest ancient and modern?</p>