Professor

Melissa Paquette-Smith

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Overall Ratings
Based on 98 Users
Easiness 3.9 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Workload 3.7 / 5 How light the workload is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Clarity 4.6 / 5 How clear the professor is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Helpfulness 4.5 / 5 How helpful the professor is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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June 23, 2022
Quarter: Spring 2022
Grade: A+

Super duper nice professor. Lectures are recorded, and exams are open note. Easy A if you finish taking notes and do your assignments on time.

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April 11, 2019
Quarter: Winter 2019
Grade: A

Professor Paquette-Smith is very clear and engaging in her lectures, and she likes to ask questions which helps prevent you from falling asleep. She is also very approachable, which i feel really matters. 10/10 would recommend. The class has little to no homework other than reading the chapters in the textbook, which isn't really required. There is one midterm and a final, and a couple of straightforward labs.

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March 29, 2019
Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: A

The slides are really engaging, but there are a lot of clicker questions involved. Accuracy with clicker questions count as well. The labs are not hard at all for the class. The material is fairly easy, because the professor goes over it well. The midterms and finals are not extremely difficult and very doable.

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April 3, 2019
Quarter: Winter 2019
Grade: B+

Nice prof, straight forward material. Pay attention and don't cram and you'll get an A. I slept and crammed and got a B+. My own fault.

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April 3, 2019
Quarter: Winter 2019
Grade: A+

She's the best lecturer I've ever met at UCLA. She's soooo clear when she talks about class materials and is often sweet and funny.

She gives out course outlines which contain the structure of most of materials to be covered in the lecture, but you may still have to take some notes since small details she talked about on class actually often appears in exams.

Her lecture is often funny and really engaging. She uses slides and they are super clear. There are some group projects but they are really easy and do not take much time to finish.

There is one midterm and one final for this class. They are of the same level of difficulty. Problems are quite straightforward, so as long as you listen to her carefully during lectures and memorize the outline as well as notes you take, you'll be fine.

If you have a chance, DO TAKE THIS COURSE WITH HER!

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June 1, 2019
Quarter: Spring 2019
Grade: A-

Professor Paquette-Smith is, without a doubt, the best lecturer I have ever taken a class with at UCLA. She makes things incredibly clear and understandable to all, and her lectures are often humorous and involve student-to-student interaction and fun activities (she also gave us candy one time). Tests are super reasonable and should be doable just from paying moderate amounts of attention in lecture.

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June 19, 2019
Quarter: Spring 2019
Grade: B

Overall, I highly recommend this class. Lectures were engaging and material is engaging and interesting. Showing up to class is necessary but you'll never have a problem with it because this professor makes them interesting. Exams are based on lecture material and all of the lecture slides are posted on CCLE so if you miss a day it is alright. The labs are once a week and super easy and straightforward. All of the work for the class is relatively simple busy work. However, the exam questions can be misleading and the wording can be confusing at times...Basically, if you show up to class, it's likely you will be successful in the class!

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June 15, 2019
Quarter: Spring 2019
Grade: A

If you have a chance to take this class with her, take it! Lectures are long but pretty engaging and exam material is taken right from lecture slides so textbook is not needed. Easy to cram for the night before and still get an A if you have a busy quarter that quarter. I only studied a couple of hours for a few days before the midterm and got an A on it, and the workload of this class is really light (a lab that takes 10 minutes once a week, plus a final lab report and midterm/final).

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July 6, 2019
Quarter: Spring 2019
Grade: N/A

Straightforward class: pay attention and review material before tests and you will do fine. There is a lot of material that is covered so it is important not to cram. Professor is pretty damn funny and gives examples that make recalling information easier. One downside is it's a 1 h 50 min class but the professor helps by giving 5-10 minute break.

Textbook not needed, lectures are bruincast, outlines/slides are posted. Still have to go to class for clickers but resources are helpful.

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Oct. 31, 2019
Quarter: Winter 2018
Grade: N/A

If you're gonna take Psych 10, take it with her!! Super clear and straightforward!

