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FABIAN WALEFFE

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Raw average: 2.43/5 from 116 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 3212026-04-10

Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5

I am going to graduate school to pursue a phD in math. I got a C in Fabian's class. And he likes to pretend like all his students are the problem. Oh no Fabian, you are the problem. A bunch of math, physics, and aerospace majors did not get a C in your class because they are not trying. This class is impossible.

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MATH 3212026-02-16

Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5

bad. mean.

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MATH 3212026-02-16

Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5

I wonder why a bunch of math, physics, and aerospace engineering majors all get a C in this class..... is it because the students don't try very hard? Or because Fabian makes the exams impossible bc he gets joy out of everyone saying his class is hard...

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MATH 3212026-02-16

Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5

Not good, avoid.

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MAT321 · course not matched2026-02-06

Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5

20 drawings: the best way to master complex analysis in less than two weeks with no book, 2025, Chernobyl. Pig Latin from a regurgitated math book. Eaten by a Yak and bought a flea market in Siberia. 10 random problems that have no relevant content. No TA took his class.

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MATH 3212026-02-04

Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5

I see Fabio's comment. HIS WIFE Leslie Smith is another department chair. All his relatives with the last name Waleffe brag they got a 4.0 in his AMEP program. HE IS SHOWN WRITING HIS OWN REVIEW BELOW. He left UW Madison and was professor at Brown University when his son attended. Grade distribution is bimodal from him cheating the class.

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Classes with FABIAN WALEFFE

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Term	Course	Title
Spring 2026	ME 890	Phd Research and Thesis
Fall 2025	MATH 321	Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Spring 2025	MATH 321	Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Fall 2024	MATH 320	Linear Algebra and Differential Equations
Fall 2024	MATH 321	Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Fall 2023	MATH 321	Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Spring 2023	MATH 320	Linear Algebra and Differential Equations
Spring 2023	ME 601	Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
Fall 2022	MATH 321	Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Spring 2022	MATH 320	Linear Algebra and Differential Equations
Fall 2021	MATH 321	Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Fall 2020	MATH 320	Linear Algebra and Differential Equations
Spring 2020	MATH 320	Linear Algebra and Differential Equations
Spring 2020	MATH 321	Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Fall 2019	MATH 322	Applied Mathematical Analysis 2: Partial Differential Equations
Spring 2018	MATH 321	Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Fall 2017	MATH 321	Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Fall 2016	MATH 321	Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Fall 2016	MATH 801	Topics in Applied Mathematics
Fall 2015	MATH 321	Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Fall 2014	MATH 321	Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Fall 2013	MATH 321	Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Fall 2013	MATH 990	Reading and Research
Spring 2013	MATH 320	Linear Algebra and Differential Equations
Spring 2013	MATH 990	Reading and Research
Fall 2012	MATH 321	Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Fall 2012	MATH 990	Reading and Research
Fall 2011	EMA 700	Theory of Elasticity
Fall 2011	MATH 321	Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Fall 2011	MATH 699	Directed Study
Spring 2011	MATH 321	Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Spring 2011	MATH 801	Topics in Applied Mathematics
Fall 2010	MATH 321	Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Spring 2010	MATH 321	Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Fall 2009	EMA 700	Theory of Elasticity
Fall 2009	MATH 321	Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Spring 2009	MATH 321	Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Spring 2009	MATH 704	Methods of Applied Mathematics-2
Fall 2008	MATH 321	Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Spring 2008	MATH 321	Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Fall 2007	MATH 321	Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Spring 2007	MATH 321	Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Spring 2007	MATH 990	Reading and Research
Fall 2006	MATH 321	Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus

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