lol, here in holland they actually sued such a website and it got removed from the web. I don't know the specifics any more but I think it was a privacy problem

anyways, what is your rank?

its a handy site. to bad you'll never be a professor.

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Very funny. I even have a chili pepper. Asshole.

I love the site, sure you'll have the one or two students who think they got screwed over by a teacher and leave them a nasty rating and comment mostly out of rage. But the rest of the students usually leave very helpful and like you said spot on information. I know a LOT of people who base their classes off of that site. Pretty powerful tool if you ask me.

Only students who feel strongly about their professors will actually go and leave a comment. A great professor will likely gather overwhelming positive feedback and vice versa. Those in the middle won't have anything to say and usually don't.

I leave comments on pickaprof on all my professors at the end of the semester and try to be as unbiased as possible, but I know lots of people leave feedback based on the grade they received, usually thinking they "deserved better"

That's very interesting. We have a similar thing for subjects taught at our university. At the end of every semester students can evaluate both the subjects and their professors on a 1-10 scale plus there's place to leave a comment. It's not used that much, even if it's absolutely anonymous for the students.

Most universities give out teaching evaluations at the end of the class. They're administered by the university. They use them to evaluate the profs. Some schools take them seriously, some pretend to but could give a shit less. Regardless, I've never seen them published. So you have no idea what other people said about a prof.

That's what makes these sites unique. (I'm working on getting a pick-a-prof id..thanks for the lead Yang). Everything is out there, so you can see what other people think.