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<li>M/T/Th 6:00-7:20 pm with a really good professor according to ratemyprofessors (4.8/5 out of 8 ratings)</li>
<li>M/W/Th 3:00-4:20 pm with a new professor who isn't on ratemyprofessors</li>
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<p>Upsides to 1: I'd be getting a good professor that knows his stuff, and I work better at night
Downsides to 1: I have an engineering seminar and lab on Tuesday (4 hours straight from roughly 12-4, which might burn me out if I have to go back for a math class at 6) and I'd miss a workshop I really want to sign up for on Mondays.</p>
<p>Upsides to 2: I wouldn't feel so burned out on Tuesdays, and I could go to those Monday workshops.
Downside to 2: I don't know if the professor is any good, so it'd be a gamble.</p>
<p>2 sounds like a better option. What math class is it? If it’s lower level stuff then having a great professor isn’t too much of a boost. Once you start getting into higher level proofing then it becomes increasingly important to get good professors.</p>
It’s a long shot, but did you check the school where he taught before (even as a grad student)? </p>
<p>I don’t know how badly you want to attend this workshop, but I would go with option 1. I usually choose the better lecturers over scheduling convenience. Only once did I choose a “bad” professor for scheduling reasons and two weeks later I was ready to undo that choice (had that been possible). A late class with an engaging professor is not nearly as tiring as you think, but a class with a boring incomprehensible professor is always a drag.</p>
<p>If you have an add/drop period, you could go to both classes for a week before you decide. (If your classes start on a Monday, go to the Monday workshop and skip the first meeting of math class #1.) You never know what will happen. Maybe the workshop won’t be as exciting as you think it is. Maybe going to a math class after the engineering seminar won’t be as tiring as you expect. Maybe math professor #2 is the most awesome professor on the planet and you don’t like math professor #1. You won’t know until you try.</p>
<p>I am also going with one. I know you may not like the ideal of being that busy, and it can even get to you. I know I had three classes back to back to back, with only 5-10 mins apart in each. It was very busy, but I ended up having fridays off and a very easy monday and wed.
I guess the question is can you motivate yourself to do it? It will be tiring at times, but if you can or think you can do it, then go with the teacher who you know is going to do a good job and be in a class in which you know you are going to enjoy.</p>