PSA: do not sign up for the 8am statistics lecture just because your roommate says the professor is easy

James Mason · 2026-10-10T16:10:03.192603+00:00

So last semester my roommate kept telling me to take stats at 8am with this one professor because he gives out study guides that are basically the test. I signed up, rolled out of bed at 7:45 every Tuesday and Thursday for 14 weeks, and showed up to the first exam with my coffee shaking in my hand. Turns out the professor had a heart attack over winter break and they replaced him with a guy who gives zero study guides and cold calls people by name. I sat there in the second row, half asleep, while this new professor asked me to explain standard deviation to 80 people at 8:12 in the morning. My roommate dropped the class in week two and I was stuck because it was the only section that fit my schedule. Ended up with a C minus and a new rule about never trusting a class rec without checking the professor on Rate My Professors first. Anyone else get burned by a last minute professor swap mid semester? How did you handle it?

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