Reviews of professor Kenneth Abbott

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
A legend of a man. I would love to take every class at Baruch with him if it was possible. His research class is by far one of the most helpful, and the structure of this class is phenomenal. He works very closely with you to make sure your writing is up to standards (as a business student). He guides you all the way and is EXTREMELY accessible.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Ken's class was a great learning experience, he equips you with a lot of skills. I owe my Excel skills to him and so much more. I'm sure he'd get by totally fine if he stopped working. It's apparent that he's teaching because he's passionate about helping students. He throws a lot at you, but it's for your own good. I would 100% recommend him.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof. Abbott is a gem at Baruch. Not only he teaches students how to fish, he makes a multitude of impacts on students outside of the classroom. He is enthusiastic, easy-going, inspirational and a huge sponsor of Baruch students. Definitely leverage his knowledge and I guarantee you will learn a ton!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
You are going to suffer in this class: incomprehensible Power Points (when reading the Power Point slides, nothing seems to make seems to make sense), ineffective professor (does not explain the topics covered in class, just talks about his part work experiences), hard exams (not open book and cover a lot of topics) Would not recommend.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Great Professor, a very clear outline for the class. Learned quite a bit about banking and the guest speakers he brought in were insightful as they were all currently working in the fields we were learning about.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Look, short answer: take him. Professor Abbott is a great resource. He used to be a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley and many high positions in Finance. Brings his friends from Finance (CFTC, SEC, CFO of IB Firm etc) as guest speakers at the end of semester. NOT an easy A, but if you put light effort, you will get an A. 2 papers,& midterm, final

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
You must take one of Professor Abbott's courses during your time here! He goes above and beyond for his students, is great lecturer who includes plenty of applicable examples from his decades on Wall St., and is a role model of what we should all strive to be like. The learnings you will take from him go beyond the classroom. I highly recommend!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He's an amazing professor. Gave students an opportunity to write an extra paper to replace a grade they weren't happy with. Held online exam review sessions outside of class. He's a little hard to follow if you have no finance background but no question is a dumb question to him. He will also leverage his extensive network to help you find a job.