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Too much work for an intro class","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3063248","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:25:31.593434+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQzMDUzODY5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3063248","instructor_name":"Kristin Branch","course_label":"MARKETNG300","course_id":"MARKETNG 300","course_uid":"course_b5acb9d443607a19cb772ba8","review_date":"2026-05-07 01:12:36 +0000 UTC","comment":"This class was unnecessarily difficult. The chapters you have to read before class take an average 2 hours, and the lectures are basically the same exact information with video examples that she uses for the exams. The exams seem like they would be easy, but each multiple choice question is worth 4 points, so missing a few tanks your grade. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3063248","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:25:31.593434+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyOTkyNDI4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3063248","instructor_name":"Kristin Branch","course_label":"MARKETNG300","course_id":"MARKETNG 300","course_uid":"course_b5acb9d443607a19cb772ba8","review_date":"2026-05-01 03:36:47 +0000 UTC","comment":"I really liked Kristin. Her class is a little challenging but it's not too bad if you attend lecture and read the textbook. You can tell Kristin really cares about her students and was always available to provide feedback and help. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3063248","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:25:31.593434+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyOTc0MjEx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3063248","instructor_name":"Kristin Branch","course_label":"MARKETNG300","course_id":"MARKETNG 300","course_uid":"course_b5acb9d443607a19cb772ba8","review_date":"2026-04-29 21:39:04 +0000 UTC","comment":"There is no reason whatsoever to close practice exams on the day of exam. Tests meant to trick you up. Does she care about her students' grades?????","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3063248","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:25:31.593434+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyOTczMDE1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3063248","instructor_name":"Kristin Branch","course_label":"MARKETNG300","course_id":"MARKETNG 300","course_uid":"course_b5acb9d443607a19cb772ba8","review_date":"2026-04-29 20:21:57 +0000 UTC","comment":"Kristin is truly a great person. She seems like she cares about every student. Lectures are not required for attendance info from them are on the exams. The exams are really difficult and it really isn't her fault. The class is curved to a 3.2 GPA because of the business school. There is a semester long project that isn't too difficult. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3063248","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:25:31.593434+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyODc5OTkx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3063248","instructor_name":"Kristin Branch","course_label":"MARKETNG300","course_id":"MARKETNG 300","course_uid":"course_b5acb9d443607a19cb772ba8","review_date":"2026-04-20 20:12:59 +0000 UTC","comment":"Great teaching style! TAs were very tough graders.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3063248","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:25:31.593434+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyNzI4MjE4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3063248","instructor_name":"Kristin Branch","course_label":"MARKETNG300","course_id":"MARKETNG 300","course_uid":"course_b5acb9d443607a19cb772ba8","review_date":"2026-03-23 22:21:50 +0000 UTC","comment":"Not a good professor. Doesn't write her own exams and questions come from a bank so there is no grading standard (one student could get an easy exam while another gets a hard one). The class is not hard, but since the tests do not cover stuff in class it makes it hard to get a 94 for the A.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3063248","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:25:31.593434+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyNjY2Nzkx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3063248","instructor_name":"Kristin Branch","course_label":"MARKETNG300","course_id":"MARKETNG 300","course_uid":"course_b5acb9d443607a19cb772ba8","review_date":"2026-03-04 21:01:59 +0000 UTC","comment":"She is extremely smart and a good professor in terms of learning. I enjoy her lectures. However, the exam felt like a joke. The grade average for this class can't exceed a 3.2 so she makes purposefully makes the exams totally random and barely related. We spend so much time going over main concepts and they weren't even on it.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3063248","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:25:31.593434+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyNjQyMTE3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3063248","instructor_name":"Kristin Branch","course_label":"MARKETNG300","course_id":"MARKETNG 300","course_uid":"course_b5acb9d443607a19cb772ba8","review_date":"2026-02-25 03:10:37 +0000 UTC","comment":"The class isn't difficult, but the exams are filled with the most random/unrelated questions that make it feel like a trivia rather than something you actually studied. Quite literally any phrase in the textbook is fair game. Her practice exam doesn't prepare you for the actual exam at all. Better to ask Chat to test you than use her resources. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3063248","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:25:31.593434+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyNDIxMzIx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3063248","instructor_name":"Kristin Branch","course_label":"MARKETNG300","course_id":"MARKETNG 300","course_uid":"course_b5acb9d443607a19cb772ba8","review_date":"2025-12-31 11:40:50 +0000 UTC","comment":"Does not look out for the interests of her students.