Reviews of professor Xi Li

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Great professor! Prepares you so well for the exams and quizzes! Just have to get 2 out of the 8 questions right on quiz to get a 100. Would recommend to anyone who needs this class as a credit requirement. Also, classes stop after Thanksgiving so you have so much time to just focus on your other classes until the final.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Attendance wasn't required but he will have a pop quiz each class which he shows you the exact question but with different numbers. The class is more about learning how to do calculations rather than memorizing definitions, terms and etc. Easy class, no homework, three exams, bonus points opportunity.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Main thing is the tests, but you should already know the questions that will be on the test. As long as you prepare you should be fine. Also make sure you go to class because there are lots of pop quizzes.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Reads the slides, no actual explanation of concepts, monotoned, not engaging, hard to understand. I would not recommend this professor to anyone. Very disappointing.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Once he finishes lectures he dosnt have class unitl the next unit. Quiz and tests are online

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
You will have 3 tests and 3 quizzes that will make up a majority of your grade, along with pop quizzes every class period for "attendance." Once he finishes lecturing for the unit, class is cancelled until the next test which usually ends up being a couple weeks. Tests are made up of questions that you have already seen with numbers changed (easy).

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I would suggest you take finance with this professor. You go weeks without having to go to class and the tests are just like the pop quizzes you have in class. You do have to go to class when its scheduled because there are pop quizzes daily. This class is an easy A. Although If you are looking for a professor to answer questions he is not the one

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
No hw, easy quizzes and tests. He brings up politics to shut down students that are saying blatantly wrong things about the economy because of their political ideology. He knows more about finance than the students so I don't know why people get mad when he says their (red) opinion is wrong because it is. Wants students to be financially literate.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Xi Li is the best professor to take if you just want an A and don't mind not learning anything relevant about finance. After COVID he got rid of practically everything he taught. Tests are straight forward, exactly like the quizzes and review questions. Its broken up into 3 sections, at the end of each section he gives you like 2 weeks off.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
There are plenty of ways to earn points in this class and you are given most, if not all test questions before the test. It is easy to get an A in this class if you practice. He knows his stuff and really cares about how you do financially in the future. I will warn you that he sticks to his syllabus religiously. I recommend taking him!