His accent is unbearable and impossible to understand. His slides are just regurgitations of the complex formulas from the textbook. His tests have very little to do with the problem sets as his questions focus on manipulation of the formulas rather than using them to solve actual problems. Worst class I've taken at UCLA

One of my worst classes, to the point where I considered dropping out. When I sought help, the professor’s rude attitude left me feeling discouraged and unmotivated. If you’re going through a rough time, I’d advise you to avoid his class. I do not recommend this teacher.

My review of other professors: https://www.reddit.com/r/ucla/comments/1gmshzu/review_of_econ_professors_as_a_transfer_student/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

The content was very difficult to grasp at the start but it got much easier towards the end. Maybe I am just bad at econometrics but I really struggled at the start. Professor Pinto is also not the most clear professor though he is extremely helpful if you ask him questions. I also had a wonderful TA, Filipe, who really saved my grade.

The midterm was really easy whilst the final was harder but still reasonable.

P.S. there is barely any coding work and the "coding" homework we had to do did not really help me understand the concepts better

I would recommend taking this class with Professor Ribiero because although I found the class to be difficult, he is very understanding and has great character. I kind of skimmed my way through this class because I got behind in the beginning - definitely make sure to start strong and learn the fundamentals and you will get it from there. His exams were multiple choice but what I found difficult was that many of the questions were "Which is NOT true" types of questions so they covered more material and required more thought. He allows you to have 5 pages of notes front and back for the midterm and 10 pages of notes front and back for the final along with a formula sheet he provides. You have to learn how to code R and complete the homeworks in R but you don't have to code for the tests. Ultimately although I found the class to be somewhat difficult, Ribiero truly wants his students to succeed.

i don't even know what to say.. going into it I was looking forward to learning more about coding with R because coding never came naturally to me. it was easy for the first couple of labs but then it started to feel like he expected us to know how to do it and was just saying what the codes were. the homeworks were on jupyter notebook and were graded on completion. idk I felt like I didn't really learn much in that aspect.
as for lectures, he does have a pretty thick accent. you kinda get used to it but it was kind of hard for me to fully comprehend what he was teaching us on top of the already confusing topics. i'd say it was more helpful going to the ta sections and trying to understand the material from there. the tests were pretty similar to the practice tests and it was a good ratio of questions to time. no coding was needed for tests and it was primarily theory based to test your understanding of the content. during the first midterm, they didn't print enough tests and there were like 2 rows of students that didn't have tests.. so we just sat there for 20 minutes waiting to start. he ended up having us end at the scheduled time but gave us 5 free points to make up for that mistake. he moved the final online because of the protests on campus. prof pinto is very passionate about econometrics but this was probably my least favorite econ class I've taken so far.

Overall, this is a good class. I would recommend that you put in the hours early on. Learn the fundamentals and then the rest will come relatively easy. Professor Pinto does his best to make the content interesting, but it is a bit challenging to do so because it is inherently un-invigorating. If you look at slides and come to class with a sense of the material to be covered, you will do very well.

This class is actually quite good. Professor Pinto is genuinely a very nice, motivated, and funny lecturer. Econometrics is a very tedious subject, and Professor tried to make the class as vigor as possible. He also explains everything down to the basic so you can follow everything on his slides, which made review much easier and really helped you understand what is going on. Homeworks are all graded on completion, and there's a midterm and a final. You do have to study though, since there's a tons of materials covered and there's not much space for mistakes during tests if you wanna keep your GPA. However, I do think this course is generally a rewarding experience, and professor clearly did his job well. Would recommand this class to anyone hesitating to take 103 with this professor.

Class is piss easy, but the tests were somewhat difficult, especially the final.

Professor Pinto is GOAT. The overall course did not bring me anxiety at all over the quarter. It's totally manageable. Midterm is super easy. Final is hard, but professor is very generous with the curve. He also rounds up my score from 89.75% to 90% so I can get a A-. Pinto is such a caring professor!

I would say he's not the best at teaching as far as clearly explaining concepts, but he's definitely one of the nicest econ professors out there. I found lectures to be a bit difficult to understand and follow along, but as long as you study with his practice exams, you'll do fine on the midterm and final as his actual exams are EXACTLY like the practice exams. When listening to the lectures I truly thought I would fail this class because I couldn't follow along at first, but thanks to his practice exams I was able to do well on the midterm and decent on the final. Definitely one of the more reasonable and fair econ profs out there, and you can tell that he really cares about his students!