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3063248","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:25:31.593434+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyMzgwNDc0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3063248","instructor_name":"Kristin Branch","course_label":"MARKETNG300","course_id":"MARKETNG 300","course_uid":"course_b5acb9d443607a19cb772ba8","review_date":"2025-12-23 01:59:29 +0000 UTC","comment":"I could care less about grades not being rounded; this is university, not high school. But I've never had a professor this boring/bad. She refused to fix TopHat issues, just read slides, ignored exam questions, and exams included material not in the slides/book. She did very little and showed little concern, by far the worst prof in the B school","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3063248","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:25:31.593434+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyMzY2NDIy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3063248","instructor_name":"Kristin Branch","course_label":"MARKETNG300","course_id":"MARKETNG 300","course_uid":"course_b5acb9d443607a19cb772ba8","review_date":"2025-12-21 07:13:49 +0000 UTC","comment":"Exams were hard but you were allowed notes. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3063248","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:25:31.593434+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyMzMxMjcz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3063248","instructor_name":"Kristin Branch","course_label":"MARKETNG300","course_id":"MARKETNG 300","course_uid":"course_b5acb9d443607a19cb772ba8","review_date":"2025-12-18 18:06:15 +0000 UTC","comment":"Won't change your grade under any circumstances, even if you're an inch away from moving up to another letter grade. Tests were pretty difficult and had many concepts included that weren't taught in lecture (super niche portions of the textbook). Discussions didn't support learning. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3063248","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:25:31.593434+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyMzE5ODU4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3063248","instructor_name":"Kristin Branch","course_label":"MARKETNG300","course_id":"MARKETNG 300","course_uid":"course_b5acb9d443607a19cb772ba8","review_date":"2025-12-18 00:38:44 +0000 UTC","comment":"Unnecessarily hard and unsupportive. Lectures were unstructured and her talking made key concepts unclear. She showed no empathy when I shared mental health struggles after a loss, allows no grade changes, and the curve does nothing for you. Having gone through a multitude of semesters here at Madison I can for sure say she's the most heartless.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3063248","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:25:31.593434+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyMjAyNDEw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3063248","instructor_name":"Kristin Branch","course_label":"MARKETNG300","course_id":"MARKETNG 300","course_uid":"course_b5acb9d443607a19cb772ba8","review_date":"2025-12-12 06:21:31 +0000 UTC","comment":"There are a ton of assignments that make up your final grade and they can be super tedious. Exams are easy because you can have a full sheet of paper for a cheat sheet. There is a TON of reading but overall probably the best marketing 300 teacher. Also there is 2% extra credit offered throughout the semester for filling out surveys.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3063248","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:25:31.593434+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyMTkxMTUw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3063248","instructor_name":"Kristin Branch","course_label":"MARKETNG300","course_id":"MARKETNG 300","course_uid":"course_b5acb9d443607a19cb772ba8","review_date":"2025-12-11 23:18:49 +0000 UTC","comment":"Kristin is a good lecturer and you can tell she cares about her students and wants them to do well. The exams were honestly tough and sometimes big concepts weren't covered in the exams as much as I felt they should have been. The discussions were super helpful for studying and while the lectures weren't mandatory, it helped going a lot.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3063248","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:25:31.593434+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyMTc3ODE5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3063248","instructor_name":"Kristin Branch","course_label":"MARKETNG300","course_id":"MARKETNG 300","course_uid":"course_b5acb9d443607a19cb772ba8","review_date":"2025-12-11 16:36:44 +0000 UTC","comment":"easy material, but read the textbook and know the slides as niche content is tested on. the tests are tricky, so study lots and do well on all other class work. she's a great prof and super passionate. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3063248","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:25:31.593434+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyMTcxNjM0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3063248","instructor_name":"Kristin Branch","course_label":"MARKETNG300","course_id":"MARKETNG 300","course_uid":"course_b5acb9d443607a19cb772ba8","review_date":"2025-12-11 05:46:17 +0000 UTC","comment":"One of my favorites so far! She is so insightful and genuinely cares about how you are doing in the class. If you read the book, take notes, and make a good notes sheet you will get an easy A. