Reviews of professor Yaoyi Xi

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Xi is hands down the professor you have to take if you want to learn finance! He really makes students feel like studying finance is worth it. Get ready to really read, I think he has 8 group cases and 1 individual which is the final. 2 presentations throughout the semester, only one midterm. His lectures are interesting go to lectures!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Xi gained my respect. Finance is a hard subject in general, so you have to put in the time and effort to be successful in this course. He made every effort to help his students, gave fair exam questions, and curved generously. Lectures were very important since the textbook did not help much. You have to work for your grade.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Xi is a tough grader and expects a lot from you but you will learn so much. He genuinely cares about his students and wants nothing but the best for us. He does randomly call on people but if you don't know the answer he just moves on to the next person. Lots of group papers so get ready to work but also get ready to learn. I highly recommend!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
One of the few finance professors at sdsu that cares about his students. If you went to A Plus for all of your other finance classes (like I did), this class is definitely a wake up call but you will actually learn a ton of useful finance. Make sure you have a good group because its like 60% of your grade. He's a great guy and a finance genius

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Honestly this subject is hard to begin with but he seems to care for his students. He curves and homework is a decent amount of our grade. Overall okay guy