Reviews of professor Benjamin Gillen

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Gillen is knowledgeable in his field but is ineffective in teaching the class. He fails to explain econometrics outside of complex mathematical terms. His grading is forgivable and he gives a ton of credit for showing up and doing the work. I would have much rather been in a class that makes me work harder so that I understand the material.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Live Love Gillen. He made Metrics easy to understand. Lectures were a bit boring, but he tries. Go to his office hours and he's super helpful too. Super generous with grading, and he's hilarious!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Gillen is so so smart, and genuinely cares about his students. Although he does use a lot of math and theory behind his econometrics, he also splits up class time to work tangibly on problems. He will also take time to answer any question during and outside of class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Gillen's ECON125 was a hard class but he made it bearable, his tests are hard but he averages them out and wants to make sure you actually learn the material. Don't worry about the grade that much as he curves most his tests to a B+/A- average. The median grade from my year was an A- I believe.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Love Ben Gillen. This man is so funny (dressed up once to match his bitmoji), and the class grading criteria is pretty relaxed. More than anything he just wants you to learn, and won't make condescending remarks if you don't get something like some other profs. Such an awesome teacher. Lets you have a notes sheet to bring for the midterms too.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Gillen is a hilarious man! He constantly puts jokes in his lectures and even "rickrolled" us by "uploading the final" beforehand. Econometrics is definitely a difficult topic but he tries his best to have fair grading and usually, everyone performs well (really nice curves). Overall solid prof, made me feel great about econometrics!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Gillen is the worst professor I have ever had at the 5Cs. I have taken nearly 30 classes, and none of my professors were anywhere near as bad as Gillen. He made us meet weekly even when we had nothing to discuss. He gave zero feedback throughout the semester and then gave me a C+ for reasons I could easily refute. I would avoid him at all costs.