One of the hardest professors in Baruch College. I took him this semester and received C-. Very hard exams. You really need to study hard and you will get bad grades as a result. Definitely recommend to take other professors. This one is just horrible.

Nice professor but horrible final. Avoid him at all cost

This guy is the WORST! Absolutely TERRIBLE. I wasted an entire semester and did not learn anything! I was schedule to graduate this month but Troast gave me a C- in 5400, and Zicklin is being an prick, they do not want to give me my bba in acct b/c of the C-, they say you need B- or above?? Troast runied my semester and will ruin yours too, RUN!!!!

Very RUDE!! Even one month after class, he has no people skills. Best advice, take someone like Prof. Friday or Carmichael. I would even recommend Cherney before this guy. Best of luck if you're taking him.. Watch out for his comments, it can make you cry sometimes even if you're trying your hardest to get the answer right...

He is useless and obnoxious. I'm doing well in his class no thanks to t. He is incomprehensible and 2 students in the class actually pay attention. The only thing that get me, and I imagine others, through the class is thinking about the chappelle standup where he goes to the barber after smoking. I see troast as what chappelle saw as the barber.

He is the worst professor. Not helpful at all. The test questions are confusing and not relevant to the homework or the class. He is rude and not helpful in the slightest although attendance is mandatory. No one in the class liked him at all. AVOID

The single worst prof I ever had in my college career. Just because you own an accounting firm, does not mean you can teach it in a classroom. I did all the homework, always came to class and ended up with a B-. NOT a fair grader and does not welcome questions.

he wrote all the nice coments by himself!!!he is the worst prof. i ever had. mean to students and talk for the entire class..he tells u to ask questions and if u do he makes u look stupid. who cares that he runs his own business..if he cannot teach.his classes are vaste of time...it's better to stay home and study..DO NOT TAKE HIM!!

GPA killer. unreasonable and rude. hard questions (never covered)

He was not helpful what so ever. Horrible with e mails, no office hours and most of all he does not know how to teach. he would just read paragraphs from the text book. and he was very blunt and would insult students at times. I got an "A" in his class with no help thanks to him. Exams are straight out of the text book. so just read the chapters!!!

Worst experience of my academic life. He does not know to teach what so ever. this is an intro class that must build ones basic skill sand knowledge of the subject and he expects everyone to have prior knowledge. there are 4 exams all multiple choice all out of the book and accounting labs. dont dpend on him and do everything your self.

he didnt teach the whole semster. Just read the books and practice the homework if you get stuck with his class. HE does not reply to e mails and he has no office hours. Dont torture yourself by taking his class.

Not very good in teaching. Rude to students. Practice LAB is useful but not for most exams. Some exam questions were never covered in class. Help yourself at all times (Read the book). Professor is stumbling on problems from book himself. It seemed that he relied manly on his CPA experience. His unprepared for class excuse was "Busy tax season".

Professor Troast is very witty and intelligent, his classes are entertaining if you enjoy very dry, New York sense of humor (no, he does not insult anyone, unless you are insecure than you might feel insulted, otherwise you will enjoy it). However, he is not a good teacher for people who are beginners to accounting, he does not explain step-by-ste

Professor Trost should seriously consider quitting this job. I know that must have sounded harsh but, he has little to no teaching skills. There are no office hours and he doesent reply to any e mails. Students come to college to learn not put up with his low life sense of humor.

all the good comments he wrote himself, i remember him saying that stuff in class when asked why his rating on this site is soo bad.

Unfortunately he does not understand the difference bet. being a certified accountant and being a good college professor.I would rate his teaching skill "0" out of "10" or out of any other number it is still zero! He might know acc, but has no clue how to explain it to students.He tries to be funny, but his jokes are silly too.Tests arn't that hard

He keep saying this is 5000 level class, of course the exam will be hard. The exams are extremely difficult. His hw is easy not help for the exams. Lectures are long and not helpful to exams. There are 3 exams, rate are same. Remember read the chapter, Read, Read, Read!! At least, you will not die so ugly in the exam.

The worst professor I had at Baruch. I am an A student, and I got the first B from him. Exams (3) are from testbanks from other books, so it's hard to answers because the questions refer to other book examples and wording. HW is mandatory, but no graded. No curve. Comes to class unprepared and just go thru PPT from the textbook.

Avoid him! He doesn't have a clear grading criteria, but one thing is sure which is this class is not based on ranking. the exams are very hard and tricky; I was an A student, but i got C- on this class. just avoid him and take other classes.

