Is this an easy A?
FairEffort
56/100Plenty of A grades appear when students keep up with weekly work, but and rigid policies block a free A for many.
Online comments swing from Easy A to D grades under timers; some.
ECON002 · ECON1 · BUS001 · FIN8 · FIN1 · BUS1 · ECON001 · FIN002 · BUS5 · FIN001 · ECON2 · FINANCE001 · 48 lifetime ratings
The decision
Key questions
Is this an easy A?
Plenty of A grades appear when students keep up with weekly work, but x x and rigid policies block a free A for many.
Online comments swing from Easy A to D grades under timers; x x x x x x x x some.
Is the course easy?
Content is mostly intro business, econ, and finance, but x x and fast weekly pace raise the challenge.
Online weeks feel denser with lectures plus quizzes; x x x x x x x.
Is attendance flexible?
x x x x x x, yet participation and weekly submissions still drive success.
Online is mostly asynchronous with occasional mandatory flags; x x x x x x and pass rates.
Is this professor recommended?
About six in ten would retake, reflecting a x x x x x and x x x.
Online recommendations are more polarized; several in-person business and FIN8 reviews are strongly positive.
Course guide
Grading
Fair
52/100
Clear criteria and x x x x x x x x and no-late-work policies.
Format shift
Online FIN8/ECON critics report rigid scoring; some FIN001 students call him a x x x.
Workload
Heavy
34/100
Weekly chapter reading, discussions, assignments, and x x x x x x x.
Format shift
Online students especially stress weekly multi-part work; a x x x x x x.
Teaching experience
Average
58/100
Students praise clarity and care in some terms, while others say he assigns the book and barely teaches.
Format shift
x x x x x x x x/ECON reviews; online quality is more mixed.
Assessment method
FocusOnExams
74/100
Weekly quizzes and x x x x x and short assignments as secondary pieces.
Format shift
Both formats emphasize timed quizzes; x x x x x x.
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Course format
Classroom format
High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward
In-person students praise clear real-life lectures and fairness when engaged, but x x x x x, and tough timed assessments.
Main concern
Some sections feel like PDF-and-memorize rather than taught finance, with rushed quizzes.
What students said
“Professor Grigg is awesome! x x x x x and he is very good at relating the subject to real life situations.”
“He didn't do any teaching, the class was just a PDF of the textbook.”
“x x x x. x x x so very fair. x x x.”
Remote format
High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro
Online FIN/ECON sections are highly structured weekly loops of reading, discussions, timed quizzes, and x x x x x x x x x x and others calling the timers impossible.
Main concern
x x x and x x x x x and heavy weekly load.
What students said
“Easy A class. Just do the work and you will pass with an A.”
“Less than 1 minute per question, no going back, mostly logic, some math, multiple choice, 1 attempt, can't see right/wrong answers after.”
“x x x x x and is 140 questions. x x x x.”
Exam style
Assessments often use tight timers, limited attempts, and x x x x x x x x.
Assessment risk
Strict
32/100
Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.
In-person and hybrid-style sections still report timed quizzes, anticheating systems, and camera-proctored exams in some terms.
“weekly Proctored Quizzes(must install anticheating system, 20 questions 15min.).Final cumulative exam (70 questions in 40 min.).”
“Also our cameras, microphones, and screen is proctored for x x x x x x x.”
Online quizzes and x x x x x x x x, and webcam or remote proctoring.
“x x x so you feel the pressure.”
“The x x x x x x x x to revert to your notes.”
“Each week there is a x x x x x x x x x gives you 15 minutes to answer 30 questions.”
Student evidence
Top student voice
“Professor Grigg is an excellent choice for an easy A. with a free textbook and lots of audio/video lectures.”
“He didn't do any teaching, the class was just a PDF of the textbook.”
“Less than 1 minute per question, no going back, mostly logic, some math, multiple choice, 1 attempt.”
“Very easy and not that much work to do, if you focus you will get done with the homework in less than 45 min.”
“Prepare to teach yourself and as he says "read, read, and read some more" he expects you to read 3-4 hrs”
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Data context
Analysis sample
49
Recent reviews read by the AI
48
Lifetime ratings
86/100
Evidence confidence
Forty-nine detailed reviews across many years, courses, and both formats show consistent themes despite polarized ratings.
Inside 49 stored ratings
Reported outcomes
40 reported outcomes
A+ 1 · A 22
B+ 1 · B 5 · B- 2
C+ 2
D 1 · D- 1
No reported values
Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Incomplete 1 · Not sure yet 2 · Rather not say 1