David Zalkind - George Washington University, Washington, DC

Professor: David Zalkind

Department: Business

College: George Washington University, Washington, DC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MBAB220
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

While not the greatest professor I do enjoy the critical discussions of the material. There is a lot of ground to cover and he is not able to make students understand everything he is trying to teach. I wouldn't recommend him unless you can devote 4 extra hours a week to his material. Hard class but not as bad as posts lead you to believe.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MBAD220
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Quizzes are given at the beginning of every class.If you are late, you get a zero. I?ve taken stats and calculus before and this class worsened my understanding of the material. This professor assigns hours of book work. How does one learn statistics by defining terms? Not me. This class has made me certain that GW?s MBA program is not for me.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MBAD220
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Prof Zalkind tries hard to get students to think about stats critically, which is great. However, his lectures are inefficient and boring; homework and exams (which are take-home) are arduous. Consider another prof for this class.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MBAD220
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This professor is blatantly disrespectful of students enrolled in his night courses. He assigns unrealistic amounts of homework for students enrolled in the part-time MBA program. He is incredibly offensive and rude. I absolutely do NOT recommend this professor. If he is the only person offering a course, WAIT a semester or two.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MBAD220
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This class was a lot of work for a part time MBA student. Expect to spend at least five hours a week on the homework for this class alone. Take notes in class. We had two take home exams and a pop mini quiz every class.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MBADSECT
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I strongly discourage you from taking class with this Prof. He enjoys belittling his students - not *in* class, but be careful if you ever need clarification or help outside of class!! Also, his entire Ops. Mgmt. class is focused on teaching students Excel functions and very little about theories or practice of Ops. Mgmt.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MBAD200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Worst prof ever - rambling and information provided is not useful - had him for operations and did not learn a thing

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MBAD220
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Not sure if I would describe his personality as abrasive/pompous...more quirky. Agree with the others on homework. More than I expected. Good class overall. Some good takeaways. He tries to make it applicable to students and doesn't focus overwhelmingly on the math. He realizes that most students are required to take it. Wants students to learn.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MBAD220
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Structure/content of class was good. Z teaches Stat not from math persp. but uses a logic-based appr. Expect to spend min. five hours/wk outside of class if you have never taken Statistics. Abrasive personality biggest negative (asked if there were any social science majors to mock).Politicians not professors are expected to be arrogant/pompous.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MBAD220
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I had this professor for both stats and operations mgmt. These were the most practical classes I have taken at GW to date. He teaches you how things can go wrong or be deceiving. A very interesting take on things.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MBAD220
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Good lecturer, always well prepared. A little more homework than necessary, but you will learn the material. Some of us work full time, so I wish he didn't weigh grades so heavily towards homework and "mini-quizzes". I suspect that even if I ace all of the tests I may not get an A. If I'm in a time crunch my job will always come before my homework.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MBAD220
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Zalkind really knows about statistics. He gives you a lot of homework that will help you understand the class.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MBAD220STATS
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Professor Zalkind is demanding and pompous - everything a real professor should be. He doesn't coddle students like the rest of the PowerPoint reading faculty. He's very tough - but also very fair. I was actually awful at stats and found him to be very receptive in helping you if you actually came to see him and were prepared!

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MBAD220
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He will really make you wor for your grade, but his topics were very interesting and methodically presented, with points of view from many sources.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MBAD220
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

One of the worst professors I have ever had.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: OPIM
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Prolly the worst class I have ever taken in my life and he is the most pompous and rude man.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MBAD231
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Doesn't lecture but expects too much.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MBAD231
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Very tough class, learned alot. If you dedicate yourself, u will succeed

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MBAD231
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Quirky, but funny. Used Excel a lot.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MBAD210
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This is the worst professor I have ever had. He was rude and insulting