<p>To get "easy" professors, is it advisable to fix one's schedule, even though it becomes a little uncomfortable, to get these professors?</p>
<p>If you truly want to be a GPA monger, yes.</p>
<p>Otherwise, just chill and take what you want and fits.</p>
<p>I'd say the professor matters a lot. I seek out those that are supposed to be good, and haven't been disappointed yet. A bad professor can make an interesting subject boring, a good one can just about make a boring subject interesting. </p>
<p>Remember something- not all professor's styles may work for you, so what is "easy" to some (say homework is most of the grade) may not be for you (say all tests). Know what I mean? If you really care about GPA above all else, seek professors with styles that work for you.</p>
<p>how do i do that?</p>
<p>there is no such thing as an "easy" professor...there are good professors and there are bad ones. your professors aren't the ones who are grading you- your GSI's are, and there isn't a ratemyprofessors for GSI's. A GOOD professor is often times considered easy because they make the subject matter EASIER to understand...therefore, if by easy you mean good- then yes, you should try to take GOOD professors by any means possible.</p>
<p>i switched around my schedule just so i wouldn't get the bad math1b professor. i just didn't want to go through. i think it depends on the subject if you want to do that, but i think it just makes the class much more enjoyable and well worth the switching around of the schedule (unless it becomes ridiculous).</p>
<p>There are definitely "easy" and "hard" professors. Some will give much, much more work than others and will give much, much harder exams. There are also "good" and "bad" professors. Very often, "good" professors are "hard" professors.</p>
<p>I would avoid, at all costs, any professor that is "bad". However, do not take one person's word for it. Ask around, and if a whole bunch tell you to stay away, you'd best take their advice. I wouldn't bother seeking out "easy" teachers personally, unless you are excessively concerned about your GPA, as others have said.</p>
<p>sp the professors do not grade students, but GSIs do? Who writes exams and such?</p>
<p>The professors write the exams (except in CS 61A), and the TAs grade them according to a rubric. The professors also set the grading curves (except in the physics department, where there's a rigid 25-40-35 rule for A-B-C) -- and some give out more A's than others. If you're concerned about your GPA, you definitely want to hunt out the "easiest" professors -- namely, those who write easier exams and allot more A's.</p>
<p>Don't forget the EECS grading curve:</p>
<p>"A typical GPA for courses in the lower division is 2.7. This GPA would result, for example, from 17% A's, 50% B's, 20% C's, 10% D's, and 3% F's. A class whose GPA falls outside the range 2.5 - 2.9 should be considered atypical. (A Typical GPA for basic prerequisite lower division CS courses (CS 40, CS 41) is 2.5, with GPA's outside the range 2.3 - 2.7 considered atypical.)" - <a href="http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Policies/ugrad.grading.shtml%5B/url%5D">http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Policies/ugrad.grading.shtml</a></p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>^ That's what I hate most about Berkeley.</p>
<p>Prof. Ming Wu allots 40-45%</a> A's in EE105[/url</a>]. I want to take his class -- he'll be [url=<a href="http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Scheduling/EE/schedule-draft.html%5Dteaching">http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Scheduling/EE/schedule-draft.html]teaching</a> again in Spring 2007.</p>