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One of the best instructor in b school","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2770076","quality_rating":5,"difficulty_rating":2},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:44:34.880096+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxNDE0ODUy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2770076","instructor_name":"David Pelletier","course_label":"GB301","course_id":null,"course_uid":null,"review_date":"2025-06-08 20:31:15 +0000 UTC","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.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2770076","quality_rating":4,"difficulty_rating":5},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:44:34.880096+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQwNTg3NTI5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2770076","instructor_name":"David Pelletier","course_label":"GB301","course_id":null,"course_uid":null,"review_date":"2025-01-22 18:54:59 +0000 UTC","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.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2770076","quality_rating":5,"difficulty_rating":3}],"total":14,"page":1,"courses":[],"matched":true},"socialImage":true}}