# Grant NELSESTUEN — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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### name

Grant NELSESTUEN

### email

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## term

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    "comment": "If you get the opportunity to take any of his classes, do it! His lectures are amazing. Theres a lot of written work, but all the material you need to pull from is discussed at length in class. Attendance is not mandatory, but I recommend going anyways as the essays have high expectations. He loves talking to students outside of class!",
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    "comment": "- Don't go to lecture except on Response Paper days when its mandatory \n- Go to office hours for both essays and Final Paper as TA Grades those and is harsh \n- Don't sweat for literally anything else, Grant grades everything a 100% if it isn't complete rubbish\n- Do your journal entries right after posts so you remember\n- Dont buy the books ",
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