Reviews of professor Xinghua Gao

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Horrible professor. Tests are impossible, everyone failed the first two so we had to retake them. Reads from textbook slides the whole lecture. Doesn't keep his word (made us pay to subscribe to Wall Street Journal for daily quizzes and never once quizzed us) Doesn't give study guides, and MAYBE half a class of review. Be prepared to teach yourself

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Worst Professor I have ever had in my whole College career. Does not teach the course material well if at all, so I am not sure what the University pays him to do. I would suggest taking this course through any other college in order to save your GPA. This Professor does not give out any grace under any circumstance.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Worst professor I've ever experienced in my multiple years in higher education. Says he's there to help then continues to blindside you every chance he gets. He makes the exams exceptionally hard. Questions are trick questions half the time, and it is so hard to know all the material he expects you to. Makes it almost impossible to pass.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Tests are basically impossible. I studied 13 hours for the final and still only got a 68%. Mind-numbingly boring lectures. Without the three projects I would have flunked for sure. Had one test where there was no topic except "general accounting knowledge" with no study guide and he was shocked the class average was a 55%. Avoid Gao at all costs.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
ACCTG 330 is meant to be a challenging course. Dr. Gao really cares about the feedback of his students and is willing to change his way of grading/administering exams based on the receptiveness of the class. Attendance is required, exams are a mix of multiple choice and long answer questions. Practice the textbooks questions and come prepared.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The professor was not a professional instructor. He yelled at the students when they asked questions. It was a shame that he did that during the live session. No wonder he only received a rating of 1.5 out of 5 before this review was conducted.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I actually enjoyed my accounting classes in the past. This professor has ruined it for me completely. His lectures are boring and don't cover the material that he will test on. Don't expect any posted slides for final review or helpful exercises/problems to work on. This is the first professor to not want to help the students succeed.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He is the worst Professor at WSU. His exams are nothing like the information he teaches. He teaches you nothing and expects you to use your accounting knowledge on everything. He will not help you or guide you in any way. He blindsides students and does not keep his word or any promises he makes in class. He makes you do his course eval in class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Don't take this professor! He doesn't care and yells at the students. If you ask him for help, he would act clueless and doesn't know what he assigns for homework.