Reviews of professor Rory Varrato

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Varrato is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Columbia for philosophy and is clearly very passionate about the subject. The class consists of a discussion about the lengthy reading prepared before class. Participation is graded heavily, though it is tough to get a word in during class. Also, I don't think he learned any of our names.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
You get two different Rory's depending on if you take the 8:30 AM class or 10:00 AM class. He is not bad in either but supposedly is much more fun later in the day. Participation matters a bunch, and he really appreciates commentary. The essays are easy if you follow his guide! Overall, he is a nice and knowledgeable man, but a slow grader.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Varrato gives around 80% participation to everyone, doesn't memorize names so attendance is not mandatory. Requires textbook and paperback, roughly equaling $140. Take for an easy A, you get a notecard to bring in to every exam.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is passionate and good at his job. He is inaccessible outside of class and takes a while to grade. There was lots of reading (in his own anthology that you must buy), but overall, they were engaging and interesting to talk about. He got me interested in philosophy.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Loved him. As long as you participate in lectures, he is a brilliant professor and does his job incredibly well. HIGHLY recommend.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This man is INCREDIBLE! He's a great professor and I seriously have never enjoyed a class more. As long as you show up and communicate with him, you're set to succeed. I genuinely hope everyone gets the opportunity to get to know a person as honest and caring as he is.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Varrato's class was really interesting and he is definitely very passionate about the material. There's not that much work - just a couple of reflections that are pretty much graded for completion. There's a lot of readings but he goes over them in class everyday so you don't really need to do them.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
varrato is a nice prof but he's so unaccessible outside of class. he doesn't know anyone's names so he gives everyone the same participation grade. he grades pretty easily but he assigns a ton of readings (which kinda comes with philosophy). i wouldn't take him again just because he's so unaccessible that it's hard to know what your grade is

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Two essays a semester that were pass or fail but as long as you follow the very easy guideline you will pass. However, if there is an 8:30 vs 10 am take the 10 am he is a lot nicer and more outgoing then compared to his 8:30. The midterm and final are also really reasonable.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He was clearly very knowledgeable on all the course material, and made it very easy to understand the concepts he was teaching. The papers are easy if you follow the prompt. Participation was graded very heavily, though he won't really learn your name. Overall great professor.