He is smart and cool. This class was very easy. Test questions were simple. Excel projects were straightforward and taught worthwhile features of Excel. He covers everything during lectures. His notes and practice problems were easily accessible. Homework on Achieve is very forgiving and quite easy. Very forgiving grading policies. No essays.

Honestly one of the best professors I have had at UCSB. His class was very structured and organized and it was easy to stay on track. Would definitely recommend!

Econ1 was a straightforward class with Benzarti. He makes it clear at the start of the year that lectures are not required, but you should go if you tend to do better in a lecture setting rather than just reading the material yourself. Contacting Benzarti directly is very difficult, but the TAs provide just about anything you could require.

We all love Prof. Benzarti!!!!!!! To survive, do the following: 1. Watch lectures; do not procrastinate 2. Start at least two days ahead of midterms and start grinding all old exams. Time yourself. Make sure to understand concepts, not just the formulas/shortcuts. 3. The class starts getting fast-paced and difficult after midterm 1, be prepared.

Benzarti was super fair with his grading. As long as you either attend his lectures or watch Hartmann's lectures (posted on gs) you should understand the content. Make sure to do all the problem sets and the practice midterms too; they'll really help when you take the midterms and final. Benzarti is very fair with his content, and an A is doable.

I am glad to take Prof Benzartis 10A. His class is straightforward and the tests are fair. Even if you mess up with one of the midterm, you will still be fine if you ace the Final.

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ECON 10A is a stressful course but Benzarti can make it easier for you. He will tell you which part will be on tests and which part is important. His lectures are better and clearer than Hartman's recorded. Also, if you want to get a high score, go to CLAS and get more practice. That will be really helpful.

His lectures are far better than the recorded lectures by Hartman. He actually teaches and emphasizes what's important and will be tested. His tests are not too hard if you put in effort studying. 10A is stressful when you have a bad prof, but Benzerti is great. He is chill and nice and makes easy tests. Strongly recommend.

I LOVE PROF BENZARTI! His exams are really straight forward if you do your past papers and practice exams thoroughly! worked really hard for it but it is do-able with Prof Benzarti!!

He's supppper chill. 100% recommended. HE WILL ACTUALLY GIVE EASY TESTS WHEN HE SAYS HE'S GIVING EASY TESTS.

Benzarti is an amazing professor. When he teaches lectures, he highlights the important material and makes it very clear what we really need to understand. 10/10

Love prof Benzarti. He is very sweet and is passionate about teaching econ. Tests are very straight forward and as long as you do the problem sets and practice exams you will succeed in this class. Overall he is a great teacher.

Prof Benzarti is a very caring and patient professor. The class is really interesting and not very hard if you have R/STATA background. Even if you don't, the instructions given on the homework is clear enough. The grading is very generous!! Overall this is a good class if you are interested in data related courses!

entire grade is based off of 4 coding projects, one is dropped and they grade pretty generously! TA handles everything p much, the lectures are very conceptual and do not help with the projects. you should have prior experience with R or STATA, otherwise the class will be a bit difficult for you initially.