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 2021, 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 | The biggest strength of this course is the quality of Qin Lei’s instruction and organization. I have never experienced a class or instructor that was so quick and responsive to emails, attentive to issues, and detail-oriented. He is incredibly organized. I love how there are sliced versions of lectures up, his slides are clear, and he gives incredibly great lectures. He describes everything so well! He is an excellent instructor, and I really appreciated all of his efforts this semester to teach us finance. Thank you!!!! |
| 2 | Qin Lei is one of the best proffesors at this university. The class was also just very interesting and has inspired me to take more classes in this area. |
| 3 | The organization of the class is superb: class website, emails/reminders, lecture slides, assignments are well organized and structured. The real-life examples and current market news are great, and the virtual stock market simulation actually pushed me to start investing in the stock market. Before this class, I had no background in finance and now, I feel as if I am more financially literate. Thank you Professor Lei for the challenge to educate myself. |
| 4 | The organization is the best in any class I’ve ever taken. |
| 5 | I really appreciated Qin Lei as a teacher. He went above and beyond to make sure his students felt respected and that he was rooting for them to succeed. Although I personally did terrible in this class, I felt like Qin Lei was understanding that finance isn’t for everyone and was willing to help. |
| 6 | I really liked how Professor Lei would always come to class ready to get down to business but how he also often took time to share stories from past students and his own life so that we would know it was okay to maybe have done bad with one topic or an exam because everyone has been there. I also appreciate how realistic he was when presenting challenging topics by letting us know that they would be hard. He prepared us for each exam with great resources and while I was not excited to take this course, I’m glad he was my professor because I truly believe that he and Lan were how I go through it. |
| 7 | I did really enjoy Professor Lei’s teaching method. He is incredibly organized. I love how there are sliced versions of lectures up, his slides are clear, and he gives incredibly great lectures. He describes everything so well! |
| 8 | It absolutely amazing the amount of resources for this class. I really appreciate everything. |
| 9 | The amount of resources we had available to us to review and understand the classes. The class website also made it very easy to navigate the course and it was always clear what was expected of us. I also think that Prof. Lei was very attentive to the feedback that students gave him which was very nice and showed that he cared about his students. |
| 10 | I loved this course. I think it covered a lot of general financial knowledge that is good to have for life and gave students a good foundation in finance, and it was taught very well. |
| 11 | The strengths of this course were Professor Lei’s teaching techniques, the vast resources, and the content that was well prepared. |
| 12 | His use of technology is top notch |
| 13 | The website was very helpful. I especially appreciated that there were solutions to the Connect homework so that when I was working on it on my own, if I got confused I could check to see how the professor did it instead of just blindly guessing. I appreciate all the practice exams on lockdown browser and on the website. |
| 14 | This is a really interesting course, and I really enjoyed how organized it was. The course website was excellent with all the resources anyone could need. |
| 15 | Professor Lei is a great professor and for sure makes the class better |
| 16 | The course was extremely well organized and the website was an incredible resource for anything course related. |
| 17 | It was helpful to have so many practice problems and solutions available. Qin made it really easy to succeed so long as you were willing to put in the effort |
| 18 | I think the recordings of lectures were very helpful, as well as the abundance of resources available on the course website such as problem solutions. |
| 19 | The organized layout of the website really helped me know exactly what was expected and what materials were available for the course |
| 20 | I thought the course was very well structured. The recordings were a nice resource to have so I could re watch anything I wanted to. The solutions posted were helpful so as to see what work I was doing wrong, as opposed to just seeing I got a wrong answer. Overall I thought there was a lot of support in this class which was very appreciated. |
| 21 | The professor was very engaging throughout the class and explained lecture material clearly until students understood the material. |
| 22 | Professor Lei is a great teacher and the content/examples he uses are very useful. |
| 23 | Professor is so approachable and well-prepared for the class. The sufficient practice questions are good for students to ace this course. |
| 24 | The course website was phenomenal |
| 25 | Qin Lei’s teaching, the highly navigable course site and interface, the wealth of knowledge linked on the course site, and the clear communication between the instructor and the students. |
| 26 | The course website, very knowledgeable teacher and good progression of concepts |
| 27 | The strengths of this course was the instruction of the material and reinforcement through multiple practice problems and questions available online. |
| 28 | A lot of information and topics packed into one course, definitely a robust learning experience |
| 29 | Requiring 100% completion of homework assignments for the ability to drop an exam grade was very effective in pushing me to prepare for exams. |
| 30 | The professor provides tons of resources for us to learn. Also, through synchronous lectures, we could become more engaged with the material and ask questions directly. |
| 31 | Lei’s website was quite thorough and had tons of material to supplement lectures |
