# Michael Massoglia — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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### name

Michael Massoglia

### email

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    "comment": "Take this class if you hate knowing your grade, do not care about your GPA, and want to lose interest in Criminology. His lectures are recycled, out dated, and boring. He is clearly one of those teachers who had little social success in school and wants to take his anger out on a new generation of kids.",
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    "comment": "Genuinely a good professor. Took 6 classes this semester to complete a double major. ONLY take this class if you're taking 4 or less classes. Each week demands multiple hours of reading and potentially attending office hours. Don't take the class for the \"fun of it\" or you'll get your behind kicked by studying like I did. ",
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    "comment": "If you want to be a criminologist in the future, take all of his classes.\nIf not, avoid this name! You still have time to drop out! \nHe will test you on 10+ readings in an extremely detailed way for a mid-term exam. \nHe is dissatisfied with the current GPA inflation, so your GPA gonna be the price for him to save the whole society's academics.",
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