RateMyProfessors.com Launches iPhone App Connecting College Students to Professor Ratings on the Go
Students Can Now Access and Rate the Site’s Database of Over 1 Million Professors in Nearly 6,000 Schools Anywhere from the Classroom to the Quad
RateMyProfessors.com, the Internet’s largest destination for professor ratings, today announced the launch of a RateMyProfessors.com iPhone application that gives students direct access to the site’s database of over 1 million professors in nearly 6,000 schools straight from their iPhone. The iPhone app, available at the iTunes App Store for $ .99, allows college students to rate their favorite- and not-so favorite – professors on campus. Additionally, students can check out professor stats, read some of the 10 million comments from students around the country, or add professors to their “favorite” lists.
“College students are constantly on the move,” said Chris McCarthy, Senior Vice President of Strategic Development and Digital TV Networks, MTV. “By launching the new RateMyProfessors.com iPhone app, we’re giving them the freedom to post a review right after a lecture, without having to wait to get back to their laptops.”
RateMyProfessors.com and the new RateMyProfessors.com iPhone app help students do what they’ve been doing forever - check in with each other- their friends, their brothers, their sisters - to figure out which professors they’ll register with next semester, and which professors they may want to avoid. Choosing the best courses and professors is a rite of passage for every college student, and connecting with peers on RateMyProfessors.com has become a key way millions of students now navigate this process.
RateMyProfessors.com, which is owned and operated by MTV’s college network, mtvU, is built for college students, by college students. RateMyProfessors.com experienced nearly 18 percent growth in unique visitors in 2009, year over year. Additionally, out of the 10 million student comments already on the site, approximately 1.2 million comments were generated in 2009 alone.
For more information, please visit RateMyProfessors.com.
About mtvU
Broadcast to more than 750 college campuses and via top cable distributors in 700 college communities nationwide, mtvU reaches nearly 9 million U.S. college students – making it the largest, most comprehensive television network just for college students. Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, mtvU can be seen in the dining areas, fitness centers, student lounges and dorm rooms of campuses throughout the U.S., as well as on cable systems from Charter Communications, Verizon FiOS TV, Suddenlink Communications, AT&T u-Verse and nearly 70 others. mtvU is dedicated to every aspect of college life, reaching students everywhere they are: on-air, online and on campus. mtvU programs music videos from emerging artists that can’t be seen anywhere else, news, student life features and initiatives that give college students the tools to advance positive social change. mtvU is always on campus, with hundreds of events per year, including exclusive concerts, giveaways, shooting mtvU series and more. For more information about mtvU, and a complete programming schedule, visit http://www.mtvU.com.
mtvU also owns and operates the College Media Network, the largest interactive network of online college newspapers in the US, and RateMyProfessors.com, the Internet’s largest listing of collegiate professor ratings. The College Media Network comprises 600 campus publications that serve institutions including Brown University, Ohio State University, the University of Notre Dame, the University of Texas at Austin and Duke University, with a combined enrollment of over 5.5 million students, reaching an average of 5 million unique users each month. RateMyProfessors.com reaches approximately 3 million college students each month, via the site’s more than 10 million student-generated ratings of over 1,000,000 college professors.
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