<p>Are most classes taught by profs or TAs? Are the TAs good? Do they (profs AND TAs)speak English well? If taught by TAs, is there even a prof available? Are there a lot of TAs at the upper levels as well as at the lower levels? Are the profs too busy with research to bother with those pesky students?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>almost all classes are taught by helpful and accessible profs.</p>
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Are the profs too busy with research to bother with those pesky students?
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I think the profs are busy hiring the pesky students to help with the research!</p>
<p>I had one TA-taught class at Rice - he was in his final year of a phd and the following semester got a tenure track job at Vanderbilt, so I'm not sure that that counts as a typical "TA experience."</p>
<p>The only TA's I've experienced so far (as a freshman) are those leading general chemistry labs, and ECON 211 where there is one section taught by a professor and the rest (3-4 other) of the sections are taught by TA's, simply because ECON 211 is one of the most popular courses. </p>
<p>I would say that there's a very good chance there are TA's leading your particular lab group (but with a professor supervising it).</p>
<p>But other than that, all of my classes have been taught by professors.</p>
<p>Hope that helps.</p>