Robert Savickas - George Washington University

Professor: Robert Savickas

Department: TBD

College: George Washington University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: FINA4001
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Start with a 60 and every case you argue successfully brings up your grade. Grading is a bit unclear. Final grade I received was not reflective of there work I felt I put in, and others feel the same, except that they received grades better than they thought they deserved. Not a bad class, but make sure you meet with him about grades early on.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: FINA4001
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Oh god this guys Advanced Financial Management Class is great. Everything is set up as a debate and the class functionally tests everything you've learned in business school since. He takes theoretical stuff and teaches you how they work through practical cases. The debate nature of the class can be a turn off for some but I love it.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: FINA4001
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This rating? Really? I wanna ask every student who has taken his class. Did you really learn something? Tell me if you have.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: FINA4001
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Savickas is the man! Super interesting guy with a great background in finance. The class structure is really great, since you analyze a case every week. Some students put a lot of work into Excel models for the case, but you can get an A by just reading the case carefully and bringing some good ideas to class.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: FINA4001
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

You cannot fail this class. Literally. Everyone starts with a D and it can only go up. Most classes are a case study and you argue either "yes" or "no" to a question. One side wins and their grades go up. It's quite simple. How much work you put in is entirely up to you--a lot or a little.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: FINA4001
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Class is case-based. Read a case, argue your side based on facts from the reading. If your side "wins" you get full credit. If you "lose" you get no credit. Build on your base score each week. Basically everyone gets an A if you just read the cases and participate in chat. Show him you're making an effort and you are golden.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: FIN6223
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

I am taking the investment analysis and portfolio management with Professor Savickas. The midterm scores were just released. The grades are fair I believe. 10 out of 27 got above 90 and 1 got below 50. That sounds to me if you work on it, he gives you A. If you really want a C, he gives you a C.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: FINA6223
• 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:

I doesn't learn anything in his class. He speaks too fast and always talk about material unrelated to class. Finally, giving us a bad grades.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: FINA4001
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Professor Savickas is a really cool professor. He's great on grading and he teaches you how to do case reports and financial reports, and he doesn't ask too much from his students. One of the best professors at GW and hes really fun to be around.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: FINA4001
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great professor, cares about his students and is very reasonable. He's also the funniest prof I've ever had, and class was actually fun! Exams can be easy if you follow the class and take notes, as he focuses on the important points and not on small details. The case reports and project are an easy A as long as your analysis actually makes sense.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: FINA124
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

doesn't teach since the class is based on cases that the students do reports on. B is a guarantee

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: FINA124
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Awesome professor and has a good sense of humor. Makes sure everyone understands what he's teaching before he moves on. Also VERY helpful outside of class. Definitely take him!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: FINA275
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

he is great! :) U will enjoy his classes

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: FIN290
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The best professor in the world. Very accessible, great sense of humor, and gets the concepts across really well.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: FINA123
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

leave it to savickas to make finance understandable and interesting. wish he taught more undergrad classes. best prof i expect to have at gwu.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: FIN126
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The funniest and most interesting professor in GWU. Very understanding and makes something hard easy to comprehend. Want to take my MBA in GW just because he teaches the finance classes.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: FINAN11
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Professor savicksa is always so busy that I can never reach him out of lecture. What he tough us is all referred to Math, Martix stuff. He is a genius but not perfect instructor for investment class.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ECON231
• 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:

CooL

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: FINA323
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr.Savickas made such a heavy Math oriented class easy to understand. He taught us to learn/remember by not cramming the formulae but by understanding the concepts. Some of the "so-called" abstract concepts like GBM,B-S,Wiener process etc., he explained with very easy to remember real life examples. I also learnt a lot during his office hours.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: FINA124
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

This guy likes to have fun. Class is super easy. He'll take care of you.