George Lai - Wilfrid Laurier University - Waterloo

Professor: George Lai
Department: Mathematics
College: Wilfrid Laurier University - Waterloo
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: MA370
  • Grade Received: A+
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
George is a great prof. His notes may be long, but the examples in them are great for studying for labs and exams. Since learning online started, I had time to pause and write down notes, but i know many people just take screenshots. No homework, but for MA370, the assignments were really good a preparing me to any examination.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: MA307
  • Grade Received: A+
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
George is a good prof, I've had him for MA307 and MA370 now. Some people think he goes fast at times but you can always take pictures of what he writes out. His notes are straight-forward with few examples, but those few examples pretty much form his midterm, with some additional thinking and understanding required for some of his exam questions.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: MA205
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Good prof and he's a nice guy. He explains things fairly well, and is willing to help. Midterm and labs were fair, exam was kind of hard though, also it's worth 50% of your mark.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: MA307
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Great instructor for 307. Taught some neat concepts like Numerical Solutions to European Options. While Lai seems like a boring guy, he does in fact provide nice relationships from the book's theory to his own research. Extremely knowledgable in Monte Carlo Methods. Not as good of a teacher for first-year courses, but his upper year courses rock.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: MA307
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Nice prof!
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: MA307
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Good course, good prof, relatively easy midterm, somewhat hard labs, hard but fair final. Lai's office hours really help since no one goes to them.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: MA170
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Could not understand a word he said, so lectures were useless. Easy course, so I learned everything from lab notes and the textbook
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: MA122
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Cant understand what he says. Horrible teacher!
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: MA370
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Nice Prof. Lecture notes are so long like essay, but nice handwriting. Little slow when talking. Knowledgeable in financial engineering and models, very helpful in programming and coding.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: MA122
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
No Comments
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: MA121
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
No Comments
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: MATH121
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
sexiest man alive
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: 121
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
good notes
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: MA121
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Hard to understand. Speaks too quietly. Has a tendancy to write the text word for word. Sometimes has good examples.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: MA121
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
copies text word for word and very hard to understand what he is saying
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: MA205
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Boring boring boring. Hard to understand. He writes the text book...word-for-word.
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: MA205
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Mumbles a lot and very hard to understand at times. He does try to give a lot of examples that try to help clarify what he was taking about in class.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: MA120
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
not good at all
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: MA122
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Mumbles a lot and is very hard to understand. He does not try hard enough to clarify what is saying in class. He is very boring and uninteresting.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: MA240
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Hard to understand, but tries to make things as clear as he can.
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