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Nihal Ahmad

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Raw average: 3.50/5 from 12 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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What students say

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BIO151 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 1/5
Excellent notes, very helpful. Some accent.
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BIO151 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 1/5
Excellent notes, very accessible and helping professor - always ready and eager to help
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ZOO151 · course not matched
Quality 3/5Difficulty 4/5
He's hard to understand and goes through lecture slides really fast. I found it best to look at slides before class, take notes, and then take more in class. Exam is difficult, but if you go to his review session and study A LOT, you can get an A
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BIO151 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 1/5
Excellent teacher; knows his subject. Only problem is accent (sometimes).
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BIO151 · course not matched
Quality 3/5Difficulty 2/5
Lectures are straight out of the book, he reads off the slides, no point in going, just study the slides and memorize them to get an A
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Classes with Nihal Ahmad

No teaching recorded in Fall 2026.

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