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Pierce9999 · Senior Joined: 14 Feb 2009 Posts: 851

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/25-universities-with-the-worst-professors-204146173.html

UCONN....HAHAHAHAHA Laughing

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njumass08 · Senior Joined: 01 Mar 2007 Posts: 1174

That's a weird list. Some of them don't make sense.

Jackman · Senior Joined: 02 Jun 2006 Posts: 1973

It's mostly a matter of internal student culture, because the rankings are based off of student surveys. Students at UConn don't have a clue how their professors actually compare to professors at other universities, unless they transferred in from elsewhere. And I'm certainly not going to trust the judgment of someone educated at UConn. I hear their professors are terrible.

Blindspots · Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 8:36 pm Post subject:

IM SURPRISED MAX PAGE ISNT ON THERE Rolling Eyes

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InnervisionsUMASS · Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 8:42 pm Post subject:

Phew, thanks for letting us in on your sarcasm! I wasn't sure after the first 6 emoticons and the caps.
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econalum · Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 2:12 am Post subject:

Using RatemyProfessors as the source is almost dumb. It skews negative, and most students woud not post/take the time unless they were ecstatic about, or hated, particular teachers.

I teach at WPI. It has a very high student continuance rate, among the Top 10 in starting salary nationally, and I am in touch with a variety of students, even though I teach part-time there. Given what I see as student outcomes, and overall satisfaction in 1-1 discussions, 'give me a break'.

Given the source, UCONN could, or could not be, a miscreant. The source is most suspect.
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ktabz16 · Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 6:49 am Post subject:

this is the way the world works. anyone who has been in business for even a half second knows that a customer will tell 5 friends about a good customer experience and 50 friends about a bad one. i don't mind the source, it's the same way every business is judged.

eXelwood · Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 9:56 am Post subject:

Doesn't make any sense. WPI i ??? Could it be students whining about having to attend class , hand in home work on time and rigourous grading ?

Quann · Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 1:52 pm Post subject:

gosox22 · Junior Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Posts: 679 Location: Quincy, MA

^ So what your saying is the rankings should have been "Schools with the most whiny bitch students"? I'm on board with that.

SFL89 · Junior Joined: 02 Apr 2003 Posts: 496 Location: Upstate SC

You've got to be kidding me, they "pored" through Ratemyprofessor.com for their "data"???? ANYONE can log onto that site and pretend to be ANYONE and rate ANY teacher.... I knew an administrator that checked the site out and rated himself as a teacher. Why bother to spend time mining data that is by no means objective? I'm with gosoxx22, all this can tell you is which schools have the whiniest students.