Paul Estenson - Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN

Professor: Paul Estenson

Department: Economics

College: Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: EM125
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Paul is a bad professor. It's not that he doesn't care about his students or isn't nice, but he's EXTREMELY LAZY. You show up & he talks the whole time. You could probably fall asleep in his class & he wouldn't notice or say anything. He cancels class once every week, doesn't grade anything till the end of the semester. Final was a take home

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: EM101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Paul is pretty cool. He is kind of a mess and all over the place and I wouldn't totally recommend him to someone who doesn't understand economics very well. However, I took this as a prerequisite for my major and the online homework was enough for me to understand the material that he didn't explain well. Overall I really like the guy he's nice

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: EM381
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

While he is an intelligent person, his style of communication and inability to reinforce concepts makes it a class where you literally forget everything about the subject once you take the final.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ECON110
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Tests are easy, lectures are difficult to follow, nice guy.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: EM125
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Paul is a really nice guy. He truly wats everyone in his class to do well. He even set up tutors from upper level Econometrics to help tutor students in the class who were doing worse than they wanted. He has no problem stopping class to help make sure that everyone who wants to understand does and he loves when students come to his office for help

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: EM101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He basically reads you the text. The assignments are not that helpful. I wish I could have had a better prof.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: EM125
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

A useless professor, I learned absolutely nothing from his course. He didn't even try to teach, our final was a take-home final and was only 34 multiple choice questions, still took me 8 hours because I had to teach myself the material while taking it. Very frequently cancelled class for no apparent reason other than laziness.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: EM125
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Estenson is the worst prof at Gustavus. He simply doesnt care. All classes are a joke. there is no textbook, and he grades randomly. The only grade I had to challenge in college was in his class. He cancels class once a week, cannot explain his grading, never assigns homework, and wastes your tuition. DONT TAKE HIS CLASSES!!

Rating # 9

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Always there for help, when i needed help on my final project. Not very hard. Really enjoys regression models.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: EM125
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

poor

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: EM125
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Not sure what this guy does at GAC but it certainly isn't teaching. Misses at least one class every other week (we only meet 3 times a week!!). Can take OVER a month for him to correct a simple test. When I grow up I want to have this guy's job. :P

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: EM125
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

This professor was the worst professor I have ever had. I learned next to nothing and was extremely disappointed I signed up for the class. He showed no interest in what he taught and was very irresponsible in his educational duties to his students. He a disgrace to the campus and should be fired as soon as possible.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: EM125
• 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:

The class was esoteric and forgettable. Not extremely difficult, but the tests, lectures, everything was just something to get through with little benefit. I'll just sum it up this way: other than openness to technology, by the end of the class there really wasn't one part of his instruction that impressed me.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: STATS102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He is easy and nice!

Rating # 15

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Best prof ever. I wish i could take every class with him, he is so helpful and understanding. I learned more from him in one hour than I did in my entire life up to that point. Take him if you can. He is just and awesome and genuine guy, not to mention he is pretty good looking

Rating # 16

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

If your on the GAC golf team. Take any and all of his classes. Make sure he knows your a golfer, and you have an automatic A. My friend had him for Macro, he once said oil 105 times in one class period. He is RETARDED

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: STATSMANALYSIS
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

WORST professor ever! Random grader, incoherent, NO TEXTBOOK (wtf?), not to mention **** and obsessed with golf. Gross, avoid him if and at all possible.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: STATS
• 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:

Worst teacher ever!!!! I thought I'd take a class with him for the easy grade, and I ended up getting a C! I did all the work requested and somehow he randomly grades you. Not to mention he doesnt respond to any questions about anything. Honestly, you really do not want to take a class with Paul Estenson.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: EM125STATS
• 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:

what a crap professor. who the hell gave him tenure? i haven't learned anything (absolutely NOTHING) from his class. He takes forever to grade tests, and doesn't even tell you what you did wrong. His grading seems arbitrary and unfair. He stutters a lot and when he attempts to explains things he's extremely unclear. NEVER take a class with estenson

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: STATSEM125
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Are you F***ing kidding me... What a joke. That walking pile of human excrement does nothing but cancel class and golf. Doesnt explain anything...Unfair grading system, sweats profusely...Wouldnt walk across the street for one of his lectures!