Professor Accessibility, TA's, and Relationships

mathboy98
Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:13:45 +0000

I’ll give you that much, CalAlum, my experiences are colored a little by my home school, but probably only hazily so, given I’ve never taken a course with > 15 students for my major, nor had trouble getting into a class. I actually think several of my experiences might actually be legitimately reflective of the balancing act a professor with dual responsibilities has to pull in many universities. Perhaps if there’s more money going around, people are in a little better mood, but I think the experience I have had with the finite-ness of a professor’s time to spare is just a function of his responsibilities!

Also, a graduate student not being allowed to email a professor, but undergraduates are?? Wow.