I'm surprised to hear of the seemingly erratic grading of the enigmatic "Dr. V".
I'm currently helping to guide a relative through some Sophia courses. As a result of what I've read here, I think I'll suggest sticking to courses without Touchstones for the remainder of the free promotion, and only working on courses like English Comp once they're back to business as usual.
I've taken both paid and free courses at Sophia. While I never felt as though I was given "the bum's rush", I'd feel much more comfortable pitching a sharp complaint about overly harsh and capricious grading by a staffer who identifies themselves only as "Dr. V" if I were paying for the course.
With that said, I feel compelled to share a random screengrab from the staffer who graded two of my English Comp Touchstones. She identified herself by her full name (I edited out her last name here), and FWIW, I found her comments to be succinct and on-point, and her grading consistently and eminently fair. I loathe collegiate writing and I turned in what I considered to be a "solid C" Touchstone, for which she gave me a 77.
Hopefully once the promotion is over a week from now, we'll see more work from staffers like Shante R and less from Dr. V.
I'm currently helping to guide a relative through some Sophia courses. As a result of what I've read here, I think I'll suggest sticking to courses without Touchstones for the remainder of the free promotion, and only working on courses like English Comp once they're back to business as usual.
I've taken both paid and free courses at Sophia. While I never felt as though I was given "the bum's rush", I'd feel much more comfortable pitching a sharp complaint about overly harsh and capricious grading by a staffer who identifies themselves only as "Dr. V" if I were paying for the course.
With that said, I feel compelled to share a random screengrab from the staffer who graded two of my English Comp Touchstones. She identified herself by her full name (I edited out her last name here), and FWIW, I found her comments to be succinct and on-point, and her grading consistently and eminently fair. I loathe collegiate writing and I turned in what I considered to be a "solid C" Touchstone, for which she gave me a 77.
Hopefully once the promotion is over a week from now, we'll see more work from staffers like Shante R and less from Dr. V.
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