AI Rate Professor

Finance

Sheldon Burgh

FINANCE008 · FINANCE8 · FINANCE08 · FIN08 · 12 lifetime ratings

AI rating
12/100
RMP rating
1.8/5
Take again
8.33%
Difficulty
4.1

The decision

if you can; only stay if you already know finance and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProTough graderDoes not teachHeavy readingTricky examsUnresponsive emails
  • Most students say he dumps readings and expects self-teaching with little real instruction.
  • , and exams feel designed to trick.
  • compounds the frustration.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

18/100

Students report harsh grading, incomplete grades, and .

Both online and in .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

22/100

course feel very hard without guidance.

; in person still feels reading-heavy and tricky.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

55/100

and some yes, so flexibility depends on the offering.

Online more often optional; .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

10/100

and most comments urge switching professors or dropping.

; both formats are largely negative.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

16/100

clarity on wrong answers, and GPA-damaging outcomes.

Format shift

Harsh tone appears online and in person.

Workload

Heavy

24/100

Heavy textbook modules, many papers, and .

Format shift

Online comments stress volume of reading and .

Teaching experience

Awful

15/100

Students say he , and leaves them to YouTube for actual learning.

Format shift

; in person still fails to connect lectures to assessments.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Tests and quizzes with tricky wording carry .

Format shift

Both formats emphasize exams and graded reading work.

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

6 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

, and a sense he tries to trip them up more than teach.

Main concern

and mismatch between lectures and readings.

What students said

“he absolutely does not teach you anything and .”
FINANCE008
“Uses vague language on tests & tries to trick you with wording. if my life depended on it.”
FINANCE008
“ .”
FINANCE008

Remote format

Online

6 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online reviews are almost uniformly scathing about zero teaching, vague work, nonresponse, and broken exams.

Main concern

and little instructor support.

What students said

“The ! If .”
FINANCE008
“He just gives you material and expects you to figure it all out on your own. He didn't teach a single thing this entire semester.”
FINANCE008
“ . ; textbook and modules.”
FINANCE8

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams and quizzes are described as trick-oriented with and .

Tricky wordingVague test languageReading-heavy prepHarsh grading

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and tricky questions that may not match lecture focus.

Tricky questionsVague wordingCurve sometimes used
“Uses vague language on tests & tries to trick you with wording.”
FINANCE008
“ .”
FINANCE008

Online

and material they never learned from him.

Incorrect exam optionsSelf-taught contentHarsh grading
“ not even have the correct answer options.”
FINANCE008
“All self studying and . ”
FINANCE08

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“The ! If .”

Voice snapshots generated from 12 reviews with strongly consistent negative themes online and in person. Credibility rating: Medium.

🚫 Teaching Failure

15/100

“He didn't teach a single thing this entire semester; I had to spend hours on the internet and watching youtube videos.”

👎 Recommendation

10/100

“ if my life depended on it. .”

📝

16/100

“All self studying and . ”

📧 Unresponsive

20/100

“ and sometimes ignores your emails; !”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Being a teacher is not about bragging about the things you know
  • he doesn't get straight to the point and just rambles about finance
  • Only teaches to students who already understand finance.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • He messed up mu 4.0 GPA and my being on the deans list with his C
  • Grades on a .
  • .

Theme 3

📚 About Workload

  • ; textbook and modules.
  • The course was challenging due to the amount of homework and reading
  • so to fully grasp

Data context

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Analysis sample

12

Recent reviews read by the AI

12

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

Twelve multi-year reviews across formats are consistently negative, which is enough for medium confidence despite modest sample size.

Inside 12 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 51
3 out of 51
2 out of 51
1 out of 58

Course coverage

FINANCE0089 reviews
FIN081 review
FINANCE081 review
FINANCE81 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

12 reported outcomes

A range

1

A- 1

B range

4

B+ 3 · B 1

C range

3

C 3

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

4

Audit/No Grade 1 · Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Incomplete 2