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Matthew Bershady

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Raw average: 2.67/5 from 3 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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ASTRO103 · course not matched
Quality 2/5Difficulty 5/5
He was a good lecturer, not a great teacher. The content was very confusing, and if you aren't extremely good at math and other science aspects do not take this class. There are many other astronomy classes that are easier. If you are very science smart and like astronomy he is a good professor, but for everyone else beware
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ASTRON 103
Quality 2/5Difficulty 4/5
If you didn't understand everything that was happening in Interstellar, then you won't pass this class. Thought it would be intro level information on the universe and turned out to be super science heavy and very deep information I was not prepared for. Get ready to read a lot in the textbook and expect difficult multiple choice exams.
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ASTRO103 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 1/5
I thought he was a good professor, tests are fair, and he likes to crack jokes. At the end of each lecture he'll have at least one question that will be on the test and gives the answer. If you make every lecture that's around a 1/4 of the questions on the test.
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Spring 2027ASTRON 691Senior Thesis

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