You guys use www.ratemyprofessors.ca ?

[Computer500]

Hi everyone

It's almost back to school. Do you guys use ratemyprofessors.ca? lol

I've used it during my first year and it was really helpful. As the semester went up, there was only one prof to teach almost every course. :/

Overall, I guess ratemyproessors.ca will help you out in your first year at college/university,

[perfectgravity]

I use it a lot, since I can pic my exact time for each course I can pick the Prof as well.

And at York there are a lot of people so there are almost always 2 or 3 Profs per course.

It's also usefully for figuring out electives based on difficulty and such.

[xeodragon]

I use it a lot, since I can pic my exact time for each course I can pick the Prof as well.

And at York there are a lot of people so there are almost always 2 or 3 Profs per course.

It's also usefully for figuring out electives based on difficulty and such.

what r u taking at york? sci?

[angela44]

since they always kicked me out of the "electives" that I chose in back in April, I always use this to figure out which class I wanna enroll in......since I'll be lost in all of them with no interest anyway, might as well pick one that might get me a higher mark with a more relaxed environment.....

...but beware....some ratings cannot be trusted......
...someone once voted that a certain prof was "HOT", well, .....lets not go there shall we...? :/

[p51dray]

I find the site to be surprisingly accurate on every prof I've had. If you see a prof with blue faces for a whole page, RUN; wait for the next semester if you can.

[Computer500]

I find the site to be surprisingly accurate on every prof I've had. If you see a prof with blue faces for a whole page, RUN; wait for the next semester if you can.
Yeah.
ratemyprofessors.ca is accurate when you see more than 3 or 4 with similar opinions and thoughts about a professor. It's a good way to boost up your marks and find a professor that matches your learning style.

FYI: In addition, www.ratemyprofessors.com is the American site, while www.ratemyprofessors.ca is for Canadian Universities/Colleges.
;)

[PrimoTurbo]

It's not accurate, some people have certain issues with prof. because they have a specific style like they won't u do something during lect, like eat or no phone policy or no talking. So they rate them down. In some large classes it's quite annoying to see people chat right in front of you even if other people farther out are not annoyed. Small % of profs are acctually bad from my experince.

[gamer123]

I used it when selecting my courses lol. Hope it's accurate.

[Jucius Maximus]

I looked at that site a lot, but I took a lot of specialist courses and didn't really have a choice about which professor I learned from. But the ratings still were still very accurate IMO.

My mom is a professor though and she always goes on about how great her ratings are. :)

[bmwmini]

It's not accurate, some people have certain issues with prof. because they have a specific style like they won't u do something during lect, like eat or no phone policy or no talking. So they rate them down. In some large classes it's quite annoying to see people chat right in front of you even if other people farther out are not annoyed. Small % of profs are acctually bad from my experince.

It's pretty accurate if you learn to average it out and not single out certain posts.

[napasah]

I've checked the site before enrolling in just about every single one of my classes. I find that it's much more important to read the comments than looking at the numbers. If you ignore the posts that sound like "OMG, this loser old guy prof asked me to leave the room for talkin on my cell," the site it pretty reliable.

[epiphony]

When 90% of the reviewers have spelling/grammar problems, and use loaded or derogatory language, I like to give the profs the benefit of the doubt.

I honestly don't care if you're trying to "reflect who you really are" with your ghetto typing, netlingo, or 1337 speak - if you type like a 8 year old on a public forum, I'm going to think you are one.

I glance at it every now and then, but I'm sure that most bad reviews arise from bad students.

[Agent_J]

...but beware....some ratings cannot be trusted......
...someone once voted that a certain prof was "HOT", well, .....lets not go there shall we...? :/
beauty is in the eye of the beholder :lol: ;)

[chriswalsh]

When 90% of the reviewers have spelling/grammar problems, and use loaded or derogatory language, I like to give the profs the benefit of the doubt.

I honestly don't care if you're trying to "reflect who you really are" with your ghetto typing, netlingo, or 1337 speak - if you type like a 8 year old on a public forum, I'm going to think you are one.

I glance at it every now and then, but I'm sure that most bad reviews arise from bad students.

You can skip those ones, also it probably depends on the program. I've never really used it before, but this is the first prof I looked up:

-Good Prof, if you want to get through fluids2, this is the man to take it with, only failed 4 students this semester!

-Wise man, Very nice and helpfull Prof. Not out to screw you

-Fun to be in his class...

-Great prof, really cares about sudents

Obviously, if these people were saying he was a dick, then youre right, but if someone says a prof is GOOD, then I think its safe to assume he is.

Also, my school requires we rate our profs the last 2 weeks of class. The results are posted online, and have much more detail (30 different categories), but no actual comments. Other schools probably have it too, take a look.

[Anessa]

I would take all the reviews with a grain of salt, even the positive ones. Sometimes you might just find that you don't mesh with the professor even though 5 other people found him fab.

