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David Ravetch
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Professor Ravetch is a great teacher he makes a boring subject tolerable with his entertaining lectures. His courses are very demanding but it is not impossible to get a good grade in his class. Make sure you do all of the homework and review the course reader and you should do fine.
Professor Ravetch is a great teacher he makes a boring subject tolerable with his entertaining lectures. His courses are very demanding but it is not impossible to get a good grade in his class. Make sure you do all of the homework and review the course reader and you should do fine.
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Winter 2016 - I hold Professor Ravetch in high esteem and regard. I have taken Management 1B three times. I failed three times. I gave it everything I had but I felt like maybe there was some skill missing that was not allowing me to continue in accounting. I went into Ravetch's class with a 3.4 GPA in 2011 and came out with 2.8 in 2016. It made me re-assess everything in life. I dropped out of UCLA during this time trying to figure out what was missing. I would never blame the Professor for my short-comings as a student but I am embarrassed to have come out with such low grades time and time again. He is the first Professor to fail me. It did have a psychological effect which I don't know if it may replicate in others, but it's definitely a good thing. I went to a community college and took a Math Assessment Exam to see where I stood. I was placed into Pre-Algebra. So, suffering from a severe handicap in my math skills and given Professor Ravetch is one of the greatest mathematical minds you will ever come across, I deduct that I was not on par with the standards this Professor requires. I have been in college since 2006 and at UCLA since 2010. For me, Professor Ravetch has the toughest exams ever (if you do not come from a mathematical mind-set). I recall the first exam, watch out how he phrases the Revenue Recognition question. I could not figure it out during office hours. I strongly recommend you prepare for the Market Capitalization or PE Ratio question which is very easy but use algebra and be 100% SURE OF YOUR WORK. I felt like quitting so many times or just getting a no pass deal but it seemed like taking the coward's way out. As the class proceeded, things got rougher for me. I was totally lost when it was Flexible Budget and Taxation. I recorded all his lectures and went to his class no matter what. I learned so much from his lectures but unfortunately I have not been able to translate it to a proper grade. Regardless of the fact that I am a few days from graduation, I feel like I don't deserve my B.A for the fact that I could not do better in this class. It has haunted me and continues to. I intend on returning to take his Management 1B course as an Extension class. I have enrolled in mathematics courses at my community college with the sole goal of passing his class one day. I have never earned so many F's in my life, I am in too deep. Professor Ravetch has permanently attracted me to accounting and for that I am eternally grateful. This is the best Professor I have ever had in my life. These failures have emboldened me to pursue accounting in order to one day pass his course. I feel like Professor Ravetch embodies the Bruin spirit. I am honored to be failed by him. My highest respect to those who did well.
Winter 2016 - I hold Professor Ravetch in high esteem and regard. I have taken Management 1B three times. I failed three times. I gave it everything I had but I felt like maybe there was some skill missing that was not allowing me to continue in accounting. I went into Ravetch's class with a 3.4 GPA in 2011 and came out with 2.8 in 2016. It made me re-assess everything in life. I dropped out of UCLA during this time trying to figure out what was missing. I would never blame the Professor for my short-comings as a student but I am embarrassed to have come out with such low grades time and time again. He is the first Professor to fail me. It did have a psychological effect which I don't know if it may replicate in others, but it's definitely a good thing. I went to a community college and took a Math Assessment Exam to see where I stood. I was placed into Pre-Algebra. So, suffering from a severe handicap in my math skills and given Professor Ravetch is one of the greatest mathematical minds you will ever come across, I deduct that I was not on par with the standards this Professor requires. I have been in college since 2006 and at UCLA since 2010. For me, Professor Ravetch has the toughest exams ever (if you do not come from a mathematical mind-set). I recall the first exam, watch out how he phrases the Revenue Recognition question. I could not figure it out during office hours. I strongly recommend you prepare for the Market Capitalization or PE Ratio question which is very easy but use algebra and be 100% SURE OF YOUR WORK. I felt like quitting so many times or just getting a no pass deal but it seemed like taking the coward's way out. As the class proceeded, things got rougher for me. I was totally lost when it was Flexible Budget and Taxation. I recorded all his lectures and went to his class no matter what. I learned so much from his lectures but unfortunately I have not been able to translate it to a proper grade. Regardless of the fact that I am a few days from graduation, I feel like I don't deserve my B.A for the fact that I could not do better in this class. It has haunted me and continues to. I intend on returning to take his Management 1B course as an Extension class. I have enrolled in mathematics courses at my community college with the sole goal of passing his class one day. I have never earned so many F's in my life, I am in too deep. Professor Ravetch has permanently attracted me to accounting and for that I am eternally grateful. This is the best Professor I have ever had in my life. These failures have emboldened me to pursue accounting in order to one day pass his course. I feel like Professor Ravetch embodies the Bruin spirit. I am honored to be failed by him. My highest respect to those who did well.
