Lauri is really amazing. I am a freshman and EC3 was the first class I took at UCLA. I feel lucky to be able to spend the summer with Lauri. She is a professor willing to offer you as much advice as possible. During office hour, she is very patient and answers all the questions you have. She is really amazing!! I love her!

I want to keep in touch with her. If you really want to learn something and improve your writing skills instead of finding a "easy" professor and getting high gpa without any challenges, then take Lauri. She will challenge you, but the challenges push you forward.

Definitely a tough grader, and over analyzes papers, but i can say she improved my writing SO much. GO TO OFFICE HOURS! 3 papers, 3 one pg film responses and a 2 minute film presentation, class wasn't too bad. readings and essay topics weren't that bad, get more difficult but i'd definitely recommend her if you actually want to learn and don't focus so much on your grade. if you do all the work you should pass.

I absolutely love Lauri. I think she is terrific.
Before I took her class, some sophomore students told me that she was very hard to deal with. I also saw the comments below from my fellow Chinese saying that she was being harsh to international students. As a result, I almost dropped her class.
However, after a summer with Lauri, I am very happy that I didn't drop her class. She's been very helpful and the whole class loves her. She really helped me with my major writing problems. Besides, she is very sweet in person.

Conclusion: If you are looking for a class that you don't need much work on it or a gpa-guarateed class, I don't recommend you to take Lauri's class. But if you're ready to learn and to put effort to improve your writing, don't miss Lauri.

Lauri Mattenson was amazing. She is extremely concerned with her students and incredibly down to earth. If you have the chance to take a course with her in a small student setting, DO IT. Her teaching style is very different from traditional classes. She taught me how to write more critically, but also taught me to view my college experience in a different light than before. If you are looking for a professor that will make you work for your grade - but don't worry, you will enjoy working for it - then you should definitely take a class with her.

*I took HC 65W with her

Mattenson is an excellent teacher.
She is able to see the directions in which you can immediately improve and directions you can reach over time.
I initially resented that I was required to take this writing class, but it turned out to be one of my favorites. As well as I believed I already wrote, Lauri (as she asks you to call her) not only gave me notes that improved my writing in ways that had not occurred to me, but provided opportuities to stretch my writing creatively.

Look, most of what you'll be doing at UCLA is writing papers, so getting a quarter of training from Mattenson is one of the best favors you could do for yourself. She's also genuinely encouraging of her students to pay her visits during future quarters if they need help on papers for other classes. If you have the time to take her up on that, do it.

She's a very nice person and very attentive to each persons writing and particularly to their progress in the class.

She'll make you a better writer and it will be worth it.

不多说，歧视国际生，还想上么？

I had the pleasure to take her during summer 2013. At first I was very reluctant to take English Composition 3 after reading the comments. However, over the days I learned to appreciate her class.

To earn a good grade in her class, you must read the articles and be prepare to discuss them in class. She is not your typical woman professor. She challenges you in order to improve your english composition.

Independence is important. I only went to her office hours once and I got to know her better. She wants her students to think for themselves and learn on their own. I ended up getting an B+ in her.

Take her class.

I absolutely loved Lauri, she is a wonderful professor. I went into English Comp 3 with such bad anxiety because I hate writing, especially at UCLA. She is a tough grader but that's okay! If you are willing to fix it up with her corrections you will get an A. I looked forward to going to class each week and participating. The key to a good grade is participating, revising essays, and going to office hours. I got to know Lauri really well, it was almost therapeutic talking to her. She is a great resource for recommendations in the future!

She is definitely a good teacher and an amazing writer. Her class will be tough (wait! don't run away yet..) but it is easy to get an A in her class if

1. YOU GO TO OFFICE HOURS
2. YOU ARE A TALKER!!!

If you are shy, forget about getting a good grade in her class. 30 percent of the grade was participation and 10 percent was presentation. If you get a B average on all 3 essays, you can get an A- in the class.
You will work hard and sometimes feel frustrated because of the re-writing but she gives SO MUCH feedback. She will read your essays, WORD PER WORD! She will help you and she will give you a good grade if she sees that you work hard.

I got an A- in her class but I worked for it.

P.S. Most of the time, she scared me.

Professor Mattenson is definitely a tough grader but she was less tight on my papers than on my friends’. You definitely should go to office hours if you take her class. She was very open on paper topics which can be confusing but can also be helpful for you to shape your own course of action. She is very enthusiastic about teaching and my writing did significantly improve over the course of the class. It does require a lot of writing and improving papers. I would recommend her class but be aware that it requires a lot of time (including attending office hours) and effort.