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Reviews881
Professors53
Quality4.02
Difficulty2.93
Difficulty rank#23
Quality rank#6

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Department rating summaries

Highest ratedHilary Raymond ↗4.35
Highest reported difficultyAkira Suzuki ↗3.73
Lowest reported difficultyMartin Sulzer-Reichel ↗2.21
Highest rating relative to expectationsJulie Baker ↗0.33
Most disagreement in ratingsRicardo Ramos-Tremolada ↗1.51

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53 professors · All time · 1+ reviews
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Professor ratings

Hilary Raymond

Languages · 35 reviews

Quality
4.7/5
Difficulty
2.4/5
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4.35
Adjusted difficulty
2.70
Alpha
0.24
Rating spread (SD)
0.68
Yvonne Howell

Languages · 32 reviews

Quality
4.5/5
Difficulty
2.5/5
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4.23
Adjusted difficulty
2.78
Alpha
0.22
Rating spread (SD)
0.92
Angel Otero-Blanco

Languages · 25 reviews

Quality
4.6/5
Difficulty
2.2/5
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4.23
Adjusted difficulty
2.64
Alpha
0.13
Rating spread (SD)
0.77
Olivier Delers

Languages · 30 reviews

Quality
4.5/5
Difficulty
2.3/5
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4.20
Adjusted difficulty
2.63
Alpha
0.08
Rating spread (SD)
1.07
Lidia Radi

Languages · 25 reviews

Quality
4.5/5
Difficulty
2.6/5
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4.18
Adjusted difficulty
2.84
Alpha
0.12
Rating spread (SD)
0.87
Thomas Bonfiglio

Languages · 60 reviews

Quality
4.2/5
Difficulty
3.0/5
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4.11
Adjusted difficulty
3.01
Alpha
0.15
Rating spread (SD)
1.12
Julie Baker

Languages · 55 reviews

Quality
4.1/5
Difficulty
3.7/5
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4.06
Adjusted difficulty
3.57
Alpha
0.33
Rating spread (SD)
1.01
Dixon Abreu

Languages · 46 reviews

Quality
4.2/5
Difficulty
2.8/5
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4.05
Adjusted difficulty
2.89
Alpha
0.04
Rating spread (SD)
1.07
Ted Peebles

Languages · 38 reviews

Quality
4.2/5
Difficulty
2.5/5
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4.04
Adjusted difficulty
2.72
Alpha
-0.01
Rating spread (SD)
0.89
Martin Sulzer-Reichel

Languages · 35 reviews

Quality
4.1/5
Difficulty
1.7/5
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4.02
Adjusted difficulty
2.21
Alpha
-0.24
Rating spread (SD)
0.94
Kathrin Bower

Languages · 22 reviews

Quality
4.2/5
Difficulty
3.9/5
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4.00
Adjusted difficulty
3.54
Alpha
0.30
Rating spread (SD)
0.85
Sharon Feldman

Languages · 35 reviews

Quality
3.9/5
Difficulty
3.1/5
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3.88
Adjusted difficulty
3.14
Alpha
-0.04
Rating spread (SD)
1.31
Lorenza Marcin

Languages · 21 reviews

Quality
3.8/5
Difficulty
2.9/5
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3.78
Adjusted difficulty
3.04
Alpha
-0.07
Rating spread (SD)
1.30
Aurora Hermida-Ruiz

Languages · 24 reviews

Quality
3.7/5
Difficulty
3.5/5
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3.75
Adjusted difficulty
3.33
Alpha
-0.09
Rating spread (SD)
1.20
Sara Pappas

Languages · 44 reviews

Quality
3.7/5
Difficulty
3.4/5
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Adjusted quality
3.72
Adjusted difficulty
3.32
Alpha
-0.08
Rating spread (SD)
1.20
Kasongo Kapanga

Languages · 29 reviews

Quality
3.7/5
Difficulty
2.8/5
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Adjusted quality
3.72
Adjusted difficulty
2.97
Alpha
-0.25
Rating spread (SD)
1.45
Akira Suzuki

Languages · 34 reviews

Quality
3.6/5
Difficulty
4.1/5
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Adjusted quality
3.69
Adjusted difficulty
3.73
Alpha
0.04
Rating spread (SD)
1.35
Ricardo Ramos-Tremolada

Languages · 26 reviews

Quality
3.3/5
Difficulty
3.7/5
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Adjusted quality
3.50
Adjusted difficulty
3.45
Alpha
-0.19
Rating spread (SD)
1.51
Marianella Belliard

Languages · 27 reviews

Quality
2.6/5
Difficulty
4.1/5
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Adjusted quality
3.13
Adjusted difficulty
3.69
Alpha
-0.39
Rating spread (SD)
1.36
Alaa Magableh

