How do you pick professors?

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<p>How do you pick professors? Example for biology class 1 do I get a list of professors that I can pick and then do I read the reviews and pick which one I like? Are the reviews usually accurate? thanks</p>

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<p>On the course selection website it usually lists the professor’s last name for each section. Just look it up on RateMyProfessor.</p>

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<p>Look to see if your school has a professor review/feedback site. Many schools ask students to review the course at the end of a term and post them online. RateMyProfessor is ok but the majority of people that post there either really enjoyed or really despise the professor.</p>

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<p>It depends on the class. If it is a class I want to take, I pick the professor based on who I think I will learn the most from. If it is a class that I don’t think I will enjoy, whoever has a reputation for being the easiest. And in the case of pick one of three classes, whichever class I will enjoy the mmost/which has the professor that will do his best to impart knowledge onto the students.</p>

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<p>RateMyProfessors and word of mouth. If you know people who have had a professor before, ask them about it. If not, check RateMyProfessors.</p>

<p>Generally you’ll get a list showing the course, professor, time, and place. You pick the one that you want, assuming it’s not full. Most people pick based on professor first and foremost.</p>

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<p>Ratemyprofessor usually lacks specifics. Students who hated the professor or loved the professor post and often the grade received (earned) is the driving force.</p>

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<p>Since courses are based on curves, I could care less about the professor and more about what time the class is and how it fits into the rest of my schedule. Reviews I have found to be utterly useless. I have really enjoyed many of the professors students claim to be too hard and moving through material too fast.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I thought many picked classes based on timing? Wanna sleep in late, wanna have a long weekend off, you get the picture. Which leaves better odds for people who wanna pick based on professor, as a good prof may have a lousy timeslot class.</p>

<p>I guess word-of-mouth is defo better. Ask a senior who knows your personality, and more importantly, you know. (eg: is this student a slacker? how ‘intelligent’ is this student relative to me? So u can guage the prof’s difficulty based on that)</p>