Reviews of professor Andy Abere

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
He's an amazing professor who clearly explains the material. Though there were assigned readings in the textbook (which he provides a PDF for), I didn't read any and was just fine. Attendance is technically not mandatory but his lectures were all I needed to get an A. AND open note exams!! even tho exams were easy enough that you didn't need notes

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This professor is probably the worst one at Rutgers. His class is 5 quizzes, worth 20% each with questions that are interdependent so if you get one wrong, you'll get others wrong since you need previous answers. His genius decided to not have proper lectures, instead have office hours during class time so we can study on our own.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
sooo many detailed lecture notes but the open ended exams are still really hard to do well on. You'll pass but an A on exams is really impressive. interdependent exam questions make it really hard and econ is already a subjective subject, no homework and no quizzes kind of sucks bc they would have helped but final grade is curved. prof is so nice

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof. Abere knows the material well, and he cares about making sure students understand what he's saying. To truly do well you need to attend the lectures and read the assigned chapters. A background in Intermediate Micro is helpful. While I thought the lectures were clear, others didn't, and I think that my background in micro is what helped me.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Abere is a great professor and a great guy. It's not an easy class, however you do learn a lot. Grade is based on 4 exams and he converts your exam scores to a GPA. For example, a 65 is a 2.6, or C+. He also rounds the GPA up, so in order to get a B you need a 69 (2.76) or perhaps a bit lower (67, 68) as long as he knows you attend class and care.