Reviews of professor John D'Amato

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Great prof for anyone who isn't slow or needs "special" help. Straight to the point, teaches you what you need to know and focuses largely on exams. Either you ace the exams or fail, not much in between. If you fail, it's a good sign that you have no future in finance.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This man puts 0 efforts into transitioning to online course. Basically took the old PowerPoints and added voiceovers, but most of the voice overs don't even talk about all the stuff on the slides. He also snakes you on midterms. Fist midterm had questions on concepts never covered. He said second midterm was similar to class work, which was a lie.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The kindest, most accommodating professor in UW. Cares about student wellbeing, and posts lectures with video to ensure the course concepts are easier to understand. Professor will be remembered for his genuine care for students.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He is awful. Doesn't explain things in class properly. Goes on the notion the students worked in the industry and know all the contention.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very good prof. Incredibly knowledgeable and does a good job at integrating his real-world experiences into the course content to aid your understanding. Very good speaker who can answer any question you may have for him after class - and will do it with a genuine interest in your learning. Cannot say enough good things, would definitely recommend.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Course content is largely just readings, convoluted grading, avoid if you can.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Very difficult exam. Prof stated it would cover course material but took extremely long to type on learn and not true skill of course content ... Terrible rating would not recommend this prof

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Appallingly disinterested in teaching (There is a difference between research and teaching). I hope he reads this and learns from his students' feedback. In 2020, he admitted that the student feedback was, lets say, harsh. He merely attributed the feedback to the difficulties induced by COVID and in consequence took feedback with a grain of salt.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Best finance prof ever

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Update on the previous review; JAD compensated with a 5% boost on our final mark!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Prof is very poor at explaining material. Thinks that we know everything about financial crisis like we were not old enough to understand the effects of it. Transition to online learning was terrible as only 30 minute slides with synchronous tutorials based only on number entry with little concept. Exam was very difficult with no time provided and