Nancy Schnurr
4 courses · 21 reviews
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I'm not sure why her rating is 16% because she is hilarious and also very understanding of personal circumstances. She definitely prioritizes effort over perfection which I appreciate.
10/2/2025
Schnurr has one of the most disorganized canvas pages I have seen, where most of the due dates were incorrect (she refused to fix any of the issues brought to her attention). The Supersite homework in the class is pretty horrible as well, and her lectures don't cover the material that is on the test.
1/13/2025
Cannot believe that she has such a low rating, she was incredible in class, super funny, and so willing to help if you were confused about something or just wanted extra help. Great prof and person and I hope to have her again
12/21/2023
I honestly don't know why the rating is so low, she was an amazing professor when I was there and my class even talked about how we couldn't believe how low her rating was.
12/20/2023
As the head of the spanish dept you would think she knows what is going on. I had a different prof who had to step out for part of the semester, and wasnt at the same pace, so there were certain things on an exam that we hadnt done. Schnurr graded them and refused to give any grading mercy despite the fact that we handnt learned it yet.
12/12/2023
Honestly, she's as bad as the reviews seem. While she can be disorganized, she grades quickly and there's definitely cohesion when it comes to lessons. However, class is mostly speaking practice while all of the grammar or vocab work (there's a lot of it too) is done independently which isn't my style.. She's not the best, but not the worst either.
8/17/2023
AVOID this professor. Schnurr is disorganized. She frequently forgot to post assignments on canvas, and some of her presentations had errors. Attendance is mandatory although I think she forgets to take attendance.
2/11/2022
Incompetent. All there is to say. Takes two plus months to grade anything - in all reality the class is certain she loses everything we turn in and gives random grades depending about how she feels about you. Unbearable amount of useless homework. Extinguished any and all passion I have for learning the spanish language.
11/1/2021
Probably one of the most incompetent professors I've ever had.
10/27/2021
She's very sweet, but terrible at teaching. Don't take her class if you want to learn Spanish. She's scatterbrained (even emailed us the quiz once without even realizing) and takes forever to grade/return assignments. We went into the final not knowing what we had in the class. We had to teach ourselves all the material as well.
1/9/2020
Awful Professor, super unorganized. She is amiable in person, but she doesnt care about teaching and her students.
11/19/2019
I'm very shy and nervous when speaking. I only participated when she called on me--bad move. She barely goes over any literature until the day of. The oral exam is a nightmare as she didn't explain anything. The Spanish tutor is a big help until Schnurr contradicts what the tutor says. I'm a Spanish minor and I'm continuing w/ a different teacher.
1/18/2017
Absolutely no explanation of grades. I got a B+ in the class while getting A's on nearly every single test. Strongly dislike this woman.
12/19/2013
HORRIBLE TEACHER. STEER CLEAR. Schnurr doesn't explain anything, which makes the exams difficult. I was going to be a Spanish minor but he completely turned me away from the language. She made the class a lot harder than it should have been. Extremely disappointed with her representing the Spanish department at a school like WashU. AVOID HER.
11/10/2013
She has good intentions; however, she is not the greatest when it comes down to wanting a solid understanding of the language. For example, I was explicitly told that any verb can be used like gustar, which is simply false. She can be funny and likes to relate to her students, but if you want to learn, this is not the best option.
11/15/2012
I had Schnurr for Spanish 101 and 102. Easy A's both of them. Just study before the exams, suck up a little, talk lots in class (which helps you practice Spanish anyway), and do the assigned exercises (which take <=10 min). She's got a cute kid and likes to trade restaurant recs. If out of things to talk about, trying those=brownie pts!
6/5/2007
Very nice person, fairly easy class. However, she is very unorganized. We never get quizzes or assignments back, which creates more work for us in the end. Not a very high stress class, very laid back. Most classes she just talks to us in Spanish.
11/23/2005
great teacher- definitely takes a personal interest in students and cares about their learning, doesn't go by the book but teaches more through talking and listening to spanish, which I thought was more helpful and improved my spanish speaking skills which is why I took the course in the first place
12/20/2004