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Summer 2020 - Obviously Ravetch is a good professor but because of the required curve for management, this class is not a guaranteed A like bruinwalk says. I got an average of 97% and was just about over the threshold. I think that if you were to get a 96% averaged on all the different homework problems (which are online) you would still finish with an A- so be warned. However, the class is good because its really easy to get an A if you just follow directions. Everything is based on homework so its extremely important to double check and make sure your Excel spreadsheets you turn in are correct. My friend has an internship in IB and the pivot tables vlookups we learn are exactly what he does at his job so if you want to go into finance this class is great and extremely important. Ravetch wasnt always organized in this class because sometimes his videos didnt match up to the spreadsheets he shared with us. But basically what I did was I watched all his videos, skimmed the chapter in the book, did the hands on problems, all the book problems he told us to and I was prepared to get a 100% on the majority of the tests (2 per chapter). TLDR: not an easy A bc of the curve but very useful class for future finance careers
Summer 2020 - Obviously Ravetch is a good professor but because of the required curve for management, this class is not a guaranteed A like bruinwalk says. I got an average of 97% and was just about over the threshold. I think that if you were to get a 96% averaged on all the different homework problems (which are online) you would still finish with an A- so be warned. However, the class is good because its really easy to get an A if you just follow directions. Everything is based on homework so its extremely important to double check and make sure your Excel spreadsheets you turn in are correct. My friend has an internship in IB and the pivot tables vlookups we learn are exactly what he does at his job so if you want to go into finance this class is great and extremely important. Ravetch wasnt always organized in this class because sometimes his videos didnt match up to the spreadsheets he shared with us. But basically what I did was I watched all his videos, skimmed the chapter in the book, did the hands on problems, all the book problems he told us to and I was prepared to get a 100% on the majority of the tests (2 per chapter). TLDR: not an easy A bc of the curve but very useful class for future finance careers
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Winter 2020 - This class did not fulfill any major requirements for me-- I just took it because I wanted to learn about finance. I'm pretty disappointed to say that I didn't learn too much. This class goes over a broad range of topics (buying a house, car insurance, credit cards, stock market, etc.) The thing is that each week/lesson goes into something new, and no topic is given enough depth, so in the end you learn such little information that you might have been better off just looking it up online. He teaches each new topic by bringing in a guest speaker who works in the field, but the only thing is that many of the guest speakers aren't teachers and some of them really didn't seem that prepared to give a lecture. You feel like you're in some random presentation or even a marketing pitch for their company as opposed to an actual class where you're learning practical information. Also, he computed the grades in such a way that even if you got an A based on points alone, you would not necessarily get an A in the class. The syllabus does not tell you how he will grade the class, it does not tell you how much any of the assignments or projects are worth, you don't know anything until you get the grade. I really thought I was doing fine in the class until I got a B+ at the end (for reference, I've never gotten anything lower than an A- in any other class at all 4 years of university, even much harder classes like computing or chemistry) I will say that there was a few highlights where I did learn something I considered valuable. Additionally, the professor does seem to be really caring and passionate about the class. But if you want to take it and it's not a requirement for your major, I would take it pass/no pass.
Winter 2020 - This class did not fulfill any major requirements for me-- I just took it because I wanted to learn about finance. I'm pretty disappointed to say that I didn't learn too much. This class goes over a broad range of topics (buying a house, car insurance, credit cards, stock market, etc.) The thing is that each week/lesson goes into something new, and no topic is given enough depth, so in the end you learn such little information that you might have been better off just looking it up online. He teaches each new topic by bringing in a guest speaker who works in the field, but the only thing is that many of the guest speakers aren't teachers and some of them really didn't seem that prepared to give a lecture. You feel like you're in some random presentation or even a marketing pitch for their company as opposed to an actual class where you're learning practical information. Also, he computed the grades in such a way that even if you got an A based on points alone, you would not necessarily get an A in the class. The syllabus does not tell you how he will grade the class, it does not tell you how much any of the assignments or projects are worth, you don't know anything until you get the grade. I really thought I was doing fine in the class until I got a B+ at the end (for reference, I've never gotten anything lower than an A- in any other class at all 4 years of university, even much harder classes like computing or chemistry) I will say that there was a few highlights where I did learn something I considered valuable. Additionally, the professor does seem to be really caring and passionate about the class. But if you want to take it and it's not a requirement for your major, I would take it pass/no pass.
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Summer 2020 - I took Personal Finance through Sport. This is, by far, the best class I have taken thus far at UCLA. Besides Professor Ravetch being very excited about what he is teaching, he gives practical information. The guests he has lecture each week on the topic that week are experts in the field and extremely knowledgeable. It is a lot of work as it is a summer course, but the work isn't hard. It was very manageable and would be even more so during the academic year. Because it was online, the quizzes were through the textbook site. Much of it was common sense. If you put effort into each assignment like budget, home purchasing, auto loans, insurance, etc. - you will get so much out of it. I have already used what I learned in investments about aggressive vs. passive investing and have benefited greatly from it. With the online textbook, you have the option to pay $30 more and get the binder version. I did that and will keep that as a reference, as it has great information that you can use throughout life and careers. I would HIGHLY recommend this course and this professor. For this particular class, he uses a sports twist, so many of the speakers are affiliated with some type of sports business or non profit, or team.
Summer 2020 - I took Personal Finance through Sport. This is, by far, the best class I have taken thus far at UCLA. Besides Professor Ravetch being very excited about what he is teaching, he gives practical information. The guests he has lecture each week on the topic that week are experts in the field and extremely knowledgeable. It is a lot of work as it is a summer course, but the work isn't hard. It was very manageable and would be even more so during the academic year. Because it was online, the quizzes were through the textbook site. Much of it was common sense. If you put effort into each assignment like budget, home purchasing, auto loans, insurance, etc. - you will get so much out of it. I have already used what I learned in investments about aggressive vs. passive investing and have benefited greatly from it. With the online textbook, you have the option to pay $30 more and get the binder version. I did that and will keep that as a reference, as it has great information that you can use throughout life and careers. I would HIGHLY recommend this course and this professor. For this particular class, he uses a sports twist, so many of the speakers are affiliated with some type of sports business or non profit, or team.
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