Yes there are TAs, as there are in any school that offers advanced degrees. There are also instances of undergrads being offered TA positions to assist a professor. The general policy is to have TAs lead study groups or discussion sessions and only have professors teach classes. I don't see how that is bursting any bubbles.
poster#2 claimed there are no TA's at Wash U.He/she should know there are plenty around and the atmosphere is more Research U level than LAC.I think its a good thing but poster#2 may not.
I am pretty sure everyone knew he meant no TA's teaching the main lecture part of the courses (although that may not be 100% true, it is pretty close. There may be post-docs that are not tenure track teaching some courses). But it is good to be 100% clear.
I imagine the number of students that have to take entry level English is so high there are TA's of course. Most schools like Wash U have that. I think this is getting off the original intent of the post.
But I actually thought that that was preferable--he was a lot closer to our age, he understood our pop culture references, and he was just a chill guy in general who was helpful and had a lot of time for us.
That has been my only experience with a TA/grad student teaching the class.
Yeah, again this is supposed to be 101 reasons to attend Wash U......I think for a research university Wash U has an extremely small % of classes taught by TA's. OK?
1. The architecture of the buildings is classically gothic and beautiful.
2. Big university resources, smaller LAC-style attention to students (and AN EXTREMELY SMALL % OF CLASSES TAUGHT BY TAs - and when they are taught by TAs/Grad students this seems to be a good thing - e.g., the Writing 1 class).
3. Academic Flexibility -- Easy to switch schools within WashU and to double major/minor.
4. Amazing pre-professional programs and resources, especially for pre-meds through the renowned WUSTL medical center
5. The quality of your peers
6. Some of the best dorms in the country
7. Some of the best food for a university
8. Genuine Midwestern friendliness and helpfulness
9. Lack of cut-throat competitiveness amongst students, more collaboration
10. Easy access to metro and busing (FREE!)
11. 2nd best DIII sports school in the United States
12. Professors are more undergrad-focused than other top research universities
13. Undergrads have limitless research opportunities.
14. Beautiful campus (where students are playing ultimate frisbee, football, or in hammocks on the quads).
15. Forest park across the street (HUGE park with free museums and such).
16. The Loop (great food and shopping) within walking distance of the university.
17. Humongous shopping complexes not too far away (by car, Clayton area?)
18. 3 large hospitals within the area.
19. Exceptional academic advising
20. Amazing diversity of the student body
21. Abundance of outstanding prearranged extracurricular activities available to student body (tutoring h.s. students, hospital volunteering, etc.)
22. Amazing merit scholarship opportunities not found at any school of WashU's caliber.
23. Central United States location that allows for relatively easy access from both the East and West Coast.
24. Hammocks all over campus. 'Nuff said.
25. Loads of brand new buildings and a strong commitment to construction and development...
26. St. Louis's fabulous music scene.
27. Crazy huge endowment that allows for lots of free trips to campus and subsidized FOCUS excursions and everything a student could want.
28. Summer excursions like ArtSci Weekends and FSAP that allow students to get acclimated to campus before Orientation.
29. Awesome Pre-O's!
30. Residential colleges that allow freshman to have connections to sophmores.
31. Really nice programs for frosh like FOCUS and Freshman Seminars and MBB, Text and Tradition, Medicine in Society...
32. They send you a lot of mail and you feel really good, especially when it's priority and you're like "OMG they spend $4.95 on ME!"
33. Outstanding Financial Aid
34. St. Louis has some fabulous food. The Hill, Ted Drewes, Tin Cup. Also the amazing Missouri Bakery with the best cheesecake I've ever eaten.
35. Involved and caring students (hirako, don_quixote, johnson181, balancedhelium, etc.) and parents/others (midwest parent; st2, fallenchemist; palmalk, etc.)
1. The architecture of the buildings is classically gothic and beautiful.
2. Big university resources, smaller LAC-style attention to students (and AN EXTREMELY SMALL % OF CLASSES TAUGHT BY TAs - and when they are taught by TAs/Grad students this seems to be a good thing - e.g., the Writing 1 class).
3. Academic Flexibility -- Easy to switch schools within WashU and to double major/minor.
4. Amazing pre-professional programs and resources, especially for pre-meds through the renowned WUSTL medical center
5. The quality of your peers
6. Some of the best dorms in the country
7. Some of the best food for a university
8. Genuine Midwestern friendliness and helpfulness
9. Lack of cut-throat competitiveness amongst students, more collaboration
10. Easy access to metro and busing (FREE!)
11. 2nd best DIII sports school in the United States
12. Professors are more undergrad-focused than other top research universities
13. Undergrads have limitless research opportunities.
14. Beautiful campus (where students are playing ultimate frisbee, football, or in hammocks on the quads).
15. Forest park across the street (HUGE park with free museums and such).
16. The Loop (great food and shopping) within walking distance of the university.
17. Humongous shopping complexes not too far away (by car, Clayton area?)
18. 3 large hospitals within the area.
19. Exceptional academic advising
20. Amazing diversity of the student body
21. Abundance of outstanding prearranged extracurricular activities available to student body (tutoring h.s. students, hospital volunteering, etc.)
22. Amazing merit scholarship opportunities not found at any school of WashU's caliber.
23. Central United States location that allows for relatively easy access from both the East and West Coast.
24. Hammocks all over campus. 'Nuff said.
25. Loads of brand new buildings and a strong commitment to construction and development...
26. St. Louis's fabulous music scene.
27. Crazy huge endowment that allows for lots of free trips to campus and subsidized FOCUS excursions and everything a student could want.
28. Summer excursions like ArtSci Weekends and FSAP that allow students to get acclimated to campus before Orientation.
29. Awesome Pre-O's!
30. Residential colleges that allow freshman to have connections to sophmores.
31. Really nice programs for frosh like FOCUS and Freshman Seminars and MBB, Text and Tradition, Medicine in Society...
32. They send you a lot of mail and you feel really good, especially when it's priority and you're like "OMG they spend $4.95 on ME!"
33. Outstanding Financial Aid
34. St. Louis has some fabulous food. The Hill, Ted Drewes, Tin Cup. Also the amazing Missouri Bakery with the best cheesecake I've ever eaten.
35. Involved and caring students (hirako, don_quixote, johnson181, balancedhelium, etc.) and parents/others (midwest parent; st2, fallenchemist; palmalk, etc.)
36. WILD (Kid Cudi and the Black Keys in a few weeks!)
37. Award winning and AMAZING a capella groups
