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Lepore, Jason

Cumulative GPA: 3.09/4.00 with 23 evaluations
Presents Material Clearly: 2.96
Recognizes Student Difficulties: 3.04

Economics Department, Cal Poly, SLO
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ECON 221 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 9:25 pm, Dec 10, 2012 Report Evaluation		Lepore's a really nice guy and has an impeccable resemblance to Mr. Incredible, but he's not the best teacher. He teaches main concepts in class and has us use this website called Aplia to do homework assignments, but his lectures rarely covered the questions asked on the homework, so I had to teach myself everything. His lectures provide some context about what you're about to learn in the textbook...but it was incredibly stressful for the final because I had to learn EVERYTHING all over again, and his lecture notes weren't that helpful. If you're ready to teach yourself microeconomics, then this class is for you! But out of the other micro teachers, Lepore isn't the worst.

ECON 311 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 5:33 pm, Mar 26, 2012 Report Evaluation		This class was basically Econ 221, except all the concepts were not told to us, instead proven using multivariable calculus. He does a pretty good job teaching the material, except he sometimes expects us to do a lot of the math when we havent had enough math beforehand. Pretty chill dude, and overall good teacher. id take his class again

ECON 311 Senior Grade Earned: N/A Required (Major) 11:29 am, Mar 26, 2012 Report Evaluation		He is a teacher for a specific type of student if you love calc and want to deal with advanced math econ then you'll probably like him. Otherwise he will probably not be the teacher for you. He is not very understanding towards students and doesn't usually seem to care about them. He lectures in a disorganized and very confusing Manet which often left you perplexed at the end of class. He does not communicate well about Econ and if you email him to ask any questions you will be lucky to hear back within a week and not have you're question answered. The pre-classes did not seem to really prepare for class and seemed like time wasting busy work. Did not follow any book so if you didn't get something from lecture you're screwed. Most of your grade is the final but there is also a midterm and 4 homework problem sets. The problem sets are graded on doing them but the midterm and final have some very tricky problems and math calculations. One on the big problems on the final was a big shocker for me as I wasn't sure where it came from. In short you'll either like his teaching and very Kathy style or you won't . Either way good luck!

ECON 403 Senior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 10:24 pm, Mar 22, 2012 Report Evaluation		This class was interesting, but involved lots of calculus that you are expected to be fluent in right from the start. I felt like regular calculus should have been a prerequisite for this course because it involved so much math that business calculus doesn't really give you as good of a foundation in. He was very helpful and friendly in class and in office hours, but his tests were some of the most discouraging I have experienced. I studied extremely hard for both the midterm and the final, and I left both feeling like I had failed them. He does curve a lot, though, which helps. The problem sets weren't that bad - they pad your grade up a little because you basically get credit if you turn them in and show effort. This is an interesting course, but be prepared to put in the work, study very hard for the tests, and still feel like you didn't do well.

ECON 311 Senior Grade Earned: C Required (Major) 5:35 pm, Mar 18, 2012 Report Evaluation		Im an average student majoring in Economics. i took stat252 last quarter and still struggled in this class. He has 4 problem sets, 1 midterm, and a 45% final. Although his curve is huuge his tests still aren't easy. The way he explains the material made me struggle especially since the first few weeks everything was so foreign to me so if you study hard the first few weeks to try to understand all the notation you will be fine.

ECON 221 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 1:26 am, May 23, 2011 Report Evaluation		Lepore's a pretty cool guy. He wants his students to do well and will do what he can to make that happen. If you get an A on the final he'll automatically give you an A in the class (I should've gotten a B otherwise). This class made me decide to get an econ minor.

ECON 221 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 8:26 pm, Apr 12, 2011 Report Evaluation		Lepore is a really cool guy. He writes all the notes up on the white board during class while he lectures so you don't have to worry about remembering what to write down b/c it's always on the board. He presented the material very clearly and even gave practice midterms/finals. The only bad things were that he was horrible at responding to e-mails and also, he seemed to put a few completely random questions on the exams that we didn't even cover in class...it was weird. But besides those things, he is a good professor. I'd recommend him.



