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Melvyn King - SUNY Cortland

Professor: Melvyn King

Department: Psychology

College: SUNY Cortland

Rating # 1

Overview:

Course: PSY231
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Honestly, Melvyn King is the worst professor I've ever had. He doesn't have a clear grading rubric for assignments and does not provide helpful feedback. The amount of work required for a one-off course is crazy. He's condescending and has frequently made gross or misogynistic comments during lectures. I have no idea how this guy has a job still.

Rating # 2

Overview:

Course: CHILDPSYCH231
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

HORRIBLE

Rating # 3

Overview:

Course: PSY101
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

he teaches nothing that is on the quizzes/tests

Rating # 4

Overview:

Course: CHILDPSYCH231
Grade Received: B
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If you actually try you wont do bad. The quizes are hard to finish in time but as long as you read the textbook and write down the vocab you will get a good grade or even a 100. Try your best on the assignment, you will get atleast an 80 if you try. I thought this would be impossible and I am not naturally smart at all and I got an B.

Rating # 5

Overview:

Course: PSY231
Grade Received: B
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Not a great class at all. Quizzes are pretty hard and he never gives you enough time to finish them. Theres also papers due every other week and he grades harshly. He does grade stuff in a timely manner and updates your grade so you know what you have in the class. Wouldnt suggest taking this class if there are seats available in others.

Rating # 6

Overview:

Course: PSY101
Grade Received: B-
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He made this class way harder than it had to be. Take these ratings serious PLEASE!! You have 15 quizzes, 2 tests, and one final. His lectures are straight from the textbook- so pretty much useless. I just read the textbook to prepare. Do not take him. He did not drop any quiz grades and did not round up. SO many students dropped!!!

Rating # 7

Overview:

Course: PSY101
Grade Received: C-
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

quizes are very hard, not a lot of help.

Rating # 8

Overview:

Course: PSY101
Grade Received: D-
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Worst professor I have ever had. Miss a class lose a point on your final average. Only have 15 minutes to do a 25 question quiz every week. Over half the class dropped after the drop date. One test class average was a 25.26 ( there were close to 200 students in that class)

Rating # 9

Overview:

Course: PSY533
Grade Received: B
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Dr. King is by far the worst instructor I have ever encountered and I have a masters degree in education. Gives zero feedback when you ask for help, poor communication, and lacks organization. I can not believe he is allowed to still be teaching. Do NOT EVER take a class from him!

Rating # 10

Overview:

Course: PSY101
Grade Received: C
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This was the hardest course I have ever taken. He gives quizzes almost every day and you only have 14 minutes to answer 25 questions. No matter how many times I read the textbook I always did terrible. The papers are grader very hard because he cares more about the font then describing the task. Never take this professor!!

Rating # 11

Overview:

Course: PSY101
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Worst professor ever with too many quizzes that drawn from random unnecessary details from textbook. Hes not supportive and rude when trying to reach out for problems what he replies just told you how stupid you are to come out that question. His lecture basically just read out from text without explanation. Dont take him if you have other option

Rating # 12

Overview:

Course: CHILDPSYCH231
Grade Received: B-
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Very little feedback and a very hard grader. 25 question quizzes to do in only 14 minutes.

Rating # 13

Overview:

Course: PSY101
Grade Received: A+
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Time to retire, buddy! When you're reading the paper during lab, and couldn't be bothered to help students, that might be a sign it's time to hang it up. Maybe he wasn't always this way, but in 2020 his thoughts are elsewhere. Be prepared to teach yourself about this otherwise very interesting course.

Rating # 14

Overview:

Course: PSYCH231
Grade Received: C
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

truly terrible. would ask for help and more feedback and would give little to none. if you have the opportunity, DO NOT take his class.

Rating # 15

Overview:

Course: PSY231
Grade Received: C
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr King is hands down the worst professor I've ever had. His grading was unclear, his feedback unhelpful. Weekly quizzes online only open Friday-Sunday, and papers that didn't seem to have clear grading criteria. Every time I went to his office hours he was not there and took his time responding to emails.

Rating # 16

Overview:

Course: PSY101
Grade Received: B
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

NEVER TAKE KING. I took him with lecture (dropped) and online. He legit sucks, doesnt care about anything you ask him and has typos on his quizzes from hell ( which makes u get questions wrong that you shouldnt be). I have told him about it 1000 times and he doesn' do anything. I email him all the time and I see he doesnt care w his answers.

Rating # 17

Overview:

Course: CHILDPSYCH231
Grade Received: C
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Melvyn King is a tough grader but is very approachable and if you show that you care he will be accommodating to any problems. The online quizzes are extremely difficult so memorize the terms for each chapter from the lectures. The papers are short, but make sure to use a lot of detail, sight, and always add a works cited.

Rating # 18

Overview:

Course: PSY101
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Do not take this class. Lectures are awful. The teacher is rude at best, doesnt care for students. He knows what hes talking about and makes it clear to the class how brilliant he really is. You can read the chapters repetitively and still fail on the respondus quizzes, which you only get 3 tries on. The tests are even harder to pass. Good luck.

Rating # 19

Overview:

Course: PSY101
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I took this guys for a month and had to drop. Hands down my worst teacher I've ever had. The first day he said "the material is 20% learn through lecture, the other 80% of the material is in the textbook." Absolutely horrible, avoid him as much as possible.

Rating # 20

Overview:

Course: PSY101
Grade Received: B+
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Melvin King never attended lectures. He depended on another professor to teach the lecture, and TA to teach the lab. However, he was the one making the quizzes and exams. Be prepared to read and to pay attention in lecture.

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