Reviews of professor Alicia Rubio

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Synchronous Zoom class. COMPLETE waste of money DO NOT TAKE. All she did was make us read cover to cover of the book, and couldn't seem to help if the book was unclear (happened often). She was a terrible "teacher" and seemed like she hated helping when asked. She was constantly being corrected by the top student, which was embarrassing to watch.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Would not recommend.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Took her for Principles of Financial Management. (Online synchronous Zoom class). Concepts are semi-difficult but problems are easy if you pay attention to her lectures & complete the assignments (done after the lecture while on Zoom). She will help you check your work. She lectures pretty fast but will slow down if needed.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She does not seem like she knows what she is doing when it comes to investing. I took this class in hopes of learning to invest, and I was disappointed. She is merely a babysitter for the class, as everything is from the book, and when you ask her for help, she consistently responds after the due date and with nothing more than read the book.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Rubio is a great professor. I took her for Principles of Financial Management. She loves her job and has a great sense of humor. Do the problems she gives for homework and you will be fine. Her first test is the hardest because of the style of her exams.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I took this class hoping to learn, only to be forced to read cover to cover of a textbook and have my grade be dropped from an A because of a group project, I cant even blame my partner though, because when we tried to reach out to her, she only could refer us to the book or investopedia. I dont think she knows a thing about this class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
You teach yourself this class. To much work 3 sometimes 4 assignments after every class. Had 4 group papers to do on top of the 6-8 you do on your own. Had an open book test on the response lockdown browser but I have an online book. What should be a 2 to 3-hour test is crammed into an hour thirty minutes. Not very informational lectures. DONT TAKE

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor gives good reviews for exams for the most part; extra credit towards exam. Some times there can be some clarity issues as to what to look at. She is hard to access outside of class via email. She is helpful while in class and seems to care. I would say semi-difficult class.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
One of the worst professors at UIW. I would not take unless you have prior investing knowledge. It seems like she is burdened to help students, classes were cut short repeatedly because she would refuse to go over material. Her favorite line is refer to the book, Im pretty sure she doesnt know anything about the class. Do not take her.