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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]1. Always believe Rate My Professor. Always! [/b]

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This is the worst advice ever.  The only students who bother to fill out forms in RMP are those who either love or hate the class.  I can see teaching evaluations of a large # of faculty (administered in class and completed by well over half of the students in each class) and so know what students generally think of them.  I've occassionally logged into RMP out of curiosity, and what I see there really doesn't match the evaluations that all students complete really at all.  Student who have a bone to pick are very prominent.  On the other hand, I know at least one prof who clearly logged in multiple times and gave himself glowing reviews.

Some universities make the official evaluations public and you should absolutely read those.  But don't bother to log into RMP.  [/quote]

DP. Agreed. It's often the ones who had an issue, sometimes of their own doing-- didn't pull their weight or got caught plagiarizing. At some schools, students are more pro-active in general,  and they may be more accurate there, but, in general,  it's the ones who feel strongly about making a statement,  which are usually the disgruntled and occasionally the fans.[/quote]

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