Reviews of professor Bill Skimmyhorn

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This professor doesn't really listen to you; he acts as if he's the king of the castle, which can be quite frustrating. Be cautious if you're considering his class. It seems like the positive comments come from students he favored who received good grades. But God knows if hes gonna like you or not

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Prof Skimmyhorn's class is extremely hard to do well in. He does not have a very effective teaching style and expects everyone to be exceptional at upper level math (calc 3+). He limits time on quizzes (which are really tests) to 50 minutes despite the class being 90 minutes long. If you want to get a good grade, you have to dedicate your life.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Literally the worst professor I have had at W&M by a large margin. Doesn't care about his students at all and laughed at me in office hours when I asked if he would consider giving partial credit for correct work. Super uncomfortable interactions, really rude, mean and misogynistic. If I could give a 0 I would. Not a good person or teacher. Awful

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Skimmyhorn's class was extremely difficult but BUAD 323 is supposed to be hard. He just makes it so that it's a bit more challenging. I recommend studying a lot for his class since it's difficult to get a good grade in class w/o studying a great deal and knowing every aspect of the class. Talking to Skimmyhorn and participating in class is helpful

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
With all due respect, he is just not good as a person. You are in shcool now, please show some respect to students. There are many professors teaching BUAD323, please choose someone else to make your life easier. He intends to frustrate you to prove hes the smartest guy in the classroom. Mean, assumative and rude, choose someone else

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Skimmyhorn gets a bad rep because of how ridiculously hard the class is, but the truth is that a lot of students don't go to his office hours or study as much as they need to. He really cares about his students and their success, and will really help you as long as you put in that extra effort to connect with him and go to office hours.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Avoid this class at all costs! He can be really rude.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Skimmyhorn teaches a tough course but makes it clear that he is invested in your success. You need to put in the hours to study to do well, but the forgiveness final is worth 50% and up to 85% of your final grade (replaces lower quiz scores). If you want true mastery of financial management, I highly recommend Skimmyhorn.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
If you don't want to want to destroy your confidence in finance and you want to have someone nice and reliable, take someone else for this class. I think there is more than one instructor available for this class and he is certainly the worst, perhaps the worst at WM