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Patrick Convery

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Easiness 3.4 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Workload 4.1 / 5 How light the workload is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Clarity 3.7 / 5 How clear the professor is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Helpfulness 3.8 / 5 How helpful the professor is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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Jan. 1, 2019
Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: A

I suggest doing or at least looking at /all/ of the practice problems (not just the highlighted ones) on the free response and multiple choice questions that the TA's and Convery give out. Tests are extremely fair and straight forward. Excel projects don't take too much time.

Only slight complaint with that some of the practice questions have a fair amount of errors.

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Jan. 13, 2019
Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: A

This was the most straight forward class I have taken as an econ major. Copy the slides (either in lecture or on your own), do the homework problems he highlights, know the practice exams inside and out, and take the tests. He even allows cheat sheets in the exam which is very helpful. The exams are very fair and mirror the type of questions you find on the practice exams and in the homework problems. The group projects in lab are graded on a credit/no credit basis so there's no need to stress if it is perfect or not, just put in effort with your group. I was worried about taking this class based on the reviews before, but Convery must have revamped the class because I thought it was a very useful class and not too demanding of my time. I highly recommend.

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March 13, 2020
Quarter: Winter 2020
Grade: A

excellent teacher. best econ professor i've had at UCLA. can be a bit dry, but he's very straightforward

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ECON 106F
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Dec. 27, 2020
Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: A

I took this class online, although I feel like the format shouldn't be that different on-ground:

Class Grade - 20% Lab, 20% Midterm 1, 20% Midterm 2, and 40% Final Exam. The labs are all excel-intensive labs that elaborate on some of the harder and most important concepts taught in class. Personally I really enjoyed all the labs, since even though they all took quite some time to complete, they were all really useful in terms of actual application of concepts learned in class. The labs are also group-based as well (with up to 4 people in a group) and graded mostly on your solution process and not actual accuracy, so if you get good group members (I fortunately did) and try your best on each one of the labs to show your calculation process, you can definitely get 100% even if some of your numbers are off.

The exams are all super fair and straight-forward; just like a previous review suggested, as long as you do ALL of the homework questions (highlighted AND unhighlighted), you're good on the exams. My TA Julian was also absolutely amazing - he provides his own set of practice problems that are very similar to the textbook problems and go over them in discussions, so you basically get extra practice before each exam. The textbook isn't required, however I found it pretty useful as a quick read before the exams to review all the topics.

Finally, Professor Convery is one of the nicest professors I've ever had - he replies to emails almost always within half a day of sending them, and I always felt more than welcome to come to his office hours and ask for help or just to chat. Definitely would take him again for any Econ class!

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April 8, 2021
Quarter: Fall 2019
Grade: A+

This class was amazing! Convery is super nice and friendly and really looks out for his students, especially if you put in some effort. Pretty easy grader as well.

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ECON 2
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June 22, 2021
Quarter: Spring 2021
Grade: A+

I liked this class. Easy, straightforward tests and relatively interesting lectures made me really enjoy this class. Convery seems really interested in the material and wants all students to do well. Homework counted as 20% and the midterms/final collectively counted as 80% of the grade.

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ECON 103
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Jan. 12, 2022
Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: C

This was one of the worst econ classes I've taken at UCLA, not only does the professor just really not explain anything but he doesnt provide accurate study materials or really support you much throughout. The midterm was reasonable (30%) but the final was obscenely hard and the curve that he applied was not transparent at all, I know of several people who found their grade boosted a significant amount from the curve and others who had no change from their raw score. I don't really understand why the course was set up the way it was but there was really no clear learning trajectory, the professor really just read off pre-written notes (some of which were from previous quarters so he doesn't really update materials) and just generally it was not great. Highly recommend NOT taking 103 with this professor if you can!

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March 14, 2020
Quarter: Winter 2020
Grade: A

Great professor. He is so nice. His lecture is straightforward, and his exams are reasonable. He allows to take a one page notes to exam so that you don't need to memorize all the complicated formulas. He also concern about students, will always listen to students and take their suggestions. Take him and won't be regret

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ECON 2
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Feb. 10, 2022
Quarter: Spring 2021
Grade: A

The class was pretty easy and straightforward. The professor is good but just a very boring lecturer especially with being on zoom. When I took it all tests were online and they were pretty easy.

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June 8, 2016
Quarter: Spring 2016
Grade: N/A

If I had the chance to go back and re-plan my schedule, I would not have taken Econ with Patrick Convery. I think that the material that was taught was interesting but his lectures are extremely boring (and pointless because he puts the lectures up online) and he just reads off the slides. There is no homework in his class but there are suggested reading assignments that no one really does (but I found them helpful because Convery was not helpful at all). There are 2 midterms each worth 25% of your grade and the final that's worth 50% of your grade. I didn't do that well on the fist midterm and when I went to go see him to talk about what I did wrong and to go over the concepts, he didn't really answer my questions and I found the other meetings I had with him were unhelpful. The TA's for this quarter were all very unhelpful and the only recommendations that Convery gave to me was to get a tutor (who cost $70/hour). He also purposefully said that he would make the second midterm and final harder so that there was a larger distribution in terms of grades amongst the class.

I would suggest not to take Econ 1 with Convery and spare yourself the tears and stress.

