<p>Loren Pope's Colleges That Change Lives like to bash Yale. a lot. Pope quotes professors saying their sons got miserable educations at yale. Many times.</p>
<p>I was wondering the true situation with Yale profs/academics. Does Pope's statment have any basis? I think Yale is wonderful, but of course I am still trying to guess at the inside from the outside through pretty brochures, so....</p>
<p>Anyway, thanks!</p>
<p>Hmm... i haven't read her statements, but that's troubling. There are definitely good and bad professors... but 'bad professors' is not a complaint you often (or ever?) hear from Yale undergrads. On the other hand, a lot of people have an iconic professor or two that they found amazing. </p>
<p>In my freshman year, i had one professor in a team taught class that i would call truly awful. Fortunately, he only gave three lectures. I had another that wasn't great in the same class. Out of maybe 17 professors i had freshman year, a few stand out as bad, and a few were exceptional. I don't know what pope writes about Yale, but I doubt you could responsibly and accurately characterize the faculty of a medium sized university without extensive research. I doubt she did very much research on yale, since her book was more focused on small, off-the-beaten-path colleges.</p>
<p>"miserable education" sounds like an absurd exaggeration, to me.</p>
<p>It's nonsense. Anybody who gets a "miserable eduction" at Yale isn't trying to get a good one.</p>
<p>Tell us more about what exactly the accusations are. Almost every Yalie you will ever meet would laugh at such statements, but I'd like to know exactly what the complaint is.</p>
<p>I don't know much about the school, but from what I've heard and seen.. Yale is ranked #5 for having the happiest students and best quality of life</p>