# Karu Sankaralingam — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

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| URBRPL    | 60    |
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## instructor

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### name

Karu Sankaralingam

### email

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## reviews

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    "comment": "Professor Karu's lectures are fairly engaging and I enjoyed his class way more than I thought I would. But where he really excels is in explaining concepts in just the right amount of depth to fully understand them, without wasting time or making things confusing. So he's very knowledgeable, sure, but he's also just downright great at instruction.",
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    "comment": "Karu is an amazing prof. Lectures are very useful and uploads slide to canvas. He made the class very interesting and learned a lot. Also very easy to get an A in the class so you don't have to worry about your grade, just focus on learning. Exams were similar to homework, and there were extra credits at the end.",
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