| Interesting ranking, although I'm pretty suspicious of their use of ratemyprofessors.com. I don't know how it's used at the other schools on that list, but at Chicago almost nobody uses ratemyprofessors because there's an internal rating website that's linked to your actual course schedule and allows for a longer and more detailed response. From what I've seen, the few reviews for Chicago professors on RMP have actually been more negative (and often sounding like a grudge rather than a fair review) than the ones on the evaluations website - in any case, it's hard to trust a site that doesn't make sure you've actually taken classes from the professor in question or screen in any meaningful way (as far as I know).
Ratings in general are pretty stupid anyway, but I can't help but feel a little undeserved ego boost from seeing Chicago edge into the top five. |