| 32 | I thought the trivia questions were a great way to test my understanding and work with other students in the class. |
| 33 | Having unlimited homework attempts as well as the option to drop your lowest exam score if you complete all the homework gives great incentive to learn the material for all the homework and therefore advanced my understanding of the material by default. |
| 34 | The lectures, daily trivia, and homework were very good at getting information across |
| 35 | Teacher was very interested and invested in teaching this class |
| 36 | I think Professor Lei kept things very organized, especially the course website which provides all the information needed. I also thought it was nice that we see the Professor’s written notes on the website. |
| 37 | The synchronous lectures that required attendance were very beneficial for my learning. |
| 38 | I liked that we had video recordings and splices of the lecture to go back to because I could revisit topics as needed. |
| 39 | every resource possible was on the website including HW help made the semester much more manageable and alleviated a lot of stress |
| 40 | I really liked the approach to homework assignments. I felt nice to have a lot of review and opportunities to understand the problems and how one would arrive at the answers for them. I also liked the assignment of trivia groups as it was nice to have an assigned group of classmates since classes are all online. |
| 41 | Asynchronous offerings and edited recordings helped me go back and understand the parts of lecture that were more confusing |
| 42 | I thought having trivia to complete after each class session was helpful in checking my understanding of important concepts. It was also nice to be assigned to a group in the beginning of the semester to get to know and ask questions to improve understanding. |
| 43 | The availability of video solutions to problems was helpful and should be continued. |
| 44 | I liked the Trivia was assigned by groups because it was nice to be able to consult with them before submitting an answer. |
| 45 | I think Professor Lei should continue to post video solutions to homework problems and practice exam problems. I found those to be particularly useful. |
| 46 | The course website was very helpful to find materials to review any topic you might have confusion on |
| 47 | I thought having the library of video and written solutions for the homeworks and practice exams were really helpful when studying |
| 48 | The professors knowledge and smooth ability to explain concepts was certainly a strength. We would not ramble on a topic and instead were given the focused material of what we needed |
| 49 | Rigorous entry into finance |
| 50 | Continue to use homeworks to drop the lowest midterm, as it encourages us to do the homework. As well, they have proven very useful in studying for the exam. |
| 51 | The lectures |
| 52 | There were always a plethora of resources available through the website, which was very helpful. |
| 53 | brought in a lot of real world examples |
| 54 | I thought having a trivia question and small groups to work with outside of lecture helped keep the material fresh in my memory. |
| 55 | The online aspects were actually pretty nice, although I prefer in-person |
| 56 | Teaching was clear and easy to understand |
| 57 | Having daily office hours was really nice. |
| 58 | I liked how there were sliced lecture videos available on the course website. |
| 59 | I really appreciated that the lectures were recorded. Before every exam, I typically tried to rewatch all the lectures to make sure that I wasn’t missing key information |
| 60 | it was very helpful that professor lei allowed us to drop our lowest exam if we got a 100% on the homework assignments |
| 61 | Having access to recorded lectures, notes, and slides were beneficial |
| 62 | The zoom call or recorded video served the lecture format of this course well |
| 63 | I liked easy access to office hours with Professor Lei or any of the GSIs. |
| 64 | The lectures were very efficient and detailed on Zoom, would have been even better in person! |
| 65 | Writing on the slides and whiteboard was very helpful! |
| 66 | It was great that we had daily office hours. |
| 67 | I like how the material was easily available on the class website |
| 68 | The homework was very helpful and it was nice having the fixed solutions. |
| 69 | Everything worked well for me. |
| 70 | I think the lectures were great and the discussions were helpful |
| 71 | The professor was very prepared |
| 72 | This course covered a vast amount of material and acted as a good introduction to the subject. |
| 73 | The extraneous resources, and Professor Lei’s dedication to the course, and his very organized lesson plans. His lectures were also informative. |
| 74 | fixed solutions were very helpful in learning how to do the homework problems |
| 75 | The material was taught very well and engrained through the lecture and practice in discussion, trivia, and homework. |
| 76 | Very interesting and well taught |
| 77 | The availability of resources on the website and GSI office hours. |
| 78 | The organization of the class and website. |
| 79 | The ability to drop an exam was really useful, because if you had a bad exam you could still maintain some confidence that you can do well in the course. |
| 80 | Lots of resources to do well, regular work to keep you on track |
| 81 | It was helpful |
| 82 | synchronous works for this course |
| 83 | Many office hours |
| 84 | I like the synchronous! |
| 85 | Im glad we had an asynchronous option |
| 86 | They went very well |
| 87 | Good teaching - going over problems. |
| 88 | liked the trivia teams |
| 89 | Trivia is nice |
| 90 | Organized |
| 91 | Lots of practice problems for exams. |
| 92 | Clear teaching and tons of resources for review |
| 93 | Daily office hours and more around exams are nice. |
| 94 | The structure if the class is very clear, so we always know what are expected from us. |
| 95 | Thank you!!! |
| 96 | the content was very straightforward and interesting |
| 97 | The homework reflected the exams |
| 98 | Online homework, slides, and handwritten notes |
| 99 | Comprehensive. |
| 100 | Office hour availability |
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