John Chao

4 reviews
Average rating: 3.50

This professor has taught: ECON422, ECON423, ECON623, ECON624, ECON708, ECON709, ECON721, ECON722, ECON808, ECON828

Grades

During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.49 between 689 students*

Grade Distribution+-051015202530354045505560% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 14.8%
A: 23.66%
A+: 20.61%
B-: 5.22%
B: 10.6%
B+: 11.47%
C: 1.6%
C+: 3.19%
F: 0.15%
W: 2.03%
other: 6.68%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.
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John Chao

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04/02/2024		Super good Professor, super detailed in his explanations. I learned a lot!
John Chao
ECON423

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/20/2022		This course is very theory heavy and gives a deeper background and understand in more advanced regression analysis. If you have a strong math background and understood ECON422 this class isn't too difficult. There is 4 problem sets with each containing 5 questions. The questions consist of derivations, basic regression arithmetic, and actual coding problems. The PowerPoints from class that John provides give all the understanding necessary to do the coding and math problems for homework. Overall class isn't too difficult the problem sets take roughly 5 hours each, and office hours are very useful if you're confused.
John Chao
ECON423

Expecting a B
Anonymous
05/10/2022		This course was way more math focused than it needed to be. While he does a good job explaining concepts, there are many times where he would overexplain something simple. The material became more confusing than it needed to be. The class itself was easy as long as you're good with mathematical proofs. He only grades on four problem sets for the whole semester. No exams.
John Chao
ECON422

Expecting a D
Anonymous
05/13/2014 This review was automatically imported from OurUMD. It was not manually verified and may not follow our review standards.		Quite possibly one the worst Econ professors I have had and that is saying a lot. He teaches straight from power point and has a heavy accent. He also say "mhmkay" between every other word that makes it difficult to follow. If you are like me and statistics dont come easy, get a another professor.