Teacher ratings?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Stanford University
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<p>I am trying to decide between Columbia and Stanford (see my post <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=322971%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=322971&lt;/a&gt;) and was wondering if Stanford students do informal ratings of professors, like Columbia does (<a href="http://www.culpa.info)%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.culpa.info)&lt;/a>, and if so, if a link could be posted.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance.</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/SelectTeacher.jsp?sid=953%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/SelectTeacher.jsp?sid=953&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>This website doesn't seem to have a whole lot of student participation.</p>

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<p>These evaluations were not collected by Stanford. Stanford does request evaluations of all classes/professors, but unfortunately, they are not available for public (or even student body) viewing at this time. This is something that people are not very happy about and are aiming to change.</p>

<p>We used to have an online Courseguide in which students could anonymously comment on professors and classes, but it was taken down a year or so ago. I'm not sure if/when it's coming back, but I sure hope so.</p>

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<p>aah, we need the courseguide back!</p>

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<p>Is there no way for Stanford students to know what they're getting into when they sign up for a class?</p>

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<p>i dont think there is anything yet.</p>

<p>we will just have to trust our seniors :D</p>

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<p>Word of mouth is very helpful, from students, other professors, or advisors. </p>

<p>Also, the shopping period is quite helpful. If you haven't heard about it, it refers to the first 2 weeks of each quarter; you don't have to finalize your classes until 2 weeks have passed. During the shopping period, you can go to whatever classes you like and see how they are. The downside to this is that you'll have to keep up with the work in all the classes until you decide which ones you want to take; it's not as if the professors assign no work during those 2 weeks. I think this is great, though, as you get to see what the professors are like, how the class is run, etc. before making a commitment.</p>

<p>Also, we have an online syllabus site in which professors post their syllabi so students can see what classes are about without actually going to them. However, this clearly isn't as beneficial for seeing lecture style.</p>

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<p>aah, thanks for the knowledge!</p>