In all the havoc and the routine of it, I sometimes forget to appreciate it.
They invite us to their homes, they participate in our events, they are always accessible and will always find the time and they are with us every day.
They are the best professors in the world. Recently ranked #1 professors in the world by Princeton review (up from #2) Darden’s professors are one more reason why Darden is such a great program. Yes, they have their research, but it is not why they are at Darden. Our professors are here because they love to teach. As students, we don’t want to feel that classes are simply an obstacle a professor has to overcome in order to go back to his or her research. We want fully engaged professors, that don’t just teach a class because they have to, but teach it because they want to. But we actually have more than we asked for: we have professors who teach because they love to.
There are no office hours for professors at Darden. Instead, their door is always open and they will always find the time for students. The other day after class, I still didn’t have something sit right. The professor invited me to his office when I’m done with classes. “we’ll walk through the numbers, you’ll understand”.
Darden professors are more than instructors. They are fully involved and engaged.
The other night, our professor showed up in our learning teams some time before 10pm. He was on his way back from Tennis and wanted to see how we were doing with our assignment.
In the last day of classes, we all came wearing our section’s T-shirts. One of our professors, of course, was dressed in business attire. Jokingly, our section rep asked if he didn’t get the email. Our professor seemed surprised that there was an email. Five seconds later, he unbuttoned his shirt to reveal our section T-shirt underneath.
If you’re looking for the best class experience, with the best professors in the world, you can stop looking. But why take my word for it? Schedule a class visit and judge for yourself.
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3 comments:
That was a great writeup! Loved the 'Five seconds later, he unbuttoned his shirt to reveal our section T-shirt underneath.' part! Just awesome...
Oren, Anton came to our learning team room, as well. He glanced at my model and said 'I think the direction is right', which I interpreted as a good sign!
This school is at the top of my list for places to go. I only have about 1.5 yrs. work experience so I am hoping to apply in another 1.5. Write-ups like this make it that much more exciting.
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