You'll have a lot of professors in college. If the average degree is 124 credits and each class is 4 credits, you take roughly 31 classes. That's at least 31 professors, and they'll all have their own unique style and personality that they'll bring to the table. Sometimes they're good, sometimes they're bad, and sometimes you just don't know what to think.

1. The One That Drew The Short Straw

We all know this professor. The professor that rolls into class with a syllabus that looks like the one the teacher with the short straw last year used. They don’t care whether or not you pass, they just care that they get paid for being here. This is mostly for your 8 a.m. health class that teaches you nothing at all and has an unnecessary amount of homework for a freshman class, but is still required in order for you to graduate. Don’t get your hopes up over this teacher. They won’t change your life. They’ll just ignore it.

2. The Really Cool TA

Most likely teaches a lab or a freshman class that no one else in the department wants to teach. This professor is most likely very attractive and you’ll do your best in their class in hopes that they’ll notice you and fall in love with not only your answers on your homework, but also you. They won’t, but that irrational incentive will absolutely bring up your GPA. If you happen to get the TA that isn’t attractive, that’s okay, too. They’ll still be just as interesting to listen to because they’re closest to your age than any other professor you’ve ever had.

3. The Professor Who Thinks That Every Lecture is an Inspirational TEDtalk.

This professor has one volume: loud. The only time they are not being loud is never. They will talk and talk on and on and it will be at a volume of high school football coach or louder. This professor is obviously very knowledgeable on the subject they’re supposed to be teaching, but they’re not teaching that subject. They’re too busy yelling at your entire class to get motivated and find their passion and throwing their arms up trying to wake you up. No time is a good time to take a class with this professor. It’s either too early, too late, or too close to your afternoon slump when you’d rather be napping.

4. The Enemy.

This professor has it out for you. Not for everyone in the class. Just for you. You don’t know why, but you know that they hate you and they’re here to ruin your education and cause you to flunk out of college. They’re probably sad and old and realize that their life has come to an end and they have, for some unknown reason, decided to take you down with them. They round down the decimal points to the lower score when they grade your papers and even though you and the kid next to you both cited your papers the same way, this professor still marked yours up with their angry red pen while the other kid got away with doing the “wrong citation form.” You suck it up and try to do your best, but you know that you could have gotten a better grade with a different professor.

5. Your Favorite Professor.

This professor is the best. If you could, you would skip class to hang out with this professor and pick their brain. You would skip all other classes and just sit in their office the entire office hour time period. This professor is your soulmate: it’s like they’re you, but cooler and smarter. You will spend the rest of your college career trying to take as many classes as you can with this professor, as well as trying to become them in the future. You want to be everything they are: cool, collected, high-functioning, well-dressed, and in possession of a full-time job.