Professor
Matthew Bigio Luks
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Spring 2022 - The TA's were pretty helpful despite being confused, so I really appreciated that even though the professor often dismissed our concerns about the hw or the rests. I found it funny that the TA's didn't even know how to help us with the hw for this class since the wording was ambiguous and confusing sometimes. I hated hw 2 (excel and solow model) because there were no clear instructions, was time consuming, and had long parts that didn't make any sense, although you didn't need more than a basic understanding of excel for that. i also disliked how some of the TAs told us that they couldn't "tell us the answers," when we asked for help on the hw in the beginning of the quarter so they just gave us confusing hints. It was very hard to try to master the material on our own, since a lot of the hw was incredibly time consuming. I thought the professor should've given more reign for all the TA's to be able to teach us the concepts more when we ask for help on hw questions. I felt like I was going to fail the class the entire time, but luckily grades are curved. Tests: Midterm was straightforward even though it was hard (but not as hard as final), as long as you did the hw and paid some attention in class. The final was super difficult and I had no idea how to do most of it. I still think that if you try your best, you can (at least) pass this class. Some positives: I liked the discussions that the professor posted on Canvas (10% of our grade is participation) since it was relevant to both the class and what was happening to our economy today. He clearly is a guy who is very passionate about macro. His lectures would've been way more interesting if only there were less confusing math on the slides that he rushed through. I also liked that we were able to use notes on the test (paper materials only).
Spring 2022 - The TA's were pretty helpful despite being confused, so I really appreciated that even though the professor often dismissed our concerns about the hw or the rests. I found it funny that the TA's didn't even know how to help us with the hw for this class since the wording was ambiguous and confusing sometimes. I hated hw 2 (excel and solow model) because there were no clear instructions, was time consuming, and had long parts that didn't make any sense, although you didn't need more than a basic understanding of excel for that. i also disliked how some of the TAs told us that they couldn't "tell us the answers," when we asked for help on the hw in the beginning of the quarter so they just gave us confusing hints. It was very hard to try to master the material on our own, since a lot of the hw was incredibly time consuming. I thought the professor should've given more reign for all the TA's to be able to teach us the concepts more when we ask for help on hw questions. I felt like I was going to fail the class the entire time, but luckily grades are curved. Tests: Midterm was straightforward even though it was hard (but not as hard as final), as long as you did the hw and paid some attention in class. The final was super difficult and I had no idea how to do most of it. I still think that if you try your best, you can (at least) pass this class. Some positives: I liked the discussions that the professor posted on Canvas (10% of our grade is participation) since it was relevant to both the class and what was happening to our economy today. He clearly is a guy who is very passionate about macro. His lectures would've been way more interesting if only there were less confusing math on the slides that he rushed through. I also liked that we were able to use notes on the test (paper materials only).
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Spring 2022 - Took him for 102, he is the absolute worst, most horrible, difficult, unrealistic, and unfair professor I’ve ever had. Cant emphasize this enough- do not, I mean, DO NOT, take this class. You will be crying, going to every single TA’s office hours panicking, and have all your hairs go white. I have been in a constant state of anxiousness for the last 10 weeks, awaiting for the moment I can give this man the worst review I could. He’s a bad lecturer, gives the most unfair HW ever (assumes everyone knows excel at an advanced level), grades homework on accuracy, and is the most condescending, useless professor. He never answered any of my emails, and leaves the TA’s to care to the students he could care less about. In office hours, the TA’s would have to dedicate time to even try to ANSWER THE QUESTION. That’s right, PHD level Economics students couldn’t even intuitively answer the questions he gave us. I could go on for hours about how the only way this man could be of use to UCLA students is by retiring. I hope that one day he reads this review, so he knows how much I personally loathe him. Thank you for absolutely nothing Saki!
Spring 2022 - Took him for 102, he is the absolute worst, most horrible, difficult, unrealistic, and unfair professor I’ve ever had. Cant emphasize this enough- do not, I mean, DO NOT, take this class. You will be crying, going to every single TA’s office hours panicking, and have all your hairs go white. I have been in a constant state of anxiousness for the last 10 weeks, awaiting for the moment I can give this man the worst review I could. He’s a bad lecturer, gives the most unfair HW ever (assumes everyone knows excel at an advanced level), grades homework on accuracy, and is the most condescending, useless professor. He never answered any of my emails, and leaves the TA’s to care to the students he could care less about. In office hours, the TA’s would have to dedicate time to even try to ANSWER THE QUESTION. That’s right, PHD level Economics students couldn’t even intuitively answer the questions he gave us. I could go on for hours about how the only way this man could be of use to UCLA students is by retiring. I hope that one day he reads this review, so he knows how much I personally loathe him. Thank you for absolutely nothing Saki!
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