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Brian Lawrence

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Raw average: 4.57/5 from 35 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Math-222 · course not matched
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
Lectures are beyond boring. He is a very bad lecturer and it is very easy to get bored and distracted in his class. Just doesn't care about students.
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Math-222 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Amazing lecturer, brilliant dude. Whenever he was asked a question, he would explain it in a way that made perfect sense. His exams were straightforward and easy if you understood the content. I can't recommend this professor enough. His teaching style made this class way easier and way more fun than it should have been.
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Math-222 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
Great lecturer especially for math 222, and clearly lays out tough concepts. Would 100% take again.
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Math-222 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Goated calc 2 professor, made hard concepts seem easy. Lectures were very helpful if you read book before, really reenforces what you read and makes it clear. Definitely take.
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Math-222 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Brian Lawrence was a good lecturer and a nice guy across the board. I saw him walking by my dorm once and he recognized me and said hi. This was one of the greatest moments of my life. Thank you Brian.
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Math-222 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 1/5
Amazing Professor! He knows the material well and makes a notoriously difficult class much simpler and easier to understand. I greatly appreciate his lectures and office hours.
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