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RateMyProfessors Preps for Fall Semester

Andrew LaVallee, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 16, 2009 at 8:24 am PT

It’s early in the school year, but according to RateMyProfessors.com, students are already weighing in on the brains (and beauty) of their teachers. The site lets college students rate their professors on such traits as easiness, helpfulness, clarity and “hotness,” and its popularity has prompted a slew of news articles quoting teachers maligned or flattered by their anonymous reviews.