MCDB 1BZ
William Smith
3.2
23 reviews
LOW S H
Seng Low
2.5
225 reviews
NGUYEN A T
Alice Nguyen
1.2
74 reviews

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MCDB1B . Low S H 12 Years Ago

I had her for 1A and 1B (they teach in sections) I love her as a human, not as a teacher. Shes hilarious and cute, but shes difficult to understand and her tests are HORRIBLE! I managed an A only because the class average was a 60%. You need to dedicate your life to this class if you want an A. She is a tough test maker! she tries to trick you.

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MCDB1B . Low S H 12 Years Ago

She is really fun and cute, and makes jokes constantly during class. She does go through the material really quickly, so writing notes of everything she is saying was hard. Study a lot, her test is hard.

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MCDB1A . Low S H 13 Years Ago

Her tests were very hard. But if you studied her slides very well and read the book then you should be fine. Her lectures were pretty funny but not the most informative

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MCDB20 . Low S H 13 Years Ago

I enjoyed lecture, she made the class fun! The tests were straight-forward but be sure you STUDY THE SLIDESHOWS and READ THE BOOK!! It's a lot of information to take in in such a short amount of time but if you study you'll be fine.

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MCDB1B . Low S H 13 Years Ago

If you listen to her lectures really well and grasp what she says then you should be able to pull a B.But READ the book. It enforces what she says because she can be vague at times.Her tests are meant to make you think. But she pulls everything off the slides.If you know the slides inside and out (Literally) then you can get an A. Very fair grader

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MCDB111 . 13 Years Ago

interesting class. 40% for each midterm and final, 10% for weekly quizzes. curved relative to the avg of top 10 scores (i think it was like 10% within that score was an A..) ended up with an 82% that was a A. lecture slides have everything you need to know.

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MCSB111 . 13 Years Ago

The class was interesting, however, the professor was rude and unhelpful during office hours. Did not answer emails most of the time. In addition, did not fully answer questions during office hours, preferring to instead ask, "well do you go to lecture?" Overall an essential class, but negative experience.

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MCDB139 . Low S H 14 Years Ago

Her tests are extremely poorly written. They aren't difficult, but rather very unclear. She asks ambiguous questions and even if you answer correctly, unless you give the specific response she is looking for, which is not clear, she marks you wrong. To do well on the tests, instead of learning the material, you have to learn how to take her tests.

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MCDBAB . Low S H 14 Years Ago

Low is fantastic. Originally, I was scared to take class with her because of what I read on here, but I shouldn't have worried. She's been one of my fav's so far. Don't read the book. EVERYTHING you need to know is on the slides and stuff she says in class. Print out the slides & you're good!

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MCDB1B . Low S H 14 Years Ago

She likes to trick you on the tests, she pretty much doesn't test on your knowledge but on how well you can take her tests!! Try to avoid her if you can that is because i believe shes the only intro bio prof for this class

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AMCDB . Low S H 14 Years Ago

She is really funny and interesting to hear lecture, but I think people are confusing that for a good professor. I like her lectures, but I dont get what I need out of them. She leaves a huge amount out, assuming we somehow already know. Also her tests are brutal- not so much what she asks but how, very difficult wording.

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MCDB139 . Low S H 14 Years Ago

Good interesting lectures, she has a natural ability to hold your attention even when talking about complicated concepts, I find some of the other MCDB lecturers a bit monotonous but Lowe is one of the cooler ones and really funny.

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MCDB1B . Low S H 14 Years Ago

She's so funny! I love her! She made the class extremely entertaining. If you study a lot and make sure you know EVERY TINY detail (not kidding, the smallest detail) on her lecture slides you can get an A.

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MCDB111 . 14 Years Ago

Memorize the lecture slides and just use the book as reference. The first part of the class was much easier than the second half, so be prepared for a tough final (thank god it's not cumulative). It's an interesting class and crucial for the mcat

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MCDB1B . Low S H 14 Years Ago

she's a pretty good professor. she's very entertaining and explains a lot during lecture. she puts a lot of videos online that can be helpful. she's very enthusiastic and loves teaching, he tests are a little hard though.

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MCDB1A . Low S H 15 Years Ago

she is interesting and good at lecturing, but the tests are extremely hard. has fill-in problems on the midterms, tough

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MCDB131 . Low S H 15 Years Ago

Very good teacher. Cares a lot about her students, which shows in lecture and in section. Great advice for grad/med school as well. Great sense of humor!

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MCDBMCDB . Low S H 15 Years Ago

By far the best lecturer in the MCDB department! The videos she puts up are really helpful, and she is great to talk to 1 on 1. She is hilarious & made micro interesting and really fun. I would take another class with her if offered :D

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MCDB139 . Low S H 15 Years Ago

best mcdb ever

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MCDB111 . 15 Years Ago

Best class ever and awesome lecturer. Prof. Smith is approachable and very help during office hours. Class involves a lot of memorizations and his tests were long. Quizzes in section every week so don't fall behind. Physiology is an awesome class, but too bad there's no lab.

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MCDB131 . Low S H 15 Years Ago

She's HILARIOUS! Her lecture slides her clear and she explains things more than once so that you can understand the concept the second time. Her videos are helpful, too. It makes understanding the mechanisms much easier. She emails back quickly and makes microbiology fun!

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MCDB1A . Low S H 15 Years Ago

Tough, hard to understand. Tests are very hard. Took during summer, very fast, wish I had waited until normal year.

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MCDB21 . Low S H 15 Years Ago

A relatively easy yet interesting class, her method of lecturing and clear explanation made me warm up to a subject I generally avoid. By far the best science general ed.

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MCDB111 . 15 Years Ago

Be prepared, don't try and cram there is a lot of information and he speaks very fast at times. His curve doesn't do your grade any good (due to med school students) so study the lectures inside out.

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