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 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 Lei has been by far the best professor I have ever had in my undergraduate career. He is well organized, articulate and does a great job of ensuring all students, regardless of their background in finance, have all the tools necessary to succeed. The course is challenging, but I’ve learned so much. The Professor also surveys students throughout the semester and makes changes accordingly based on our suggestions |
| 2 | There isn’t enough good I could say about professor Qin. He is so knowledgable and puts so much into this course, his website added so much, including all lecture notes, videos, and even challenging notes that explained where the concepts came from. Furthermore, I think he may care about his students more than any other instructor I’ve come across, just what a fantastic guy. |
| 3 | The website and the professor are both amazing. The most organized, well thought out class I have taken at u of m. If I wasn’t graduating I would definitely want to take another class with him. I can not offer enough praise to predecesor Lei. He was always available and made it possible for anyone to do well in this class. |
| 4 | Professor Lei is unbelievably organized and is easily one of the best teachers I’ve had at Michigan. The level of organization, resources available, pace, and care given to students are unmatched and make this a must-take course. |
| 5 | Before I took the course, I knew approximately nothing about finance. And after I took this course, I successfully gain a big picture of the finance world. The professor Lei is great!! He is so enthusiastic teaching students and helping students. He knows well about finance in both the academic aspect and the realistic aspect. He represents the course material very clearly and gives some really helpful advice which I think will influence me a lot in my future investment career. |
| 6 | Professor Lei is amazing. I loved having his as my professor, he was very helpful and always made an effort to meet with me. He also gave students so many online resources that it became tangible to do well in this course as long as you put in the effort and utilized the many resources given to you. |
| 7 | Dr. Lei is one of the most organized and knowledgeable professors I have had at Michigan. Everything went well! |
| 8 | This course cannot be improved. Professor Lei does an incredible of gathering student feedback throughout the year and has clearly made iterative changes to the course over years that clearly show: this class and teach are amazing. |
| 9 | I really liked the way this course was designed. The website was definitely a great learning tool, and the trivia questions were very helpful for keeping on top of the course. Also, having the ability to drop an exam was a major plus. |
| 10 | This course was the most organized class I have taken at the University! Professor Lei’s website is extremely useful. He truly cares about the success of the students by giving a wealth of online resources and videos for students to learn and understand the material in addition to office hours every week. He also holds exam review sessions before every exam which are very helpful because he clarifies any questions the students have. |
| 11 | Professor Lei has done an amazing job of preparing materials for the class and making sure that the information is presented in different ways so that everyone can use the resources that work best for them. He also does a good job breaking down concepts and explaining the reasoning behind them instead of just showing how to solve it on a calculator |
| 12 | The instructor did an excellent job in lecture. He was well prepared and accommodating in the event of technical difficulties. Phenomenal instructor |
| 13 | loved the website and having all the information so you don’t have to scribble down something in class that you inevitably cannot read later |
| 14 | Professor Lei truly cares about his students well-being, which was palpable throughout the course. |
| 15 | Everything. In my six semesters here I have never seen a more organized course and course website. |
| 16 | Professor Lei was an excellent, passionate, and responsive instructor that genuinely cared about our performance and learning environment in class. |
| 17 | Professor Lei seemed to really care about student’s understanding the big picture and real world implications of the material rather than just teaching to the formulas, which is a breath of fresh air in a formula heavy class. |
| 18 | Dr. Lei has so many different learning materials. He is incredibly organized and gives students more opportunities to learn the material than any other professor that I have had. |
| 19 | The class was well organized and the homework assignments were very helpful in solidifying my understanding of the material. Additionally, the website for the course is by far the most comprehensive that I have seen at my time here at Michigan. The lecture recordings, lecture slides, practice exams, etc. were all extremely helpful in helping me learn the material. |
| 20 | Unbelievable course site and resources. I have never had a teacher who was so overly prepared. |
| 21 | I do not personally see any room for improvement. |
| 22 | keep doing what you’re doing, it’s fantastic |
| 23 | Many teachers talk about being there for students, Professor Lei is truly always there for students and cares about their learning. Easily one of the best teachers at Michigan. |
| 24 | Amazing course. Was intimidated by the idea of Finance, but found Qin to be an incredible teacher and my interest in the subject has skyrocked. |
| 25 | Overall, I thought that Professor Lei could not have done a better job. |
| 26 | Teaching instruction is top quality, explanations are easy to find and detailed! |
| 27 | I thought the lectures were well-prepared and educational. I also liked Qin’s website a lot. It was very easy to navigate and had all the class information on it. |
| 28 | The professor was very well organized and the course site was set up with many various resources to help students learn the material. The professor also made sure to keep up updated on timelines and office hours that he held as well as the extensive hours offered by the TAs. |
