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Zaidan Wu

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Raw average: 2.33/5 from 3 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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MATH/STAT 431
Quality 1/5Difficulty 4/5
I literally feel like I am being read a textbook. There is no clear organization and 90% of the lecture is conceptual notes that barely relate to any assignments. I don't even know where to look in the textbook to find help because we jump back and forth and never label any notes as from particular sections.
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MATH/STAT 431
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
Zaidan is a horrific lecturer. He reads directly from his notes, occasionally stopping for a poorly-explained proof or example. Zaidan completely failed to keep my interest--I found the textbook to be far more interesting. Furthermore, provided practice exams were nothing like the actual tests, which most of the class did exceedingly poor on.
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