# DAVID PELLETIER — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

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| SURGSCI   | 33    |
| THEATRE   | 91    |
| URBRPL    | 60    |
| UROLOGY   | 5     |
| ZOOLOGY   | 89    |

## instructor

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### name

DAVID PELLETIER

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### last observed at

2025-12-21 04:47:46.589081+00:00

### ratings

#### review count

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#### quality

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#### difficulty

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#### difficulty count

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## term

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## courses

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## reviews

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    "comment": "Total of 400 points go in the gradebook: 120 from open-note quizzes, 30 from discussion posts, and 250 from exams (these make or break your grade). The class is mandated not to have final grades exceed a GPA of 3.2, so B's are easy, and A's are nearly impossible. Grading on essays is very strict. He is highly unresponsive to emails.  ",
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    "comment": "Class was really enjoyable and fun to learn. Clarke was a great TA, and Pelletier made things clear in office hours and review sessions. However, the curve is ridiculous - essentially a free B but an impossible A. ",
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    "comment": "Great professor but exams and quizzes are EXTREMELY difficult. The material is interesting and the TA Clark is very engaging and has helpful insight and experience in the field. Grades are frustrating and it is not an easy A. ",
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    "comment": "Definitely not an easy class but would for sure take again for how much I learned. Very well-organized Canvas page. Lectures are pre-recorded. Discussion help you understand cases. David is easy, caring, flexible for offie hours. Exams hit very different for this class, but makes sense for a law class. One of the best instructor in b school",
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    "comment": "The lectures and quizzes make sense, but the exams are a completely different level of difficulty, especially the written portions. You've got to really put in the effort to remember the content for each of the three exams if you want to do well.",
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    "comment": "Even though this is a challenging class, I would still highly recommend taking it for anyone interested in Business Law. The grade distribution on madgrades is understandably intimidating, but law is a hard field, so it's not like any other law class is gonna be easy. Prof Pelletier is super organized, understanding, and good at explaining things.",
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