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 Fall 2017, 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 | Professor Lei is INCREDIBLE. He is so kind and engaging and I hope that he knows he is very much appreciated by all his students. I love how encouraging he is, he sincerely wants us all to succeed and I really appreciate his commitment to his students. Professor Qin I want you to know that you truly are one of the best professors I have had at this university, not only because of your teaching style but more importantly because of your character. You are truly one of the kindest people I have had the pleasure to meet. Thank you very much. |
| 2 | Qin was an excellent instructor. He is knowledgeable and passionate about the course content and the success of his students. He made all the material very accessible to students of all levels. He was constantly updating and improving his teaching methods to accommodate student needs. He went above and beyond solely for the learning of his students. Overall, he is an excellent instructor and I’m glad I took his course. |
| 3 | Professor Qin Lei cares so much about his student’s success. He made extra time to meet with students who were struggling, and he worked hard to address everyone’s difficulties. I struggled with this course, but I appreciated knowing that the genuinely wanted me to succeed. He obviously knows the material inside and out. He is so kind. |
| 4 | Really enjoyed Mr. Lei’s professionalism and his mastery of the subject. Excellent teacher - really knows his stuff. Very much enjoyed the course - very well taught and on subjects that we all want to learn. |
| 5 | Thank you for the semester, Prof. Lei was the best prof I’ve had since being at Michigan. |
| 6 | I would like to personally thank Qin for the way he taught this course. It was always wholly apparent that he not only genuinely cared about the subject matter, but also made it his mission to ensure that students were actually learning the material. This kind of passion from a professor makes learning come much easier, and is something that I will be very thankful for as I hopefully pursue a career in which I will make use of themes and concepts learned in this course. |
| 7 | Professor Lei has been one of the best professors I’ve ever had at the University of Michigan. He’s extremely organized, helpful, and a great teacher who genuinely cares about the students. The practice exams and the recorded lectures were very helpful. |
| 8 | The class is well organized and Lei is well-prepared for every single lecture, best professor ever!! |
| 9 | Professor Lei was an incredible professor, probably the best one I have had at Michigan. He made the class interesting and allowed students who put the time in to do well. The class was extremly well organized and the course website was impressive. |
| 10 | The course was extremely well organized. It was clear that the professor cared about students and wanted everyone to do well. I felt like I had every possible opportunity to learn the material, and that effectively, I chose my own grade by deciding how much effort to put in. The lectures were engaging and covered the most important content. The homework was similar to exam questions and the practice exams were very helpful. I also really liked that the homework was due the day before the exam. This allowed me to work on it on my own time and really learn the material, instead of having it due at arbitrary times throughout the semester. |
| 11 | Professor was extremely organized. Website was incredibly helpful in managing coursework and understanding material. Excellent class. Investing game was awesome |
| 12 | I’ve never taken a course that was so well organized. It actually made me want to perform better. Also, Prof. Lei would send just the right amount of emails informing us of deadlines and upcoming due dates. |
| 13 | Great class. Thank you for your hard work and for being such a caring professor! |
| 14 | I can’t think of one negative thing about this class or Prof. Lei’s teaching methods. One of the best classes I have taken at U of M thus far. |
| 15 | Qin did a super job of taking feedback during the year and changing the way information was delivered based on the needs of the class. |
| 16 | Really loved how Qin went the extra mile for his students. Anytime a request was made outside of class to meet or to provide more examples, he spent the time and effort to fulfill the request. Another thing I liked was how the professor was understanding in that he knows not all students can attend review sessions, so he posts them online. He also provides the lecture videos so that we can rewatch later, which is really crucial for understanding some of the conceptual topics. |
| 17 | Great lectures and fair grading for exams. The professor was always prepared, professional, and you could tell his passion and love for teaching and his students. |
