# ALEXANDER COVINGTON — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## instructor

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### name

ALEXANDER COVINGTON

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    "comment": "This course they give you online video which is super easy which the hw and exams will be super hard. Really a tough grader for hw and provide no feedback. They will not give answer of homework, and no explanation, so you will never understand why you lose points. I decide not to go for 304 because the course is so poorly organized.",
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    "comment": "The workload is unbelievable, the exam is mission impossible. This course is basically online with a well organized short videos and quizzes, but the video is just basic. You need tons of self learning for the HW. Exam covers overwhelm amount of details that you learned by yourself in your HW, they didnt even publish HW solutions!",
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