ECON 221 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 5:53 pm, Mar 30, 2011 Report Evaluation		Lepore's class was pretty interesting. The first half of material is a lot easier than second half. If you do better on the final he'll change your grade to what you got on the final. The final was pretty hard though. I studied hard and got a B, after pretty easily getting an 88 on the first mid term. Go to class, thats where you'll learn what he wants you to know. Textbook is helpful for clearing stuff up. Made micro way better than my macro class

ECON 403 Senior Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 7:10 pm, Mar 29, 2011 Report Evaluation		Lepore is okay. I was excited to take this class because I heard great reviews. And yes there are fun elements such as games and what not. I just think more students would have grasped the course better if he did not use only abstract examples. He also was sightly arrogant when I would go in for office hours. His office is very unorganized. He also never puts material online until you bug him.

ECON 403 Senior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 9:32 pm, Mar 28, 2011 Report Evaluation		I have had Dr. Lepore for 221, 408, and 403 and he is my favorite professor I have had at Cal Poly. He is willing to work with you on the grading and makes his classes extremely interesting. His classes are filled with mathematics, but guess what, that is what all modern economics is founded on.

ECON 221 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 9:41 pm, Mar 24, 2011 Report Evaluation		Such a great teacher! Try to take him if you have the choice. He hates the book, so he tries not to make you read any of it. He writes on the board with different colored pens which made it super easy and understand, and used funny examples like "if you could only buy beer and pizza..." etc. Funny guy. He really cares about the students and many of the lectures, he writes out examples and you do it yourself or with groups, so you get hands on experience. He makes up his own tests, which almost follow the notes exactly. One midterm, one final, and Aplia homework (which is a waste of time and pretty difficult. He doesn't include your aplia grade if it hurts your overall grade.) Great teacher and I learned a lot.

ECON 403 Senior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 1:06 am, Mar 23, 2011 Report Evaluation		Lepore expected his students to think and apply the general concepts we learned into a more advanced problem. The homework may seem hard at first, but after spending hours struggling and attempting the homework, the answers and concepts became clear when I checked my answers after he posted it up. He made mistakes on his practice exams/answers and took forever to post things up, but those are irrelevant reasons when it comes to grading a professor. When I attended his office hours, he really tried to make sure his students understand the concepts of the model before he even discussed the problem. I enjoyed econ more after taking his class. He's probably one of the main reasons why I might consider going to grad school in econ.

ECON 403 Senior Grade Earned: N/A Required (Major) 12:48 pm, Mar 18, 2011 Report Evaluation		You guys are kooks lepore is the shit...yeah the material is difficult but his exams make you THINK. Everyone needs to grow a pair, take some adderall, and do work cause he can really teach you how to critically problem solve and dissect the components of econ.



ECON 403 Senior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 12:48 pm, Mar 13, 2011 Report Evaluation		He is a really cool guy... But I cant stand being his student. In class, you will be lucky if you get one lecture that actually directly relates to the type of problem you get on hw and in the exams. He teaces the general concepts and then expects the class to adapt and apply these to problems we have never seen before. This can be standard with a lot of teachers on some hard questions on a test, but with this guy, it applies to every hw problem. And then the tests are based off the hws... So, it sounds really easy, because you can just study the hw and practice midterms/finals to prepare for the tests but its not that simple. He doesnt give you the necessary tools to do this. The day that me and my friends started learning was a day or two before the test when he finally posted the answer keys after we emailed him for a week to post them up asap...then, the final came a long and he doesnt even post an answer key for the practice final. This makes it difficult when we cant even check answers on the one useful study tool he provides us with... Hws arent graded and theres one midterm and one final. Overall, he just isnt a great professor despite how bright he is and how nice he is...

ECON 403 Senior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 12:43 pm, Mar 13, 2011 Report Evaluation		I am thoroughly confused on how this professor has such a high rating. Probably because only intro econ students have given him scores. Does not present materials clearly at all. Expects you to be a math whiz, or have taken once of his other classes. Promises to post assignments or practice problems online, then actually posts them a week later, a day before the test. All of his practice materials are horrible, misspellings everywhere, wrong answers all over the place. I think I found 15 mistakes on his practice midterm, and he didn't even give us the answers to the practice final. Does not present the material clearly at all. Never does examples and actually applies what he is "trying" to teach the students. Thought this sounded like a cool class, and I am sure it could be, but I am very disappointed with my experience and would not take it if given the option.

