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 2018, 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 Qin Lei is hands down one of the best instructors I’ve ever had at the university. This course is challenging, rigorous, but so rewarding at the same time. From the beginning, I made sure to attend office hours even though I was completely intimidated by his intelligence. After attending, I felt support, relief, and an overall feeling of feeling apart of the business community. As a minor, I was scared to enter a new world of business and math classes since I have been studying Public Health Science for my time here. Anyways, halfway through the semester, I faced some events that really took away from my academic success. I emailed Professor Qin and let him know of my struggles and my inability to attend office hours/focus because of it. After doing this, I got a heartwarming response. Again, he made sure to make it known that if I need help he is there for me. Furthermore, I know my grade in the class may not be the best in the end. I am striving for an A on the final but even if I don’t get that. The experience in the course itself was rewarding enough for me and I’m finally realizing that grades do not show evidence of hard work and dedication entirely. So, thank you for having such an outstanding instructor teach this course. Because of him, I am making it a goal of mine to become comfortable with the uncomfortable and challenge myself in many capacities |
| 2 | Qin Lei is the most organized professor I’ve ever had. Although the exams were tough, they were fair. Qin Lei cares deeply about his students. It’s rare to see a professor that appreciates his students in the way that Qin Lei does. Because of this, students had great respect for Qin Lei. He made the class interesting and practical. |
| 3 | The was by far the best student experience I have had in any class thus far. Qin is organized in his lectures and in the course overall. He is the professor every other professor should be modeling themselves after. This is a tough subject but, because of the masterful way the information was delivered, I felt this class was my easiest class this semester. |
| 4 | This is the best course I’ve taken here in Michigan. Professor Lei is very organized and is always willing to help. I love how exams are doable and cover exactly what we learned in class. Everyone can get good scores. |
| 5 | By far one of the best professors I have had at the university. Professor Lei was always well prepared, willing to help students outside of class, and made sure that he was always there to help or answer any questions. His thoughtfulness and passion for this topic showed through and inspired me to want to continue learning about this topic. Overall, Professor Lei is a phenomenal teacher. |
| 6 | I really enjoyed this class! It was one of the best classes I have ever taken here at Michigan, it was very well run and prepared and I learned so much! Thank you! |
| 7 | My dog died (who acted as my emotional support animal) during the semester and Prof Lei was extremely kind and marked my missed class as excused without my having to submit the documents from the vet and was genuinely kind and supportive which I have never experienced at this university before. This contributed to the class as it made me feel like a person and feel comfortable with the professor instead of felling afraid. |
| 8 | Qin Lei may be one of the best professors that I’ve had at Michigan. I hope I can take a course with him again. |
| 9 | Professor Lei is the most well-organized and well prepared professor I have ever had. He genuinely cares about the success of his students and was always more than willing to help. |
| 10 | The course Website was absolutely amazing and was up a whole month before school started. I’ve never had a professor be so on top of things. The sliced videos online were also a life saver, allowing students to search for answers themselves and be able to find specific topics quickly and efficiently. |
| 11 | The course went extremely well. Professor Lei did an awesome job of making sure students had the necessary information to be prepared for the exam. |
| 12 | The website for this course is absolutely amazing. It helps you learn a lot and allows you to learn if you didn’t understand something in class. |
| 13 | I think Professor Lei is a smart, capable professor with an awesome course website. He provides all of the materials students need to succeed. |
| 14 | Professor Lei is an amazing professor and should be nominated for a Golden Apple. Also he is a proud Alum, Go Blue! |
| 15 | Professor Lei was very passionate about the course and his students and he pushed me to reach my full potential as a student in his class. |
