May 16, 2004

Gulati, Sunil Silver_nugget
[W1105] Principles of Economics

Please keep in mind that this review is more than 5 years old.

One word to describe this professor: WOW!!!! Sunil may quite possibly be the best professor I'll have in my entire Columbia undergraduate experience. I did not like econ at all, and even though I wasn't terribly good at it, he will make you love it! Not forcefully, but he is such a fantastic guy and a wonderful professor. Having a 9 am class is tough, but after a few minutes you're wide awake and enjoying the lecture. After class, feel free to go up to him and talk, he is very fun to chat with. It's also cool because he has a very high position in MLS (major league soccer), and rumor has it he used to play.

The midterm is pretty easy, but the final is very difficult. It is probably the most difficult exam I've ever taken. 23 pages: 40 multiple choice, 12 identification, 12 long answer. Even though it's difficult, take this class just to have him! I will probably audit a class by him because it is such a pleasure to have him as a professor.

Workload:

Weekly homework (10%), Midterm (All Micro--30%), Final (70% Macro, 30% Micro --> 60%)