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PSYCH 10
Quarter: Spring 2022
Grade: A+
June 23, 2022

Super duper nice professor. Lectures are recorded, and exams are open note. Easy A if you finish taking notes and do your assignments on time.

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PSYCH 10
Quarter: Winter 2019
Grade: A
April 11, 2019

Professor Paquette-Smith is very clear and engaging in her lectures, and she likes to ask questions which helps prevent you from falling asleep. She is also very approachable, which i feel really matters. 10/10 would recommend. The class has little to no homework other than reading the chapters in the textbook, which isn't really required. There is one midterm and a final, and a couple of straightforward labs.

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PSYCH 10
Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: A
March 29, 2019

The slides are really engaging, but there are a lot of clicker questions involved. Accuracy with clicker questions count as well. The labs are not hard at all for the class. The material is fairly easy, because the professor goes over it well. The midterms and finals are not extremely difficult and very doable.

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PSYCH 10
Quarter: Winter 2019
Grade: B+
April 3, 2019

Nice prof, straight forward material. Pay attention and don't cram and you'll get an A. I slept and crammed and got a B+. My own fault.

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PSYCH 10
Quarter: Winter 2019
Grade: A+
April 3, 2019

She's the best lecturer I've ever met at UCLA. She's soooo clear when she talks about class materials and is often sweet and funny.

She gives out course outlines which contain the structure of most of materials to be covered in the lecture, but you may still have to take some notes since small details she talked about on class actually often appears in exams.

Her lecture is often funny and really engaging. She uses slides and they are super clear. There are some group projects but they are really easy and do not take much time to finish.

There is one midterm and one final for this class. They are of the same level of difficulty. Problems are quite straightforward, so as long as you listen to her carefully during lectures and memorize the outline as well as notes you take, you'll be fine.

If you have a chance, DO TAKE THIS COURSE WITH HER!

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PSYCH 10
Quarter: Spring 2019
Grade: A-
June 1, 2019

Professor Paquette-Smith is, without a doubt, the best lecturer I have ever taken a class with at UCLA. She makes things incredibly clear and understandable to all, and her lectures are often humorous and involve student-to-student interaction and fun activities (she also gave us candy one time). Tests are super reasonable and should be doable just from paying moderate amounts of attention in lecture.

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PSYCH 10
Quarter: Spring 2019
Grade: B
June 19, 2019

Overall, I highly recommend this class. Lectures were engaging and material is engaging and interesting. Showing up to class is necessary but you'll never have a problem with it because this professor makes them interesting. Exams are based on lecture material and all of the lecture slides are posted on CCLE so if you miss a day it is alright. The labs are once a week and super easy and straightforward. All of the work for the class is relatively simple busy work. However, the exam questions can be misleading and the wording can be confusing at times...Basically, if you show up to class, it's likely you will be successful in the class!

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PSYCH 10
Quarter: Spring 2019
Grade: A
June 15, 2019

If you have a chance to take this class with her, take it! Lectures are long but pretty engaging and exam material is taken right from lecture slides so textbook is not needed. Easy to cram for the night before and still get an A if you have a busy quarter that quarter. I only studied a couple of hours for a few days before the midterm and got an A on it, and the workload of this class is really light (a lab that takes 10 minutes once a week, plus a final lab report and midterm/final).

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PSYCH 10
Quarter: Spring 2019
Grade: N/A
July 6, 2019

Straightforward class: pay attention and review material before tests and you will do fine. There is a lot of material that is covered so it is important not to cram. Professor is pretty damn funny and gives examples that make recalling information easier. One downside is it's a 1 h 50 min class but the professor helps by giving 5-10 minute break.

Textbook not needed, lectures are bruincast, outlines/slides are posted. Still have to go to class for clickers but resources are helpful.

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PSYCH 10
Quarter: Winter 2018
Grade: N/A
Oct. 31, 2019

If you're gonna take Psych 10, take it with her!! Super clear and straightforward!

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