Please avoid him. If you want to learn audit take another professor. He always reads from his notes and rushes through the book, nothing new.

From his mouth: "You're not supposed to remember it but need to understand how it works" It's like asking you what's 6+9 and you answered 15 by actually doing the math in your brain instead of using muscle memory. Midterm/Final questions are very diff from homework, avoid unless he's the only choice.

Classes are extremely tedious and redundant, with him repeating the same things. Fair midterm, but difficult final - it's not as he describes and we're not given enough time.

Doesn't like participation, loves to hear his own voice, boring lectures. Lets everyone cheat on exams. Loves compliments. As long as you compliment him he will let you cheat all course. Doesn't care about students at all.

Professor doesn't follow the grading curve from his syllabus. Lectures are boring and you basically self study the whole semester for this class. Would not take it again. However, as a person he is caring in the way that if you need help he will help you.

He is very tough grader. No sense

He doesn't care about his students. Repeats the same over and over again. Grading is so confusing and tough. Just take him if he is the only option if not you will not learn a thing in this class. AVOID him. The attendance is not mandatory

Tough grader

Doesn't care about students

Avoid!!! Took his class because it was the only option

Professor Toast likes to write his own RMP reviews

Just because he thinks he is “passionate about teaching”, doesn't mean he has the right to be disrespectful and not care about his students

Tough grader. His curve doesnt even make sense!

In 34 years of being a professor, he doesn't qualify. He goes on and on about how he was a CPA for 35 years. He doesn't provide any materials and says "just use the textbook" expecting everyone to have went and dropped $120 on the hard copy. He also doesn't provide practice material, he makes you go into the textbook and cherry pick each question.

Professor comes to class underprepared. He stretches lectures too far, so far that we could not cover syllabus in class (he uploaded recorded lectures). He does not upload slides, expects us to read textbook. Does not provide practice mid/final, expects us to read the book. He gave us final grade without clarifying our score in the final exam.

Expects textbook reading before class, which is understandable. Explains ideas from his CPA experience, which I appreciate, but as the material becomes more complex it can feel scattered and confusing. Often sarcastic, which discouraged me from asking questions. Teaching style could be more adaptable.

Extremely boring lectures. Uploaded recorded lectures, but refused to upload slides. Refused to provide practice exams, so we had no clue what our exams would look like. Does not care about his students and left us unprepared. His lectures were so unhelpful that I paid attention in class and still didn't learn anything. No curve. Do not take him.

Doesn't curve at all

Taking this class was like being on the boat in the middle of the night with no lights. You feel lost, don't know which direction you're going to, hoping you would reach the shore somehow. Then there's Arthur Troast's voice saying just jump and swim to the shore. Please don't take him.

Every class, he would make sure to remind us he's been a CPA for 40 years, and his entire career progression. He would get mad that we don't ask enough questions-when asked, he would make a snarky comment, say thats a d**b question, or belittle people. 3 weeks into the semester, nobody asked another question. Try to avoid him and self-study!

WORST CLASS OF MY LIFE!! HE MADE THE FINAL ALMOST 50% OF THE FINAL GRADE WITH IS SO BITHCY!!

No curve given at all. Most of the class failed and he was rude throughout the semester and forced everyone to read the book and never provided the slides or any notes. Anytime we had questions, he would be like - read the book! He also spoke about himself and his family most of the class. At this point, I know more about him than the class itself.

He is not good at all! Please don't take him. Most of the class got a D and failed. He offered no curve at all and let us all suffer. He graded us on only a few things which messed us all up. And on top of that the final was worth 42.5 percent of the grade. Wish I had dropped his class earlier.

He is so sarcastic. All he does is talk about random stuff and put you on the spot in class by asking questions out of the blue. Doesn't care about anyone and lies that attendance counts and then doesn't even account for that in the class grades.

Worst class ever i took at Baruch. He didn't tell us anything about the data analytics project and then noone knew about it and basically got a 0. When asked he just said it was on the syllabus. Alot of stuff was on the syllabus that he didn't follow. No curve at all. The whole class failed. Stay about from his class.

Talks a lot about personal stories instead of teaching. When confused, he says read the textbook. Exams do not match lectures.

Felt like self studying the whole semester. No slides or clear teaching. Just told to read the book. Final exam ruined many grades.

Very rude and sarcastic professor. Makes students afraid to ask questions. Attendance did not matter despite what he said.

Grading is based on very few assignments. One bad exam and your grade is done. No flexibility at all!!

Most of the class did badly and nothing was done to help. No curve, no adjustment.

