True but there are a handful of biased reviews that were obviously written by egotistical, disgruntled students who have their ass in a knot because they didn't get the "A" they felt they deserved.

EXACTLY!

because often the professor is doing his job and the student wants easy grades and so rants about him. Both my parents are either professors or instructors at a university and believe me even college students can be pretty dumb, and

Coulter Gill K. But not all students are lazy. A lot of professors are just terrible at their jobs. My math professor, for example, is one of the lowest rated professors at my college and I can personally verify that he is horrible at teaching. However, since everyone who rates him low did poorly in his class (except maybe 5 or 6 people), nobody cares or does anything about it.

Ariel theMermaid that’s true that not all students are lazy it’s just some students are pretty dumb and expect the easy way out. The problem is a lot of those ratings are from people who wanted a better grade than they deserve and so they complain about how bad it is just because they didn’t put in the work. I’m the son of a university professor but I’m also a college student

I mean you have to respect them but yeah I've had bad teachers in the past. I think that you never realize how good a teacher/professor is until you finish your experience with them. I am finishing up my junior year of high school and I know at least 2 teachers that I hated in September that I now realize were excellent and will be missing them and dreading this year to end, even though we're in quarantine haha

EXACTLY!

I remember when I was first selecting my classes at orientation and the teacher that was helping me told me that Rate my professor wasn't accurate at all. I coincidentally ended up selecting her class, something urged me to check rate my professor when I went home. Her reviews were horrible even from people who got As. I quickly switched teachers. That scenario convinced me to always use rate my professor because I do not want to go back to the days I was in high school and forced to take a crap teacher and fail. Especiallyyyyyy if im paying for it. I feel that if a majority of people are writing horrible reviews about a professor there has to be some accuracy.

@@kalliiridium2590 haha bullshit I use rate my professor every time I sign up for classes. Learned the hard way when I took the lowest rated prof at my school my first quarter of college by shit luck.

@@kalliiridium2590 rate my professor has never failed me until now but must be because there are only 2 reviews for that professor and they were really good so I went with it but she does not know how to teach it is crazy she even says I don't know what this is about 80% of the time. Makes me wonder if some people are sarcastic there

@@MissRenesmeePretty id give her a bad review to protect unfortunate souls that check her ratings and consider taking her

Sofia Leanne I felt that. Just left a bad review for my literature professor and people from TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN. 9 YEARS AGO said the same as me

That is the thing though.. they *DON'T* listen. They think it is *ALL THE STUDENTS FAULT* and take absolutely *NO* responsibility for their *OWN* actions.

Same...got my first reviews as an instructor on Rate My Professor and wanted to throw away my dissertation!

As long as you do *your* job, everything should be fine.

Or an Advertising Professor at Mohawk College..

not true, my dad figured out from me about the bad incorrect reviews he has received and his whole countenance fell and he didn't speak for the longest time. He's a pretty popular professor, and I regret so much telling him. My guess is these professors are deeply offended if they're anything like my dad who was my best professor my freshman. I'm a little bit biased but regardless rate my professor isn't a good place to do it.

She seems *VERY* COLD.

I thought that too!

Do you get reviewed in real life online and anonymously without the ability to respond? Doubt it.

@@fn336 Just *DO* better. They *know* what they did was wrong.

or maybe you're just avoiding reality. people dont give bad reviews out of nowhere

@@strollas They jump on RMP when they get their first bad grade. Not reflective at all of the teacher's performance; only a disgruntled review of their BAD performance. My husband teaches 260 students every semester. About two of them jump on RMP to vent and attack. Nothing constructive, just libel and defamation. Profs are not given the opportunity to respond at all. Its a joke. RMP is worth $55 million. Someone ought to sue for defamation, bullying and harrassment, and discrimination, as profs are not allowed to respond.

@@fn336 I think people are smart enough to understand that some people who are awful and good professors don't get 37 terrible reviews back to back. Students deserve to know what they're getting into. We pay to be educated. Some professors are miserable and make classes impossible to keep up with. Finally, students have a way to avoid those miserable professors.

Every single professor is required to have office hours. Students can go and ask for help. Students can also talk to the chairman, dean, etc. Students can write evaluations at the end of the semester. Instead, they found a "safe" way to vent by slamming a professor online, which has a global impact. The retribution is unbalanced and cruel and unusual. Free speech doesn't protect all forms of speech; you can't yell "fire" in a crowded theater. Someone will sue them successfully for libel and defamation which is being committed at an unusually large and global scale; for discrimination as professors cannot respond; and for false claims, as many reviewers are NOT even students, as RMP does not request transcripts or proof that the registrant is a student of the course.

@@fn336 Rating someone's job performance doesnt incite violence therefore is a protected right. Srudents finally have the ability to not take miserably difficult, terrible professors. A good professor won't have mostly negative reviews. This comment sounds like hurt feelings.