Pat Sells - Missouri State University

Professor: Pat Sells

Department: TBD

College: Missouri State University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: QBA237
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

One of the worst classes I've ever had. The lectures really don't help you understand and he goes off on a tangent 7/10 times. He "answers" questions by beating around the bush. I am a straight-A student and great at math and am having to drop this class because there is just no way possible to pass this class. STEER CLEAR!!!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: QBA237
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I dont recommend taking him online. He just posts powerpoints with no further explanation. He is not great at answering emails. He is very short and not willing to give a lot of help. It came to the point that classmates were emailing the entire class for help instead of him. If you do not learn well on your own QBA online with sells is not for you

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: QBA237
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Let me start this off by saying the following: I have a 3.8 GPA. I attended all lectures before the virus and enjoyed the class. Review: I have never seen a professor so unprofessional. He gives zero cares in his zoom classes. He helps none. Officer hours are laughable. Hes condescending in emails. MSU should fire him, but tenure saves him.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: STA237
• 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:

Absolutely horrible teacher. Avoid at all costs.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: QBA600
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Took his online stats class. He's absolutely unclear as to what you need to know for tests. His lectures contradict the book. Sometimes he asks content questions but never answers them in his lectures as if we're supposed to know the answers for the test. Some test questions aren't specific enough. He's just not good at communicating.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: QBA237
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

First of all, Pat Sells is a great guy. If you take the time to meet with him or take his seated class, you'll probably have a good time. I, however, took his online class. The grade is determined almost entirely by the tests, and the homework provided does little to prepare you for them. If you want to pass his online class; schedule meetings.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: QBA237
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Pat is an awesome professor to take seated. Lectures are very entertaining but he can get off track with stories. Not a lot of points outside of tests. The tests are open note except the first one. The last test is a group test. Go to class and print off the powerpoints to work through them with him. Final is optional!

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: QBA237
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Very tough course especially for a required pre-req. He gets lost in his own stories most of the time and finds it funny when multiple answers in his power points are wrong. Would not recommend. Hes a sweet guy but a tough grader with very few points outside of tests and online quizzes per chapter.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: QBA237
• Grade Received: INC
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This teacher didn't realize till half way through the semester that the audio in his presentations didn't work. He then sent his students a link to make the audio work which ended up not working either. All there was to use to study was very vague power-points that would be much more helpful with audio. Super unprofessional on his parts

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: QBA237
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Take this from a 4.0 student, TAKE ANOTHER PROFESSOR. Hardest class I have taken at missouri state as a junior. Homework is plentiful, but exams are extremely difficult. They are open note. Homework is worth almost nothing in terms of overall class points.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: QBA237
• Grade Received: D+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

ABSOLUTE WORST TEACHER AT MISSOURI STATE!! im warning you right now do not take sells he does not know how to teach and the tests and homework are actually impossible. hardest class ive ever taken and im barely passing.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: QBA337
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Worst online class. Doesnt respond to emails at all. Even in the discussion board. You dont get to know your grade through the semester because he waits till the end to manually grade everything. Lectures dont do any justice so you have to teach yourself everything. Id avoid him if you can.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: QBA237
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Taking this as a senior and is by far the worst class and professor I have ever had at Missouri State. 4 tests at 100 points each then only about 100 points for quizzes but not sure cause he doesn't make any sense. The first test is not bad but the rest is about 25 questions @ 4 pts each no partial credit and dont count on him to help you.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: QBA237
• 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:

DO NO TAKE THIS CLASS ONLINE WHATEVER YOU DO. It will be the worst mistake you make. I had to drop otherwise I would have failed. I will be taking this in person with a different professor last year. HORRIBLE ONLINE CLASS. Avoid at all costs. There are no sound to the lectures, so you can't even learn. This class made me so frustrated.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: QBA237
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Absolutely terrible professor. I had taken his online course and it was an atrocity how hard it was. He offers hardly any material to study with and reads off of powerpoint slides that are more broad than the exams are. There was an exam that I had studied 8 days for and there were things on the exam that weren't on the slides. DO NOT TAKE THIS!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: QBA237
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Pat turned out to be one of my favorite professors. He is very nice and definitely wants everyone to pass his class with an A. You do need to go to class because he explains the material and does lots of examples that will be VERY HELPFUL on the tests. To do well, just make sure you are participating and doing the things he says to do.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: QBA237
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

His test are nothing like his quizzes. He's very fast to replying to emails but when you get 1 on 1 help if you don't know an answer he gets upset with you. Taking him online was the worst decision ever. He just reads off the slides for his lecture presentations. No help at all.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: QBA237
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Pat Sells was an amazing teacher. The coursework is hard and he will definitely make you work for an A, but I would highly recommend him to anybody who has to take Statistics (unless you hate class participation, because if you aren't willing to yell "Go team" at the end of every lecture, you'll start to resent him a little bit :P)

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: QBA237
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Pat Sells is a fantastic professor. This class is difficult because it involves using a significant amount of math skills. Sells is excellent at explaining formulas in a way that enables students to easily understand. His lectures are incredibly organized. He is also extremely organized on Blackboard. Tests are challenging but not impossible.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: QBA237
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Seems like a decent choice to take for on campus class but online HE IS HORRIBLE. He has one assignment before each test that are worth a max of 10 points, even though some of the assignments are 30+ hard questions. You are lucky to get a response if you e-mail him a question and the tests are all over the place. Take him in person or not at all.