Reviews of professor Zaruhi Sahakyan

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Sahakyan is very sweet and clearly very smart, but she is not great at explaining the concepts. Her lectures bounce around, and the class is painfully boring. The math is straightforward enough, and there is a decent bit of homework, but it's not too hard. Gotta study for the tests, though. Kind of a run-of-the-mill ECON class but really boring

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Solid class. The material was hard but her lectures made it possible.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Note: 90% of the 1-star reviews you see on her profile are probably from entitled students who do not come to class and have made very little effort. Dr. Sahakyan already warned at the very beginning of the semester that attending class can be the difference between making or breaking this class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I just don't get all the negative comments here. Zara is one of the best you can get for Econometrics at Vanderbilt

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
thinks this is students only class, bogus exams that take longer than the class time + 3 hr final, does not properly explain things, makes fun of students to their faces and in front of class. avoid her at all costs! the class is too hard and the TAs have no idea how to explain either

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lecture style is tough to adjust to since she jumps around (spend extra time reviewing PPTs), but she highlights what is important. Homework assignments are VERY useful for practicing programming. Exams, while time consuming, fairly assess the material and aren't arbitrary. She quite fairly calls out students for talking amongst themselves.