Pretends to be accessible to students, but if you actually go to office hours, he's not helpful. He'll answer a different question than the one asked and then refuse to actually answer your question because you're supposed to be "learning." Graded entirely on Z scores, so no matter how well you do, all that matters is how you compare to others

I don't understand how Turner's rating is so high. He's honestly not very bright. He seems to be figuring out how to do problems as he goes. His powerpoints are difficult to follow and you can be almost certain that he'll answer your question in a snarky way that won't help

I am extremely disappointed to walk out of this class feeling like I learned nothing about macroeconomics. The lectures contain virtually zero math (while the p-sets are exclusively quantitative). He once hurried me out of office hours because I was asking specific questions. The curve is absurd and a couple points makes or breaks a letter grade.

On the first exam, he wrote a question worth almost 20% of the grade that said: "Will the following contribute to GDP? Bigger or smaller?" with no indication of reference for the second question. When students asked him what it meant, he commented: "your interpretation of the exam is part of your score.

This class is not helpful at all. Learnt nothing out of it.

Just awful all around. Pretty sure he literally emailed kids who did the best on his first exam to leaving him good ratings

Tests are a guessing game based on nothing discussed in class

I have nothing to say. He is straight up the most boring lecturer. The man is always confused about what he is teaching, says he is there to support us but is NOT, and during the COVID-19 situation, he has been the LEAST accommodative and MOST self-centered professor that I have. Never making the mistake of taking another class with him.

Do yourself a favor & decide against taking any class taught by him. He might be a decent human being, but is a terrible professor who cares lesser & lesser as the semester passes. Expected us to write a 78mark midterm within 90 minutes, scan answers, and submit during COVID-19 when every other professor put their students safety & security first.

These are the facts that happened in our class: 1)He has really dumb grading system where the average on his easy tests is a B, I got a 92 and got a B. A 95 was an A. (Test was on 50). 2) When the COVID situation happened he was extremely unsympathetic he asked everyone to buy a $90 scanner. 3) He gave HW that due 2 hours after he set it.

If you are doing his Game Theory class because you want to take Behavioral Economics (which is the reason most people take this class), just take the Quantitative version or Industrial Organization instead. He turns even the most interesting concepts boring and incomprehensible. He just doesnt know how to teach and grade. Good students end with B.

Notoriously the worst professor at Tufts. HORRIBLE. I cannot stress enough do not ever take this class. Before and after we were sent home due to COVID, multiple students in game theory had to go to the dean because he was so abusive an horrible. He is mean and berates students and yet doesn't teach. Grades on bell curve so average grade is a C+.

I've never before reviewed a Tufts professor, nor did I intend to until I took Quantitative Financial Economics with Professor Turner. After messing up a question on his final, he made the class redo the problem even though the window for administering finals had ended, all without apologizing . Save yourself the trouble and avoid his class.

The class I took, he didn't grade the homework. Homework was easy at first but eventually, his lectures won't cover how to do his homework. You would have to do your own research and studying to complete the homework. Textbook didn't seem to help much. The course I took covered a very niche topic so it was difficult doing the homework.

I took Game Theory online and it was asynchronous (such a bad idea) and there were up to 3 v hard psets a week. The tests were impossible and proctored w proctorU. Not a good professor and not understanding of how hard his class was.

He uses the dumbest grading system I have ever seen. Exams are 94% of the grade and HW is 6%. Exams are graded to fit a distribution. If you got a 90% on an exam, but the rest of the class got an 91%, you would receive an F. He only gives out like 1 or 2 A's. He gives no feedback on HW and he overcomplicates notation for no clear reason.

If you can find an alternative class, take it. If your life doesn't depend on taking a class with him. Nobody should have to go through such an emotional roller coaster. The work is not worth the grade. Other classes will suffer. DO NOT.

Overall he was a terrible lecturer the only way a student can hope to pass is if they attend his office hours. I do not recommend you take a class with this guy. you can learn a lot more and enjoy a class much more from any other lecturer. arguably the worst instructor I've ever had in my tenure as a student.

Hes a nice guy, but is a terrible teacher. Weekly problem sets take several hours and your lucky to get over half credit. Tests are nothing like the problem sets or lecture slides so are impossible to prep for. Hard to get in touch with outside office hours. Overall, brutal class that is not worth the time or effort for a mediocre grade.

bro actually wanna trick us on the HW. It is not that deep dude. He uses wordplays in the HW, actually wild.

Easily the worst professor I've had so far. He is not very approachable outside of class at all. He uses a dumb grading system (in my opinion) because even if you do well on an exam, you could get a very bad grade based on the bell curve for the class. His lectures and homeworks ARE NOT COHESIVE with the tests, so there's no way to prepare for them

Homework and lectures DO NOT REFLECT what's on the tests, making them impossible to prepare for. not approachable at all. i would give him a 0, but that's not possible, so I give him a 1. problem sets take forever. bell curve for exams makes it hard to do well, even if you get a good grade you'll probably end up with a B/C. avoid him if possible!

He is incompetent. He messed up the tests by including units we had not covered, then when students pointed this out during the exam period, just said that was his mistake and did not allot extra time for students who wasted time on them. At least he made those count for 0 points. During lectures, he does math wrong and simply recites the textbook.