| 18 | I was very excited to take this course and I learned so much. Professor Lei was great every single lecture. I loved the format of the class with the online homework, recorded lectures, online textbook, and practice tests. I thought it was set up for us to be successful as long as we put in the work. Excellent class that I would recommend to anyone with a slight interest in finance. |
| 19 | I thought everything in this course was great. The instructor made a wealth of resources fully available to students and everything was very clear. I learned a lot. |
| 20 | Professor Lei provided an incredible amount of resources for students to adequately learn the material. His course website was extremely professional and easy to navigate. By consistently providing live videos from lectures and video solutions to homework problems, he allowed us to thoroughly learn the course material at our own pace. |
| 21 | I think this was a good course, and Qin Lei did an incredible job teaching. There were tons of resources available, such that whenever I felt confused, I knew exactly where I could find the answer. I thought the website was great, and very helpful. |
| 22 | The way that the resources are made available to students makes learning the material very easy. Students are given everything they need to succeed. |
| 23 | The professor was very responsive to students needs. After the first two exams he sent out a course evaluation of his own. Most of the time when I fill out a course evaluation I do not really feel like there is anything that comes out of them, but after the first exam this was not the case. The professor took time to read through our concerns and ended up changing the TA for my section because of the feed back that he received, which I really appreciated. I also liked how much extra materials we had for this course. He would post video lectures, the practice exams, and the powerpoint slides. He always added more office hours when it was getting close to the exams. |
| 24 | Overall, this course was extremely informative and truly helped me expand my knowledge of finance. Through the course readings, assignments, and exams, I was able to learn so much about different aspects of finance that I had previously wanted to know more about. |
| 25 | Professor Lei did an excellent job. He was extremely well prepared for each lecture and was able to relate the concepts to current events. Additionally, the class organization as a whole is good because the homework and practice exams prepare you for the actual exams. |
| 26 | Honestly, I don’t think that anything needs to be changed. Thank you for caring about us students and going above and beyond to make this an excellent course! |
| 27 | I have no interest in finance but Professor Lei’s enthusiasm and well wishes on his students at least kept me motivated to complete the course. |
| 28 | I really think that this course was as close to perfect as can be reasonably expected. |
| 29 | I really enjoyed meeting Professor Lei in office hours. He was very friendly and helpful. |
| 30 | The instructor was very organized, the lecture material was very relevant to exams and homework, and I felt that I learned a lot over the course. |
| 31 | I really enjoyed the course and how the homework didn’t have a weekly deadline, but rather a reward to completing it before the corresponding exam. |
| 32 | Professor was engaged and clearly cared about the students. He put in the effort, and it was a course where you could do well if you did the work. |
| 33 | Course website was excellent. |
| 34 | Qin is a great professor who definitely knows what he’s doing. |
| 35 | Lectures were interesting and informative, homework website was easy to use and helpful for studying. |
| 36 | The lectures, while moving very quickly, were very organized and clearly presented the material in a way that I could comprehend. |
| 37 | The professor provided a great deal of resources to learn the material. He went above and beyond to have video explanations of slides, hw problems, etc. Only wished the best for his students. |
| 38 | He as a really good teacher |
| 39 | The online textbook was very useful to gaining an understanding of the material. Also the fixed solutions were really helpfully when learning how to solve specific problems. Everything in the course was very well organized and transparent. |
| 40 | Very organized! |
| 41 | Professor Lei is an expert on the material. Exams are tailored to the homework assignments and practice exams that he provides. |
| 42 | Prof. Lei is amazing. |
| 43 | Professor Lei ensured that all student questions were answered so that everyone had a good chance of being successful in the class. |
| 44 | Good course, REALLY appreciate you withholding tests so frats etc.. cannot hoard them. Additionally, helped accommodate a test time when it was not required, really helped my finals schedule. Thanks so much Qin. |
| 45 | Professor Lei is a great professor! I would highly recommend people to take this class whether they are getting a degree at Ross or not. |
