Whitney
Some of my professors know my name while others don't. It's up to you to make that relationship and make it strong. Students are competitive but that is fun. Education can be geared towards learning for it's own sake or for jobs. Many students form very strong relationships with professors and spend time with them outside.
Andrea
I'm an ec. concentrator, so my classes are large lecture courses. I would prefer to have smaller courses with more one-on-one contact with professors.
Lorie
Most of my professors do not know my name. I really hate problems sets, I test well but there is lots of work outside of classroom. Many students are also very competitive which I am definitely not.
Jessie
I wouldn't say that there is a close relationship between students and Professors, and some classes are told by Teaching Fellows who are uncommitted to their job:(
Bevan
Most of my classes are large lecture style classes with minimal interaction with the professor, and there is little class participation. My favorite classes are macroeconomics and psychology. I initiate intellectual conversations out of class because I often feel like there aren't enough of them. The education is geared, rightly so, towards learning for its own sake.
Christina
Classes are not as hard as I expected but still quite challenging!
Dale
Classes are generally very big and professors don't usually know your name. Students seem to study a lot but they are also very involved outside of classes.
Sarah
As an art history concentrator, all my concentration professors have known my name and gotten to know me pretty well in the academic setting. The classes I have taken outside of my concentration have been let-downs because the opposite is often true. People don't seem competitive in general, though I have known a few. Too often, people see learning as a means to an end, and thus don't enjoy their time here nearly enough - if I could change one thing about the school, that would be it - people should stress less about jobs (especially seniors) and give themselves a chance to enjoy learning.
John
Classes are taught by professors who are all top of their field. Even the course assistants are amazing at what they do.
Daniela
The academics could not be better. The teachers are incredibly learned, the teaching fellows care, the resources and the libraries are of the highest order, and the spectrum of classes is infinite.