FIN 357 · Business Finance
Principles of finance applied to the whole firm, with particular attention to cost of capital, investment decisions, asset management, and raising funds.
It clicked in class. Until the midterm.
Finance tutoring for Texas students.
FIN 357 is the foundation for every other finance course at McCombs. It focuses on cost of capital, investment decisions, managing assets, and raising funds, and McCombs expects you to carry those tools into everything after it.
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.
Texas
Where students get stuck.
Cost of capital
It ties together everything from bonds to stocks to capital budgeting. If it's fuzzy, the second half of the course feels random.
Accounting running alongside
FIN 357 often runs while you're still in accounting. Gaps there show up quickly in finance problems.
Small setup mistakes
In a strong class, a sign error or a wrong period count can decide a grade. We clean up the setup errors that cost easy points.
How a session works
Diagnosis first. Then the fix.
- 01
Before we meet
Send me what you're stuck on: a problem set, slides, your last midterm, a practice exam, last week's quiz.
- 02
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.
- 03
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.
Is FIN 357 only for finance majors?
No. It's the foundation finance course for McCombs students in every major.
Can you help me prepare for upper-level finance at McCombs?
Yes. A few sessions to lock in FIN 357 material make every later course easier.
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 Texas at Austin. Course names are used only to describe the material we cover.