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It’s a website that allows you to rate your professors
on how well you think they do their job. From a class’s
difficulties and appeals to a professor’s personality
and popularity, this site has the potential to be a tool
for students to use when researching classes to take
in the future.
Almost everything about the site benefits students:
We can basically conduct a background check on a
professor before we even register for their class.
Sure, picking fields to study isn’t just all about the
professor’s ratings. Other students’ opinions of a professor’s
teaching style and area of expertise can be
useful when it comes to narrowing down your list of
classes for the upcoming quarter.
“I love this website,” said Jason Arurang, a sophomore
at SCC. “It helps a lot when registering for classes
and choosing your professor. You can read other
students’ opinions on the instructor. It could help
everyone.”
But can we believe all of the ratings and opinions on
this website? No one will stop a fuming student from
giving his or her least favorite professor terrible ratings.
On top of that, who’s to say that the commentaries
on RateMyProfessors.com represent what you
hold to be reasonable expectations for a college-level
class?
“It’s a very interesting website, but I think you have
to be careful about what you believe,” commented
Valerie Needham, a freshman at SCC. “Some of the
things on the site could be very biased.”
At times, it may be better to trust your heart rather
than become puzzled by other people’s ratings.
Though having more information is always good, remember:
You never know how a class is going to impact
you until you actually step inside the classroom,
meet the professor, read the textbook, and do the
labs.
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