# JACK PORTER — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/JACK_PORTER--instructor_eb955630f83768cd1e516946) ## Dataset ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### repository twangodev/uwcourses ### schema version 6 ### importer version 7 ### projection id 85abe9ff8837c2c5a134368dcc4cfc85eb723524b21ddeb3d2e953887d2f0c8f ### observed at 2026-09-07T15:55:43.033547+00:00 ### built at 2026-09-11T07:45:51.576183+00:00 ### courses 8951 ### current instructors 5754 ### limited false ### terms * 1272 * 1264 * 1262 * 1254 * 1252 * 1244 * 1242 * 1234 * 1232 * 1224 * 1222 * 1212 * 1204 * 1202 * 1194 * 1192 * 1184 * 1182 * 1174 * 1172 * 1164 * 1162 * 1154 * 1152 * 1144 * 1142 * 1134 * 1132 * 1124 * 1122 * 1114 * 1112 * 1104 * 1102 * 1094 * 1092 * 1084 * 1082 * 1074 * 1072 ### term 1272 ### departments | subject | count | | --------- | ----- | | AAE | 90 | | ABT | 20 | | ACCTIS | 36 | | ACTSCI | 14 | | AFAERO | 10 | | AFRICAN | 87 | | 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The final was extremely hard. Having a good TA is crucial, especially for the 2nd half. Know going in that there are only 3 grades: problem sets 25% (8 of them, drops worst), midterm 30% & final 45%. ", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1630460", "quality_rating": 3, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:35:20.657291+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTI0ODk5OTk1", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1630460", "instructor_name": "Jack Porter", "course_label": "310", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2015-05-25 21:19:01 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Professor Porter can be confusing at times. Some of his lectures seem very repetitive while some are hard to follow along. He is interested in the pure math behind statistics so it can be tough to stay interested if that isn't your goal.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1630460", "quality_rating": 3, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:35:20.657291+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTI0ODIwNzQ5", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1630460", "instructor_name": "Jack Porter", "course_label": "310", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2015-05-13 15:55:56 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Pray that you have a good ta or be an amazing independent student. He is the worst professor I have had on campus. His tests mention things he spent less than 3 minutes on per lecture. 45% of your grade is the final. He should not being teaching a required course. 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