ECON 221 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 8:38 pm, Feb 21, 2011 Report Evaluation		Lepore is a beast. Your grade is based on the midterm, final, and online work. If the midterm or online work don't help your grade he won't include them. I got a 98 on the midterm and thought I did poorly on the final, but ended up with an A. Focus on learning major concepts, then read the book to learn the little stuff for an A. I look forward to taking more classes with Lepore.

ECON 408 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 6:14 pm, Dec 17, 2010 Report Evaluation		Lepore was legit and I want to take 403 with him now too. The first half of class up until the 1st midterm was almost entirely math, and not like calculus or anything, real math. So set theory and proofs. After the midterm, we just played games to demonstrate different situations. The math was pretty crazy, but the final didn\'t include crazy math. Probably one of the more math-demanding 400 level Econ classes, but not bad. Overall, take Lepore, he is a cool guy.

ECON 221 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 12:49 pm, Dec 16, 2010 Report Evaluation		He is a really nice teacher. In class he will make small jokes or use examples with beer and pizza just to kinda wake to class up and keep it fun. Personally I just passionatley hate econ. It is very boring to me so I cant see a way for him to have made it any better. He covers material sorta fast and is writing notes on the board pretty much the whole time but he let us out very early a few times. I didnt work that hard in the begining and got an A on the midterm so I did even less work for the second half of the class which ended up being harder so I got a B in the class after the final. He really bends to grades to help you end up with the highest possible so if you do the homework and reading and study it a fair amount you should do very well. *One thing I noticed though is that he uses different colors because researchers say multiple colors help learning, though there isnt much cordination and meaning to the different colors. It was more just amusing more then anything else.

ECON 221 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 7:27 pm, Oct 10, 2010 Report Evaluation		I had to write this since I saw some dummies down rate this guy and had no idea what they were talking about. I went into this class with a bad impression of Lepore because of them, but Lepore turned out to be awesome. Lepore is a relaxed professor. He\'s also a very straightforward individual whether it\'s during lecture or outside of class. Though his teaching skills aren\'t superb, I still give him an A as a college professor since he\'s the type of professor who everyone needs AT LEAST once in their busy college careers (perfect for you engineers or other majors who just need to get this GE out of the way with a decent grade). His policies aren\'t that strict/formal, and the workload isn\'t that much or hard. The online assignments can be a pain at times, but it\'s still flexible enough that you should be able to finish on time according to your own schedule (especially since he switched to APLIA from MyEconLab that I had to take which sucked). Other than that, his lectures pretty much take up the rest of the quarter other than studying for one midterm and a final. His class is simple to follow: he provides the notes on the board and clarifies/elaborates while you follow along and have questions in between. If you need to miss a class, he doesn\'t care as long as it\'s not an exam day (in fact, he wants you to stay in and sleep if you\'re that tired). Just make sure to get the notes from a friend in class for the days you missed. If I took another teacher for the quarter I had him, I would\'ve been overwhelmed. He provides that nice balance for your schedule with not-too-much-but-not-too-little amount of work so you don\'t feel like you\'re wasting your time either. Take Lepore. He\'s legit.



ECON 221 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 6:54 pm, Oct 2, 2010 Report Evaluation		Lepore was one of my favorite professors that I have had at Cal Poly so far. He presents his material very clearly and provides a lot of energy so his lectures are always interesting. He is very helpful if you every have any questions and gives you a practice midterm/final which are very similar to the real tests. He grades very fair and if you get an A on the final then you get an A in the class. Anyone should take him if they are given the chance and you will not regret it.

ECON 403 Junior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 11:21 pm, May 18, 2010 Report Evaluation		Awesome teacher, super cool guy too.

ECON 403 Junior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 11:24 am, May 7, 2010 Report Evaluation		Lepore is a badass, I don\'t usually write these evaluations but I feel like the got panned by a bunch of disgruntled econ 221 students who may have been the same person. I mean, if you can\'t understand econ 221 by looking at a text you probably have poor problem solving skills. Industrial Organization is legit, a lot of math, but he\'s good at understanding its tough. Cool class, chill guy, generous curves.

ECON 221 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 10:07 am, Feb 26, 2009 Report Evaluation		I really enjoyed professor Lepore's class. He presents material very clearly, and is good at addressing any questions you may have. He is very helpful in office hours. His tests are pretty simple if you go to class and take notes. If you get an A on the final, you get an A in the class, which is also nice!

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