Languages · 1 review

Quality
5.0/5
Difficulty
2.0/5

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Alicia Lopez Opere

Languages · 2 reviews

Quality
5.0/5
Difficulty
2.5/5

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Alvaro Kaempfer

Languages · 14 reviews

Quality
3.4/5
Difficulty
3.2/5
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1.34

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Boston Woolfolk

Languages · 19 reviews

Quality
5.0/5
Difficulty
2.6/5
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Brantley Nicholson

Languages · 5 reviews

Quality
5.0/5
Difficulty
1.8/5
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Caitlin Giustiniano

Languages · 4 reviews

Quality
5.0/5
Difficulty
2.3/5

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Carlos Valencia

Languages · 18 reviews

Quality
3.9/5
Difficulty
2.7/5
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0.76

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Caroline Weist

Languages · 18 reviews

Quality
4.2/5
Difficulty
3.4/5
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1.04

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Catherine Adoyo

Languages · 1 review

Quality
2.0/5
Difficulty
3.0/5

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Claudia Ferman

Languages · 12 reviews

Quality
2.0/5
Difficulty
4.2/5
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1.54

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Dieter Gunkel

Languages · 18 reviews

Quality
4.1/5
Difficulty
3.4/5
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1.49

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Dulce Lawrence

Languages · 17 reviews

Quality
2.3/5
Difficulty
1.8/5
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1.16

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Elena Prokhorova

Languages · 3 reviews

Quality
5.0/5
Difficulty
3.0/5

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Francoise Ravaux-Kirkpatrick

Languages · 17 reviews

Quality
3.6/5
Difficulty
2.1/5
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1.37

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Gengsong Gao

Languages · 6 reviews

Quality
4.5/5
Difficulty
2.7/5
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0.55

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Jannette Amaral-Rodriguez

Languages · 12 reviews

Quality
3.2/5
Difficulty
3.4/5
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1.11

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Jianru Yang

Languages · 1 review

Quality
5.0/5
Difficulty
1.0/5

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Jie Yao

Languages · 3 reviews

Quality
4.3/5
Difficulty
1.3/5

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0.58

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Juidth Buchanan

Languages · 12 reviews

Quality
4.4/5
Difficulty
2.6/5
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0.90

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Jumana Al-Ahmad

Languages · 5 reviews

Quality
5.0/5
Difficulty
2.6/5
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Kamal Gasimov

Languages · 6 reviews

Quality
5.0/5
Difficulty
3.5/5
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ProfessorQualityDifficultyReviewsAdjusted qualityAdjusted difficultyCompare
Hilary RaymondLanguages4.662.43354.352.70
Yvonne HowellLanguages4.502.53324.232.78
Angel Otero-BlancoLanguages4.562.20254.232.64
Olivier DelersLanguages4.472.27304.202.63
Lidia RadiLanguages4.482.56254.182.84
Thomas BonfiglioLanguages4.222.95604.113.01
Julie BakerLanguages4.153.71554.063.57
Dixon AbreuLanguages4.152.76464.052.89
Ted PeeblesLanguages4.162.47384.042.72
Martin Sulzer-ReichelLanguages4.141.66354.022.21
Kathrin BowerLanguages4.183.86224.003.54
Sharon FeldmanLanguages3.913.11353.883.14
Lorenza MarcinLanguages3.762.90213.783.04
Aurora Hermida-RuizLanguages3.713.46243.753.33
Sara PappasLanguages3.683.39443.723.32
Kasongo KapangaLanguages3.662.83293.722.97
Akira SuzukiLanguages3.624.06343.693.73
Ricardo Ramos-TremoladaLanguages3.273.65263.503.45
Marianella BelliardLanguages2.634.07273.133.69
Alaa MagablehLanguages5.002.001——
Alicia Lopez OpereLanguages5.002.502——
Alvaro KaempferLanguages3.363.2114——
Boston WoolfolkLanguages5.002.6319——
Brantley NicholsonLanguages5.001.805——
Caitlin GiustinianoLanguages5.002.254——
Carlos ValenciaLanguages3.892.7218——
Caroline WeistLanguages4.173.3918——
Catherine AdoyoLanguages2.003.001——
Claudia FermanLanguages2.004.1712——
Dieter GunkelLanguages4.113.4418——
Dulce LawrenceLanguages2.291.7617——
Elena ProkhorovaLanguages5.003.003——
Francoise Ravaux-KirkpatrickLanguages3.592.1217——
Gengsong GaoLanguages4.502.676——
Jannette Amaral-RodriguezLanguages3.173.4212——
Jianru YangLanguages5.001.001——
Jie YaoLanguages4.331.333——
Juidth BuchananLanguages4.422.5812——
Jumana Al-AhmadLanguages5.002.605——
Kamal GasimovLanguages5.003.506——

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