10 minutes - no more, no less. Okay, well maybe less...

One of my professors did that this year... It was ANNOYING! I'd tell my roommate that I was leaving in 2 mins and start packing up my stuff and she'd come walking in the door. I think she did it just to aggitate me! It's not like she was walking far, her office was in the same building!

Last friday we had a bad rain storm so NOBODY went to class. We were sitting in there reading the paper and this girl walks in and says "you guys know your class is cancelled for today, right?" We were all I wouldnt be here if i knew it was cancelled...

i'm done now

at my school, it was

10 - 15 min. for a professor

20 min. for an on-call doctor (such as psych.)

My junior year a group of us sat for a half hour of a three hour class without the professor showing up; turns out he was on assignment in London, but he had neglected to tell us.

its usually 5 for a TA
10 for an associate prof
and 20 for a full fledge tenured prof

I hate it when you think YES! and at 14 minutes and 55 seconds they show.

yeah my brother always said it depends on the degree the professor carries.

also, at the school i'll be attending in august, there's a professor that likes to show up at minute before people are going to leave. like he'll show up after 14 minutes if theyre going to leave at the 15 mark. and not only does he show up 14 minutes late, he comes in through the window. a junior told me about him the other day. she said it never fails. when he's late for class he comes in through the window. i just hope i dont have a 7:30 am class. thats brutal.

We had no such rule. The prof could show at minute #54 of a 55 minute class, take role and leave.

Never happened, but theoretically, it could have.

Never happened, not in 4 years of undergrad or a year of grad.

When I was a music major @ the University of Louisville my music theory teacher was always either late or missing altogether. Unfortunately there were 4 other music theory classes going on @ the same time so the Dean would usually come by & split us up into different classes for the day.