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1VM

Victor Magagna

9.6/10 · 179 community ratings

1698High confidence

2BN

Benjamin Noble

10.0/10 · 23 community ratings

1695Few ratings

3AH

Alan Houston

9.8/10 · 37 community ratings

1694Some ratings

RANKPROFESSORELOGRADETAKE AGAIN

4FFFonna Forman101 community ratingsHigh confidence1678—100%

5CSChristopher Stout10 community ratingsFew ratings1658—100%

6TKThad Kousser66 community ratingsSome ratings1658—100%

7GTGraham Timmins27 community ratingsSome ratings1643—0%

8SNSimeon Nichter42 community ratingsSome ratings1636—79%

9MFMaureen Feeley36 community ratingsSome ratings1619—76%

10DKDylan Kern5 community ratingsFew ratings1619—100%

11TWTom Wong34 community ratingsSome ratings1618—82%

12DFDavid Fisk86 community ratingsSome ratings1612—86%

13SESteve Erie9 community ratingsFew ratings1609—100%

14CAClaire Adida20 community ratingsFew ratings1608—84%

15NCNathan Combes4 community ratingsFew ratings1606—100%

16SHSeth Hill36 community ratingsSome ratings1604—96%

17MNMaysa Nichter16 community ratingsFew ratings1603—88%

18MDMatthew Draper6 community ratingsFew ratings1602—100%

19CSChristina Schneider15 community ratingsFew ratings1602—100%

20PRPhilip Roeder118 community ratingsHigh confidence1597—80%

21DLDavid Lake16 community ratingsFew ratings1590—100%

22KCKyle C. Beardsley4 community ratingsFew ratings1590——

23NDNhat Do3 community ratingsFew ratings1589—100%

24MRMargaret Roberts3 community ratingsFew ratings1589—100%

25EHEthan Hollander31 community ratingsSome ratings1587—50%

26NBNick Bhardwaj8 community ratingsFew ratings1583——

27MOMichael Orfield11 community ratingsFew ratings1582—82%

28GSGlenn Smith120 community ratingsHigh confidence1581—67%

29PBPamela Ban7 community ratingsFew ratings1579—88%

30KFKaren Ferree65 community ratingsSome ratings1579—93%

31AGAdam-Joseph Gomez16 community ratingsFew ratings1577——

32CGChristian Garcia5 community ratingsFew ratings1576——

33MCMatthew Childers4 community ratingsFew ratings1575——

34NFNathan Fletcher39 community ratingsSome ratings1575—86%

35MNMegumi Naoi13 community ratingsFew ratings1573—78%

36JLJohn LeJeune3 community ratingsFew ratings1570——

37UMUmberto Mignozzetti22 community ratingsFew ratings1569—78%

38AAAnthony Anderson2 community ratingsFew ratings1568—100%

39DJDanielle Jung2 community ratingsFew ratings1568——

40KQKimber Quinney2 community ratingsFew ratings1568——

41LBLeigh Bradberry2 community ratingsFew ratings1568——

42YXYiqing Xu6 community ratingsFew ratings1565—100%

43EKEllis Krauss13 community ratingsFew ratings1561——

44GJGary Jacobson34 community ratingsSome ratings1559——

45ABAllen Bolar6 community ratingsFew ratings1555—100%

46DSDavid Selby5 community ratingsFew ratings1551——

47DWDavid Wiens16 community ratingsFew ratings1551—83%

48AWAlan Ward5 community ratingsFew ratings1551—100%

49MBMichael Binder2 community ratingsFew ratings1544—100%

50JIJames Ingram29 community ratingsSome ratings1543——

51JZJack Zhang1 community ratingFew ratings1540—100%

52GLGuoer Liu1 community ratingFew ratings1540—100%

53FIFrederica Izzo1 community ratingFew ratings1540—100%

54KHKyle Haines1 community ratingFew ratings1540—100%

55KBKirk Bansak1 community ratingFew ratings1540—100%

56LDLee Dionne1 community ratingFew ratings1540—100%

57JCJasper Cooper1 community ratingFew ratings1540—100%

58SMSean Morgan1 community ratingFew ratings1540—100%

59SRSkyler Roth1 community ratingFew ratings1540—100%

60MRMichael Rivera1 community ratingFew ratings1540——

61CBCraig Burnett1 community ratingFew ratings1540——

62APAndrew Poe4 community ratingsFew ratings1538——

63MJMichael Joseph13 community ratingsFew ratings1537—64%

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