Sergio has the worst grading scale so far. Homework cannot prepare for the test. Good job sergio

Turner completely ruined my interest in economics, he is an awful professor, the amount of homework assigned is ridiculous, he has no care or understanding for his students circumstances, he teaches off the slides, always gives his own controversial personal opinions, I've stopped going to lectures because the exact same thing is on the slides

The fact that turned would give us homework over THANKSGIVING BREAK just goes to show that he has no consideration for his students. DO NOT TAKE TURNER

Terrible professor. Only a little bit of lecture material covers the homework and tests, so whats even the point of going to lecture? Just read the textbook yourself and do the online practice questions and go to recitation. On the good side, if you have insomnia then prof. Turner is perfect because one lecture and you'll be cured.

Easier to just teach the material to yourself than going to his lectures. His lectures work better than melatonin, if you need sleep this is the class for you! Homework is time consuming and does not prepare you for the test. But, his slides and the TAs are really helpful.

Insomnia curer, greatest reading Asmrtist of all time. His tests are ok, but even when you do well he curves you down. Homework are also on a curve. So if you miss one question you might be on the 60th percentile. Surprise!!!!!!!!!

Lectures are heavy content; 3 tests take 68% of your overall grade; Very complicated GPA calculation and very unclear; Use percentile to calculate GPA, so you never know your GPA until the last second; Test grading is not timely and you get rare feedback. Has lots of OH but not helpful

He did nothing well: awful lectures, tedious homework, poor communication with TAs, and badly written exams he clearly didn't review. Skip lectures, read the textbook. Please for you own sake avoid him. It's kind of sad because he seems like a nice guy. Baffles me how can he spend so much time talking and not teach A THING!

Going to class was useless; he only read off the slides that were available on Canvas. He claimed that the tests would be like the homework, but they were much more difficult and had more complicated questions about things we did not learn. I learned about economics, but he was not a good teacher.

No good, so bad. Beware. Stay away

Economics itself can be an interesting topic, and it's sad that many people's first academic experience with it will be with Turner.

Professor Turner's lectures were exceedingly boring and the test's never align with the lecture notes. He reads off of the slides that are oftentimes very outdated and not in tune with current economics. The tests are very difficult as well. If you take this class be prepared to self teach for a majority of the topics.

His lectures are lackluster and often miss topics included on exams, reading the textbook is recommended. It is difficult to reach him outside of class, and grading is nebulous. Exams and class structure overall are incredibly messy and lazily put together. Every assignment (homework included) is graded on a curve, so exams are worth a lot.

He goes on the most irrelevant tangents about things that are not on exams. His exams are solely based on the textbook, which is different than the slides he uses in class. The way this class is structured really encourages people to skip class, which many people do. Please try to take any other econ prof.

If you have even a spark of interest in the study of economics, do not take any class taught by Sergio Turner. He somehow manages to make even the most engaging topics monotonous. Homework is unrelated to the lecture, and the tests, despite being open note, are hopeless. You have no chance, especially while most of the class is using ChatGPT.

Get ready to teach economics to yourself. While tests are open note, it doesn't make up for the fact that he is a terrible professor. Lectures are boring and he once showed conspiracy theory TikTok's. This class will require so much work because you have to learn it yourself and the tests are so confusing.

Actually the worst prof at tufts. Please please please try to take ec8 instead. Uncaring, unrational thinker, selfish. I actually can't put into words how much I despise turner. Goodbye. Save urself while u can

I'm sure he's a nice guy but not much effort into attending to his students. I get it's an intro class with kids who aren't interested, so that's probably why, but I wouldn't take his class if there's an option not to. He speaks very very quietly also, so super impossible to hear him. Not an interesting course, but again it's intro so I get it.

Extremely hard class with really long homeworks and boring lectures.

Don't take him if possible, but if you need to it's doable if ur ok with prob not getting an A. Not a crazy workload but hw assignments can be infuriating. The main issue is the departmentally applied curve, so pretty much even if you do well it's likely you'll end up with a B. Lectures are boring asf and no one shows up, tests can be pretty bad

Really awful at communicating economic principles, often gets off topic and tests rarely reflect the material. just have the textbook and you'll be fine

this class is not real. somehow every lecture links back to california's fentanyl epidemic. the way he talks about drug addicts and unhoused populations is unsettling. the grade is two midterms and a final (homework is 10%). exams are multiple choice and not a good test of your knowledge.

Class is graded on hw, 2 midterms, and a final which are heavily curved. Take Ec8 if possible, he easily gets sidetracked by talking about drugs and you need to buy the online textbook for homework. He doesn't explain well, but everything is on the textbook and slideshows he posts. If you aren't an econ major, don't take his class.

Terrible lecturer. Assigns 6 assignments per week and homeworks are insanely long. Exams are nothing like homeworks. This man should genuinely be fired.

horrible and the worst

No point in showing up for class, he reads off pre-recorded lectures, slides all found on Canvas. Got an A- by watching lectures at home studying textbook, only went to class for the 3 tests and the first class... Turner is a terrible professor, puts almost no effort into this EC-5 intro class, probably because he teaches it so much.

This class is so boring. Sergio makes no attempt to keep his students engaged and often uses examples that don't make sense (unnecessary references). Try to avoid him at all costs.