Retook the class in the summer. You can see he likes teaching in a smaller classroom to make lectures more effective. Pace is quicker than the winter course, but easier to tackle as a M-R 11am. Earned a substantially better grade than the winter class. Quite literally, just do the problem sets and practice exams a kajillion times.

ts dude is buns

The midterm covered 3 weeks of material, while the final covered the rest of the quarter. Assigned MATLAB hw but wasn't graded. Did not curve - Instead took 5% of grade as 'floating' to put either in final or midterm. It's profs like him and Thrower that make me lose my passion for my major...

This course (and specifically this professor) nearly made me drop my major. Not because of being weeded out, but losing all passion and motivation for the subject. He makes learning based on memorizing, and designs questions deliberately to trip up students. He lacks empathy and encourages failure, rather than success. Good luck. I hate bio now lol

Second half of the class sucks, he is very unclear on what he wants you to know Don't bother listening to anything he says in lecture, just do the weekly assignments + watch the lecture videos yourself. Do the practice exams right before to see what he likes putting on the tests. Memorize stuff based on what's on the practice exams.

Bro had me pulling my hair out all quarter. The actual course material wasn't too difficult, but the way he teaches, wacky grading, & the entire grade being based on exams will do it for you. All I can say is good luck & get started early on the practice exams. Even Anyika ochem didn't do me this dirty

John Lew is incredible. He's very interesting and fun to listen to, but this course is HARD. You have to understand concepts extremely well. But Dr. Lew explains everything clearly and in depth. There's videos, lectures, readings, homework problems, and past exams. Do as much as you can. You'll spend a lot of time studying if you want to do well.

This class was very difficult. His lectures are entertaining. If he tells you not to memorize something like the TCA or glycolysis- he is lying MEMORIZE everything. The weekly quizzes look just like the homework, do well on those they saved my grade. The exams are similar to the practice exams he posts, but do not really reflect the homework.

"would" - my good buddies in this class

By far, best MCDB professor I've had. Really hammered home on what was important, and 4 months removed still remember a lot. Great job of using concepts to drive memorization and making the subject matter unforgettable. Very accessible in office hours, and it is not a class where bs gets in the way of doing well. Highly recommend

Great professor! Really teaches the conceptual aspects of the class well, I still remember all of it weeks removed. Super kind and helpful in office hours. Hard class, partially due to large amount of material requried on own time but truthfully material in the class should be taught over 17 weeks not 10. Overall great prof and fun class.

Similar to others! Professor Lew is a great guy. That being said, his lectures are pretty disorganized. It was kinda hard to gage the big picture until I went through the practice finals. But, I feel like I learned the most from this class than any other class. The final is hard, but nothing crazy. Practice finals and midterms are your friend.