required curriculum-pros and cons????

bluirinka
Sat, 18 Nov 2006 17:01:28 +0000

word of mouth is certainly a good one. there are also websites like ratemyprofessors.com and tuftsreviews.com (the latter actually releases the OFFICIAL reviews, so it may be somewhat more reliable/accurate), but of course you can’t 100% trust any of those sources. The opinion of a course or professor is subjective. I may respond really well to a certain teaching style, or appreciate certain things about my professor, that you don’t really respond to. Which is why it’s okay to get opinions, but take them with a grain of salt, come to class expecting that you may have been mislead, and if the prof/class doesn’t deliver, drop it and take a different one, no big deal. I heard good things about a Poli Sci professor, took his class, was bored to death, and switched into an Advanced Russian class with a prof I had had before and thought was amazing. No harm done!

ETA: oh yeah, and initially freshman have orientation leaders who in THEORY are supposed to act as registration resources, telling them which requirements to fill and which classes are good choices. I know I told my freshmen which Math 12 prof was supposed to be good, which Poli Sci course that was still open had a good professor, based on reviews and the opinions of people I knew, and of course my own experiences. I hope my fellow orientation leaders did the same :)