MCDB 1B
William Smith
3.1
22 reviews
LOW S H
Seng Low
2.5
218 reviews
NGUYEN A T
Alice Nguyen
1.1
70 reviews

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MCDB1A . Low S H 5 Years Ago

worst professor ever. laughs when you get things wrong and likes to watch you suffer. very rude and not approachable. very hard to get a good grade in this class

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MCDB6 . Low S H 5 Years Ago

PBS majors: I also thought that this would be an easy class to take since it's SUPPOSED to be tailored to our major, but you're better off taking 1A. Her lectures are so hard to sit through and she's just generally not an approachable person. If you're struggling (like I did) good luck cause you have to teach yourself. Extremely hard midterms/final

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MCDB1LL . Nguyen A T 5 Years Ago

They changed the format of the bio labs, and I had hoped that they would be better, but in fact, they have become worse! The grading scales are harder, and the lab practicals are no easier than before. Unfortunately there's no way to avoid this class if you're a bio major, so good luck and may the odds be ever in your favor tbh.

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EEMB3L . Nguyen A T 5 Years Ago

Totally unorganized, making the material which was clear in lecture more confusing. Many of the questions she writes dont feel fair and her grading policy is rigid for a 1 unit class. If you every have her, Im sorry

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EEMB3L . Nguyen A T 5 Years Ago

The actual worst, she overcomplicates the lab practicals to the point where they're more difficult and time consuming than the actual classes. The lab manual is disorganized and barely corresponds to lectures anyways. Probably the worst person they could have chosen to organize the intro bio labs.

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EEMB3L . Nguyen A T 5 Years Ago

If I could rate her a zero I would

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EEMB2L . Nguyen A T 5 Years Ago

The literal worst, the labs are completely disorganized and the practicals test on tiny details with not enough time to answer the questions. The manual is horrible, and there's no guidance on the research project. WAY too much work for 1 unit.

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MCDB20 . Low S H 5 Years Ago

Worst class I have taken at UCSB. Prof expects you to memorize way too much info in such a short amount of time. Lectures are extremely boring. Her tests are way too hard!!!!! (especially if you're a non-bio major. I am not exaggerating when I say she made this class miserable. Would not recommend. Avoid at all costs

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MCDB6 . Low S H 5 Years Ago

Uses iclicker but only counts if you are correct. Two midterms and a final, both are extremely hard. If you do not study every day you will struggle I am not over exaggerating. I took this class twice and studied as hard as I could but still did not pass. When you ask for help she gets annoyed. Avoid it if you can. The hardest class I have ever had

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MCDB111 . Low S H 5 Years Ago

Physiology is a pretty easy subject, but she makes it HARD. She's a good teacher and she's really funny so lectures are pretty entertaining but the exams are IMPOSSIBLE. Felt prepared for the first test but walked out wanting to cry. Forget the textbook (you don't need it) and just memorize her slides!!! class ave usually F but she curves.

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MCDB6 . Low S H 5 Years Ago

Personally, I LOVED Dr. Low. She is a sassy genius. Her tests will absolutely rip you a new one if you're not prepared though, so go to class, read the textbook, and have faith in the curve.

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MCDB6 . Low S H 5 Years Ago

Not a helpful professor whatsoever. She laughs at her students when they ask questions. He tests have questions from topics/concepts not yet reviewed and are so difficult. Difficult to understand during lecture and has virtually no real office hours. Read the book if you have to take her class.

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MCDB111 . Low S H 5 Years Ago

Get ready to read a textbook per lecture. Her lectures have a lot of information so make sure to organize your notes. All material tested was on the slides. Tests are tricky not because of the material but because of the wording of the questions and answers.

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MCDB6 . Low S H 5 Years Ago

Just no. Horrible attitude to students doing poorly. RUDE during office hours. Like I know no ones perfect but really? Making fun of one doing poorly during personal office hours is wrong. Read the book, she regurgitates everything. Powerpoints include small details (one bullet point) that are on exams. Reviews do NOT lie.

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MCDB1A . 5 Years Ago

Doesnt normally teach the Cell bio portion in 1A. This section was definitely the most challenging of the 3. Really look at the details and study everything on the slides. I used OneNote to highlight my slides and write up summaries when studying and it helped. Go to CLAS. Final is split between the sections, got 8/20ish right on this section.

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MCDB6 . Low S H 5 Years Ago

Seng Low should NOT be teaching intro bio for PBS majors. I understand that it's a lot of material to cover, but she literally just clicks through the slides at lightning speed and doesn't even allow time for questions, and gets annoyed in the rare event someone does ask a question. She was very condescending to students. Don't recommend.

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MCDB6 . Low S H 5 Years Ago

This woman will ruin your life. Shes evil. Her tests involve way too many concepts into one question and one word can make you get it wrong. Most people in this class are taking it for the second time, its only offered in fall. She doesn't care when we fail and blames us. Her averages were 57 and 62. She curves off the highest grade (85 and 93).

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MCDB1A . 5 Years Ago

He is temporarily teaching this course while the normal professor is on sabbatical and he taught much more material than he was supposed to. It was ridiculous how much information he expected us to know when his slides did not match up (he used another professor's slides) and the textbook didn't even go as in depth. They better curve this class.

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MCDB1A . 5 Years Ago

funny guy but you could tell right away that he wasn't prepared to teach this class - pretty all over the place. things got better but he wasn't good enough of a professor to make his exams so difficult. average was so damn low for the midterm but it was honestly okay. final was a JOKE. SO specific on barely touched topics. Biomentors couldnt help.

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MCDB111 . Low S H 5 Years Ago

Prof. Low was my most difficult professor at UCSB. She is extremely difficult to understand and talks very quickly. She will mention a word in lecture and expect you to know every detail about it come test time. Lectures confused me more, but there are iclickers. Test averages are always below failing, but she curves.

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MCDB1A . 5 Years Ago

He explained things well. Midterm wasn't that hard but had questions about minor details that you wouldn't think are important so the class average was really low (but if you read over the slides you would know them). Literally never went to class because lectures were online.

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MCDB1AL . Nguyen A T 5 Years Ago

too much work! should be worth way more than 1 unit!!!!!!!!

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MCDB1AL . Nguyen A T 5 Years Ago

She has written down on the course policies that she gives makeup exams but she doesn't. Says you can contest your grade but when I complained about a grading mistake on my practical (and I'm 100% sure), the staff refused to fix it. Reuses questions she threw out other quarters because 1/2 students got another very close answer.

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MCDB1ALMCDB1A . Nguyen A T 5 Years Ago

negligent, incompetent, disorganized, lazy

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