Student Comments
Many students have provided very encouraging comments at the end-of-term evaluations, and here is a collection of comments. Listed below are student comments for just one course.
In Winter 2015, I taught Making Financial Decisions, a Non-BBA level core course at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. Here are some nice things my students said about this course.
| 1 | This has been one of my favorite classes I have taken at U of M! Professor Lei is probably the most intelligent and engaging lecturer I have had. I really enjoyed how he focused on the intuition behind the various formulas and concepts developed in this course. It really helped me understand the material better. I also do not think I have had a professor as organized and responsive as Professor Lei, which really shows how much he cares about his students’ success. |
| 2 | Dr. Lei did an excellent job ensuring that every student understood the material well. He made sure to go over everything in depth and took his time on the material. If there was a subject that he knew students usually struggled with in the past he would make sure to go a little slower so there wouldn’t be difficulty this time around. |
| 3 | Qin is a phenomenal professor. Always prepared for lecture and gives students every opportunity to be successful. His website has everything that you need and more to do well and there is a wealth of information. Qin also delivers straight to the point lectures and gives useful examples |
| 4 | The most well put together course I have ever been in. Having your own website for the course was fantastic. I now wish that I could have that for every class. It made finding everything and keeping track of the class much easier. I learned more in this class than I have learned in any other class throughout all my years of schooling. I could rave about this class forever. |
| 5 | This course was run like a well-organized business. It was made clear every class what resources were available. I can say there was nothing more the professor could have done to provide a better learning environment. |
| 6 | In my three full years here, I have never had a professor more dedicated to their students than you. I am thoroughly impressed with your efforts to make sure that every student in the class has multiple opportunities to master all the material. The amount of resources you make available are great. This was a fairly challenging course, but was still my favorite because I learned so much. In my opinion you have found a great mix. Thank you for an awesome semester in a challenging yet enjoyable course! |
| 7 | Everything was very well organized - all the information we needed were online, and he would very often send e-mail updates of the logistics of the class. And the professor was THE best professor I’ve had in the University of Michigan - knowledgeable, understanding, prepared, and most importantly, compassionate as a fellow wolverine. I can’t think of anything that was "bad" about this course. Great class, even greater man. |
| 8 | The resources available to students for exams was amazing! I always felt like I had more than enough material to go through before midterms. This is one of the most organized classes I’ve ever taken. |
| 9 | Professor Lei has been one of the best professors I have had at this University. His knowledge of finance and way of teaching it worked very well! I am sad for this class to end since it was one of my favorites. Professor Lei also made many extra efforts to ensure that his students were well prepared for exams and understood the course material. |
| 10 | The professor really knew the material and he really cared about the students. I think he is one of the few professors I have had during my four years here that actually made an effort to observe students’ performances throughout the semester and find ways to encourage and help them. I definitely learned a lot and his method of teaching was very good. |
| 11 | Overall, this is one of the best courses I have taken at this university. Professor Lei is an EXCELLENT instructor. |
| 12 | I believe Professor Qin Lei did a great job teaching this course. He always makes it a point to make lectures interesting by enhancing the subject material with real life examples and personal anecdotes. I also really appreciate his genuine desire for each of his students to succeed in the class and to gain a deeper knowledge of finance beyond the classroom setting. |
| 13 | All the materials including video recordings are posted on the course website which helped me a lot when I didn’t focus in the lecture or I missed the review session. It’s also good that Professor spends his time addressing students’ need and concern one-to-one during office hour. The Trivia questions were changed to be flexible during lecture which was way better. |
| 14 | Qin Lei was a phenomenal professor. He was very organized, and the students knew what to do always expect. I thought his teaching style fit me well too. He was very good at explaining difficult concepts so that they were easier to understand. |
| 15 | The instructor was one of the best and hardest-working I’d had. He said at the beginning of the semester he would do everything he can to help us learn and he was not kidding. He was FANTASTIC. He took all feedback exceptionally well and even redid the whole website mid semester because of feedback. And grading exams the night of is something that goes a long long way for students. I loved getting my exams graded so fast. He is probably looking for criticism here and ways to improve because he seems like he is always just trying to be better, but nothing comes to mind. He was amazing. |
