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MARISSA LOVING

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Raw average: 4.17/5 from 6 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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MATH 551
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
Prof Loving was extremely friendly and welcoming. She was also a good lecturer, with extraordinarily nice handwriting and illustrative skills.
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751 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Excellent instructor, holds many office hours, and really cares that we understand the material
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222 · course not matched
Quality 2/5Difficulty 4/5
Prof Loving is good sometimes. She is exciting and engaging but she does not explain topics well. I ended up learning a lot of the content on you tube even after going to every lecture and discussion. She is also hard to understand sometimes and makes many mathematical errors that students correct during explanations.
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222 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Was good at lecturing, explained thoroughly about topics, and went through examples. The homework given was a good amount to fully help understand the topics without being redundant. Also had a really good TA that definitely helped me.
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222 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Recognizing that most students will be new to the material, Professor Loving pays attention to building up the intuition behind most concepts in lecture. This was true for topics in integration and vectors. Intuition was less built upon for the topic of series so that's something to put more work into probably. Overall she is a good teacher.
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222 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
Math 222 is a challenging course but Professor Loving does a good job at teaching it. I just wish she wouldn't use the chalkboard because it's hard to see what she writes sometimes. Professor Loving is easy to talk to and posts her notes after every lecture. Make sure you study for exams (84% of grade)
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Classes with MARISSA LOVING

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Spring 2026MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2025MATH 551Point-set Topology
Fall 2025MATH 751Introductory Topology I
Fall 2025MATH 990Reading and Research
Spring 2025MATH 990Reading and Research
Spring 2024MATH 551Point-set Topology
Spring 2024MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2023MATH 851Topics in Geometric Topology
Spring 2023MATH 222Calculus and Analytic Geometry 2
Fall 2022MATH 551Point-set Topology

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