| 16 | Dr. Lei was always excellently organized, and the course was just so well put together, the website for one was consistently updated and informative, really every question that I had was answered by the website, which is pretty impressive. Lectures as a whole were informative and straight to the point, and there was really no time where I felt we were not on schedule. Tests were tough, but fair, and it never felt like it was there to just get a good curve, it really was a measure of how much you prepared. |
| 17 | I was continually impressed by how prepared and passionate the professor was. I especially appreciate the time and effort put into creating a extremely navigable and helpful |
| 18 | Lei was extremely well organized and in depth in his teaching. He was very understanding and you could tell he genuinely cared about each and every one of his students, even in a huge lecture like this one. Materials where always provided to use on just about any extra help we needed. |
| 19 | Professor Lei does a fantastic job of providing us with ample resources to assist our learning. I mean it when I say it--he goes above and beyond to assist us with our learning through the website. |
| 20 | Professor Lei was always extremely prepared for class and receptive to any difficulties students were having. The course website was very organized and had many tools to further understanding in the subject matter. I was very appreciative of the amount of practice opportunities he provided. |
| 21 | The access to recorded lectures, additional practice material, reading material, and recorded and written practice solutions all were incredibly helpful when studying and practicing the material learned in this course. This class has so many resources available to help students succeed. |
| 22 | The course is really well outlined and structured. We know exactly what to expect. It is basically written out perfectly day by day what we should be doing. The homeworks were helpful for studying and he gave us plenty of test material to prepare. |
| 23 | The course website is a great tool for students. It leaves much to be desired of other classes that do not have such an organized, accessible website for all course materials. |
| 24 | The instructor was very prepared and always was ready to teach before he came to class. His website was so helpful and organized. I really appreciate all the time and effort he put into trying to help the students succeed. |
| 25 | The material is structured very well, and Dr. Lei definitely knows what he is doing. Exam material is reasonable in difficulty, and I enjoyed the 4 exam model much more than having a midterm and a final. |
| 26 | The professor did an excellent job explaining the hard ideas and topics. He also made great use of a combination of powerpoints and interactive notes to help students learn and follow along. |
| 27 | Very inspiring professor, more in the general comments section. |
| 28 | i really loved our access to numerous resources and also how engaging and understanding professor Lei is. Seeing how interested he is in his subject matter, makes learning more enjoyable. |
| 29 | Great course. I believe anybody can benefit from taking this course, whether they choose to go into Finance or not as a profession. Professor Lei does an exceptional job of making sure his students have the resources they need to thrive. |
| 30 | Really glad I could take this course, I’ve learned so much, and I couldn’t imagine a better teacher than Dr. Lei. It covers so much integral to finance, business, etc. that i’d recommend it as a core class for anyone studying those topics. |
| 31 | All the resources -- like the recorded lectures, lecture slides, homework video solutions, practice problems/exams -- were very helpful and contributed nicely to the course. |
| 32 | I liked how examples were done in class of concepts we just learned. By using the “whiteboard,” it allowed for us to understand how concepts applied to problems we’d see on exams. |
| 33 | I think everything went great.The teacher taught well, and everything was easy to follow. I knew what was expected of me. |
| 34 | I think that the course website was essential to being able to follow along with the class. We were often expected to do extra readings or listen to extra material outside of class and I found these extremely accessible. I also thought that the professor was understanding of student’s difficulties and went above and beyond to accommodate. |
| 35 | I think that we spent the right amount of time on each subject to prepare us for how much of it we would see in exams, and I really liked that all lectures were recorded so we could go back through if we needed to. |
| 36 | Most organized course I have ever taken! |
| 37 | Prof. Lei shows that he cares about the material and wants to make sure that students are absorbing the material. Great instructor. |
| 38 | Professor Lei was always very well-prepared for lectures and did a great job providing resources for his students on the course website. |
| 39 | Professor Lei was very organized and all the course expectations and materials were clear |
| 40 | Professor was well organized in lecture and discussed concepts proficiently for all students to understand. On time, was well prepared and is helpful in office hours. |
