<p>Hey I'm a 2018er trying to design my course-taking strategy..I'm going to study premed so a good GPA is very important for me. I wonder if there is a forum for course selection, where we can see comments left by those who have already attended the course, and the most importantly, know which professor is a easy-grader and which is a hard one? Any suggestions would be appreciated!</p>
<p>Ratemyprofessor is useful for a handful of professors. WashU’s evals.wustl.edu also has come in handy for me, but you need to have your wustl key before you can see any of them (you won’t get that until the summer, probably);</p>
<p>Exactly what Johnson said. You can’t see written comments on evals.wustl.edu, but you can see numerical reviews. You’ll get your WUSTL key around June, if I recall correctly. Ratemyprofessors is a pretty terrible source if you’re looking to make an informed decision–course evaluations are better for that. But RMP is okay if you just want to see if a professor is terrible or not.</p>
<p>Thank you guys! @John @RaVNzCRoFT</p>
<p>Eric Phoenix- my son is a freshman at WUSTL (Classics major and doing premed)- many posters here were very helpful. If you take Physics, there are two paths to choose from: 117/118 or 197/198. Almost everyone recommended the latter path, as almost 50% oft he grade is based on homework, and the teaching was deemed to be much better. And a good physics background is recommended (and required) prior to taking the first year chemistry course at WUSTL. Calculus courses are not that bad, although the grading, in my son’s opinion, is not the way it should be as the tests are all multiple choice, with no partial credit given. My son also felt that his college writing course was entirely subjective, and there was no way for him to know who was going to be teaching this class when he signed up. At least he had an idea who the professors were for other courses. All in all, he loves it there, and I hope that other current students on this board can help you out some. Best of luck!</p>
<p>I would definitely look at ratemyprofessors and course evaluations and try to talk to upperclassmen who have gone through it all. I am a pre-med student at washu going into my junior year, so feel free to message me!
As for the above about Physics 117/118 or 197/198, I was one of the students who got “screwed” and ended up taking 117/118 and it really didn’t turn out to be bad at all. It is just different; Please let you know if you would like any specific advice! 
Good luck with everything!</p>