Reviews of professor Peter Rich

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
So unorganized. I had him for PAM statistics and him and his head TA seemed to not know the material. Lectures were ineffective, homeworks were graded extremely inconsistently, and study materials for the test were full of errors and missing answers. I've heard good things about him in other classes, but PAM statistics was terribly run.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Lots of homework and readings. Tests are nothing like the homeworks. Be ready to study hard or you won't do well

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Good professor! Very passionate, knowledgable, and the structure of the content was very good and flowed smoothly. Assignments were easy, and the exams were fair in my opinion. The grade structure was VERY forgiving in my opinion. You still need to study and put in some effort, but otherwise easy class!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Somehow made an intro to sociology class insanely difficult. This was harder than my physics course. Tons of work to do.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This definitely should have been a four-credit class. Professor Rich assigned so much reading and work for a class about sociology. I did really enjoy a lot of the content but the workload was insane. Tests were also really difficult to study for.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Rich was an amazing lecturer. The books that he assigned were interesting to read and thoroughly discussed in class. I learned more in this class than I have learned in any other class at Cornell. Also, he provides so many opportunities for extra credit making it easy to do well. HIGHLY recommend taking a class with him.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Covers lots of interesting topics and is very engaging in lectures. Not hard if you do the readings and pay attention. However, there are alot of readings! Overall nice professor though.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
If you do the readings and show up to class, you will get an A. I did not study for any of the tests, and I did not spend more than an hour on any of the papers, and I got an A+

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
There was a lot of reading required each class that he gives questions on every day. That being said, hes very lenient in grading projects, and the tests are very easy if youve paid even the slightest bit of attention in lecture. I learned a lot of really interesting content, and it was my favorite class of the semester.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Rich is one of the most caring professors I have ever interfaced with! As long as you make an effort to pay attention in lectures, the problem sets are pretty straightforward. Even if you don't, he's always willing to go over things in office hours and will work with you to make sure you fully understand each concept you ask him about.