class isnt really useful, make sure you do old exams and you'll be fine

Wrote a ridiculously hard final. Got 80% and 100% on the midterms so I was okay, but seemed like the FRQ questions on our final were harder than almost any of the previous tests available for practice. Make sure to do well on midterm 1, everything after that is much harder.

The final sucked the soul out of my body after getting 8/10 and 10/10 on the midterms. Hope the professor or the department is going to do something about it. Nothing like the practice ones; no cost minimization, no utility maximizing, and no profit maximizing-- just pure random word vomit from the depths of some forbidden problem bank.

10A is difficult no mater what, but I really liked how he has sooo many practice exams to go through. If you do all of them twice and you are confident on the practice exams there is no reason you can't pass this class. You just gotta put it the time cause about half of you will fail so take that class seriously.

Econ 10 with him wasn't as hard as people make it seem. Midterms aren't bad if you study and put in the work. Lectures weren't that boring and tried to interact with the students.

Bro is actually so funny

I took him Fall 2022, course was tough but also everyone expects that going into it. Review old tests and study a lot and you'll be fine. Deschenes is probably the best econ professor I've had at UCSB so far and explained the topics of 10A pretty well. good luck

GO TO CLAS. 10A does not depend at all on the professor. They just read off the slides. CLAS highly reccomended.

Awesome professor! 10a is a super difficult class but he is a great lecturer and a fair grader. Definitely take his class for 10a!

deschenes is a good professor. his lectures are helpful but his slides are even better - you can never show up to lecture and easily get an a in the class. his tests are really straightforward, and spamming old practice tests will make sure you do well.

Lectures are decent but are not super helpful. I like how both of our midterms are MCQ only so we don't really need to study the short response questions. Finals are tough though. Make sure to sign up for CLAS and do ALL practice exams from the past. As long as you do all the practice and understand it you will be fine.

He is a very funny and good professor but the class itself is psychologically taxing. In my experience the first two exams were fine if you do the practice exams but the final was very hard and different from the practice exams

Lecture is not the best. CLAS is the key to the class. They cover all the chapters/topics. Go over all the previous midterms. They give you great insight into the type of questions you will see for your exams. There will be two midterms in the class and a final. The second midterm is the one that most students find difficult.

He is the man! ECON 10A is a PITA for econ related majors, but if you (unfortunately) have to take it, go ahead and take it with Prof. Deschenes. He really cares about his students and answers all the questions patiently.

Finished with an A+... That being said, I definitely had to work for it.

The goat. He made 10A very easy and accessible, I can't believe some of these other ratings honestly. Of course, you have to put the work in yourself, but it's 10A, what did you expect?

This quarter has been so much better than I expected. Prof. Millner is an awesome guy and he really tries to make the information interesting. The material is hard but as long as you go to CLAS and do the practice tests, you will be fine. Most of the material you have to learn independently, but CLAS was a huge help for me.

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Millner is absolutely awesome!!!! I believe his exams are completely reasonable, and his lectures are jam packed with information that's described in a rather eloquent manner. Im shocked he has such a low rating on rate my professor, those complaining should definitely not be Econ majors! Put in the work, and Millner will match you! 10/10

Horrible.

Prof Deschenes is a compassionate professor, but this class is really just independent work. Do EVERYTHING that is assigned, if not more. The content in this class is straightforward, they just make the class hard to pass with the weights and shortness of the tests. Prof Deschenes is a cool guy, this class is just a pain.

Lectures and book weren't really helpful. DEFINITELY go to CLAS!!!! 2 midterms worth 20% each and final worth 45%. Best way to study is by doing all past exams provided. His teaching was decent but content was difficult.

One of the hardest lower division courses at UCSB for sure. Two midterms and a final make up most of your grade. Lectures are all posted online from when Hartman did the course during covid, content is exactly the same but I would attend lecture regardless. Deschenes is a cool guy.

10A is a hard class, but this prof makes it a little bit easier. Generally cares about his students and wants us to do well. Tests are hard. There will be one midterm that you do well on, the other you will fail, then final is a bit easier. Go to CLAS, office hours, do every practice test and worksheet that is available to you.