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3063248","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:25:31.593434+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyMTM1Nzk2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3063248","instructor_name":"Kristin Branch","course_label":"MARKETNG300","course_id":"MARKETNG 300","course_uid":"course_b5acb9d443607a19cb772ba8","review_date":"2025-12-10 01:48:05 +0000 UTC","comment":"She has a stick up her behind","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3063248","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:25:31.593434+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxODUwNTQ4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3063248","instructor_name":"Kristin Branch","course_label":"MARKETNG300","course_id":"MARKETNG 300","course_uid":"course_b5acb9d443607a19cb772ba8","review_date":"2025-11-12 17:38:19 +0000 UTC","comment":"Activities for points in discussion and one big ind. assign. If you read the chapters and understand them you will be good. The exams are online, in class, and you get one sheet of notes. Kristen loves mkt but lectures very fast and I go for attendance but focus on the book. She will use other terminology than what is in the book which is annoying.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3063248","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:25:31.593434+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxMDkxMTI0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3063248","instructor_name":"Kristin Branch","course_label":"MARKETNG300","course_id":"MARKETNG 300","course_uid":"course_b5acb9d443607a19cb772ba8","review_date":"2025-04-29 21:26:55 +0000 UTC","comment":"She was kind, answers emails pretty quick, and is very helpful in her office hours. One thing is that she kind of raced through lecture, so taking notes was very hard for me. Another thing is that the exams were multiple choice, but one question at a time and you can't go back once you answer one. Maybe that has changed by now, but that wasn't fun.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3063248","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:25:31.593434+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQwNDQwMjU1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3063248","instructor_name":"Kristin Branch","course_label":"MARKETNG300","course_id":"MARKETNG 300","course_uid":"course_b5acb9d443607a19cb772ba8","review_date":"2024-12-26 17:50:03 +0000 UTC","comment":"Kristin made class very engaging and she was very caring! I really enjoyed her lectures. You definitely have to study to do well on the exams, but it's manageable. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3063248","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:25:31.593434+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQwNDM3MTY2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3063248","instructor_name":"Kristin Branch","course_label":"MARKETNG300","course_id":"MARKETNG 300","course_uid":"course_b5acb9d443607a19cb772ba8","review_date":"2024-12-25 23:03:01 +0000 UTC","comment":"Kristin is a very understanding and caring professor. She moved fast through the slides but it was very engaging. The class contained about 30 pages of reading or week. The midterms were fair. There was a 3% extra credit and a pretty easy project worth 25% of the grade. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3063248","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:25:31.593434+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQwNDM1NzM3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3063248","instructor_name":"Kristin Branch","course_label":"MARKETNG300","course_id":"MARKETNG 300","course_uid":"course_b5acb9d443607a19cb772ba8","review_date":"2024-12-25 16:00:19 +0000 UTC","comment":"Kristin was a good professor but it was clearly her first year. Her instructions on things were very confusing. Her lecture slides were also confusing, she uploading one before class and then a different one after. She was very sweet and caring about her studentsTests weren't hard, given 1 sheet of notes, all mc, and one big (pretty easy) project. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3063248","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:25:31.593434+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQwNDI0Nzg3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3063248","instructor_name":"Kristin Branch","course_label":"MARKETNG300","course_id":"MARKETNG 300","course_uid":"course_b5acb9d443607a19cb772ba8","review_date":"2024-12-23 20:08:17 +0000 UTC","comment":"I enjoyed Marketing 300 with Kristin, it was an interesting topic that she was able to make creative during her lectures. I do agree that the PMP project could be reworked as it is very specific and not that useful. The group assignments and things done in discussion classes could also be reworked for the better. The exams are manageable if you try","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3063248","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:25:31.593434+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQwMzg3MjUw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3063248","instructor_name":"Kristin Branch","course_label":"MARKETNG300","course_id":"MARKETNG 300","course_uid":"course_b5acb9d443607a19cb772ba8","review_date":"2024-12-19 22:14:14 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Branch was a very good professor for Marketing 300. She knows what she is talking about, and the examples in class were very interesting to me. However, the guidelines and grading were pretty confusing. And the lecture slides were difficult to understand if you miss a lecture. The exams were written OK, still misleading and confusing.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3063248","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:25:31.593434+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQwMzY3MTk0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3063248","instructor_name":"Kristin Branch","course_label":"MARKETNG300","course_id":"MARKETNG 300","course_uid":"course_b5acb9d443607a19cb772ba8","review_date":"2024-12-18 19:48:54 +0000 UTC","comment":"Marketing 300 is one of the worse classes in the introductory business classes, but Kristin was a great professor. She brought an unparalleled enthusiasm and knowledge to lecture and always made it super fun! The exams are alright and take a lot of studying and the PMP is a useless project but Kristin was a great person and great lecturer.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3063248","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0}]