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MELISSA HARRISON

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Raw average: 2.50/5 from 4 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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BIOCHEM314 · course not matched
Quality 1/5Difficulty 4/5
I am sorry but that comment about one 19 year old's opinion was very rude. I work very hard and I thought that Melissa was hard to understand and agree with the comments above , also everyone who attends this university has the right to give their opinion and they have worked hard to get here so be careful in your comments.
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BCHEM314 · course not matched
Quality 3/5Difficulty 3/5
Meh, definitely somewhere between "awesome" and "terrible". Speaks too quickly and asks oddly-phrased questions on quizzes and in homework, but documents everything very thoroughly in PowerPoints, which are posted online. The most frustrating thing about her was that she took over halfway through a very easy course and turned it into Orgo Lite.
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BMCHM314 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
Melissa is fantastic as a lecturer. Not everybody in the class is going to medical school, and knowing structures is important to those going on in the subject. Don't let one 19-year-old's opinion after feeling snubbed cause you to miss out on this instructor. If you do the work, you'll do well.
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BMC314 · course not matched
Quality 2/5Difficulty 3/5
This class was awesome and interesting. Melissa makes you know structure of things that are not even on the MCAT. She doesn't know the answer to any questions that students ask in class and she was rude when I asked her a question.
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