MCDB 290ER
WEIMBS T
Thomas Weimbs
2.8
11 reviews

11
2.8
MCDB103L . Weimbs T 2 Years Ago

Extremely poor communicator with limited respect for students and colleagues. I would be hesitant to take this professor's class as learning may be hampered by unclear expectations. He seems to spend a large amount of time running a nutraceuticals company rather than being an actual mentor, teacher, and contributor. Very frustrating experience.

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MCDB103L . Weimbs T 2 Years Ago

This class is chaotic and headache-inducing. Professor Weimbs rarely came to our lab class and when he did he just walked around silently. We never got a grading rubric and had to write an entire research paper at the end of the quarter without any guidance. The TAs are great, but can't really make up for how disorganized the class is.

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MCDB103L . Weimbs T 4 Years Ago

Thomas was pretty absent as far as the lab course went. while the course is designed well and you learn a lot, youre learning entirely from the TAs because Thomas cares more about his on campus lab than he does about teaching. Barely gives any feedback on papers

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MCDB103L . Weimbs T 11 Years Ago

Dr. Weimbs is a great professor because he truly teaches you how to do research from start to finish. He is concise with his teaching, and gives you personal feedback on the scientific papers that you write. In his class you will learn a few of the most widely used lab applications in biology. Take his class, you won't regret it!

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MCDB103L . Weimbs T 14 Years Ago

I enjoyed the class he taught highly. His choice of experiments, methods, and knowledge for students to learn is invaluable in a lab setting. I also appreciated that he required a professional science paper with photoshopped images, he is very helpful with learning how to do it too!

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MCDB103L . Weimbs T 15 Years Ago

He expects a lot from his students and teaches the class as if it were a real research lab. This class was a lot of work but I am so glad that I took it. The only thing that I didn't like was that made all of the papers due at the end of the quarter, so you had to write a mod paper weekly starting around week 6 or 7. Overall, good class!

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MCDB1B . Weimbs T 15 Years Ago

Horrible professor, midterm was nothing like previous years nor like his practice questions. DID NOT prepare class for his test which makes up 50% of the final grade. take him at your own risk.

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MCDB1B . Weimbs T 15 Years Ago

no emphasis in lecture. midterm was horrific on every level. did not adequately prepare class for the midterm, as reflected in the 66% average..if you really believe the average was that good...

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MCDB1B . Weimbs T 15 Years Ago

As an instructor, he is not captivating or funny. His midterm was nothing like the self assessment questions. The questions vaguely, at best, took material from his lectures. The answer choices had no relation to each other, so there was no way of educated elimination. I don't understand how he has a good reputation on here. NEVER my prof. again.

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MCDB1B . Weimbs T 17 Years Ago

He was alright. He put ALOT of info on the slides so pretty much had to study everything. His accent was cute. Sometimes I felt like he was just reading off the slides, which made his lectures pretty boring. He put alot of videos and practice questions/test online, which was really helpful... his test was a lot easier than I expected.

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MCDB1B . Weimbs T 17 Years Ago

I really enjoyed his lectures. He has an accent that is sometimes hard to understand, but not too bad and makes his lectures a bit humorous. He has great lecture slides, and animated and real movie clips that really help. I enjoyed this class, and definitely recommend the teacher!

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