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JIGNESH PATEL

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Raw average: 2.82/5 from 11 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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COMPSCI 564
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
He's pretty good at teaching. Learned a lot in lecture. Projects are hard but leaving that class I feel confident I'm good at Databases.
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COMPSCI 564
Quality 2/5Difficulty 5/5
Each project costs significant amount of time, and there are too many redundant and repetitive things. No textbook, however, for most of the topics, it's will be much better to refer to the cow book---he seems like an enthusiastic and knowledgeable professor; however, he actually skipped a lot of essential materials.
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COMPSCI 564
Quality 2/5Difficulty 5/5
Project difficulty vs. amount they're worth does not make sense, class notes are incomplete and there isn't a textbook, no group projects and very few if any functional problem handouts. Professor is knowledgeable but class/projects/exams are arbitrary and lack direction. Too difficult compared to similar classes.
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COMPSCI 564
Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
A very good teacher. He knows the material extremely well. The class can be a bit hard, primarily the projects taking a lot of time. Start early on them, and you'll do well.
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564 · course not matched
Quality 1/5Difficulty 3/5
Enthusiastic instructor. Unclear instructions about what to do for projects, which waste us large amount of time!
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