AI Rate Professor

Finance

Neil Kreisel

FIN201 · FINANCE201 · FIN101 · FIN215 · 7 lifetime ratings

AI rating
94/100
RMP rating
4.9/5
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Difficulty
3.6

The decision

if you want authentic Wall Street-level finance knowledge from someone who has lived it.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerWall Street experienceExtremely knowledgeableReal-world investing focusHighly recommendedHelpful mentor
  • Students praise deep industry experience and real-world investing insight.
  • Course content is moderately challenging but .
  • Near-universal 5-star quality ratings with strong recommendation tone.

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

58/100

One reported A and moderate difficulty ratings suggest solid grades are reachable with real effort, not a free A.

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Is the course easy?

Standard

45/100

Students describe portfolio and investing material as appropriately difficult with high information density.

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Is attendance flexible?

Varies

50/100

review comments.

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Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

95/100

Students repeatedly , and and all.

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

62/100

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Workload

Moderate

48/100

Difficulty scores and comments about challenging portfolio content imply a solid but not crushing load.

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Teaching experience

Excellent

96/100

All reviews rate quality at 4-5 and highlight deep expertise, help, and real-world relevance.

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Assessment method

Balanced

50/100

Reviews emphasize learning and content mastery but .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

7 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person finance students consistently call him one of the and investing classes, citing deep expertise and care that students learn real skills.

Main concern

Material can feel tough and information-dense for those seeking a light elective.

What students said

“I think of Neil Kresiel as the Crucible of Wall Street Smart. Learn what it's like in real life, then do it!”
FIN201
“He is the smartest teacher I've ever had. You !”
FINANCE201
“portfolio managment...awesome class...learned alot. and tons of info to teach.”
FIN215

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

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Exam style

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Assessment risk

Standard

55/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

or proctoring practices.

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“He is the smartest teacher I've ever had. You ! He has so much information to share from his successful background and is extremely interesting.”

Voice snapshots generated from 7 in-person reviews spanning 2005-2015, highlighting expertise and recommendation themes. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

96/100

“One of the . Mr. Kreisel is knowledgable and extremely helpful.”

👍 Recommendation

95/100

“ and all. I wish he taught the economics classes.”

💼 Real-World Expertise

94/100

“He knows too much about investing to be a City College Professor. He is still incredibly in touch with the subject and cares that people get a lot out of the class.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • extremely interesting
  • knowledgable and extremely helpful
  • tons of info to teach

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Content

  • Portfolio Management class was difficult, as it should be
  • Learn what it's like in real life, then do it
  • soooo much experience

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • lucky to be his student
  • You

Data context

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Analysis sample

7

Recent reviews read by the AI

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Lifetime ratings

58/100

Evidence confidence

Seven consistently positive in-person reviews span 2005-2015 but are older and .

Inside 7 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 57
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Course coverage

FIN2014 reviews
FIN1011 review
FIN2151 review
FINANCE2011 review

Reported outcomes

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