Steve Rivkin - Amherst College, Amherst, MA

Professor: Steve Rivkin

Department: Economics

College: Amherst College, Amherst, MA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ECON208
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Rivkin is very smart, knows his field, and provides logical anaylsis of difficult questions. He has little faith in ideology and sees policy decisions as a matter of empirical investigation. I just wish we would have more papers and be more engaged in the material as it is a big class.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ECOED1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Ugh. Boring. Didactic. Don't bother taking econ of ed.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ECON03
• 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:

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Rating # 4

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

one of the worst people i've ever had. completely unhelpful and pompus.

Rating # 5

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

An awful person with a permanent smirk. But a good professor who pushes you to think.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ECO11
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

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