What Former Students Thought
“Has taught me how to learn for the sake of learning and long-term retention as opposed to simply learning
to pass an exam and then forgetting the content the day afterwards”
"one of the only professors I've had that felt remotely like a mentor."
"I feel as though this class has prepared me not just to take the MCAT and take a final exam but also has equipped me with high-level problem solving skills that I will employ both in my future scientific career and beyond."
“I ended up not doing as well as I would have liked but that doesn't take anything away from how great this class was. I learned so much about biochem, and perhaps even more about how to learn”
“I didn’t realize how much of a waste my other classes have been”
“This class was painful in some aspects but I really really enjoyed it because I feel like I am walking away with the ability to do more critical thinking than I could before”
“Taught me NOT WHAT to learn, but instead aided and guided me in learning HOW to learn”
“Has some pretty unique teaching methods but they actually work”
“This course really taught me how to study and how to best use power-points or lecture material to study. It also
helped me figure out a study group and how to best learn in a study group setting”
“Will challenge you to approach science and all of your classes differently, but his method works. Be patient and listen to his advice, and it will help you both in his class and in your academic career in general"
"Interestingly, you can have a photographic memory and walk out of this class with a C. If you put in the work (and it is a LOT of work), you will develop incredibly useful problem-solving strategies and memory techniques that you can take with you far beyond this course. And what you'll soon come to realize is that unlike all of the other "multiple choice"-based biology courses, you'll walk out of this class knowing COLD the groundwork for biochemistry––
not an easy feat, but an incredibly rewarding one."