| 46 | Thank you Qin, it was a pleasure taking your class. |
| 47 | Great class and amazing teacher. |
| 48 | Professor Lei has definitely been one of the more encouraging professors I have had. He was always relaying stories of his younger days and his struggles to us, in order to encourage us. |
| 49 | Everything is very well organized and taught. |
| 50 | really enjoyed the course. |
| 51 | Overall, the course was very well organized and gave an informative yet broad introduction into the fundamentals of finance. |
| 52 | Awesome class |
| 53 | Professor Qin Lei was always very prepared and willing to adjust to students needs. |
| 54 | You have done a good job organizing the class! |
| 55 | Overall I liked the set up of the class and the discussions were helpful in doing example problems. |
| 56 | I enjoyed this course, thank you Professor Lei! |
| 57 | Really interesting, but not easy by any means. |
| 58 | I really appreciated the recorded lectures they were exponentially helpful while studying for exams. |
| 59 | The topics were clearly taught and explained with many real world examples. The class allowed me to see beyond the textbook and what happens in the real world. The homework problems were a great resource, especially when studying for the exams. Recorded lectures were a great addition for me to go back and review parts of the lecture. |
| 60 | Very orgainized and expectations were clear |
| 61 | The course had a lot of resources, and the overall structure was helpful in terms of the homework and allowing students to drop their lowest midterm if they do the homework. |
| 62 | The online resources were endless and helpful especially for studying on my own. |
| 63 | Instructor very organized and provides resources to help learn material |
| 64 | Great material. Like recorded lectures. Good homework. |
| 65 | I think the homework and lectures provided the perfect assessments for measuring one’s comprehension of class-related materials. |
| 66 | Course website was very well organized and helpful. |
| 67 | Reading the textbook was super helpful for me. Additionally, having the solutions to the homework was really helpful as well--it enabled me to learn the core concepts and not just be "stuck" if I couldn’t figure it out on my first try. Lecture recordings were also really helpful. |
| 68 | The course was very well organized |
| 69 | I like the structure of the exams and how you aren’t expected to learn more than 3 chapters for a given exam. I also like the accessibility of the class via the website |
| 70 | I think the homework assignments provided an excellent chance to review and study the applied concepts. |
| 71 | Dr. Qin went through all topics very thoroughly and was considerate of other student’s questions. |
| 72 | I really enjoyed this class and look forward to continue to take classes in Finance. |
| 73 | I do not have any specific things that I feel need to improve. This was a great course. |
| 74 | It was a helpful and enjoyable class |
| 75 | Professor explain everything clear and the assignments help me a lot on preparing the exams. |
| 76 | I felt like this was a useful class and I feel like I learned a lot. Good material. Professor Lei was a good instructor and replied efficiently with a lot of help. |
| 77 | material and online textbook were helpful |
| 78 | The website was organized and helpful for studying. |
| 79 | The lectures were interesting and not boring. |
| 80 | Resources on the course website were very helpful. |
| 81 | The layout of the course was great and there were many tools that could be used to guarantee success in the course including lecture slides, lecture recordings. office hours, the course website, practice exams, several forms of homework/practice problems, and example problems to guide through the homework. |
| 82 | The material was very informative and useful |
| 83 | I definitely enjoyed learning what I did. I am a CS student, and I enjoyed learning something different. |
| 84 | The structure of the way the class is grade dis nice, with the ability to drop the exams if you did the homework. |
| 85 | Organization of the course |
| 86 | Really interesting material |
| 87 | Great Class |
| 88 | Professor Lei makes time to meet with students and really does take into account student feedback! |
| 89 | Great course. |
| 90 | Excellent organization, professor outreach, and resources available |
| 91 | Really well organized, I appreciated the course website and the course material website (HW and Book) |
| 92 | The learning material such as videos are helpful. |
| 93 | The Recitations were very helpful with learning how to do the connect problems. |
| 94 | I thought the homework assignments were helpful. |
| 95 | Covered a lot of material |
| 96 | did a good job of providing a lot of material to help with learning the course concepts |
| 97 | Overall our instructor is patient and did well. |
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