FIN 300 · Financial Management
A framework for rational financial decisions, built through examples, problems, and cases.
It clicked in class. Until the midterm.
Finance tutoring for Michigan Ross students.
FIN 300 is where every Ross BBA meets corporate finance, and FIN 302, Making Financial Decisions, builds a similar foundation. Both lean on examples, problems, and cases. If you understood the lecture and still missed points on the midterm, or present value didn't fully land in the first weeks, the next exam is very recoverable.
Private 1-on-1 on Zoom · $250 / hour
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The courses
What we work on.
Bring your slides, problem sets, and your last midterm. We work from your actual course.
FIN 302 · Making Financial Decisions
Time value of money, interest rates, capital budgeting, bonds and stocks, risk and return, portfolio theory and CAPM, then cost of capital and capital structure.
FIN 503 · Financial Management
Present value in depth, valuation of projects and securities, risk and return, and capital budgeting under uncertainty.
Michigan Ross
Where students get stuck.
Cases, not formulas
Ross cases don't tell you which tool to use. We practice spotting the right setup before doing any math.
Risk-adjusted discount rates
Adding risk to capital budgeting is where FIN 503 speeds up. We make the link between CAPM and the discount rate automatic.
Financing effects
How debt changes a project's value is the last topic and often the least practiced. We work examples until it's clear.
Exams that build on each other
In a recent FIN 302 section, the second midterm covered the first eight topics, so early material like time value of money comes back. We repair those first, so the newer chapters have something to stand on.
How a session works
Diagnosis first. Then the fix.
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Before we meet
Send me what you're stuck on: a problem set, slides, your last midterm, a practice exam, last week's quiz.
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On Zoom
You walk me through a problem out loud. It usually takes a few minutes to hear where the reasoning goes sideways. We fix that piece and rebuild from there, so you know why each step works.
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Before we finish
The real test: a fresh problem with new numbers and different wording, the way a midterm would ask it, and you solve it yourself. I don't complete assignments or hand over answers. You leave able to do the work.
Your tutor
Studied it. Worked in it. Now I teach it.
I’m Chi Odogwu. I have a B.S. in Business with a finance specialization from Liberty University, earned summa cum laude in three years, and a Master’s in International Economics and Finance from Brandeis. I tutored IB students in grad school, did valuation and private equity consulting at PwC, taught MBA finance at Florida State, and spent three years as an adjunct professor teaching Business Finance.
Questions
Before you book.
Which calculator can I use on the FIN 302 exam?
In a recent section, a scientific calculator that handles exponents and logs was required, and programmable calculators were not permitted, which rules out graphing models like the TI-84. That means working time value of money with formulas instead of the finance keys. Check your own syllabus, and we practice on the calculator you will bring.
My first FIN 302 midterm went badly. Can I make it up?
Often yes, and it depends on how your section grades. In a recent section, if your final exam percentage beat your lowest midterm percentage, that midterm's weight moved to the final. Read your grading policy, then we plan the sessions around the next exam and the final.
I understood the lecture but missed points on the midterm. What do we do?
We start with your first exam and tag each miss: a concept, a setup, a wording trap, or arithmetic. Most of the recovery is usually in the setup and the question wording, so that is where the sessions go.
Can we prep for FIN 300 before the semester?
Yes. A few sessions on time value of money and valuation make the first weeks much easier.
Do you help MBA students with FIN 503?
Yes. We review the core material and work practice problems at the pace of the course.
Is tutoring allowed under my school's honor code?
Tutoring on concepts and practice problems is generally fine, but policies on graded work vary by course. I don't complete graded assignments. Check your syllabus's collaboration policy, and if you're unsure, ask your professor.
Get started
Bring the problem you’re stuck on.
Tell me your course and what isn’t clicking. I’ll tell you honestly whether I can help.
Book your first sessionOnline Finance Tutor is an independent tutoring service. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. Course names are used only to describe the material we cover.