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ECON 106F
Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: A
Jan. 1, 2019

I suggest doing or at least looking at /all/ of the practice problems (not just the highlighted ones) on the free response and multiple choice questions that the TA's and Convery give out. Tests are extremely fair and straight forward. Excel projects don't take too much time.

Only slight complaint with that some of the practice questions have a fair amount of errors.

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ECON 106F
Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: A
Jan. 13, 2019

This was the most straight forward class I have taken as an econ major. Copy the slides (either in lecture or on your own), do the homework problems he highlights, know the practice exams inside and out, and take the tests. He even allows cheat sheets in the exam which is very helpful. The exams are very fair and mirror the type of questions you find on the practice exams and in the homework problems. The group projects in lab are graded on a credit/no credit basis so there's no need to stress if it is perfect or not, just put in effort with your group. I was worried about taking this class based on the reviews before, but Convery must have revamped the class because I thought it was a very useful class and not too demanding of my time. I highly recommend.

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ECON 103
Quarter: Winter 2020
Grade: A
March 13, 2020

excellent teacher. best econ professor i've had at UCLA. can be a bit dry, but he's very straightforward

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ECON 106F
COVID-19 This review was submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your experience may vary.
Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: A
Dec. 27, 2020

I took this class online, although I feel like the format shouldn't be that different on-ground:

Class Grade - 20% Lab, 20% Midterm 1, 20% Midterm 2, and 40% Final Exam. The labs are all excel-intensive labs that elaborate on some of the harder and most important concepts taught in class. Personally I really enjoyed all the labs, since even though they all took quite some time to complete, they were all really useful in terms of actual application of concepts learned in class. The labs are also group-based as well (with up to 4 people in a group) and graded mostly on your solution process and not actual accuracy, so if you get good group members (I fortunately did) and try your best on each one of the labs to show your calculation process, you can definitely get 100% even if some of your numbers are off.

The exams are all super fair and straight-forward; just like a previous review suggested, as long as you do ALL of the homework questions (highlighted AND unhighlighted), you're good on the exams. My TA Julian was also absolutely amazing - he provides his own set of practice problems that are very similar to the textbook problems and go over them in discussions, so you basically get extra practice before each exam. The textbook isn't required, however I found it pretty useful as a quick read before the exams to review all the topics.

Finally, Professor Convery is one of the nicest professors I've ever had - he replies to emails almost always within half a day of sending them, and I always felt more than welcome to come to his office hours and ask for help or just to chat. Definitely would take him again for any Econ class!

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ECON 106F
Quarter: Fall 2019
Grade: A+
April 8, 2021

This class was amazing! Convery is super nice and friendly and really looks out for his students, especially if you put in some effort. Pretty easy grader as well.

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ECON 2
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Quarter: Spring 2021
Grade: A+
June 22, 2021

I liked this class. Easy, straightforward tests and relatively interesting lectures made me really enjoy this class. Convery seems really interested in the material and wants all students to do well. Homework counted as 20% and the midterms/final collectively counted as 80% of the grade.

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ECON 103
COVID-19 This review was submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your experience may vary.
Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: C
Jan. 12, 2022

This was one of the worst econ classes I've taken at UCLA, not only does the professor just really not explain anything but he doesnt provide accurate study materials or really support you much throughout. The midterm was reasonable (30%) but the final was obscenely hard and the curve that he applied was not transparent at all, I know of several people who found their grade boosted a significant amount from the curve and others who had no change from their raw score. I don't really understand why the course was set up the way it was but there was really no clear learning trajectory, the professor really just read off pre-written notes (some of which were from previous quarters so he doesn't really update materials) and just generally it was not great. Highly recommend NOT taking 103 with this professor if you can!

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ECON 103
Quarter: Winter 2020
Grade: A
March 14, 2020

Great professor. He is so nice. His lecture is straightforward, and his exams are reasonable. He allows to take a one page notes to exam so that you don't need to memorize all the complicated formulas. He also concern about students, will always listen to students and take their suggestions. Take him and won't be regret

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ECON 2
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Quarter: Spring 2021
Grade: A
Feb. 10, 2022

The class was pretty easy and straightforward. The professor is good but just a very boring lecturer especially with being on zoom. When I took it all tests were online and they were pretty easy.

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ECON 1
Quarter: Spring 2016
Grade: N/A
June 8, 2016

If I had the chance to go back and re-plan my schedule, I would not have taken Econ with Patrick Convery. I think that the material that was taught was interesting but his lectures are extremely boring (and pointless because he puts the lectures up online) and he just reads off the slides. There is no homework in his class but there are suggested reading assignments that no one really does (but I found them helpful because Convery was not helpful at all). There are 2 midterms each worth 25% of your grade and the final that's worth 50% of your grade. I didn't do that well on the fist midterm and when I went to go see him to talk about what I did wrong and to go over the concepts, he didn't really answer my questions and I found the other meetings I had with him were unhelpful. The TA's for this quarter were all very unhelpful and the only recommendations that Convery gave to me was to get a tutor (who cost $70/hour). He also purposefully said that he would make the second midterm and final harder so that there was a larger distribution in terms of grades amongst the class.

I would suggest not to take Econ 1 with Convery and spare yourself the tears and stress.

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