Ralph Cecere - McGill University, Montreal, QC

Professor: Ralph Cecere

Department: Accounting

College: McGill University, Montreal, QC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ACCT455
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Tough grader. I personally would not recommend him if you want to genuinely understand your accounting classes and if you want to pass/get good marks. Don't let his charm fool you cause he's really though during exams. Very low class averages (around 50%).

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MGCR211
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Just your average prof. He does what he has to do i.e. going through the lecture slides in class. A lot of students started to skip towards the end. 2 group projects (cases) that were fairly easy. Midterm and final was pretty easy though. Just do a lot of practice problems from the textbook and *attend the tutorials!*

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ACCT455
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He gives by far the hardest exams in the faculty.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ACCT475
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Just don't.... he really does not care about your gpa let alone your education

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ACCT455
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Tests are completely irrelevant to concepts taught, failing averages on the midterms, does not care about the students

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ACCT475
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Wowwwww.... no comments! Probably the most LAZIEST prof I ever met at McGill. Not available outside class, uses the textbook's slides, teaches irrelevant things in class. On top of that, he gives the HARDEST exams. If you care about your GPA and about learning, I advise you not to take him. I like him as a person, but he sucks as a prof.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MGCR211
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Nice teacher, makes the lecture interesting an worth your time. Exams are straight forward but you have to be ready. Do many exam preparation as they differ from one another. Really knowledgable and will prepare you for the actual accounting world. Read your textbook and do the suggested problems and you will be fine.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CCFC511
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Don't be fooled by Cecere's good looks. A mix of Maks Chmerkovskiy & Robert De Niro, he is overall a good prof. However, be ready for the exams. They were hell & were not really representative of what was taught in class nor of what was read in the textbook. He wants you to do well, but his exams were for more advanced level accounting students.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CCFC512
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

very interesting lectures, very professional and handsome prof, but exams were extremely challenging to me.... I've just passed.... Prof. Cecere is known to be a tough grader. Lectures were a pure pleasure, but writing the exams was a nightmare.... Though, perhaps it wasn't a problem of the prof......

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CCAU511
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

cool lectures but exams are a different thing - they are super hard, lectures do not aid in preparation for the exams, and a presentation is a waste of time for this course...

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MGCR211
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Not a bad prof but there are better ones out there. He goes too fast in his lectures and makes it tough for you to absorb the material properly.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ACCT475
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Principle of Auditing - 20% presentation 15 mins & 5-10mins video & hard copy - 2 midterms class average low - he speeds through or skips slides - hard marker - knowing theory isn't enough.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MGCR211
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

I took this class in my first semester. The prof is humorous and his lectures are informative. If you plan to major in accounting, you'll learn a lot from his intro class. He's also willing to regrade certain questions of your exam without regrading the whole paper. But be prepared to do lots of problems and read through the textbook after class.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MCGR211
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Prof Cecere is a good professor. He is charismatic and makes plenty of dad jokes. He made the material clear, however I don't think I could've done well without the textbook. I'd say you can do well with him, as long as you are willing to put some effort into it.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MGCR211
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Tough grader for sure. He is a very handsome teacher and throws some funny dad jokes here and then. His classes are quite difficult to understand. I often found myself lost during them even with maximum concentration. Then again this course is quite difficult. I made the error to take it during the 1st semester of 1st year!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MGCR211
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Ralph is the funniest Prof I've had at Desautels. He makes dad jokes throughout his lectures which makes his class so enjoyable. His slides are not the best so reading the textbook is a must but he explains most of the material through real life stories so it's super interesting. Do practice exams and textbook problems for midterm and final.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MGCR211
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Nice and funny guy; tries hard to make accounting interesting (jokes, stories, etc.). I found he didn't do a well enough job of explaining/giving examples that were similar to exam questions. Exams were very hard and there is a lot of stuff to memorize. There are also 2 group assignments throughout the term.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MGCR211
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Quick disclosure, I review all profs regardless of performance. Ralph is a great prof, he can be really funny. He is sometimes vague in his explanations, and his slides are often heavy with content from the textbook. His teaching method is great for understanding the concepts, and the class is regarded as the hardest and he makes it manageable.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MGCR211
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

The single worst interaction I had with a prof in 4 years at Desautels. Treated me like a child in my one interaction with him. He chose to curve one of his classes by double what he curved another class even though we wrote the same exam -- gave no explanation, and when I approached him he told me "you're just a student and wouldn't understand".

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CCFC512
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He is a tough grader and the exams are so hard.