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JERRY YIN

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Raw average: 3.14/5 from 7 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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GENETICS/MDGENET 565
Quality 2/5Difficulty 3/5
Professor Yin's lectures are disorganized and it is pretty difficult to follow him during lecture, especially he tends to not finish his sentences. His exam questions also pick on specific things that are briefly mentioned in lecture even though he says to just focus on the main ideas.
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GENETICS/MDGENET 565
Quality 3/5Difficulty 4/5
He's an amazing scientist, but not that great a lecturer. Hard to follow his ideas, very disconnected. His slides aren't helpful either, organizing the material for yourself is the only way to do well on his exams. His exams are the hardest in the course, the questions are very vague and are not always conceptual.
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GENETICS/MDGENET 565
Quality 2/5Difficulty 4/5
He was all over the place when teaching and takes forever to get to the point. He says to focus on general topics, but then when the exam came he asked for specific examples. He also asked for things not covered in class. I overheard other people talking about how they only did well on the first exam because of material from other classes.
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GEN565 · course not matched
Quality 3/5Difficulty 4/5
He's a brilliant scientist and is willing to talk to you about any academic problems you have. He's not the best lecturer and will takes awhile for him to get a point across. He also writes most of the exams and they are pretty tough. He tells you to know the main idea, but the exam questions expect more detail.
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GEN565 · course not matched
Quality 3/5Difficulty 4/5
Seems like a chill guy and a good researcher, but this class just left me scratching my head. Three exams, each out of 170 points. The questions are: "Talk about transcription factors" (2 sentences max) (15 points) ... and then I assume he just looks for keywords. I guess just pick a concept and hope it's what he's looking for? It was frustrating.
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565 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
Jerry means well, but the class was not at all what I wanted. They taught the details and expected us to use only concepts on the exam. Not very straightforward and didn't really touch a whole lot on Human Genetics for being a Human Genetics class
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Classes with JERRY YIN

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Spring 2026GENETICS 299Independent Study
Spring 2026GENETICS 699Special Problems
Spring 2026GENETICS 702Advanced Genetics II
Spring 2026GENETICS 708Methods and Logic in Genetic Analysis
Spring 2026GENETICS 875Special Topics
Fall 2025GENETICS 299Independent Study
Fall 2025GENETICS 699Special Problems
Spring 2025GENETICS 299Independent Study
Spring 2025GENETICS 699Special Problems
Spring 2025GENETICS 702Advanced Genetics II
Spring 2025GENETICS 707Frontiers in Genetics Research
Fall 2024GENETICS 299Independent Study
Fall 2024GENETICS 699Special Problems
Spring 2024GENETICS 699Special Problems
Spring 2024GENETICS 702Advanced Genetics II
Spring 2024GENETICS 708Methods and Logic in Genetic Analysis
Spring 2023GENETICS 299Independent Study
Spring 2023GENETICS 702Advanced Genetics II
Spring 2023GENETICS 707Frontiers in Genetics Research
Spring 2022GENETICS 681Senior Honors Thesis
Spring 2022GENETICS 702Advanced Genetics II
Spring 2022GENETICS 708Methods and Logic in Genetic Analysis
Fall 2021GENETICS 699Special Problems
Fall 2020GENETICS 699Special Problems
Spring 2020GENETICS 702Advanced Genetics II
Spring 2020GENETICS 707Frontiers in Genetics Research
Fall 2019GENETICS 299Independent Study
Fall 2019GENETICS/MDGENET 565Human Genetics
Spring 2019GENETICS 299Independent Study
Fall 2018GENETICS/MDGENET 565Human Genetics
Spring 2018GENETICS 708Methods and Logic in Genetic Analysis
Fall 2017GENETICS 990Research
Fall 2017GENETICS/MDGENET 565Human Genetics
Spring 2017GENETICS 299Independent Study
Spring 2017GENETICS 699Special Problems
Spring 2017GENETICS 990Research
Fall 2016GENETICS 299Independent Study
Fall 2016GENETICS 699Special Problems
Fall 2016GENETICS 990Research
Fall 2016GENETICS/MDGENET 565Human Genetics
Spring 2016GENETICS 990Research
Fall 2015GENETICS 699Special Problems
Fall 2015GENETICS 990Research
Fall 2015GENETICS/MDGENET 565Human Genetics
Fall 2015NTP 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2015GENETICS 299Independent Study
Spring 2015GENETICS 990Research
Spring 2015NTP 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2014GENETICS 299Independent Study
Fall 2014GENETICS 699Special Problems
Fall 2014GENETICS 990Research
Fall 2014GENETICS/MDGENET 565Human Genetics
Fall 2014NTP 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2014GENETICS 299Independent Study
Spring 2014GENETICS 699Special Problems
Spring 2014GENETICS 990Research
Spring 2014NTP 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2013GENETICS 299Independent Study
Fall 2013GENETICS 699Special Problems
Fall 2013GENETICS 990Research
Fall 2013GENETICS/MDGENET 565Human Genetics
Fall 2013NTP 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2013GENETICS 682Senior Honors Thesis
Spring 2013GENETICS 990Research
Spring 2013NTP 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2012GENETICS 299Independent Study
Fall 2012GENETICS 681Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2012GENETICS 990Research
Fall 2012GENETICS/MDGENET 565Human Genetics
Fall 2012NTP 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2012GENETICS 299Independent Study
Spring 2012GENETICS 699Special Problems
Spring 2012GENETICS 990Research
Spring 2012NTP 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2011GENETICS 299Independent Study
Fall 2011GENETICS 990Research
Fall 2011GENETICS/MDGENET 565Human Genetics
Fall 2011NTP 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2011GENETICS 299Independent Study
Spring 2011GENETICS 699Special Problems
Spring 2011GENETICS 990Research
Spring 2011NTP 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2010GENETICS 299Independent Study
Fall 2010GENETICS 990Research
Fall 2010GENETICS/MDGENET 565Human Genetics
Fall 2010NTP 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2010GENETICS 299Independent Study
Spring 2010GENETICS 566Advanced Genetics
Spring 2010GENETICS 990Research
Spring 2010NTP 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2009GENETICS 990Research
Fall 2009NTP 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2009GENETICS 299Independent Study
Spring 2009GENETICS 699Special Problems
Spring 2009GENETICS 707Frontiers in Genetics Research
Spring 2009GENETICS 990Research
Spring 2009NTP 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2008GENETICS 299Independent Study
Fall 2008GENETICS 990Research
Fall 2008NTP 990Research and Thesis

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