Reviews of professor Klaas Baks

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
EPE with Baks was great! The speakers are truly the class highlight. Beware: curve is tight because many students take the class after banking internships, and I therefore had to learn a lot more to catch up (although my corp dev internship from the previous summer helped some). However, I still succeeded! Having a good class partner (MP) is key.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Blaks is chill and he's extremely smart. If you want to gain Private Equity knowledge you have to take him. The guest speakers are millionaires and are also chill. Attendance is not mandatory and his classes only meet once a week. He has no clue if you show up because his classes are large. His exams are tough. Worst case you'll still pass though

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He's a great person & he's funny, but he doesn't actually teach. He gets so easily distracted it's ridiculous. In total there were only 3 classes where he used the slide decks. He doesn't teach you the stuff you need to know for the cases and the final exam is almost half of your grade. if ur a bba, just know this is also an mba class w/o the title

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
VCPE with Professor Baks is a great class. It requires more effort than the average finance class but covers very relevant and interesting topics in the venture capital and private equity spaces.