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JOHN POOL

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Raw average: 1.67/5 from 3 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 695
Quality 1/5Difficulty 1/5
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.
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GENETICS 695
Quality 2/5Difficulty 3/5
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.
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GENETICS 466
Quality 2/5Difficulty 5/5
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.
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Classes with JOHN POOL

No teaching recorded in Fall 2026.

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Spring 2026GENETICS 633Population Genetics
Spring 2026GENETICS 699Special Problems
Spring 2026GENETICS 990Research
Fall 2025GENETICS 695Advancing to Biological Sciences Phd Study
Fall 2025GENETICS 699Special Problems
Fall 2025GENETICS 701Advanced Genetics
Fall 2025GENETICS 990Research
Spring 2025GENETICS 699Special Problems
Spring 2025GENETICS 990Research
Fall 2024GENETICS 695Advancing to Biological Sciences Phd Study
Fall 2024GENETICS 699Special Problems
Fall 2024GENETICS 701Advanced Genetics
Fall 2024GENETICS 990Research
Spring 2024GENETICS 633Population Genetics
Spring 2024GENETICS 699Special Problems
Spring 2024GENETICS 990Research
Fall 2023GENETICS 375Special Topics
Fall 2023GENETICS 699Special Problems
Fall 2023GENETICS 701Advanced Genetics
Fall 2023GENETICS 990Research
Fall 2023ZOOLOGY 990Research
Spring 2023GENETICS 299Independent Study
Spring 2023GENETICS 699Special Problems
Spring 2023GENETICS 990Research
Spring 2023ZOOLOGY 990Research
Fall 2022GENETICS 299Independent Study
Fall 2022GENETICS 699Special Problems
Fall 2022GENETICS 701Advanced Genetics
Fall 2022GENETICS 990Research
Fall 2022ZOOLOGY 990Research
Spring 2022GENETICS 633Population Genetics
Spring 2022GENETICS 699Special Problems
Spring 2022GENETICS 990Research
Spring 2022ZOOLOGY 990Research
Fall 2021GENETICS 701Advanced Genetics
Fall 2021GENETICS 990Research
Fall 2021ZOOLOGY 990Research
Fall 2020GENETICS 681Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2020GENETICS 699Special Problems
Fall 2020GENETICS 701Advanced Genetics
Fall 2020GENETICS 990Research
Fall 2020ZOOLOGY 990Research
Spring 2020GENETICS 299Independent Study
Spring 2020GENETICS 633Population Genetics
Spring 2020GENETICS 990Research
Spring 2020ZOOLOGY 990Research
Fall 2019GENETICS 699Special Problems
Fall 2019GENETICS 701Advanced Genetics
Fall 2019GENETICS 990Research
Fall 2019ZOOLOGY 990Research
Spring 2019GENETICS 990Research
Fall 2018GENETICS 633Population Genetics
Fall 2018GENETICS 990Research
Fall 2018ZOOLOGY 990Research
Spring 2018GENETICS 299Independent Study
Spring 2018GENETICS 548The Genomic Revolution
Spring 2018GENETICS 990Research
Spring 2018ZOOLOGY 990Research
Fall 2017GENETICS 633Population Genetics
Fall 2017GENETICS 699Special Problems
Fall 2017GENETICS 990Research
Fall 2017ZOOLOGY 990Research
Spring 2017GENETICS 299Independent Study
Spring 2017GENETICS 699Special Problems
Spring 2017GENETICS 990Research
Fall 2016GENETICS 299Independent Study
Fall 2016GENETICS 633Population Genetics
Fall 2016GENETICS 699Special Problems
Fall 2016GENETICS 990Research
Spring 2016GENETICS 299Independent Study
Spring 2016GENETICS 699Special Problems
Spring 2016GENETICS 990Research
Fall 2015GENETICS 633Population Genetics
Fall 2015GENETICS 699Special Problems
Fall 2015GENETICS 990Research
Spring 2015GENETICS 299Independent Study
Spring 2015GENETICS 466Principles of Genetics
Spring 2015GENETICS 990Research
Fall 2014GENETICS 633Population Genetics
Spring 2014GENETICS 699Special Problems
Fall 2013GENETICS 299Independent Study
Fall 2013GENETICS/MDGENET 677Advanced Topics in Genetics
Spring 2013GENETICS 299Independent Study
Fall 2012GENETICS 299Independent Study
Fall 2012GENETICS/MDGENET 677Advanced Topics in Genetics

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