How to review a professor

When registration time rolls around, we all start swapping stories about professors and classes. No one wants to wake up and head off to an 8:40am lecture that's going to be dry, boring, and a complete waste of time. That's why we have ways to review courses and professors, in an effort to shine a spotlight on the truly brilliant and fascinating members of Columbia' faculty. However, we should all remember that "one person's trash is another's treasure," and maintain some level of maturity and respect when trading classroom experiences or horror stories. This will ensure that reviews actually contain useful information instead of promoting a culture of snarky, sarcastic, and caustic memories of our time here.

So, here's the definitive guide on reviewing professors at CU.

STEPS

1. Fill out your course evaluations! This process can be incredibly useful to professors and TAs. Honest evaluations have the potential to positively impact our academic experiences on campus! 2. After filling out your evaluations, visit the Columbia Underground Listing of Professor Ability (CULPA), an anonymous, student sourced and edited platform for reviewing professors. 3. Before you review, ask yourself a few questions: will your review be useful to our community? Are you just venting some anger over that supposedly undeserved B-? Does anyone really care who your father is? 4. Once you've decided that your review won't make you sound like a spoiled, entitled brat, all you have to do is click "Write a Review" in the upper left-hand corner of the home page, provide the information for the class/professor/TA that you're reviewing, and write away!