Reviews of professor Weineng Xu

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Forget the bad ratings on here. Dr Xi is an excellent professor. His lectures are heavy, but he doesn't expect anyone to read from the book. He will not put anything on the exams that he did not cover, and will straight up tell you what kind of questions will be on the exam so you can prepare for them. Plenty of extra opportunities credit as well.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Overall a solid choice. Kind of hard to explain his style but he's laid back and good at explaining things. There are 2 exams, a cumulative final, and a few assignments. Exams can be intimidating but if you review your notes and homework you'll be fine. He understands most of his students aren't finance majors so he makes it doable for everyone.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Wow! What a semester! I failed the first exam thinking I would not be able to graduate, BUT Dr. Xu gave so many opportunities to bump up my grade! I was at a D at the start of the semester and ended with a B. Case study and final paper helped pat my grade nicely. A lot of extra credit opportunities and homework assignments! I highly recommend!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
There is no other way to put it than Dr. Xu is boring. He overexplains everything 3 times. He has a monotone voice and he speaks rather slowly. The material is clearly explained and weekly quizzes have 3-5 attempts so its a nice grade booster. The tests have very similar questions to the quizzes so you know what's on the tests.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Very nice professor. All of the exams were online, at home, and can use notes. Two projects (essays). Lectures are very long and boring, but you only get 2 skips, otherwise it will come out of your participation (10 points). Quizzes almost every week. Take this class, very easy!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The exams heavily affect your grade and he puts the minimal amount of effort in review sessions. Other professors within the university have a full class designed for them to work on problems/examples, while Weineng only talks about it for 15 minutes and continues on with another chapter lecture... The homework also poorly reflects the exams.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The majority of your grade is from tests. But do not panic. He makes it clear to you what is on the test with a study guide and practice exams. You do those, you will do great. He also allows a cheat sheet. He is clearly interested in this field because he is aware of current events and is enthusiastic. I absolutely recommend him.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof Xu is a great professor who really cares about his students. You learn a lot but his lectures can be pretty dry sometimes. Exams based off hw assignments and he tells you topics to study. Overall good class.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This professor was not a good professor in the slightest. Was very ill advising for exams and questions on the exams were nothing close to what he taught. Take someone else