Her exams are crazy specific and she will literally pull things from the slides that were BARELY discussed. You practically have to memorize every single little detail. She explains well, but does move too fast in lectures and doesn't give people the chance to ask questions. There is absolutely no test prep except for weekly quizzes. Very difficult

Tests are insanely difficult. She is very bad at explaining things, lectures are simply a copy and paste of the textbook. Study guides hardly even help, just all around a very difficult course especially being so test heavy with tests that make no sense.

Consider her lectures as introductions to the topics you will be tested for. She is very detail-oriented. Pore over textbook diagrams to understand things thoroughly. You need to be able to explain things to others. Note the structure of her midterm questions and make practice ones of your own. Unfortunately she's the only lecturer for MCDB 6.

she is very bad at explaining things, I went to every lecture, did every reading, and still couldn't get an A. her exam questioning is very misleading and she is quite literally praying your downfall. for your own good do not take her

Such an awful class, take it from ANY other professor if you can. Low reads slides word for word in class, taken directly from the textbook. The worst part is the exams (almost the entire grade). All mc questions extremely specific/includes trick questions so even when you know the material, you will probably fail the exams. IDK how anyone passes.

Awful lecturer. All of her lecture notes are copy-pasted from the textbook, and she goes through slides at lightning speed to the point you can't even keep up taking notes. Either she reads the slides directly or she explains complicated points that aren't written down without elaborating anything. You're better off just reading the textbook.

If you see this comment, then stop thinking about taking her class. Her lectures are so tedious and her PPTs are quite not organized. She only follows a bunch of notes on her PPT during class and speaks so fast. Her exams are unreasonably difficult although exam grades are 90% of the score. She doesn't know how to help students understand biology.

I have never been more offended by an academic professional than I have by Professor Low. I'm in her nutrition class and she literally LAUGHED when talking about how some people need to get surgery to help with obesity. She is not sympathetic at all and makes people feel crappy if they're not in perfect shape and eating vegan. -5000/10

I find this woman's lectures to be so impossible to get thru. Like she's one of those professors whose literal voice irks u by the end of the quarter. She doesn't know how to explain concepts to make them easy 2 follow. She'll go on for way too long in lecture just to say "ok," flip the slide, & confuse tf out of u. She ignores raised hands too lol

I found her to be a genuine person which encouraged me to work more and enjoy biology just a little more. Sometimes the accent would trip me up or the material would cause me to daze off in that stuffy room, but she was sweet and had a simple humor that allowed me to enjoy this course more than EEMB7.

I had Low online and her lectures were better than Finkelstein, but by no means were they amazing. She asks for very specific answers on her exams. I definitely recommend CLAS, it's a great way to review processes especially before an exam. Put in the work now in animal physiology, because once plant physio hits, it's harder to recover.

Lows exams are literally impossible. I reviewed the lectures several times and even read the textbook thoroughly. She included content on the exam that she explicitly said we wouldnt be tested on! Had to drop this class and will take it in the summer with hopefully a better and more fair teacher

Overall, I found this class to be intolerable. I would choose to take classes with any other professor but that was not possible. Majority of your grade is based entirely on test. There was a small extra credit opportunity that saved me from a C. I found the test to be extremely difficult and often not on material in lecture or the book.

Shes a super sweet professor! Her lectures basically just go through what youre reading in the textbook but in less detail so I highly recommend getting the textbook and taking detailed notes on it. Her tests are really hard and very conceptual but she was still a good teacher and the class averages were always reasonable.

Prof. Low is great! She is caring and funny and her lectures aren't too difficult or boring. Our entire grade is made up of a midterm, a final, and a few quizzes, but the curve is pretty forgiving. Her tests are pretty hard though, but she is a great prof.!

In-class lectures too dense and fast to accurately take notes, watching recordings is necessary. 1.15 hour lectures became 4-6 hours straight of recorded lecture note-taking twice a week due to 25+ slides of block text and figures that you must know. Exams have horrible point distributions per question and are poorly worded. Quizzes are a coinflip.

I loved Dr. Low's class! I took her in summer session B. I enjoyed it when she became passionate when covering something she has a special interest in and when she ate snacks in the pre-recorded lectures. She's a quirky professor (which I love) and her exams inspired me to double my effort. Take her and you'll never regret!

Professor Low clearly does not know how to write proper and fair exams that encourage critical thinking in biology students. Her lectures are all over the place and she tests you on things that she will mention only in passing during a lecture video, so if you miss anything she says you will fail the exam. It's amazing how UCSB hires these people.

Dr. Low is not as scary as people described. I took her MCDB 1B over the summer and her lectures are kind of long but funny. Memorize her slides and do practice exams and then you will be fine. Make sure that you do the quizzes - that's a great boost of your grade!

why does UCSB hire these people? seriously? worst professor ever. AVOID AT ALL COSTS. so disorganized, all over the place, convoluted, lectures make 0 sense. turns simple concepts into a complicated mess because she has no idea how to coherently teach a concept. PLEASE ORGANIZE YOUR LECTURES DR. LOW FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. PLEASE HAVE SOME STRUCTURE.

lectures covered difficult material very well, and prof low explained concepts several times to make sure the points got across. two midterms and a final which all included short answer portions, but study and they shouldn't be too bad. didn't use the textbook too much, prof covers most material in lecture.

Her lectures are extremely long and dense. The lecture slides are all over the place and you have to pay close attention on what she is saying because they will appear on the midterms/ final. Her teaching style is like "if this does that, then that does this." For the midterms and final, she does not give you a lot of time and harsh grader. 0/10

Worst Professor Ive had yet. If it werent for Wilton in the second portion of the class, I would have definitely failed. Her lectures are very unorganized and she tests you on obscure facts. She cares more about making sure she weeds a bunch of people out of the biology major rather than actually helping us learn and succeed. Avoid at all costs!

taken F2020 One of the worst professors ever. Does not care about students at all and shows no effort into teaching, she didn't even review her lectures before posting them when they were recorded precovid. Lectures were way too long. Contradicts herself in lectures and tests. Both midterms and final were ridiculously hard