Makers of Rate My Professors launch Rate My Students

As the semester comes to an end, many students turn to the popular Rate My Professors website to express their opinions on their professors. The creators behind this website have responded to calls for a similar forum: Rate My Students.

“Finally, I can tell the world all about this nightmare crop of students I've had to endure all semester,” tweeted Professor Hwuata Beach on Monday night. 

According to studies by the Musk Institute of Online Discourse, this sentiment is mirrored by many professors upset with the double-standard associated with public feedback.

Rate My Students will work in a similar fashion to Rate My Professors. Professors can leave reviews under student's pages, which will be identified with their student numbers, as many professors don't know their students' names.

The program is currently in beta mode, with beta universities being invited to “toss these nerds into the gladiator's ring”, as stated in an email by Rate My Students. These beta universities currently include York University, Toronto Metropolitan University, University of Waterloo, and the University of Guelph. 

Rate My Students was created in an attempt to “foster the spirit of equality,” said CEO of RateMyInc, Teiko Varlord. “Why should students be the only ones to vent their frustrations in public? This new tool will surely bridge the gap between student and teacher, and give everyone a sense of accountability that our world desperately needs.”

Ratings have already started pouring in. 

One negative rating stated, “1 Star. This student marked all my reminder emails as spam and kept referring to me as “dawg” in personal essays. When I called them out during class they claimed to have slept with my mother. 

A positive review stated, “4 Stars. You were the only student to show up to my Effects of Isolation PSY505 class. Come back. I miss you.”

Rate My Students will be available to all universities in the Fall semester after trials conclude.