| 16 | Loved this class. It gave me so many more tools to evaluate how to view money and look at the real worth of different things. |
| 17 | Thank you so much for meeting with me so often outside of class! The extra help was very useful for my learning. |
| 18 | Professor Lei was very responsive to student feedback. He was the best Business School teacher I have had at the University. Thank you very much, and keep up the excellent work. |
| 19 | One of the most well organized classes I have taken here at the University. Professor was very helpful one-on-one and was willing to make adjustments throughout the course in response to student feedback. Great class |
| 20 | Loved it. Would highly recommend. You’re the man, Professor Lei. Thank you for all your passion and hard-work. |
| 21 | Overall, I enjoyed this class, and I hope I get to have Qin as my professor in the near future. |
| 22 | I feel like not enough people picked up on your occasional jokes, but I thought they were funny! Thank you for being a great professor! |
| 23 | Professor was excellent. True expert in the field and went above and beyond any teacher that I have ever had in my entire college experience. |
| 24 | Professor Lei has been one of the best professors that I’ve ever had. He is truly passionate about his teaching and it shows through all of the resources available on the course website, in addition to all of the office hours and review sessions he holds. Would definitely recommend this course to friends. Thanks for a great semester! |
| 25 | Great class; Wish I took it earlier in my undergraduate career. |
| 26 | Instructor was passionate |
| 27 | The professor truly wants his students to do well and succeed in his class. His communication is impeccable and his video lectures as well as other videos are extremely helpful. |
| 28 | The professor was very prepared, openly accepted feedback, and had ample office hours. Not only did he request feedback, but he actually listened and implemented it. |
| 29 | The material covered was very substantial and helped peak my interest in the financial industry. |
| 30 | Trivia questions were a great way to make sure you knew the material before you left the lecture, or a great way to tell you that you needed to revisit the material. |
| 31 | The course was very well structured and organized. Every process and step of the course was clearly defined in the syllabus and brought up by Professor Lei several times. The textbook, McGraw-Hill Connect, and lecture slides all matched up very well making this course excellent. |
| 32 | I would recommend this course to everyone wanting to learn imperative financial information for practical life uses. |
| 33 | Can’t think of anything that needs to be changed or improved! |
| 34 | Professor, I loved you and your class, I TRULY did |
| 35 | Prof. Lei did everything possible to provide us with resources. |
| 36 | Professor Lei was very willing to meet with students outside of class to aid in understanding the material. |
| 37 | You are a great professor and you really care about your students doing well in the course. I like that you provided a lot of office hours as well as multiple review sessions for each exam. I could also tell that you are a hard worker - you would occasionally send out emails really late at night, which shows that you put a lot of time into this class. You could be sleeping but instead you chose to do work for the class for the students’ sake. I really appreciate all the hard work you put into this class in order for your students to do well. |
| 38 | I thought Qin did a great job on relating separate topics throughout the course. He illustrated how it all came together in the end. |
| 39 | Slides given beforehand, engaging lecture. |
| 40 | I found the course website and all provided materials extremely useful. |
| 41 | This class is very structured with many facets. At first it was very difficult, but ultimately I was able to take advantage of the resources available to do well. Professor Lei made time for students outside of class, which was very helpful. |
| 42 | The organization in the course was beyond excellent. The course website that the instructor created services the needs of students very well. |
| 43 | Professor Lei provided an extensive amount of resources to complement his lectures. I found his dedication to the course highly impressive. He is clearly an intelligent individual with a great passion to pass his knowledge on to his students. |
| 44 | Lecturer is very enthusiastic in teaching, He is very helpful in exam review office hour |
| 45 | The instructor did a great job! |
| 46 | Excellent course and an excellent instructor. Seemed to genuinely want students to learn and succeed and provided all of the necessary resources to help them do that |
| 47 | This was overall an excellent course, and I would like to suggest this course to everyone who wants to learn the basics of finance. |
| 48 | Keep up the good work! This was an excellent course. |
| 49 | Thank you for a great semester! |
| 50 | Great class, fantastic professor! |
