This may seem like an easy class, but the stress I had to endure was unforgettable. A 95.5 was a cut-off for A-, and our grade consisted of 40% Pearson homework, 50% Bruinlearn homework, and 10% participation. The Pearson homework was graded by AI, so if you use absolute cell referencing instead of normal cell referencing, it took off points. If you hard coded or forgot to reference the cell numbers, it took off points. However, the Bruinlearn homework was not much better either, a little mistake costs you 10 points. Initially, I was getting around a high 90 on all homework, but after week 4 everything started going downhill and I started getting 80 or even 70, my lowest was 68 on a Pearson homework. There are two Pearson homework and two Bruinlearn homework each week, except on midterm and final week you get 2 extra Pearson assignments. It is a helpful and fun class to take, but if you really care about your grade, you will put a lot of pressure on yourself. My friend told me doing the textbook practice helped a lot, so maybe you can do that because there is nothing else you can do to save your grade other than doing well on homework. Oh, lectures are recorded, but you are only allowed to be late or absent for once without taking off points. Be in class at least 10 minutes early because 5 minutes before class Professor gave out attendance quiz answer.

Ravetch is great at teaching this class. He's terrible at being transparent with the grading though. His graders are some of the most picky, mind-numbingly inconsistent people of all time and they dock 10-15 points for the most random "mistakes" like putting a wrong shade of color. I ended the class with around a 96-97 and got an A- (needed a 98.5 for an A?!) Absolutely ridiculous downcurve

Useful class but my god the grading scale is BRUTAL. A 95% got you a B+ this quarter and an 87% was a C+... Ridiculous. Beware this class will definitely tickle your GPA in the absolute wrong direction.

Ravetch is a hilarious and engaging professor that somehow makes such a mundane topic like Excel feel exciting. However, he has a terrible power trip when it comes to grading. The grade is largely made up of 60 homework assignments that you have essentially no control over. No tests, but that's a trap. This class doesn't test you on your knowledge of excel at all, it tests you on how well you can follow directions. Don't let the past grade distributions fool you, he's made it impossible to get an A. Like genuinely, you gotta be an Excel freak if you manage an A in this class.

Professor Ravetch is a very chill professor, always cracking jokes during class. One of the things I struggled with is his weekly assignments that had vague instructions. Since majority of your grade is dependent on your weekly excel assignments on Pearson and labs, if you miss a few points on them it could drastically affect your grade. No exams though, which was great. However, I do use a lot of the skills learned in the class in practice.