Easy A.

Professor Abowd is very clear about what he expects of students and the material covered. If you put in the time, you can easily do well in this course.

Good prof.

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The class may put you to sleep. The exams are pretty easy.

Abowd is a very well organized and fair professor. He teaches well and lets you know exactly what he expects. If you put in the time you'll get a good grade.

Yea, he messed up by handing our answers instead of the prelim once, but short of that, his class was easy. We had the choice to either read the book or go to class. And even by sleeping through class without reading the textbook, its an easy class.

I think it's hard to teach a class of 400. He does a fairly good job with managing everything using his website. It would be nice if he picked TAs which were better at teaching. Mine just can't communicate with the class.

Give the guy a break... he's not THAT bad. Sure, his jokes are not funny at all, but he tries to teach, and does a decent job. Prelims are pretty easy, problem sets are a pain, and the TAs are a bit sketchy... but overall, it's alright

Great Intro teacher. Welcome to Cornell you cry babies.

If you're used to Engineering professors that can't speak english and write equations on the board without telling you what the variables mean like I am, this professor is a BREEZE. He teaches more clearly and easily and slowly than ANY of my Engineering profs. Lecture notes are AMAZING. Easy Cl

I don't know how people rated him badly - he's one of the nicest profs here. He teaches everything so it's easy to understand and he puts ALL his notes online. I even liked my TA.

Very easy class. Don't even have to take the 2nd prelim if you ace the first one - he dropped one grade out of the 2 prelims and problem set average. very slow lecture pace, easy to understand and the prelims are an absolute joke

He's really not a bad guy. I asked him a question and he replied in a promptly. It's impossible to do badly on his tests because he GIVES YOU SIMILAR EXAMS ON THE COURSE WEBSITE! That said, I messed up one of the tests but I blame myself. A very nice guy.

He is a really nice prof. His lectures are boring sometimes but his tests are easy.

He's actually a pretty cool guy. He's may come off as cocky, but on the whole very responsive to students and helpful. Just go to lecture and keep up with your work and you'll do fine.

Tries to be funny, just comes off as a super nerd. However, hes a great guy and knows what he is talking about. He is the professor to take if you need to take this class. Grading system is pretty lax and the problem sets allow for a huge grade boost.

Easy class if you try at all. Lectures are optional - go if you need to, or you could just read the slides online. Tests are very easy. No curve - dont really need it. The prof is reasonable and pretty chill.

He's a really cool guy. The whole class is very thourgh. I dont know about these other kids, but the tests sucked. The problem sets were easy and so was the project. But dang those tests.

I was scared going in because of the terrible ratings from past semesters. He must have read those too and changed his style becuase he wasnt bad at all.

Find out when group proj. is & just go to section then; no need to go to lecture, b/c lecture notes posted online; take pbsets seriously (free 25% of grade); do prac. tests and review pbsets b4 exams. I didn't read lect. notes/study till day before exams, got B's, pbset/group proj got me A- in class

He is actually very helpful to students who needed help. His lecture slides rocks - I don't read textbooks. However, he dwells on the maths instead of the econs sometimes.

Lecture slides are very clear; makes concepts simple to understand

Way too much work for intro micro. Problem sets are a pain and the final project is absolutely a waste of time and energy. That said, should be an easy A if you keep up with the lecture slides. He reads straight off slides (posted online) in lecture, so don't bother going.

relatively easy class. no point of buying textbooks when lecture slides were great.

Hes a man of the digital age, all his slides are online so lectures are kinda pointless. Pretty easy class with easy prelims. Not too hard to get a good grade.

The man loves APLIA, in an almsot creepy way. He has put everything online and makes not going to class very easy. Pre-lims are simple copies of practice questions he puts online. If you do go to lecture I find him to be very concise. There is always plenty of material and review sessions to catch up and figure out the information before tests.

Lectures are concise and to the point. He is very helpful, always willing to answer questions. If you do the readings and the review problems, the prelims are really easy.

Clear, thorough lectures.Makes book nearly unnecessary. Excel problem sets are a LOT of work and very in-depth. Aplia.com assignments are annoying but not too bad. Other than that, his tests are fair and he is not unreasonable for grading. Very accomodating to any sort of problems you may have. Get Judit or Fernando as your TA, and you'll be fine.

Relatively easy class; I just read the book, mainly because I find no point in the lectures. The Excel Problem Sets can be a pain, and Aplia can get annoying, but the worst are the Prelims, not because they are hard, but because the multiple choice messes you up so badly! It's like the SAT all over again. Abowd is boring at points, but still nice.

If you take Econ 101, it'll be fun and easy to learn. Getting a good grade isnt too hard if you read or go to lecture.

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The class is much easier than I would have thought for a big intro class in this school. The tests are ALL multiple choice. The Excel P sets are kind of difficult but you have plenty of time to get them done. He's alright as a lecturer

Since lecture isn't mandatory, and they are videotaped and available on blackboard, you don't have to go to class. The text is pretty good and TAs will help with the problem sets (if you don't know kids who took the class in previous years--questions are similar). Tests aren't bad at all, very fair.

Very clear with his instruction, but hard to respect as a person...he was incredibly rude to his TAs

My view is slanted since I suck at Econ, but I do think he assigns a little too much work for only three credits. That having been said, the work helps you develop many different ways of looking at the problems. Prof. Abowd is not a bad guy. Just do the Excel problem sets well in advance and ALL of the old prelims to prepare for the exams.

Very nice prof. Gives prizes when you answer questions. Also very understanding. When you need an extension for a valid reason, he is likely to help you with that.

You will definitely learn micro, Abowd is a great professor. He's so lame but it's adorable and he throws goodies into the crowd if you just try to answer in class. The prelims and final are multiple choice, which sucks or rocks depending on you. Seriously BEWARE OF EXCEL PSETS.

Abowd is an amazing professor. I found the aplia psets extremely helpful in getting students to keep up with the reading and his prelims/final are extremely fair. excel psets take a while to do so start them early. this is definetely a good class to take because abowd really makes sure that you learn the material inside out. i wouldnt change a thin

Great professor! i had absolutely no prior econ knowledge and i got an A+ in the class because Abowd explains the material extremely well. It's not an easy class but definitely manageable if you put in the time. those who say you need previous calc/econ knowledge and claim that abowd is a bad professor are just idiots who didn't make an effort.

His explaination and powerpoint are crystal clear and TA's teaching is great. His assignments are bit much but the grading is fair and course materials are interesting.

I loved this class. Abowd is the best professor I have had so far at Cornell!

extremely clear; all the powerpoints are online so you dont even need to go to class. aplia is a joke. the problem sets are easy unless you are retarded and dont know the basics of using excel (like most people in the class). tons of practice problems online that are exactly the same as the problems on the tests.

If you think Econ is easy, don't take this class.

His lectures are very intense and can range from 30-45 slides in one 50 Minute lecture. He is a very good professor when it comes to making you learn the material, but he is more difficult than other professors teaching this course.

Professor Abowd is one of the greatest professors I've had. He was very willing to help during office hours and tried to make class interesting by making it interactive. The problem sets were definitely hard, but if you attended office hours or tutoring you could definitely get a good grade. Abowd was such a great teacher that when final exams c

not bad but you gotta study like crazy

Great professor. Very clear in teaching and econ experiments and practices in his class are generally fun and helpful for learning the material. He is very responsive to students as well, analyzing every student's test result dealing with problems individually. Exams are OKAY but you got to study. I recommend taking his intro class.