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PETER LIPTON

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Raw average: 4.80/5 from 5 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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NTP629 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 1/5
Professor Lipton is a gem of the UW-Madison neuro faculty. 629 is a blast, learning about all of the molecular factors contributing to LTP and LTD. The paper improvement presentations aren't hard if you can wrap your brain around the experiments, which usually aren't too outlandish, and they allow you to be creative with the course content.
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NTP679 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
His lectures are good, but once a week in discussion you either have to present a new experiment based off an assigned scientific paper or ask a question of one person. The presentation part is hard because the papers are more complex that many of our knowledge so it is difficult to present, and he is there to give feedback and he is particular
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NEURO630 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
The material is interesting and well-connected. He loves teaching and communicating with students. And he is really good at what he does.
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NEURO630 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Rocks you with all the cool memory examples. Also the unpracticed choreagraphy of the scratch dance was the best! =)
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