| 51 | Like the class. Learned a lot. Good for my interview pretty much. |
| 52 | I think it was well taught and the professor provided good resources for student success in the class as well. |
| 53 | Overall, I thought this was a good course that improved my knowledge of finance. |
| 54 | I really enjoyed having Dr. Lei. He was very concerned about his students’ learning and made sure to do everything that a teacher can do to make sure that the class succeeded. |
| 55 | One of the best professors I have had at Michigan |
| 56 | It’s an excellent course. |
| 57 | Professor Lei was extremely helpful outside of class. Thank you for that |
| 58 | Professor Qin went out of his way to make sure every student could learn and understand the material. This is so much appreciated! |
| 59 | Great work, Professor Lei, and thank you for a terrific semester! |
| 60 | The professor was really dedicated, committed and caring about student’s success. The homework problems through Connect and the practice problems for each midterm really helped solidify the material. Also the virtual stock trading opportunity was golden! |
| 61 | Dr. Lei provided so much of his time and practice materials to help us understand the course material, these were really helpful! |
| 62 | Professor really wants to help his students understand the materials. He is very approachable and understanding. |
| 63 | -GREAT teacher. -Really enjoyed how he recognized that students’ learning methods vary and teaching many different methods |
| 64 | Professor is well prepared for every class |
| 65 | Organization and availability of materials. There are many different ways of learning the material to accommodate all types of learners. |
| 66 | The syllabus flowed nicely from topic to topic. Lecture slides had everything needed for this class. Taught better than the textbook. |
| 67 | Excellent interactive website and well-done lectures. |
| 68 | The course was well organized, and the homework, readings, lectures, and recitations all complemented each other. The video solutions and video reviews were also extremely helpful. |
| 69 | Homework and practice problems creates clear guidelines. Professor Lei also responds to emails in a timely and thorough manner which is awesome. |
| 70 | The topics covered were enlightening. |
| 71 | Organized, knew the expectations, made time for students, good at explaining things in office hours. Qin is a great teacher. |
| 72 | 1) The instructor is well-prepared for every class 2) Clear logic & structure |
| 73 | Really well constructed lectures and recitations. The videos were very helpful as well because allowed you to see the class even if you missed it for some reason. It had great resources and Professor Lei was very helpful and open to help people. |
| 74 | a lot of resources available on the course website, taped lectures, fixed homework solutions, ta office hours |
| 75 | The homework assignments were actually very helpful for the exams, the practice problems were great as well, and the professor made himself available to students for questions, etc. |
| 76 | I liked that the instructor was very organized and posted different resources that helped me prepare for the exams, including lecture notes, homework solutions, and practice questions. |
| 77 | Professor Qin was always willing to help, urging students to see either him or TAs for any questions or clarifications. Thus, I never felt alone when I got stuck with difficult concepts. |
| 78 | The instructor provided us with so many resources to help us learn that it would be hard to fail. He really cared about our success. |
| 79 | the instructor explain well in class and doesn’t just read the slides all the time |
| 80 | Exam review office hour helps me understand my mistakes in exam, trivia urge me to pay attention in class in order to answer the question correctly, recording of lecture allow me to check back parts that i missed out |
| 81 | Homework and discussions was very helpful for leaning material |
| 82 | I liked the material. It was interesting. |
| 83 | Course website, lectures, course materials (lecture notes, textbook), homework policies |
| 84 | trading game |
| 85 | The homework and practice problems were exceptionally helpful and there were always people willing to meet and help you if you had questions. |
| 86 | lecture and recording helped me a lot such that i could review it as many time as in my desire |
| 87 | Online homework helpful |
| 88 | covered good topics in class |
| 89 | I loved all the extra problems available. |
| 90 | Everything clicked for me, and all of the resources provided by the professor were a huge help |
| 91 | I liked how we had one hour lectures and one hour discussions instead of 1.5 hours of lecture. |
| 92 | Everything was great. |
| 93 | The practice problems, additional videos and lecture videos were all very helpful for review. |
| 94 | They always made themselves available and expectation were made very clear |
| 95 | Everything |
| 96 | I really liked the material in the course as a whole. |
| 97 | The lecture-discussion format was good. |
| 98 | Great class |
| 99 | Overall great instruction, great course |
| 100 | good class |
| 101 | Great course, thanks for a great semester! |
| 102 | Great class! Thanks! |
| 103 | Great course |
| 104 | Great course! |
| 105 | Keep up the great work, Professor. |
| 106 | Thanks! |
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