# SARA PATTERSON — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

### revision

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### repository

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### schema version

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### observed at

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### built at

2026-09-11T07:45:51.576183+00:00

### courses

8951

### current instructors

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### limited

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### term

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### departments

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| PHMCOL-M  | 11    |
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| PHYASST   | 37    |
| PHYSICS   | 88    |
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| PHYTHER   | 37    |
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| PLPATH    | 35    |
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| PORTUG    | 33    |
| PSYCH     | 101   |
| PSYCHIAT  | 22    |
| PUBAFFR   | 54    |
| PUBLHLTH  | 23    |
| RADIOL    | 11    |
| REALEST   | 41    |
| RELIGST   | 90    |
| RHABMED   | 9     |
| RMI       | 24    |
| RP\&SE    | 102   |
| S\&APHM   | 17    |
| SCANDST   | 73    |
| SLAVIC    | 89    |
| SOC       | 149   |
| SOCWORK   | 87    |
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| SRMED     | 21    |
| STAT      | 94    |
| STDYABRD  | 52    |
| STS       | 8     |
| SURGERY   | 25    |
| SURGSCI   | 33    |
| THEATRE   | 91    |
| URBRPL    | 60    |
| UROLOGY   | 5     |
| ZOOLOGY   | 89    |

## instructor

### instructor uid

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### source

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### identity basis

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### identity status

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### name

SARA PATTERSON

### first observed at

2025-05-21 03:36:18.194118+00:00

### last observed at

2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00

### ratings

#### review count

22

#### quality

3.64

#### difficulty

2.86

#### quality count

22

#### difficulty count

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#### profile id

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#### source url

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#### observed at

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#### courses

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#### prior weight

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### courses

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### revision

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### instructor url

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## history

None recorded.

## timeline

None recorded.

## term

1272

## courses

None recorded.

## reviews

### items

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    "review_date": "2017-01-20 08:57:31 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "She is very knowledgeable in Horticulture field, but she's a horrible lecturer. She puts A LOT of information on the slides so you can't keep up with it and don't know what part is important. I stopped going to the lecture after the first exam but it didn't make any difference since she puts random stuff on her tests.",
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    "comment": "Sara talks very fast in lecture and goes through her slides very quickly, which makes it difficult to take notes. Labs often felt like a waste of time, but they were sometimes fun. Her tests covered a lot of content and were relatively hard. However, you were able to use a note card on them, and study guides were provided.",
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    "review_date": "2016-12-17 23:03:46 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "Is very smart and knows a lot about horticulture but goes so fast that you cannot understand her. Doesn't explain things well and the tests are near impossible if you miss any lectures.",
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    "comment": "Sara was alright. Lectures were boring and seemed like they went on forever. Additionally, she talks fast so it was hard to take complete notes. Labs also seemed pointless at times. One class we spent 1.5 hours commuting to a garden, and only spend 30mins actually there. Tests can also be hard, but overall the class isn't that bad.",
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    "comment": "Sara is a very entertaining person and was very fun to interact with in lab. But her lectures seemed to drone on most of the time and she moved so quickly through her powerpoints that it was impossible to keep up. Some of the tests were very difficult and didn't seem to match up completely with lecture material, but she does offer extra credit.",
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    "comment": "She's very easy going and will raise your grade if you normally do well.",
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### courses

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