| 29 | I have not been in a course this organized before. With the resources in the course website and the lectures strictly following the syllabus, learning the unfamiliar concepts was not stressful because we knew where to find the resources we needed to excel. |
| 30 | I really liked the at home sliced videos and that all the course material was posted well in advance. |
| 31 | I thought that the number of resources available was very useful when I needed to review things. Also, the website is excellent. I liked how lectures were still recorded, even though there was mandatory attendance since sometimes I would need to go back and review something I didn’t catch during lecture. |
| 32 | The course expectations were extremely well laid out. Every resource you could possibly need was available. At first, I was intimidated with the website but after getting the handle on it I realized how effective and organized it was. |
| 33 | The sliced video recordings are extremely useful. |
| 34 | Pretty much everything. The content is (mostly) delivered in an interesting and understandable way. Professor is awesome. I enjoyed the class a lot, in part due to the teacher, in part due to the material. |
| 35 | The website is perfect |
| 36 | Very knowledgeable and organized throughout. Was clear in class expectations and lecturing. |
| 37 | He’s very good at making lots of time to meet with students outside of class and being aware of student’s struggles with the material. He’s a very nice, genuine guy. |
| 38 | Professor Lei is amazing |
| 39 | Qin is great, makes sure everyone has the ability to succeed in his class |
| 40 | The course was challenging but very rewarding. Big learning curve in the beginning, but Professor Lei does a great job helping students at all levels along. |
| 41 | Prof. Lei clearly put a tremendous amount of effort in constructing this class and has done a great job making all resources available for students to learn the relevant material |
| 42 | I cannot think of anything to be improved in this course. |
| 43 | It is a great course! |
| 44 | Incredible class. |
| 45 | I truly enjoyed this class. Thank you, Professor Lei! |
| 46 | Amazing course |
| 47 | Amazing course and professor! |
| 48 | Overall this was an amazing class that got me very interested in Finance. |
| 49 | I loved the set up and the ability to drop an exam as well as the homework. Keep it up |
| 50 | The resources on the website are very useful, especially the hand-written annotated practice exams (with explanations for the answers) as well as the instant feedback. |
| 51 | The instructor was very knowledgeable and knew all of the information. |
| 52 | Professor Lei did a great job making sure that students had resources for success and always supported us towards doing the best we could. |
| 53 | The professor was extremely organized and provided an abundance of helpful resources. |
| 54 | The professor was really organized. His slides are clear and the connect exercices are useful. I appreciated the surveys that we had to complete during the year in order for him to take them into account and change his course accordingly. |
| 55 | Instructor provided an infinite amount of resources for students on the website, from written to video question expirations, practice exams, and outside articles. |
| 56 | I really liked the number of resources that were available for this course. Personally I used the practice exams the most. |
| 57 | I liked how much the professor cared about us. Even when I was struggling, he made me feel hopeful. |
| 58 | The lecture videos were amazingly helpful. |
| 59 | Coarse was very well organized, materials were easily accessible. Professor seemed to really know his stuff and felt passionate about what he was teaching us about. Powerpoints were helpful and easy to follow along with. |
| 60 | The homework with the fixed paper solutions were VERY helpful to preparing for exams and learning the material. It might have been helpful to have some sort of assessment in recitation to make sure concepts were understood each week. |
| 61 | Very well organized and good structure order |
| 62 | so many mediums and materials on course website to help you succeed |
| 63 | This course was very organized and straightforward. Once you got the hang of the website, everything was figured out for you. I really enjoyed the e-mail announcements and reminders too. |
| 64 | Nothing needs to improve. Perfect! |
| 65 | Thanks for a great semester! |
| 66 | Overall, great class. |
| 67 | I thought it was great. Keep it up professor |
| 68 | Thanks for a great semester and for giving me a solid financial background! |
| 69 | This class was challenging for me but the professor did provide a lot of help and concern for his students which I appreciated. |
| 70 | outstanding professor! |
| 71 | Thank you professor for all the effort you put into your course. |
| 72 | The slides and and textbook were really clear and well explained. |
| 73 | There was an abundance of help available, along with an abundance of practice materials. |
| 74 | Great use of the Connect problems to help practice the material. Also great review videos and solutions to help review and check answers independently. |
| 75 | Lectures clear, Homework helpful |
| 76 | website is amazing! |
| 77 | Enjoyed the material and found utility in what was learned. |
| 78 | Organization, online tools, office hours, reviews |
| 79 | THought it was a good class that taught me a lot. |
| 80 | The professor provided enough resources to be successful in this class. |
| 81 | Overall, I like the class setup a lot. |
| 82 | Great class. A lot of work come exams. |
| 83 | Overall really good course. |
| 84 | Thank you! |
| 85 | Thanks for a great semester |
| 86 | Great instructor |
| 87 | Great guy, expects a lot from his students which is good |
| 88 | It was a good class. |
| 89 | Learning about the stock market, and different ways to invest, and applying investing skills in corporate settings, but also applying the same skills to our personal lives. |
| 90 | Lots of review material |
| 91 | Several resources to help assist everyone’s needs |
| 92 | Organization |
| 93 | Lectures were very helpful and easy to follow. I appreciate all the resources available on the website. |
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