# ALAN SORENSEN — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## instructor

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### name

ALAN SORENSEN

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### last observed at

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#### quality

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#### difficulty

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## reviews

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    "comment": "I liked him a lot. I wasn't sure what to major in and taking Econ 101 with Sorensen inspired me to become an econ major.",
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    "comment": "His lectures are very similar to the readings which makes them repetitive. The grading distribution for this class is very frustrating (percentile ranking) which makes it hard to know where you stand. (percentiles are only posted after the first midterm). I would take it again, but skip the readings in favor or attending lecture and section.",
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    "comment": "Lectures are unnecessary towards the exams, but some of them were interesting. Homework and exams were super hard for no reason. He makes the grading super complicated as it's based off of quizzes, homework, participation, exams, and then extra credit points. He 100% relies on TAs to teach the vast majority of the content that appears on the exams.",
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    "comment": "Pretty engaging lectures and very manageable in terms of homework. By no means was this class easy but if you go to lecture and study you should be fine. Finished with an AB even after averaging around a 75 on each exam so the curve is pretty generous. ",
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    "comment": "Professor Sorensen is a great lecturer. They were engaging and entertaining. My only complaint is he doesn't go in depth into the mathematical concepts. He kind of relies on the TA's to do that and the exams are a little more math heavy so I would definitely attend discussion",
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