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ELENA WEST

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Raw average: 1.00/5 from 1 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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ENVIRST/F&WECOL/ZOOLOGY 360
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
She will not slow down during lectures nor does she provide the notes after lecture, so unless you can write at a pace of 50 words per second, you will not be able to have enough notes to pass. She does not communicate testing procedure very well, nor does she publish grading criteria so there is no way to know how to improve. Avoid at all costs.
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Classes with ELENA WEST

No teaching recorded in Fall 2026.

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Fall 2017ENVIRST/F&WECOL/ZOOLOGY 360Extinction of Species
Spring 2017F&WECOL/ZOOLOGY 521Birds of Southern Wisconsin

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