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instructor ### instructor uid instructor\_bc6c82f26e6dd8623b89a050 ### source enrollment ### source instructor id mchinn ### identity basis netid ### identity status source\_identified ### name Menzie Chinn ### email MCHINN\@LAFOLLETTE.WISC.EDU ### first observed at 2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00 ### last observed at 2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00 ### ratings #### review count 36 #### quality 2.64 #### difficulty 3.56 #### quality count 36 #### difficulty count 36 #### profile id rmp:375567 #### source url #### match basis exact\_name #### observed at 2026-09-07 16:18:48.290178+00:00 #### courses ##### course e28aa122996f42d8d10a671d ###### review count 6 ###### quality 2.33 ###### difficulty 4 ###### quality count 6 ###### difficulty count 6 ##### course eba4cde6ca47fecbcd03450d ###### review count 7 ###### quality 2.14 ###### difficulty 2.86 ###### quality count 7 ###### difficulty count 7 ##### course 156f8e7bbfa0994c04564cf8 ###### review count 5 ###### quality 4.4 ###### difficulty 3.6 ###### quality count 5 ###### difficulty count 5 ##### course 9342eaf3d82a59634b605992 ###### review count 12 ###### quality 2.42 ###### difficulty 4.08 ###### quality count 12 ###### difficulty count 12 ##### course 9ff4b9c944ce562703c38578 ###### review count 1 ###### quality 2 ###### difficulty 4 ###### quality count 1 ###### difficulty count 1 ##### course e104fb600738e5af6d58c4dd ###### review count 4 ###### quality 2.75 ###### difficulty 2.5 ###### quality count 4 ###### difficulty count 4 #### bayesian quality 3.0041734941237843 #### prior mean 3.6596857835465957 #### prior weight 20 ### current true ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | title | credits\_min | credits\_max | gpa | | -------------------------------- | ---------- | -------------------- | ------------ | ------------ | ----- | | course\_156f8e7bbfa0994c04564cf8 | ECON 435 | THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM | 3 | 3 | 3.308 | | course\_bcf127bece535ba759aca40d | ECON 691 | SENIOR THESIS | 1 | 3 | | | course\_ead214e01023dc64bb0e08d4 | ECON 681 | SENIOR HONORS THESIS | 3 | 3 | | ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### instructor url /instructors/MENZIE\_CHINN ## 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Only take his class if have given up on caring about your grade or learning anything.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/375567", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:18:48.290178+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM2NTQyNDMy", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:375567", "instructor_name": "Menzie Chinn", "course_label": "PUBAFFR200", "course_id": "PUBAFFR 200", "course_uid": "course_eba4cde6ca47fecbcd03450d", "review_date": "2022-07-26 19:40:26 +0000 UTC", "comment": "The grading in this class was completely unclear. I ended the course which would have been an A on a normal grading scale but received a B because the curve hurt me so much. The lectures were very all over the place and the criteria was never clear. Prof. Chinn was very kind but not a professor I would take for this class again.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/375567", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:18:48.290178+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM2NDA1NjAw", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:375567", "instructor_name": "Menzie Chinn", "course_label": "PUBAFFR200", "course_id": "PUBAFFR 200", "course_uid": "course_eba4cde6ca47fecbcd03450d", "review_date": "2022-05-25 18:38:13 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Professor Chinn is so sweet. He kind of looks like a little old man that you just want to give a hug. I really enjoyed his class and thought that everything he said was very insightful. 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