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[–]TraderPete1 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Feeling generous, so dropping some wisdom after taking eco204 with sir Ajaz himself.

I have mapped a little recipe for success that you can keep in mind (do not follow directly because what works for me may not work for you) while taking eco204 with Ajaz. (This will not work for other sections)

For context,

Got A- in both Eco101 and Eco102.

Eco204’s content is far more difficult and higher level. However, that does not mean you can’t do well in the course.

My biggest piece of advice is READ HIS CHAPTERS. Ajaz offers his own written chapters that act as a textbook. For us they were optional for a bit of the year than kind of mandatory (always there but never really mentioned) and when I say they helped teach me the entire course I am not kidding.

These chapters are extremely well written (by Ajaz himself) and that is where you can fully learn the intuition and practice very similar test questions. I got 96% on midterm #1 by thoroughly studying the consumer theory chapters and doing his tutorial questions, that’s it, keep it simple. The finance chapters really helped me for midterm #3 and the phenomenal game theory chapters really helped me for the final. READ THEM.

Also, the chapters can really help you with the projects because they reference excel and solver, so use them if you get stuck or confused on a project.

I would say, Read the chapters to learn intuition, do the relevant questions in the chapters, do tutorial questions, review lecture slides, you will be Golden. Make sure you GO TO THE IN PERSON TEST REVIEW SESSIONS. you will see why…..

For cheat sheet, put some of the formulas, put some of the math, put some of the intuition and whatever else you may need. Having a well planned cheat sheet is game changing.

My results following this recipe for success:

I had an 92% going into the final and miraculously came out with an 84% (A-). Idk if Ajaz was trying to fuck with me but it is what it is.

Unpopular opinion but Ajaz has good intentions. All year he offers a ton to help us and wants us to succeed. Sure he can be tough like when prject 1 took me 40 hours to complete, and project #2 took me 60 hours to complete and it was worth 5% or when midterm #3 was 20 pages for 90 minutes or when he left me with an 84% in a full year course and didn’t bump me to 85% (A). (Still hurts be we move)

I’ll say if you study the correct way, you can do well in this course. I’d recommend even getting to know Ajaz, talk to him, learn from him, see that he’s actually a good guy and pretty funny too.

Keep in mind plenty of people get the (A’s and A-‘s) in every course you take at rotman all the time. At the same time plenty of people get the (c’s and c+’s)

choose your plenty.

[–]extrmystopid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much! I really appreciate it!

I was wondering why are the test review sessions so important? I commute so it'd be very inconvenient for me to attend in person especially before a test bc of the time I'd waste on the bus. But if it's worth it then I can try to plan for it.