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Hao Shen

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Raw average: 3.16/5 from 25 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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What students say

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MATH 635
Quality 1/5Difficulty 3/5
As is typical for the Math 500+ professors, I got nothing out of Hao's lectures. Get ready to teach yourself out of the textbook.
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MATH 222
Quality 1/5Difficulty 3/5
He was very distant from his students and had no personality. Also, he was not understanding if you had any conflicts or illness. I was in the hospital and he insisted I still take the exam that day.
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MATH 222
Quality 2/5Difficulty 3/5
bro cannot do a single problem without skipping steps and not full explaining. really feels like you have to already know what's going on to understand sometimes. dry as a desert. made a funny joke about the derivative of lecture attendance being negative though :)
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MATH 222
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Super awesome. If you clearly follow what he said during lecture, full GPA is TOOOOO easy
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