# XINYU ZHANG — 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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### importer version

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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

1272

### departments

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| --------- | ----- |
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| NEURSURG  | 4     |
| NTP       | 11    |
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| NUTRSCI   | 65    |
| OBS\&GYN  | 18    |
| OCCTHER   | 39    |
| ONCOLOGY  | 14    |
| OPHTHALM  | 5     |
| OTM       | 43    |
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| PATH-BIO  | 29    |
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| PHILOS    | 77    |
| PHMCOL-M  | 11    |
| PHMPRAC   | 45    |
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| PHYASST   | 37    |
| PHYSICS   | 88    |
| PHYSIOL   | 3     |
| PHYTHER   | 37    |
| PLANTSCI  | 52    |
| PLPATH    | 35    |
| POLISCI   | 192   |
| POPHLTH   | 58    |
| 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

unresolved

### name

XINYU ZHANG

### first observed at

2025-04-16 05:20:33.104844+00:00

### last observed at

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

### ratings

#### review count

3

#### quality

4.67

#### difficulty

3.33

#### quality count

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#### 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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###### review count

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###### quality

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##### course 883e87fcd87d80e877bb98ab

###### review count

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###### quality

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###### difficulty

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###### quality count

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#### prior weight

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### current

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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

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## courses

None recorded.

## reviews

### items

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    "review_date": "2018-02-01 15:42:34 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "methodical and professional professor, reasonable grading. Expects his students to maintain high standards and work hard.",
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    "comment": "Prof. Zhang is very helpful and patient to his student. He knows the material very well and loves to teach. He is very approachable so when you feel like you have a question or you need help in the class, you can always go and talk to him.",
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    "review_date": "2015-05-24 14:36:10 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "Had him for our WISCEL section and lectures. Although he does have an accent which can be hard to understand at times, he was really clear at answering my questions about the exercises. He's also very knowledgeable in related and advanced topics to the class.",
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```

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### page

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### courses

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| -------------------------------- | --------------- |
| course\_883e87fcd87d80e877bb98ab | COMPSCI/ECE 352 |
| course\_f5cf8ba190ceb4a3bcb0e773 | ECE 454         |

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