| 41 | Super organized and covered every topic thoroughly. |
| 42 | The adjustment in materials to prepare for the tests and additional meeting times were extremely helpful. I hope that they will be just as beneficial to prep for this final test as well. |
| 43 | The professor is very organized and prepares very well for each class. Also, he is very active in helping students outside of class. |
| 44 | The professor was always prepared for meetings and answered student questions in class. The class was well organized and I learned a lot. |
| 45 | The resources for this course are great. I like that the lectures are posted online, the homeworks keep you up to check, and the tests are fair. |
| 46 | The resources given, such as lecture slides, practice problems, homework problems, and office hours were extremely helpful in preparation for exams and the class was set up where if you studied, you were rewarded. |
| 47 | Trivia, homework, and practice exams were all very useful practice tools to master the course curriculum. Lecture material is presented very well in slides. I appreciate that the lecture slides are available to students. |
| 48 | Very organized and all of the material was available. |
| 49 | the consistent and organized structure of what is required of us for tests and homework and assessment. |
| 50 | the homework is really helpful along with the practice exams. they are very relevant to the actual exam and representative of the material. |
| 51 | I like the website and all the information we get throughout the week. It was a good class, just not my strong-suit. I think I did the best I could because of the support and extra materials we get in this class. |
| 52 | I loved this class! It greatly increased my interest in future finance courses. |
| 53 | Overall I enjoyed this course and have recommended it to others. |
| 54 | Qin is a good teacher |
| 55 | Really enjoyed the class, and it definitely increased my interest in finance. |
| 56 | Thank you Qin. I appreciate how hard you work for the students. |
| 57 | The professor is very responsible and provides many sources in order to help students understand better the knowledge, such as reviewing video webinar, extra office hours and video solutions. |
| 58 | There is nothing I would like to change about the class. I was always given clear instructions and guidance of what to do to excel in the class. |
| 59 | Class structured very well. Flow of topics makes sense. Thanks for having so many office hours available. |
| 60 | Class website, availability of professor and section leaders, amount of resources to help students understand material |
| 61 | Everything, very well run and the homeworks were especially helpful. |
| 62 | Great instructor, great course. Learned a lot |
| 63 | I liked the professor providing personal anecdotes during class |
| 64 | I think that the quantitative part of the course went really well. We were always given enough examples to learn the quantitative pieces of the material. |
| 65 | Learned the fundamentals of finance to a detailed level |
| 66 | Liked the set-up of the homework assignments and practice exams. |
| 67 | Organized, knowledgeable professor. |
| 68 | Overall this was a great class. |
| 69 | Plenty of resources were made available to students to learn and practice the material. |
| 70 | Tests reflected material |
| 71 | The connect book and homework problems were extremely useful along with the paper solutions. |
| 72 | The connect homework was a good way of learning concepts and professor Lei was good at explaining concepts clearly. Trivia was a nice way to keep up with concepts while receiving a grade, and having an exam drop is always nice too. |
| 73 | The context contained in this course is helpful. |
| 74 | The lectures slides were very well made. The problem solutions were also helpful. |
| 75 | The slides, homework, and reading prepared students for the exams quite well. |
| 76 | The slides, readings, and instruction were great. |
| 77 | The subject matter was taught well |
| 78 | When the online homework worked very helpful to work through all the solutions without feeling stressed about getting it right the first time |
| 79 | there are a lot of useful resources provided |
| 80 | very well organized |
| 81 | Overall great class. |
| 82 | Overall great course, learned a lot. |
| 83 | Overall, a good course. |
| 84 | Overall, it is a great class. |
| 85 | Thanks for a great class! |
| 86 | Thanks for the great semester! |
| 87 | Well done course |
| 88 | really enjoyed this class |
| 89 | COURESE PLANING |
| 90 | Clear material |
| 91 | Clear structure and useful practice problems. |
| 92 | GOOD |
| 93 | I enjoyed the readings. |
| 94 | Instruction, class structure, topics |
| 95 | Lectures were well-organized |
| 96 | The exams were fair |
| 97 | Good! |
| 98 | Great class |
| 99 | Great job! |
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