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1SC

Scott Coyle

9.8/10 · 33 community ratings

1695Some ratings

2RK

Robin Kurtz

9.6/10 · 40 community ratings

1685Some ratings

3SG

Simon Gilroy

9.2/10 · 127 community ratings

1667High confidence

RANKPROFESSORELOGRADETAKE AGAIN

4HRHannah Richerson13 community ratingsFew ratings1662—100%

5ESEdgar Spalding49 community ratingsSome ratings1658—95%

6MBMichael Braus10 community ratingsFew ratings1650—100%

7KMKatherine McCulloh17 community ratingsFew ratings1647—92%

8SMSeth McGee7 community ratingsFew ratings1641—100%

9HMHiroshi Maeda20 community ratingsFew ratings1639—100%

10DBDavid Baum87 community ratingsSome ratings1632—83%

11FPFrancisco Pelegri11 community ratingsFew ratings1631—88%

12PFPaul Friesen10 community ratingsFew ratings1627—100%

13TITony Ives44 community ratingsSome ratings1625—88%

14LBLyric Bartholomay18 community ratingsFew ratings1623—89%

15TVTim Van Deelen5 community ratingsFew ratings1612—100%

16HDHilary Dugan4 community ratingsFew ratings1607—100%

17ABAdam Borger4 community ratingsFew ratings1607—100%

18KKKen Keefover-Ring30 community ratingsSome ratings1605—87%

19JGJenny Gumperz5 community ratingsFew ratings1604—100%

20DADaniel Amador-Noguez5 community ratingsFew ratings1604—100%

21KMKate McCulloh26 community ratingsSome ratings1603—85%

22SSSam Schultz7 community ratingsFew ratings1601——

23EKEric Kruger11 community ratingsFew ratings1596—100%

24JHJeff Hardin50 community ratingsSome ratings1596—69%

25LJLindquist John5 community ratingsFew ratings1595——

26JDJohn Denu5 community ratingsFew ratings1595——

27NZNat Zeng4 community ratingsFew ratings1592—100%

28BCBruce Christensen15 community ratingsFew ratings1592——

29STSharon Thoma362 community ratingsHigh confidence1587—70%

30JWJesse Weber5 community ratingsFew ratings1587—83%

31CHChristina Hull5 community ratingsFew ratings1587——

32RKRon Kean97 community ratingsSome ratings1584—84%

33JBJim Berkelman85 community ratingsSome ratings1584—77%

34MBMark Berres17 community ratingsFew ratings1582—100%

35ARAaron Ragsdale8 community ratingsFew ratings1575—88%

36CACaitilyn Allen26 community ratingsSome ratings1574—77%

37NCNicholas Cozzi4 community ratingsFew ratings1570—100%

38AFAnn Fink2 community ratingsFew ratings1569—100%

39SCSara Christopherson2 community ratingsFew ratings1569——

40RCRichard Chappell2 community ratingsFew ratings1569—100%

41RLRichard Lankau2 community ratingsFew ratings1569—100%

42AWAlex Wiedenhoeft2 community ratingsFew ratings1569—100%

43KSKen Sytsma16 community ratingsFew ratings1568—80%

44TYTom Yin15 community ratingsFew ratings1567——

45LRLauren Riters52 community ratingsSome ratings1565—93%

46APAnne Pringle10 community ratingsFew ratings1559—78%

47DNDean Nardelli6 community ratingsFew ratings1558——

48CKCharles Kaspar17 community ratingsFew ratings1555—78%

49VHValerie Holewinski4 community ratingsFew ratings1555——

50JWJoanne Webber7 community ratingsFew ratings1552——

51HHHazel Holden2 community ratingsFew ratings1545—100%

52MDMary Dinsmore2 community ratingsFew ratings1545—100%

53ARAurelie Rakotondrafara16 community ratingsFew ratings1542—69%

54RVRichard Vierstra17 community ratingsFew ratings1542——

55MRMatt Reetz1 community ratingFew ratings1540——

56AKAaron Kufner1 community ratingFew ratings1540—100%

57RKRobert Kirchdoerfer1 community ratingFew ratings1540—100%

58DWDonna Werling1 community ratingFew ratings1540—100%

59GWGrace Wilkinson1 community ratingFew ratings1540—100%

60FPFrancisco Peñagaricano1 community ratingFew ratings1540—100%

61MHMary Halloran1 community ratingFew ratings1540—100%

62SOShelby O'Connor1 community ratingFew ratings1540—100%

63MPMichael Piotrowski1 community ratingFew ratings1540—100%

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