<p>Can someone please tell me who the easiest professor for Econ 101, Calc II, and English 124 is?</p>
<p>I don't care about how good they are...just the Easiest :)</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>Glad to see you're looking to get the most of your education...</p>
<p>The best professors will be the ones that challenge you and make you put time into your work. That's how you'll retain what you learn. Econ is the same no matter who you get. I like Gerson. For Calc II, you get a random GSI. Maybe they changed that by now, but I don't think so. I don't know about English.</p>
<p>'chinaismine' is hilarious :D</p>
<p>haha</p>
<p>i really don't care about an education</p>
<p>I just want A's so i can transfer!</p>
<p>Yeah, I had gerson for Econ 101 and really liked her, I think she's the best (though they're prbly all around the same in terms of easiness). I think you get a random gsi for both freshman english and calc2.</p>
<p>It doesn't matter because Econ 101 is pretty much the same for everybody, and calc II and english 124 are taught by graduate students that aren't assigned until after you pick classes.</p>
<p>oh i c
thank you!</p>
<p>I went with English 125 and picked my professor at Orientation in June. Actually, I selected 4 professors that had high ratings by the students. I then picked the one with that fit best with my schedule. Michigan's professor advice site can be found at <a href="https://www.msa.umich.edu/advice/search.php%5B/url%5D">https://www.msa.umich.edu/advice/search.php</a>. The students complete evaluations on the professors at the end of the class and Michigan publishes the results.</p>
<p>You can find information regarding easiness on <a href="http://www.ratemyprofessors.com%5B/url%5D">www.ratemyprofessors.com</a>. I didn't really use this except as a double check to the Michigan information. (It appears that outliers are more likely to comment, but it did seem to generally match up with the Michigan information.) The best professors often (not always) have a pretty fair reputation for easiness. My theory (right or wrong) is that if you have a good professor who is interesting, you will find the class more interesting and easier.</p>
<p>Of course, the upperclassman will advise you that the GSIs are just as (or more) important than the professor in the entry level courses. I received mixed advice, but maybe it depends on the class.</p>
<p>The lower level Math and foreign language courses will not assign professors unitl August.</p>
<p>I did select a great professor for my first year seminar and found the Michigan advice site extremely helpful in this regard. She had a 4.96 rating out of 5 by about 20 students (as I recall), even though you really couldn't tell how interesting the class was from reading the description. As you page through, you will find this rating is amazingly high.</p>
<p>Bottom line - I was able to choose 2 of my 4 professors. The rest is up to fate or whatever. My schedule also turned out pretty much like I wanted as far as times and days of the week classes are held. You can find out class times and dates on <a href="http://www.lsa.umich.edu/cg/cg_advsearch.aspx?termArray=f_06_1610%5B/url%5D">http://www.lsa.umich.edu/cg/cg_advsearch.aspx?termArray=f_06_1610</a>.</p>
<p>There is even a finals schedule that has already been posted on another thread. I don't have this link at my finger tips, but wish I would have looked at this before Orientation.</p>
<p>"I don't care about an education, I just want As so I can transfer." I hope that's not your attitude in life. And where do you want to transfer to? Most universities that are equal to Michigan (and the 5 or 6 that are better) accept very few transfers, regardless of GPA unless they have a compelling reason for wanting to transfer.</p>
<p>Chanman, I hate to say this, but you're probably going to be in for a rude awakening. Firstly, you're talking about transfer before you even set foot on campus. You don't know yet if you will like the place or really anything else about college in general. You haven't lived it yet. I also looked at some of your recent posts, and that seems like all you're thinking about these days. You're talking about taking the easiest classes and not caring about an education so that you can transfer to a ranked top ten school (a.k.a. Ivy). The last time that I checked, that's what college is: an education, and there's no way an Ivy League school would want enything else. You also said that you were going to use Michigan as a "stepping stone" to get what you want and that you will not rest until you get it. Like another poster stated in a different thread, you will need a REAL reason to transfer, and these reasons are not it.</p>
<p>Also, if you do end up transferring after one year, your high school record and test scores will still count a little bit. These factors will become less significant the longer you are in college.</p>
<p>I'm glad anhydro brought up ratemyprofessors.com, which I was going to talk about. Regarding ratemyprofessor.com, there are different ways to look at the ratings. For me, personally, I would rather have a professor that looks like</p>
<p>1 5 5 5</p>
<p>than</p>
<p>5 1 1 1 </p>
<p>The first number tells the easiness, the second is helpfulness, third clarity, fourth rater interest. Easiness is the least important thing in your education.</p>
<p>Although I take those ratings with a grain of salt, consistency in professor ratings does tell you something I guess. If everyone says the same thing, then maybe it was a good thing that you checked out that ranking. So yeah, check out that site.</p>