# RACHEL DAVIS — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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| term | course\_uid                      | course\_id | title                            |
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| 1182 | course\_cc1de60e9953cdd9c469e9a5 | MATH 221   | CALCULUS AND ANALYTIC GEOMETRY 1 |
| 1174 | course\_fa53f4954bab469b5d4c4fe3 | MATH 341   | LINEAR ALGEBRA                   |
| 1172 | course\_6bc496e4640fd08f71e1b041 | MATH 222   | CALCULUS AND ANALYTIC GEOMETRY 2 |
| 1122 | course\_3464c11254a81dbe86277318 | MATH 112   | COLLEGE ALGEBRA                  |

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    "comment": "Dr. Davis is probably not a good professor if you do not have previous experience with Calculus. She asks the class to do problems without giving examples first. I frequently lost track of what she was doing on the board. Dr. Davis is an alright professor if you have taken Calculus I before, otherwise you should probably find someone else.",
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