# Jerry Yin — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## instructor

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### name

Jerry Yin

### email

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#### quality

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#### difficulty

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    "comment": "Professor Yin's lectures are disorganized and it is pretty difficult to follow him during lecture, especially he tends to not finish his sentences. His exam questions also pick on specific things that are briefly mentioned in lecture even though he says to just focus on the main ideas.",
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    "comment": "He's an amazing scientist, but not that great a lecturer. Hard to follow his ideas, very disconnected. His slides aren't helpful either, organizing the material for yourself is the only way to do well on his exams. His exams are the hardest in the course, the questions are very vague and are not always conceptual.",
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    "comment": "He's a brilliant scientist and is willing to talk to you about any academic problems you have. He's not the best lecturer and will takes awhile for him to get a point across. He also writes most of the exams and they are pretty tough. He tells you to know the main idea, but the exam questions expect more detail. ",
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