This class is a gamble. Grading is strict and unforgiving.

Final exam decided everything. No helpful review given.

Taking this class was a really bad experience. I struggled the entire semester and felt completely unsupported. All my friends in other ACC3000 sections passed and even got a generous curve, but our section got nothing. Same course, same department, totally different outcome. Very unfair and frustrating.

This class was one of the most frustrating experiences I've had at Baruch. Expectations were unclear, grading was harsh, and there was zero flexibility. It felt like students were set up to fail.

I put in real effort this semester and still walked away feeling defeated. The course lacked structure and clear instruction. When most of the class struggles this badly, something is wrong!!! And he didn't do anything!!!!

The environment in this class was uncomfortable. Students stopped asking questions because of the tone used in responses. That is not how learning should feel.

The final exam carried far too much weight and decided almost everyone's grade. There was no balance.

This class felt more like survival than learning. You are expected to figure everything out on your own with little to no support.

I always studied and I showed up however still failed. That is one of the worst feelings a class can give you.

I spent the semester anxious and confused. Instead of learning, I was just trying to survive the course. I would not recommend this section.

This was not a positive learning experience. Poor communication and harsh grading made it discouraging.

The hardest part wasn't the material, it was the lack of direction. It felt like guessing what the professor wanted rather than actually learning.

I tried my best, but the class made me feel like I was failing the whole time. That feeling never went away and in the end everyone got a bad score on the finals and no curve at all!!

This class felt discouraging because so much depended on the final exam. The expectations were never clearly explained and many of us did poorly because we didn't know what was required. Having one thing carry that much weight with so little guidance felt very unfair and stressful.

Bro would quite literally talk about nothing in class, tell us that answers can be found in the textbook and loved talking about how long he's been a CPA for. No one cares, no midterm review, no final review, absolutely nothing for the students. We had to go on our own and teach ourselves… pretty ridiculous if you ask me. And the final ?? WTH???

Avoid this professor AT ALL COSTS!!! Tries to sound encouraging in class but actually fails you with exams. Refuses to give a curve and very vague with emails.

Gives no curve at all, GPA crusher

GPA crusher, no curve at all

Doesn't curve your grade offers no extra credit and very misleading doesn't know how to teach!

to be honest I would not take this professor again just due to the nature of his class, additionally there wasn't any practice exam or final he kinda just said study the whole textbook GLHF. Also no curve which lowkey tanked my GPA.

bad professor. does not help at all. skip him if you can.

The final was weighted too heavy and hurt my grade too much

The final was almost half the grade and there is no curve. Avoid if possible.

Final was half the grade and there is no curve.

midterm 37.5%, final 43.5%, departmental project with no guidance whatsoever 10%, hws that took hours 10%. avoid at all costs

Got a good grade, but mostly because of self-teaching. No curve and he almost didn't finish the course material in his lectures. Avoid if you can.

got 100 on everything but the final, somehow still tanked my gpa.

just look at all the other comments

if he's your only option, still don't take him. It will hurt you more.

The bulk of class was him talking about how we should know something bc we took 2101 already. Talks about anything but the course material; condescending and tries to act like he cares. Refuses to post ppt's. Expects you to self teach by using the textbook and come in for questions so you best believe no helpful lecture. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!!

IF THIS CLASS IS YOUR ONLY OPTION, THATS A SIGN TO TAKE ONE LESS CLASS FOR THE SEMESTER!!! HE IS REALLY DANGEROUS!!!

Every other professor is better than him. All he does is yap about how his wife is french and that his daughter works in midtown at a nice firm.

Hitler was nicer than him.

He is so fake. Always talks about how he cares about his students and in the end messes us all up.

LOL was mad curious abt final avg and saw tons of new negative comments now Ik what happened on final hahaha. Ye he dont teach, he thinks he do, but he even get confuse talking to himself, and yap too how much he cares abt student. Did all study on myself end up the only B i have in Baruch. HOWEVER to be fair, he is a nice person, just not as prof.

Do not take. The final is weighted heavily, no curve, no cheatsheet, no formula sheet. States he is “sarcastic” but he's actually just rude. Did not get back on email. Did not finish lecturing in time for the final. Did not provide a mock exam. Told us to rely on textbook for everything.

Lectures are boring and you basically self study the whole semester for this class. Professor sucks with exercises and problems in the slideshow and exam prep because he looks at answer then help, instead of helping then look at answer. This is a major one: He massively lacks the planning and preparation. He was at least inspirational at beginning