I did not think this class would be that bad. There's a lot of writing, but I am a strong writer so I thought it would be doable. However, the professor is not the most interesting which makes it very hard to stay awake in the class. The grades you receive on your papers depends on your TA, but I got a mix of As and Bs. Overall disappointed with this class. It's all about Russian literature so there's a lot of reading. I tried pretty hard and only ended up getting a B+, still am not sure why. Would not really recommend.

Taking this class my first quarter at UCLA was a huge mistake. Not only is writing about Russian literature is hard, the professor does not tell you how to improve your writing and expects you to get everything together for the final paper. I don't know - maybe she is a lot easier in her upper div classes - but Rus 25W was absolute hell and it ruined my GPA.