Stephen Wong - Concordia University, Montreal, QC

Professor: Stephen Wong

Department: Business

College: Concordia University, Montreal, QC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: FINA481
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Really tough grader, exams are harder than what he taught us.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: FINA415
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He is extremely rude, arrogant and condescending. Do not bother going to see him at his office hours because not only will he not give you tips on how to study properly for his exams but he will try to convince you to drop his course and make sarcastic remarks to bring your confidence down. He enjoys making students' lives miserable like his!!!!!!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: FINA481
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Avoid this teacher at ALL COSTS (even if this is your only class left to graduate). Reading his notes and handout problems will have you think that you are fully prepared for his exams but they are simply not sufficient. His exams are in a way that only straight A students and those with a lot of outside class knowledge will somehow manage to pass.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: FINA415
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Avoid at all costs for all the reasons mentioned below. I would never take this prof again in the future.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: FINA395
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Wonderful professor and a fantastic personality. Would definitely take him again!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: FINA395
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Took for 395 in the summer. Was good because he dropped the last chapter, but still tough grader. Notes are riddled with mistakes and he is hard to reach outside of class. Would not have passed if it weren't for itech. Avoid Wong.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: FINA415
• Grade Received: D+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Stephen Wong was by far, the worst teacher I have had at JMSB. Rude, responded to questions by insulting students or telling them what they asked didnt matter. He also uses handwritten notes, scanned by somebody in the class uploaded as pictures, on the class forum. Nightmare of a course. Avoid Avoid Avoid Avoid

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: FINA410
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Brutal. Brutal brutal brutal. Professor Wong's class is like taking a step back in time. Discourages students from using the textbook (which has up to date and correct methods) and will bog you down with outdated and flawed finance. Mistakes in his notes are too many to count. How is this man even allowed to teach?

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: FINA402
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Its a shame that teachers with Mr. Wong's reputation are not held accountable for their work. This man's problems/solutions/explanations are are full of mistakes and yet students are dismissed for pointing them out. Studying for his exams is like a guessing game, and you'll never guess right because material is not restricted to topics covered.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: FINA415
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Oh man this guy. Usually a teacher is either 1) very knowledgeable or 2) will at least be kind, approachable and try to help. This man is neither. Will answer student questions with statements like "you should know this by now" and fail to provide an actual response - because he doesn't know. You're wasting your time taking for this class.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: FINA402
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

You'll leave his exams feeling like you've studied for the wrong test. Questions seem to be pulled out of nowhere. You could be able to do all of the course problems, textbook problems, and handout problems inside-out - you still wont do well. Doesn't matter if you study 2 hours or 200, you're walking out with whatever Wong decides.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: FINA402
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

It's a bad course made worse by an even worse teacher. Very rude to his students and gets completely flustered if a question isn't directly from his notes. Speaking of his notes, they are riddled with mistakes that he's too careless to fix. Knowledge and methods are outdated...

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: FINA402
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Concordia should be embarrassed to still employ this individual. Complete disregard for students questions, regardless of how insightful. Will assign arbitrary grades with absolutely no criteria or commentary. Will not offer explanations, will not revise. Level of effort is not rewarded, cannot prepare for exams. Learning is basically discouraged.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CFIN403
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Absolutely horrible. You'll be spending more time trying to figure out what's wrong with the notes than actually learning something. Forget about asking questions as if it derails a bit from his notes, he won't be able to answer. After 35 years of teaching, you would think that he would have learned a better way of teaching.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: FINA415
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Funny teacher -exams are his notes but with tricks -nobody asks questions in class because he's mean -explanations are so bad, I'm sure even he wouldn't understand himself -M&A's are one of the coolest topics in finance and he manages to make it SOOO boring. -first test is the most fair, so get your marks early. Often ends class 30 min early

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: FINA481
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Stephen actually is not a bad as you guys mentioned.... I am an exchange student. His lesson is quite clear and straight to the point. It is quite to understand the theory which I have learnt in Hong Kong. It's my favourite course in here!! Sometimes he might be rude, but just for the stupid questions only.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: FINA415
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He is an amazing teacher... most people hate on him, but for me he was quite easy to follow. His notes do have a bunch of mistakes, but his midterms and finals are carbon copies of his class problems, although with a few curve balls thrown in there. At least I never had to show up to class and just had to work my way through his notes. Fits w/ work

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: FINA415
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Worst teacher I ever had !! he is really rude ,does not respond to emails . can't say one good thing about this teacher

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: FINA415
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

WHERE TO START? First, don't expect to ask him questions because he's very rude, next his lectures have many mistakes, his handwriting is very hard to read, he sometimes doesn't know what he himself is doing or saying. His tests are hard!! IN SUMMARY: AVOID ! AVOID! AVOID! AVOID!

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: FINA415
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If you want an easy course or learn best by regurgitation of end of chapter problems, do not courses with him. Very limited material.. no textbook, but his own typed lecture notes and problems.. However, he is a solid, straight to the point teacher and if you come to class and do the work you'll probably gain something from his classes.