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Grades

3.93

Average grade awarded in CHEM 596. Not a rating: this is what the grades were. i The mean of every letter grade the registrar has published for this course, pooled across every instructor who has taught it. Not a student rating: this is what the grades were. It is not shrunk toward anything, because a course average cannot be pulled toward itself. Standard error 0.092.

The registrar's own records: 29 grades over 2 terms, Fall 2021 to Fall 2025, summer excluded. Every instructor is pooled here. The table below splits them, and term averages across those 2 terms ran 3.85 to 4.00.

By instructor

“Predicted” is shrunk toward the course average, which is itself shrunk toward the department, so an instructor with a handful of students sits near the course mean rather than topping the list.

dibs measures outcomes: grades, seats, how fast a class fills. For what a class is like to sit in, BruinWalk has the reviews.

Reviews for CHEM 596 ↗

From the registrar's catalog

dibs has not read the registrar's description for this course. It reads them for general education courses only, so this says nothing about the course. Any section below links out to the registrar, where the catalog text is, and that text is also where a prerequisite the structured list does not carry would be written.

Sections in Fall 2026

Seat counts as of 02 Sep 02:40: the oldest of these 56 readings. The registrar publishes hourly and dibs reads what it can each hour, so a row can be older than that.

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  Alexandrova, A.N.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

  majors only limited by major: Graduate Biochemistry, Chemistry, Geochemistry, or Molecular Biology Majors: restrictions read 16 hours ago
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  Andrews, A.M.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

  majors only limited by major: Graduate Biochemistry, Chemistry, Geochemistry, or Molecular Biology Majors: restrictions read 16 hours ago
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  Athavale, S.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

  majors only limited by major: Graduate Biochemistry, Chemistry, Geochemistry, or Molecular Biology Majors: restrictions read 16 hours ago
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  Backus, K.M.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

  majors only limited by major: Graduate Biochemistry, Chemistry, Geochemistry, or Molecular Biology Majors: restrictions read 16 hours ago
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  Barber, V.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  9 seats left. 1 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

  majors only limited by major: Graduate Biochemistry, Chemistry, Geochemistry, or Molecular Biology Majors: restrictions read 16 hours ago
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  Bouchard, L.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

  majors only limited by major: Graduate Biochemistry, Chemistry, Geochemistry, or Molecular Biology Majors: restrictions read 16 hours ago
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  Caram, J.R.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

  majors only limited by major: Graduate Biochemistry, Chemistry, Geochemistry, or Molecular Biology Majors: restrictions read 16 hours ago
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  Chanfreau, G.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

  majors only limited by major: Graduate Biochemistry, Chemistry, Geochemistry, or Molecular Biology Majors: restrictions read 16 hours ago
• Tut 9 Time TBA

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  Clarke, C.F.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

  majors only limited by major: Graduate Biochemistry, Chemistry, Geochemistry, or Molecular Biology Majors: restrictions read 16 hours ago
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  Clarke, S.G.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

  majors only limited by major: Graduate Biochemistry, Chemistry, Geochemistry, or Molecular Biology Majors: restrictions read 16 hours ago
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  Clubb, R.T.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

  majors only limited by major: Graduate Biochemistry, Chemistry, Geochemistry, or Molecular Biology Majors: restrictions read 16 hours ago
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  Conway, S.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  8 seats left. 2 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

  majors only limited by major: Graduate Biochemistry, Chemistry, Geochemistry, or Molecular Biology Majors: restrictions read 16 hours ago
• Tut 13 Time TBA

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  Deming, T.J.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

  majors only limited by major: Graduate Biochemistry, Chemistry, Geochemistry, or Molecular Biology Majors: restrictions read 16 hours ago
• Tut 14 Time TBA

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  Diaconescu, P.L.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

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  Doyle, A.G.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

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  Duan, X.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

• Tut 17 Time TBA

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  Eisenberg, D.S.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

• Tut 18 Time TBA

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  Fay, T.P.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

• Tut 19 Time TBA

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  Feigon, J.F.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

• Tut 20 Time TBA

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  Garcia-Garibay, M.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

• Tut 21 Time TBA

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  Garg, N.K.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

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  Gelbart, W.M.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

• Tut 23 Time TBA

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  Gutierrez, O.

  3.74

  this instructor · 6 grades · small sample

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

• Tut 24 Time TBA

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  Harran, P.G.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

• Tut 25 Time TBA

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  Houk, K.N.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

• Tut 26 Time TBA

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  Kaner, R.B.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  9 seats left. 1 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

• Tut 27 Time TBA

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  Kappel, K.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

• Tut 28 Time TBA

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  Kavner, A.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

• Tut 29 Time TBA

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  Koehler, C.M.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

• Tut 30 Time TBA

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  Kwon, O.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  9 seats left. 1 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

• Tut 31 Time TBA

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  Lawson, M.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

• Tut 32 Time TBA

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  Lindert, S.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  9 seats left. 1 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

• Tut 33 Time TBA

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  Liu, C.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

• Tut 34 Time TBA

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  Loo, J.A.

  3.88

  this instructor · 15 grades · small sample

  9 seats left. 1 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

• Tut 35 Time TBA

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  Maynard, H.D.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

• Tut 36 Time TBA

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  Narang, P.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

• Tut 37 Time TBA

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  Nava, M.J.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

• Tut 38 Time TBA

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  Neuhauser, D.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

• Tut 39 Time TBA

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  Petrovic, S.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

• Tut 40 Time TBA

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  Quinlan, M.E.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

• Tut 41 Time TBA

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  Rodriguez, J.A.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

• Tut 42 Time TBA

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  Rubin, Y.F.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

• Tut 43 Time TBA

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  Sautet, P.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

• Tut 44 Time TBA

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  Schmitt, D.L.

  3.84

  this instructor · 8 grades · small sample

  9 seats left. 1 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

• Tut 45 Time TBA

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  Schwartz, B.J.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

• Tut 46 Time TBA

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  Shafaat, H.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

• Tut 47 Time TBA

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  Sletten, E.M.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

• Tut 48 Time TBA

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  Spokoyny, A.M.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

• Tut 49 Time TBA

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  Tang, Y.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

• Tut 50 Time TBA

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  Tinoco Valencia, A

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

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  Tolbert, S.H.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

• Tut 52 Time TBA

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  Torres, J.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

• Tut 53 Time TBA

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  Weiss, P.S.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

• Tut 54 Time TBA

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  Weiss, S.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

• Tut 55 Time TBA

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  Wollman, R.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

• Tut 56 Time TBA

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  Zhou, H.

  3.77

  course average · 29 grades

  10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk i A guess about whether this will still be here at your enrollment pass, from how full it is now and how fast classes like it have filled before. Seat risk is a prediction and seat status is what the registrar said: they are two things, and this page keeps them apart.

Final enrollment, averaged across each term's sections: between 10 and 11 a term over 2 terms, summer excluded, most recently 11 in Fall 2025. That is the shape across years, not this term, which is above.

Seats over time in Fall 2026

How each lecture has filled since dibs first saw it. This course runs 56 lectures; the legend under the chart picks one.