# JACOB TOOTALIAN — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

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### built at

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### current instructors

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### term

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### departments

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| SRMED     | 21    |
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| SURGERY   | 25    |
| SURGSCI   | 33    |
| THEATRE   | 91    |
| URBRPL    | 60    |
| UROLOGY   | 5     |
| ZOOLOGY   | 89    |

## instructor

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### source

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### name

JACOB TOOTALIAN

### first observed at

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### last observed at

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### ratings

#### review count

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#### quality

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#### difficulty

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#### quality count

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#### difficulty count

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#### profile id

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#### courses

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### courses

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## history

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## timeline

None recorded.

## term

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## courses

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## reviews

### items

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    "comment": "One of the best professors I ever had. You will learn a lot in this class that can be applied to your education or career. Take this class!",
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    "comment": "Jacob was one of the best TA's I have had. He was extremely nice and helpful and he was willing to meet outside of office hours to help me. Take him if you need a TA!",
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    "comment": "I had a good time in this course, and the teacher was cool. I got the feeling some people in the class did not like their ideas being challenged, jsut wanted to be told that they were right. That was annoying.",
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