George Hay - Cornell University

Professor: George Hay

Department: TBD

College: Cornell University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ECON3800
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Very knowledgeable and respected professor. As long as you're keeping up with the readings and show up to class, you'll have a good time in the course.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ECON3805
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Took both of his classes - Competition Law and Economics and the Law. Highly recommended - one the best professors and leans more on the law side than Econ and incredibly knowledgeable with a fantastic experience. You just need to do case briefs (can be copy pasted) and you MUST go to class but if you put the work you can do well.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ECON3805
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Prof. Hay is a legend: smart, experienced, passionate, real. Best class I've taken on this campus. However, Prof Hay has no sort of supplementary material for lectures so you really have to listen to him in lecture because besides the cases, it's all that can help you for exams. He doesn't hold your hand through the class but it's not unreasonable.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: LAW4021
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Love this guy 10/10 would recommend. Took both his courses.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ECON3800
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Hay is absolutely fantastic. You'll learn more in this class than perhaps any other law class for undergraduates. You don't even have to read the cases - just read the summaries on casebriefs since the exam is analysis-based and on concepts. Essentially, attend all the lectures (you'll be very sorry if you miss one) and make good guides.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ECON404
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Very moody. On a good day, he can be great and inspirational.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: GOVT3800
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Really knowledgeable professor. I like him a lot and will take his Competition Law & Policy class next semester (Econ 3805). Read lots of court case summaries. A few exams, but they are all manageable.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: LAW4021
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Huge expert in his field: funny, great lectures, really cool stories. The socratic style of the class is enough to scare anyone into reading all the cases before class, but he never assigned more than 45 minutes of reading per class. The only negative aspect was the lack of clarity when it came to what to expect for exams and papers and grading.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ECON4040
• 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:

Hay can be kind of demanding, but that's because he takes the course seriously and expects his students to do the same. If you really get into his class you can get a lot of it.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: LAW4021
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Really knows his stuff. Fairly tough class.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ECON404
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Had this professor twice. First time was excellent... one of the best (yet most demanding) courses I've taken. However, the second time, he was extremely hostile. When going to his office for help, the guy was just rude... on more than one occasion! He can really flip, for very little reason.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ECON404
• 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:

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Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: LAW402
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This course was quite difficult, especially for 3 credits. Hay is an amazing teacher - I don't think I've ever learded so much over the course of a semester. Do the reading.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ECON404
• 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:

Great Teacher, the most interested I have ever been in Economics. Be prepared to wite 2 16 page papaers. Still... one of my most favorite classes.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ANTITRUST
• 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:

Really really good lecturer, full of interesting and relevant stories, great sense of humor, very smart, can be kind of a hard ass.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ECON404
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

It's not the easiest class, but if you do the reading you'll do fine. The professor has a hilarious dry sense of humor and knows the subject cold. Professor Hay runs the lectures well and they are always entertaining.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ECON404
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Wonderful teacher. Intimidating socratic method, but he is fair. Interesting material and lectures. DO THE READING!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ECON404
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

One of the most interesting classes I've had at Cornell, although the Socratic method can be a little daunting at first. Readings aren't that bad either.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ECON404
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Fantastic teacher. He aims to teach you the relation between Economics and the Law and succeeds. Class requires a lot of reading in that he calls on you randomly to see if you did it. Lot of work + Hard Midterm + Easy Final = Good Grade = Great Class

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ECON404
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

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