Kalo Clarke is an English professor at Northeastern University rated 1.7/5 by 32 students, with 3.4/5 difficulty (TRACE + RateMyProfessors + Reddit, updated July 2026).
Kalo Clarke professor reviews and ratings: 1.7/5 from 32 student reviews at Northeastern. TRACE + RateMyProfessor + Reddit.
I took this class back in 2008, way before writing as a practicing engineer. The problem's not with Kalo, who taught well and gave fair grades. The problem's with NU scientists and engineers, who are used to curves but write like they're in middle school. Kalo's just not willing to align a B with that level of writing.ENGU301 2013-07-12 13:58:30 +0000 UTC
Hardest, most useless teacher I've ever had. For starters her grading system is ridiculous; if you go "above and beyond" she calls that a C. During one assignment 8/14 kids got an F, 3 got a D and the rest got a C yet we ALL did the work. Avoid taking her class if at all possible. She does not care about you and refused kids assistance when asked.ENGL3301 2010-06-16 18:20:07 +0000 UTC
DONOTTAKETHISCLASS! This woman ruined my college career. Her lectures are pointless, she never gives you a legit progress report, she thinks she knows everything about english but infact she has you look up majority of the stuff because she is unsure.You work so hard to be critisized by a woman that shouldnt even be teaching. DO Not TAKE HER CLASSENG301 2008-12-23 09:45:09 +0000 UTC
Great Professor! Very difficult class, but Kalo is fun and she is a really good teacher! A lot of hard work.COMM1 2008-08-18 20:56:16 +0000 UTC
I have never taken her class, but I ask her for assistance once in the English Department and not only was she useless, but also unprofessional and rude. She gave me the impression that not only did she not care about my problem she was offended that I asked.ENG350 2008-07-16 08:28:38 +0000 UTC
She was great! She's funny and real easy going. The class wasn't very hard at all. I was a little worried about the bad reviews she got but I'm glad I stayed in her class. I would def recommend Kalo for middler writing!ENGU304 2007-05-04 11:46:40 +0000 UTC
I took her middler year writing for business class. She is the quite possibly the worst teacher I have ever had. I get straight As, I got an A- in her class, but it was a horrible and daunting experience. Probably the biggest waste of my life to date. Very Difficult Class!AWD301 2007-01-05 23:50:39 +0000 UTC
ugggh worst teacher ever. i took this business middler writing class. we had assignments due on blackboard twice a week, suuuch a hassle. she never grades any of ur work so ur unaware of ur progess, and her feedback is unhelpful. drop her.she attempted to get our class to "change the way all writers write papers".what is this a revolution, puhleaseAWD304 2006-12-05 01:46:59 +0000 UTC
Just awful!! she should retire !!ENG304 2006-11-06 21:12:08 +0000 UTC
`In her world, she's an artsy, concise, and impeccibly time-managed individual. To everyone else, she is rude, brusque, hopelessly lazy snob. Like many others, I was shocked at my grade. She provided almost no feedback throughout the course, and when she did, it was boilerplate (everyone had the same feedback). A terrible experience!ENGU301AWD 2006-05-02 22:41:27 +0000 UTC
Terrible teacher.... If you look at your feedback and another students', they'll be exactly the same! Her assignments are unclear as well as her grading schematic.... You've been warned....AWDU301 2006-01-01 14:06:29 +0000 UTC
I really wanted to like this class and teacher, but I just couldn't. The class was ok, good for a summer class, only met twice a week. Kalo is not a good professor however, her feedback is seriously lacking, usually she'll just write something like "how?" on something you really strained to include everything. Not a fan.AMERICANFILM 2005-11-09 17:56:16 +0000 UTC
ridiculous, to call it arbitrary would be complimenting her grading, handouts are preposterous - violates every principle of writing she is supposed to teach, assignments for totally different classes, one of those profs that don't prepare & know it but make themselves believe they are good teachers lecturing a tough class by giving bad gradesENG301AWD 2005-10-20 21:20:29 +0000 UTC
No CommentsCREATIVEWRITIN 2005-09-18 18:51:55 +0000 UTC
Took class awhile ago. It was Creative Writing but we did more talking in class than writing. Turned in all assignments on time, but the last discussion was about the class and I told her that we should have done more writing.I ended up with a C. She wouldn't discuss it with me or anything.ENG1350 2005-01-25 09:10:29 +0000 UTC
Kalo Clarke has an average rating of 1.7/5 from 32 student reviews.
Kalo Clarke's classes have a difficulty rating of 3.4/5 based on student reviews.
Data updated July 2026.