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 2019, I taught Capital Markets and Investment Strategy, an Weekend MBA level elective course at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. Here are some nice things my students said about this course.

1 Professor Qin was great and I really loved his knowledge and passion for the subject. I think I learned a lot of cool new ways to think about investing, hedging, and making a portfolio.
2 Professor Lei was extremely organized and I loved how he set up his course website. I thought he was super helpful with questions and I really appreciate how much thought he put into the course. He also graded very quickly which is always nice!
3 Extremely organized, easy to follow along with what the expectations were for us. Really enjoyed the team assignments and competing against the other students.
4 I thoroughly enjoyed the content of this course, with many great topics covered. The textbooks were great resources and projects were incredibly practical to the real world. Using FactSet and other resources was great for first-timers. Overall, this was a great overview of Capital Markets with a variety of ways to engage with the content for higher learning. Project work was a highlight for me as we got to do the work. Instructor was very knowledgable and helpful as well.
5 The professor went above and beyond to teach. A ton of opportunities to learn on the topics that were covered
6 The professor was VERY generous with his time and hosted many review sessions, which was very appreciated. He was the most responsive professor I’ve ever encountered.
7 Prof. Qin Lei has constructed this course which such dedication and foresight that it made my learning experience immensely smooth and valuable. I would like to thank Prof. Qin Lei for this learning experience.
8 great professor who is able to explain a complex course
9 I appreciate that we have old and new lecture videos available to go back to. I also appreciate all the review sessions he held. Prof Lei is clearly very passionate about this subject. Thank you!
10 Professor Lei is extremely bright and he was very responsive to questions. He does a lot to make sure students succeed.
11 Professor Lei made himself available and did an excellent job communicating expectations and work to students.
12 Great depth of knowledge shared about the topics. You explained everything well. I really like your website versus canvas.
13 Professor Lei provides real insight in to the material and is clearly very passionate about the subject. The course is well organized and there is regular and relevant communication which is helpful.
14 Professor Lei was super organized and very communicative and willing to help in any way he could
15 Professor Lei is so cool! Although I am not interested in banking or hedge fund management for a career choice I think it is a very important subject to understand for personal finance management too
16 The course outline and preparation materials were meticulously laid out on the course website. There was little confusion, if any as to what was expected from students.
17 Projects were interesting. Course site was very well done.
18 teacher’s expertise. material was interesting and extensive.
19 Interesting content. The projects were fun to do. And professor Lei was very accessible whenever I had any questions regarding the projects.
20 Timely and helpful responses and support from professor.
21 Introduced me to a new world of investing strategies.
22 Qin was friendly, and always prepared for class. Additionally, I enjoyed the factset training that he made available to us with Kai.
23 A good amount of material and depth. Projects were well focused to provide opportunity to reinforce learning.
24 Professor Lei’s projects were helpful in understanding the material.
25 Project load and difficulty is necessary to understand the material.
26 Professor clearly dedicated to helping students succeed, and had strong expertise in subject matter.
27 Great information, though dry, I feel I have actually advanced my knowledge of investment approaches and options. One of the few courses for which I feel I received a clear understanding of a new subject.
28 Course structure was great.
29 I liked the fact that we got access to FactSet in addition to access to tutorials on how to use the software.
30 The breadth of material presented was good
31 Interesting subject matter, interesting assignments.
32 factset is fun

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