[VirusSyn]

Yes, I do use this site but I dont follow it religiousely. If some prof has a consistent bad ratiing I wont go for him, however you gotta remmeber a lot of times people give out bad ratings because they got a bad mark or they just simply have a negative bias towards the prof. I remember a rating awhile ago saying "this prof likes big snacks" rofl!!

[Silver Bullet]

Great site .. usually pretty acurate .. as long as there are enough ratings.

[jljdaigl]

I use it to prepare myself for what kind of professor I will be getting, I do not really get to chose any of my courses, they are all core, but I find it good for me to brace myself!

[emz]

I love finding out whether or not my teacher is "hot". lol. I think that's the most hilarious rating available! and I guess...handy ;)

It's a great site! I've spoken to a professor about it before and he told me that a lot of the teachers know about the site and check it periodically. LOL! :lol:

[rayesyn]

yea i use it and it is a good representation of what the profs really are.

[Muttsta]

I use that site religiously when scheduling my classes
Has always helped me out

After all, why make your life harder than it has to be by taking a harder professor? Because you'll learn more? I'd rather take an A and learn less than a B and learn more. I have to worry about getting into grad school, lol.

[chriswalsh]

One of my profs showed us a couple quotes from his rating at the beginning of the term:

"If you work really really hard, you should be able to get a C" and "Nerdy but cool prof, you will fail the exam"

Too bad he was the only prof teaching it :D

[Headhunter]

Yes, but there's a lot of BS replies by vengeful students who got crappy grades.

The rule of thumb is to focus on the comments written in an eloquent, informative manner. Anything that describes explicit acts should be ignored...

[Tofu Drift Shinji]

Yes. Bang on evaluations for some of my profs.

[napasah]

The best way to improve the site is to add your own comments.

[ace321]

its pretty sharp the comments

[emz]

One of my profs showed us a couple quotes from his rating at the beginning of the term:

"If you work really really hard, you should be able to get a C" and "Nerdy but cool prof, you will fail the exam"

Too bad he was the only prof teaching it :D

lol. what does he teach? because my french/language professor was the one who told me he usually checks that site to see what ratings he gets from students

[newsflash]

I only use it to prepare myself for the class. It helps to know what kind of prof they are and what their teaching style is like. It has little influence on my scheduling.

Coincidentally I wrote a review for two instructors this morning. Figured I should contribute something back and help other students.

[chriswalsh]

lol. what does he teach? because my french/language professor was the one who told me he usually checks that site to see what ratings he gets from students

He teaches Control Theory.... and the people at ratemyprof were right.... I definately failed the final! lol

[jayslay]

really like this site, find it veryy useful but i always like to go to first classes and see if hte prof is what the site says. if not then i drop it :)

[Computer500]

yes, it is an awesome site.

Anyway, I would like to thank everyone that voted in this poll. I'm very suprised by the results. Approximately 100 people voted.

Keep the voting active. :D

[astrix]

apparently i have a cute prof in the fall wooooot

[doombox414]

i dont really trust this site

[sw1ft]

i dont really trust this siteWhat do you expect, when you can add yourself as a professor -- I know I did ;) .

[mingming]

The good reviews: it's mostly written by the students with the 90's and high marks

The bad reviews: it's mostly written by the students who get bad marks and dont goto class and hate everything about the prof.

So essentially, I dont really trust the comments.

[MizuRyuu]

yes, i do use the site.... it does help a lot when i have to decide between teachers.... it is really hard for a person to tell how good a teacher is, and this site does offer a brief glimpe of the prof..... while i know that i can't take everything said on the site as truth, it is the only thing that i can find to help decide between prof...

[Headhunter]

apparently i have a cute prof in the fall wooooot
Those are probably added by the professor being rated, the accuracy of the Hotness rating in my experience falls in the 25% range. :|

[hassan123]

I think ratemyproffesors.com can help to some extent. I checked the ratings of all the teachers I had before classes begin. All reviews were mixed up some said good others said terrible, for the same prof. But for 1 prof i found 7 ratings and almost everyone gave her 1's. So i was definate that she was not a good prof. So ya it can help sometimes.

PS: I still have to go to her class. Couldnt change profs :(

[newsflash]

Those are probably added by the professor being rated, the accuracy of the Hotness rating in my experience falls in the 25% range. :|

Or by a student as a joke.

[glacier76]

I looked at the comments of all the profs I ever had (or who I could recall). The reviews are generally fair. Some I disagree with, but the comments were things I heard from the other students with whom I took the course.

[Computer500]

A couple more days or weeks and we are back in class. =/

[Headhunter]

Or by a student as a joke.
Those are usually the poorly written ones...

[vanessie]

[first post,woot]

I like ratemyprofs, but I didn't use it to choose courses this year as I had limited choice in courses anyways (registered late)

Last year I had a friend who went to the same uni as I did, so she told me about the profs anyways.

So basically I like the site but haven't used it to choose good professors :lol: