Reviews of professor Ronald Leven

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Taken two classes with him, and this was the easier class by far. Exams in this class are really straightforward and honestly just test your knowledge of the slides at a high level and your reasoning ability. Project grading is a bit ambiguous, but if anything is difficult, go to OH and eh will help you as much as possible. Great stories!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Did not expect to be as hard as it was. Not great at communication. Really nice guy though! Just don't expect answers to questions...

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Too hard of a class for an econ elective. I have taken core Econ courses that are not as hard. He makes this class too complicated. Don't take this class unless you seek for pain.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Ron is a great guy - very knowledgeable, interesting, and easy to access outside of class. However, the forex class has been designed poorly. The HW and exam questions had little to do with lecture, so studying was difficult. Generous curve on exams though.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Hes a really nice guy and fair grader, especially on tests. As long as you come to class and do the assignments youll get an A. And you learn a lot about other countries too. Builds a lot on Macro so definitely helpful to have taken 210.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The class (Financial Derivatives and Financial Engineering) was very useful and interesting, with case-study type of readings and comprehensive material. It was a better learning experience than I expected, with quality feedback given to students. Although I got a good grade, I still don't know what grades I had on individual assignments.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Hes a nice professor who cares about his students. He does get things mixed up a lot and not the most responsive at keeping up with emails. Regardless, he knows a lot about emerging markets and foreign exchange. He is sweet and willing to work with students outside of class

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He is definitely the expert in the field. Very hard class, organized in a way to confuse students but curve generously

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Smart and knowledgeable but can't explain anything without confusing and boring you with overly esoteric explanations. Can't read the room and is oblivious that the class is bored to tears. Guidelines for the final paper contradict each other. Exams have no correlation with in-class material and are unnecessarily difficult. Do not take his courses.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Ron's a great guy. Cool to be around and can go to him for help during office hours.