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Elaine Alarid

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Raw average: 3.50/5 from 2 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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BIOCORE 485
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
Professor Alarid rocks. She is incredibly knowledgeable and her lectures are generally engaging and very informative. Although I think it would be more helpful to have more substantive powerpoints, that is a relatively minor issue. Definitely my favorit Prof from 485.
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485 · course not matched
Quality 3/5Difficulty 4/5
Elaine clearly knows her stuff but makes lectures more intimidating than they should be. Group problems could also be more straightforward.
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Classes with Elaine Alarid

ONCOLOGY 699

Special Research Problems

1–3 credits

Special Research Problems in Oncology involves directed study projects arranged with the instructor.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades).

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historical GPA · grades

Spring 2025–Spring 2025 · limited sample

Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Spring 2027ONCOLOGY 699Special Research Problems
Spring 2027ONCOLOGY 990Research
Fall 2026BME 799Advanced Independent Study
Fall 2026ONCOLOGY 699Special Research Problems

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