Course record PHYSICS

PHYSICS 551

— SOLID STATE PHYSICS

University of Wisconsin-Madison

709 grades36 sections12 professors
Grades: 2006–2025
Flunk Score41/100
Mixed record

Professors 10 of 12

Maxim Vavilov 60 grades · 4 terms · 2010–2017 3.78GPA
80.0% A
20.0% B
0.0% C
0.0% D
0.0% F

60 letter grades · 4 sections · 2010–2017

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Vavilov vs. the course average
A +12.2
B −10.6
C −1.0
D −0.3
F −0.3

Difference in percentage points.

Each term against the course average
Spring 2010Fall 2017
Natalia Perkins 55 grades · 3 terms · 2008–2011 3.77GPA
81.8% A
18.2% B
0.0% C
0.0% D
0.0% F

55 letter grades · 3 sections · 2008–2011

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Perkins vs. the course average
A +14.0
B −12.4
C −1.0
D −0.3
F −0.3

Difference in percentage points.

Marshall Onellion 37 grades · 4 terms · 2008–2021 3.77GPA
78.4% A
21.6% B
0.0% C
0.0% D
0.0% F

37 letter grades · 4 sections · 2008–2021

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Onellion vs. the course average
A +10.5
B −9.0
C −1.0
D −0.3
F −0.3

Difference in percentage points.

Each term against the course average
Spring 2008Fall 2021
Franz J. Himpsel 165 grades · 7 terms · 2006–2014 3.72GPA
75.8% A
22.4% B
1.2% C
0.6% D
0.0% F

165 letter grades · 7 sections · 2006–2014

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Himpsel vs. the course average
A +7.9
B −8.2
C +0.2
D +0.3
F −0.3

Difference in percentage points.

Each term against the course average
Fall 2006Fall 2014
Tiancheng Song 54 grades · 2 terms · 2024–2025 3.65GPA
66.7% A
31.5% B
1.9% C
0.0% D
0.0% F

54 letter grades · 2 sections · 2024–2025

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Song vs. the course average
A −1.2
B +0.9
C +0.9
D −0.3
F −0.3

Difference in percentage points.

Mark Rzchowski 139 grades · 7 terms · 2018–2024 3.63GPA
64.7% A
35.3% B
0.0% C
0.0% D
0.0% F

139 letter grades · 7 sections · 2018–2024

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Rzchowski vs. the course average
A −3.1
B +4.6
C −1.0
D −0.3
F −0.3

Difference in percentage points.

Each term against the course average
Spring 2018Spring 2024
Victor Brar 43 grades · 2 terms · 2016–2017 3.60GPA
62.8% A
37.2% B
0.0% C
0.0% D
0.0% F

43 letter grades · 2 sections · 2016–2017

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Brar vs. the course average
A −5.1
B +6.6
C −1.0
D −0.3
F −0.3

Difference in percentage points.

Mark Eriksson 26 grades · 1 term · 2007 3.60GPA
65.4% A
30.8% B
3.8% C
0.0% D
0.0% F

26 letter grades · 1 section · 2007

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Eriksson vs. the course average
A −2.5
B +0.2
C +2.9
D −0.3
F −0.3

Difference in percentage points.

Benjamin Woods 25 grades · 1 term · 2025 3.46GPA
60.0% A
32.0% B
4.0% C
4.0% D
0.0% F

25 letter grades · 1 section · 2025

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Woods vs. the course average
A −7.8
B +1.4
C +3.0
D +3.7
F −0.3

Difference in percentage points.

Robert Joynt 81 grades · 3 terms · 2009–2022 3.38GPA
49.4% A
45.7% B
2.5% C
0.0% D
2.5% F

81 letter grades · 3 sections · 2009–2022

Compare with the course
Joynt vs. the course average
A −18.5
B +15.1
C +1.5
D −0.3
F +2.2

Difference in percentage points.

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