Using ratemyprofessors.com, students can find the best professors in every department at most colleges and universities in the U.S. Look up your school, and browse the reviews of the most highly rated instructors for things that pique your interest and intuition. Ignore the department. Just find and read about the best professors in the entire college. Even if you’ve never had any interest in a particular field of study, think about taking the professor, not the course.
Art History? Economics? Astronomy? Shakespeare? Latin-American Studies? Italian? Anthropology? The Mathematics of Gambling? Figure Drawing? Pure Land Buddhism? Botany 101?
The reviews you read about this or that professor may persuade you to take certain classes based on his or her outstanding reputation, particular comments left by other students, and your own instincts.
Great professors change lives. And great schools have great professors. Find them. Work with them. See where it takes you.
You may be surprised – and pleased.
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