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Have you ever found yourself, before your registration period, looking for open sections for that one class you desperately need for your major? And suddenly, you see it. The perfect section at the best time that would fit perfectly into that hole in your schedule. You’re about to celebrate until that sneaking suspicion invades your head and you decide to look that professor up on PlanetTerp: 2 Star Rating. Not even some decimal to soften the 2 at the beginning, a straight 2.00 star rating. Should you just pick that 8AM lecture with a professor above 3 stars and spare your GPA? I say not! What are you? A wimp? Here are the most compelling reasons why you should go with a terrible professor not just for this semester, but all other semesters as well!

1. Bragging rights

You definitely have that one friend who will talk non-stop about how great they’re doing in that one hard class. Well, I bet they actually have a good professor that can TEACH and clearly communicate stuff. No. You have the bigger challenge here, trying to learn from someone who’s communication skills more closely align with a rock. So when you pass that course with a C-, even with a heavy curve, you have the bigger bragging rights to scream at the world. You survived not just a course artificially harder than it should have been, but a professor who should NOT have tenure.

2. Take naps during lecture without missing out

When you’re attending the lecture just to preserve a good habit, you’ll soon realize you might as well be unconscious with how they teach. So, why not be unconscious? Catch up on hours of lost sleep from your late-night self-learning sessions and take the fattest nap in the lecture. The lecture halls are third to none when it comes to the best places to snooze in, and you’ll get a nice lullaby as you do!

3. Spare a seat for someone in need 

No matter how hard you think you have it, even if you’re an engineering student just barely surviving your classes, there will always be someone who’s more deserving than you. Give a thought to the people who have to register later than you! To the people who major in Computer Science in this job market! To the Studio Arts majors in any job market! Be considerate. Even if the same course with a professor actually liked by their students has 100% of their seats still open.

4. Learn to teach yourself with TerpAI

We all know AI will take over the world, become our lovers, and eventually drive our trains on the purple line. So let’s get some (all) of our help from them! Load up TerpAI, the best AI to exist on campus, and learn from them instead! I’m sure the information they give to you is 100% correct and you do not need to worry about pointless stuff like “double-checking their work” or “wondering if that’s actually gonna be on the midterms.” Just trust in the process! After all, it’s better than actually learning from that pesky human (who calls themselves a professor) in lecture.

5. If you don’t look at the PlanetTerp rating, it doesn’t exist!

Every time you register for a class that has a professor you haven’t heard of before, what do you usually do? You look up that professor’s rating on PlanetTerp and prepare yourself if that rating starts with less than a 3. But what if you didn’t do that? Instead of looking at the PlanetTerp rating, what if you just pretended they are a good professor? You’ll sleep better at night during your summer/winter break! You won’t need to think about whether you should switch that course section or not! And when you actually have to start taking the course and the professor has questionable teaching practices? Just pretend that their teaching skills are second to none! Ignorance truly is bliss!