Reviews of professor Steven Hamilton

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Problem sets can be a lot, but tests strongly align with them which is nice. Has 5 "pop" quizzes. Does not post slides, so you have to write down everything he says. Super funny and interesting stories. Has a favorable grading scheme at the end.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Great guy, weak professor. He's funny, but he has little respect for students. He doesn't respond to emails and is very difficult to reach in office hours. By his own admission, he didn't write 3 of 5 problem sets because he was busy watching new movies. We had three problem sets back to back with one or no chance to ask questions.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof Steve has a lot going for him outside of teaching, so classes aren't his top priority. He posts lectures late and is sometimes hard to communicate with. But the material itself isn't too difficult and he's clear about what he'll test on. He's a nice guy if you are able to reach him for questions.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I think Steve's a good guy, but a terrible prof. Has never replied to a student email ever, consistently misses offices hours, reschedules quizzes and has barely put in any grades with 5 days from the final. We're all going through it this year, but that's not really an excuse for this level of unprofessionalism from a professor. 0/5

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
You either love Steve or you hate him. He definitely has his problems with responding to emails, which is frustrating when you see him arguing on Twitter all night. But he cares deeply about the subject, has very entertaining and substantive lectures, and will always chat after class. If you can deal with his quirks, take it. I loved the class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Hamilton is a great economics professor. Probably one of the best at GW. He's a great lecturer since the subject he teaches is his area of research. He's also hilarious and got me interested in optimal tax. However, you don't get an idea of your grades until the last three weeks of class. Class is heavily mathematical: calc three helps!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He is very knowledgeable about the topic and tries his best to make the class interesting. His tests are very fair, there are 5 problem sets and 5 pop quizzes throughout the semester. I took it for my upper-level requirement and it was a great choice!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof. Hamilton is a brilliant economist, he actively talked about ongoing research in the field but he is extremely unorganized. The professor frequently missed office hours, failed to upload quizzes, didn't put in grades until the end of the semester, and was consistently hard to contact. Though I do love his character and the content covered.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Good lecturer but not very accessible outside of class and never graded anything on time. Some difficult concepts but you know exactly what to expect on exams