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Easily the worst professor to ever exist. He consistently belittles and berates students, making them feel incompetent, unworthy and unconfident. Countless classmates and I have been shut down or made insecure for asking questions. He offers no support, only judgment. I genuinely hope no other student ever has to endure him.I pray he loses his job.Rate My Professors ↗
Before I took this class, I had a positive outlook on my experiences and the possibility of going to grad school. Afterwards, I felt more discouraged and less competent. When I asked for advice about my GPA and current research, he told me it was not likely to get into grad school.Rate My Professors ↗
Seems like he is just teaching so he can do research. lectured all about the qualitative parts of genetics, but the majority of his exam was quantitative. He also has a very weird exam structure.Rate My Professors ↗
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