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MARCELO PELLEGRINI

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Raw average: 4.59/5 from 29 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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SPAN224 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 1/5
Spanish 230*: Marcelo is a G. Genuinely funny at times, lectures can be interesting, graded by 3 exams no homework. His syllabus changed a lot and was not ready for the start of class.
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SPAN326 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Best Spanish profesor I had at UW. Cares about his students and expects students to care about the class in return. He's really good at engaging the class during lecture and making you think critically about what you read/learn.
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SPAN464 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Marcelo is one of the best professors in the Spanish department, 100 percent recommend a class with him (I have taken multiple)! Participation gets you out of your comfort zone, which is perfect to becoming comfortable and better with speaking Spanish
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SPAN326 · course not matched
Quality 3/5Difficulty 3/5
This class and his other classes are like the same thing repeated over and over again. Exact format copied. Downgraded for missing a single class or not talking every single class. Exams are hit or miss, sometimes easy sometimes hard depending what he feels like asking on the essay questions and grading on those is subjective. Wouldnt take another
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SPAN326 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Possibly my favorite professor in the Spanish department! I don't even like literature but he made discussions so fun I looked forward to each class. He's very generous in his exam/paper grading as well. For a full participation grade, you have to speak up once or more in each class, which I found a bit unusual but I appreciate the objectivity.
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SPAN363 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
One of my fav professors, lecture based and graded on exams and papers. Exams are easy if you take notes, I didn't do some of the readings and still got A's on the exams. He is very helpful and is always willing to talk after class, he even gave me an extension once when I was struggling to get my essay in. V cool dude who really loves literature
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