Reviews of professor Alex Lara

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
One of the worst professors I ever saw, admitted himself to me he is bias towards other students

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Wonderful prof. Changed the course of my career. Class is interesting, he has tons of industry knowledge and teaches well. I really liked the way the class was structured, and it was easy for me to keep up, while still learning a lot. Would 1000% recommend.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
One word! Avoid him at all costs. He simply reads from power points. I simply learned nothing from this class. Can't believe I wasted money on this class. Go for another professor

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Well, all he cares about is his program. He would try and convince you to take commercial banking. Class is boring, and not worth it. AVOID!!!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
By far one of the more disrespectful professors Ive had. Want to emphasize that I am not a disgruntled student who obsesses over trivial things. Taking this class made my quality of life materially worse, and I would advise future students to avoid if possible.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The professor is rude and doesn't know how to teach. All he cares is about his program. Goes over lecture time. He will be condescending. This is not a finance class, this should be an accounting class. He thinks his class is more important than everything else in your life so do not expect understanding from him if you have an emergency.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The professor is disrespectful towards some students. He will call you out in class if he decides to pick on you. Many students dropped out of this class and there is a reason for that. The TA doesn't help you at all. I loved finance before taking his class, now he is the reason why I don't want to ever work in the finance world.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Reads from PowerPoint. Has industry experience. Dumb class

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lara is a great prof and expects high levels of professionalism/participation. He gives great insight, tests are very easy, case studies are the most difficult thing in this course. He cares a lot and gives our personal cell # to students. likes to recruit students for banking jobs too

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Only gave him a 1 because I could not give him a 0. Worst professor ever, AVOID HIM AT ALL COST!!!! Every time I emailed him about a question I had, he would give me a whole speech as to how "irresponsible" I was and he kept on telling me I was being marginalized. He is very rude and will embarrass you in front of the class.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Lara taught Fina 4330. He seems to really care about his students and wants you to learn. He is a bit confusing and says one thing and then expects another. You must teach your self because some of the material he didn't know. Read the book. Test are fairly easy.