Professor: Lee Soderstrom
Department: Economics
College: McGill University, Montreal, QC
Rating # 1
Overview:
- Course: ECON330
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I graduated four years ago from economics, and I can still remember this prof as one of my worst profs in college. Dogmatic, stern, and plays favorites. Biased grading schemes, boring lectures, dictator type teaching style. Avoid at all costs. I also took health economics with sodermizer and again the same dogmatic approach to lectures. Avoid
Rating # 2
Overview:
- Course: ECON330
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
No Comments
Rating # 3
Overview:
- Course: ECON330
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Good at teaching, cannot mark properly, confusing exam questions, and he's not afraid to give you 0 on a 40% question. Does not follow the appropriate grading methods, thus skewing averages, etc. Take the other section, their average is 20% higher than ours!
Rating # 4
Overview:
- Course: ECON330
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.5
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Ridiculous teacher, plays favorites... Very Rude to students...Has a problem with noise and late comers.
Rating # 5
Overview:
- Course: ECON330
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.5
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
This is the worst professor at Mcgill. If you are late you must sit on the floor and you can never go to the washroom. If you want to be emotionally demolished then take his class. I am a very good economics student so don't think I am saying this out of spite. Avoid at all cost. I would rather take an extra year of uni, rather than his class.
Rating # 6
Overview:
- Course: ECON330
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
No Comments
Rating # 7
Overview:
- Course: ECON330
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Avoid at all costs. I am an above average econ major who withdrew after a wasted semester fearing bad grade. Lectures bombard you w/info; I am a fast typist and couldn't get everything down. Exams expect verbatim regurgitation. Extremely unhelpful outside class. I chose him over Handa thinking a stickler was better than a bad lecturer. I was wrong.
Rating # 8
Overview:
- Course: ECON1
- 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:
No Comments
Rating # 9
Overview:
- Course: ECON330
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
THIS HERE IS ONE OF THE WORST ECON PROFS AT MCGILL. KEYNES'S GENERAL THEORY IS HIS BIBLE SO DON'T TRY TO ARGUE THROUGH A NEOCLASSICAL PERSPECTIVE...BEWARE OF HAZARD
Rating # 10
Overview:
- Course: ECON330
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.5
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He teaches slowly and clearly, sure... His class is still pretty tough (harshest grader ever?) and my BIGGEST problem with him is that he is very unhelpful to students who are not doing well (like he takes it personally that I'm not getting an A in his class). In short, soooo unhelpful. Avoid him if possible.
Rating # 11
Overview:
- Course: ECON330
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.5
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I have never been so frustrated or fed up with anything in my life as i have been with this class. A YEAR of writing for 80 minutes nonstop, the man is insane, just keeeeeeps going. The material is so complicated and confusing, notation always changing, and he's heartless. I read the other comments and took the class anyways, DONT DO IT, seriously.
Rating # 12
Overview:
- Course: LABOURECONOMIC
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.5
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Worst teacher ever. I'm writing this 4 years after I graduated becuase just hearing his name makes me sick. DO NOT EVER take him. Even the school make him split his course with another teacher because they knew he was out of control. WORST EVER!
Rating # 13
Overview:
- Course: ECON330
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
PLEASE: consider taking macro with him ONLY if you have NO choice, absolutely NO choice. I hated every second of his class, and I am not the type to complain... don't do the mistake I did and make yourself a favour! the class is awful (its macro, what do you expect?)and the notes are terrible... :(
Rating # 14
Overview:
- Course: ECON440
- 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:
The WORST Prof. I've ever had in my 4 years at McGill. He'd literally stop the lecture and say something awefully bitter to someone who is 5 mins late to class. No mercy on marking of the research paper. Just a bitter man stuck in his own mind set. he's only nice to the "good" students.
Rating # 15
Overview:
- Course: LABOUTECO
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Possibly the least helpful person in the world.
Rating # 16
Overview:
- Course: ECON330D
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.5
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
if you are taking econ330d. do not take it with this piece of &#*@. first of all he is so bitter that he does not allow students to go to the bathroom, his lectures always start early and end late, he will fail you and provides no help because he's bitter
Rating # 17
Overview:
- Course: ECON330
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.5
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
His solution to any problem in the economy is to simply have the govt print more $$. He hasn't read an econ textbook or paper in 20 years and is stuck in the 70's. He still thinks Keynes is the best thing since sliced bread. He's a fu**in looney.
Rating # 18
Overview:
- Course: ECON419
- 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:
Has to be one of the biggest ****s ever. Reminds me of michael douglas in the movie falling down. Do not take his class, he is unfair and doesnt care to help anyone. very bitter man
Rating # 19
Overview:
- Course: ECON330
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.5
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
teaches at a snails pace, explaining the simplest economic concepts forever. exams are about regurgitating his left wing understanding of the maket/economics. Don't think independantly, cause you'll be wrong. Be as specific as possible on exams.
Rating # 20
Overview:
- Course: ECON440
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Soderstrom is a old school teacher. Although he is very hard and demanding, the stuff he teaches is very relevant and helpful. His course is not for the slack, you CAN't skip class!! But if you work hard you will love ECON.
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