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Mark Forrester ENGL398L Expecting an A Anonymous 05/30/2025	TAKE HIM FOR YOUR PROFESSIONAL WRITING REQUIREMENT, I AM TRYING TO HELP YOU, HE IS THE BEST PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT. Can't believe this guy is teaching at UMD instead of running for president or something. I ADORED this class. Forrester is just so kind and cares so much about his students, and makes the class accessible to English and non-English majors. I literally cannot say enough good things about him or the class. A 12-page essay sounds daunting but he takes you through every step and makes it so easy. The regular lessons are also fun, he's great at getting students to participate while not dominating the conversation. I am so glad I chose to do this instead of one of the other FSPW classes. Just take it, even if you aren't in the humanities I'd still recommend. Would give him 10 stars if I could, he also sends out pictures of his cat who is adorable.
Mark Forrester ENGL398L Expecting an A Anonymous 05/13/2024	Love this man, probably the best and coolest professor I've ever had, he is so kind and understanding and one of the only members of the UMD faculty who makes it clear that he really cares about his students and their wellbeing outside of his class. Generous but fair grader and sets his students up for success. Would follow him to war probably. He also sends out cat pictures every week
Mark Forrester ENGL398L Expecting an A Anonymous 12/21/2017	I was expecting to hate my professional writing class, but it was one of the best classes I've taken. There are a couple of big assignments due throughout the semester leading up to the final paper. The paper can be about anything you want, and he grades fairly for all the assignments. He also allows rewrites for a couple of them, but as long as you put in some effort you shouldn't have to do the rewrites. The highest grade he gives is a 95% but for final grades, a 92% is an A.
Mark Forrester ENGL398L Expecting an A Anonymous 06/16/2014	Mark is an excellent professor and really cares about his students! You have to have some interest in the humanities (movies, literature, history, languages, etc.) to truly appreciate the class, but overall his grading is fair and he's committed to making sure your writing is the best it can be. You'll learn how to write more concisely and how to sustain an argument through a long paper, as well as how to write a resume, cover letter, grad school app essay/personal statement, etc.
Mark Forrester ENGL398L Expecting a B bmorefan 12/17/2008	Very nice and funny guy. Easy to talk to. Assignments not too difficult, he lets you pretty much pick whatever topic you want. Grading is pretty consistent. Good professor for JuniorEnglish.

Mark Forrester
ENGL398L

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/30/2025

TAKE HIM FOR YOUR PROFESSIONAL WRITING REQUIREMENT, I AM TRYING TO HELP YOU, HE IS THE BEST PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT. Can't believe this guy is teaching at UMD instead of running for president or something. I ADORED this class. Forrester is just so kind and cares so much about his students, and makes the class accessible to English and non-English majors. I literally cannot say enough good things about him or the class. A 12-page essay sounds daunting but he takes you through every step and makes it so easy. The regular lessons are also fun, he's great at getting students to participate while not dominating the conversation. I am so glad I chose to do this instead of one of the other FSPW classes. Just take it, even if you aren't in the humanities I'd still recommend. Would give him 10 stars if I could, he also sends out pictures of his cat who is adorable.

Mark Forrester
ENGL398L

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/13/2024

Love this man, probably the best and coolest professor I've ever had, he is so kind and understanding and one of the only members of the UMD faculty who makes it clear that he really cares about his students and their wellbeing outside of his class. Generous but fair grader and sets his students up for success. Would follow him to war probably. He also sends out cat pictures every week

Mark Forrester
ENGL398L

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/21/2017

I was expecting to hate my professional writing class, but it was one of the best classes I've taken. There are a couple of big assignments due throughout the semester leading up to the final paper. The paper can be about anything you want, and he grades fairly for all the assignments. He also allows rewrites for a couple of them, but as long as you put in some effort you shouldn't have to do the rewrites. The highest grade he gives is a 95% but for final grades, a 92% is an A.

Mark Forrester
ENGL398L

Expecting an A
Anonymous
06/16/2014

Mark is an excellent professor and really cares about his students! You have to have some interest in the humanities (movies, literature, history, languages, etc.) to truly appreciate the class, but overall his grading is fair and he's committed to making sure your writing is the best it can be. You'll learn how to write more concisely and how to sustain an argument through a long paper, as well as how to write a resume, cover letter, grad school app essay/personal statement, etc.

Mark Forrester
ENGL398L

Expecting a B
bmorefan
12/17/2008

Very nice and funny guy. Easy to talk to. Assignments not too difficult, he lets you pretty much pick whatever topic you want. Grading is pretty consistent. Good professor for JuniorEnglish.

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