Sadik Aruoba

This professor has taught: ECON325, ECON402, ECON602, ECON630, ECON701, ECON702, ECON709, ECON808

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Sadik Aruoba ECON402 Anonymous 12/24/2021	His lectures were complex and hard to understand, especially if you only have a basic knowledge of statistics (like from AP stat or business statistics, etc). When students asked questions to clarify, he was not helpful for answering them. The average on the midterm was a 60 and he said that was pretty good/normal. The only good things were the way he designed the class to have no final exam, just a project, and to drop the lowest problem set grade. Additionally, he gave a pretty good curve at the end of the semester, but he wasn't clear about it beforehand so it kinda felt like we were in the dark the whole semester. Everyone in the class seemed to be confused and had to ask the TA for help.
Sadik Aruoba ECON402 Anonymous 10/25/2021	Currently taking this class... midterm is about to happen, and I can't say I've understood a single thing the professor has said all semester, and every person at my table in class is in the same boat. If you don't already have EXTENSIVE knowledge of statistics, you will be lost for legitimately the entire class, every single week. My only saving grace for passing this class is going to office hours. Regardless I'm still going to fail this midterm, hopefully with the rest of the class so I'll at least be close to the average... just praying that I'll do well enough on the final project to pass. I hate this class.
Sadik Aruoba ECON325 Expecting an A+ jjjnmk 11/13/2015	Aruoba is clearly knowledable about the topic that he's teaching, but makes the class kind of difficult. Problem sets aren't really a problem, they're pretty easy, and very doable. It's the tests where he really gets you. The class requires a little bit more math and optimization than a lot of people in ECON are comfortable with, so that's something to watch out for. If you understand the math, you'll probably be fine. I had a 75% average in exams for the semester, and that ended up being an A+. His grading policy is set up so that an average student will come out with a B.
Sadik Aruoba ECON325 Expecting an A TerpLegacy 02/24/2015	Profesor Aruoba is not an easy Professor by any means. He will make you work for your grade. That said, he curves and the average student walks away with a B. The average on midterm one was 38, on midterm two 36 and the final around a 50 so you can see how large the curve is. He is approachable during office hours and will answer any questions you may have. Problem sets took time but were graded loosely. Exams were difficult. You really need to know your stuff or you will get steamrolled. I also found his exams to be too long for the amount of time we had. Good professor overall. Very knowledgeable and brings current real world economic events into the classroom. Discussion sections are mandatory but I found them very useful. I just didn't like the fact that we had several discussions that were actual lectures taught by the TA's. In a nutshell: tough professor, tough exams, lots of optimization functions, lots of reading plus required articles that the professor provides, very challenging exams and problem sets. Hopefully you will learn. The kid that posted a review below and said this class was easy is either a genius or the professor's teaching style has changed dramatically since then.
Sadik Aruoba ECON325 Anonymous 05/23/2012	He basically lectures off of his slides and base his exams on the slides/previous exams. You don't really have to read the book. His lectures are extremely boring and makes discussion sections mandatory. Participation and 5 problem sets counts as 15% of your grade. The problem sets were difficult but as long as you put a decent amount of effort in it, you will receive full credit. The first exam that we had was extremely unfair because he barely went over the materials so the class average was a 36%..After the first exam, he wrote the next exam and the final similar to exams from previous years...but nonetheless, they were still difficult. As a result, the averages for the second exam was a 56 and the final was a 52. The best part about his grading policy is that if you score around average, you will get a B. If you score above average, you will push your grade up to an A-. That was what happened to me...i got a 47, 70, and 63 for all the exams and received perfect scores on all of my problem sets..I ended up with an A-. His curve is HUGE! If you can put up with his boring lectures and challenging exams, you should consider taking this class.
Sadik Aruoba ECON325 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/29/2008	Class was really easy. You could probably not go to a single class and get an A if you understand the models. Lectures can be sleepy at times, but Aruoba really does know what he's talking about. Homework sets optional and generally easy. Course requires some basic algebra and partial differentiation - we used the same math for each derivation but some people still didn't get it, which really hurt their test scores. If you get the math, you should get an A.