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.

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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.

She's a great person! She was really concerned with how my writing was improving and she gave me a lot of hints and details on what i should change.

Overall the course was confusing to me as an engineer. She gave a lot of freedom with her papers, so i kinda got lost. But i went in to get her help and she really gave me good advice.

I ended up with an A in the class. I think if you really listen to her advice you'll get an A no matter what.

Hello everyone, if you care about your gpa, do not take this class with her.

There's not that much work in this class, just three essays that aren't too bad and a few readings. I would definitely recommend going to office hours because she will help you with your essays and it seems like she basically expects you to go if you want a good grade. Overall I would recommend the class.