Reviews of professor Alexander Persaud

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Persaud is very caring and easily accessible outside of class. The class is very interesting but is harder to follow for non-econ majors who have less econ knowledge. You gotta attend all the lectures and take notes. The assigned articles and textbooks will not help a lot. There's no final exam, but a final project and that has been very fun

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
His problem sets are very difficult, but he knows this and makes it clear that the exams are not as hard. The problem sets are meant to challenge you. Use the course mentors and his office hours! I was terrified of this class before going in, but Dr. Persaud made it fun and allows so many chances for extra credit!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Persaud is a great professor and actively collaborates with students. His class heavily relies on discussion and limited note-taking on the board (no slide presentations, study guides, or written notes provided), which may sometimes leave you feeling lost. His exams are difficult and the assignments will consume your entire weekend.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Unlike some I liked Persaud. Genuinely nice guy whos kinda funny in a dorky way and a good teacher. Class is pretty hard though, the problem sets take 5-8 hours and are brutal. The tests aren't that bad and you get a notecard for all the equations. Overall if you grind on problem sets and pay attention you'll do fine even if you've never taken stat

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Persaud makes a near impossible class very doable. Although the concepts can be very tricky (and problem sets are impossible), he is very understanding and will do anything to make sure his students get the best education they can. He won jeopardy a few times, so be ready for extra credit trivia questions. Very smart and funny

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Persaud is a good professor overall as you can understand what he says and he provides help. However, he lacks empathy with his students by making extremely hard and lengthy exams that absolutely nobody can finish. Extra credits are trivia questions that only 1 student gets right (if so). His final exam is the most unfair test I've taken at UR.