Hey Bruins!

So I took this class during the apocalyptic COVID-19 season in the Spring so take what you can from this review.

Overall, Professor Clarke is truly the GOAT in MCDB department. She has this tiny Australian(?) accent going on so I enjoyed her lectures because I really liked her voice.

This professor is quite fair and very involved in student learning, even during the pandemic. This pandemic season was honestly such a rough time for every one, so I appreciated the fact that Professor Clarke was really accommodating and understanding of her students.

Class material-wise, I thought the topics discussed in MCDB 144 was honestly very challenging at times because of all the pathways and mechanisms we had to learn on top of the data-interpretation (which is the bulk of all the tests and quizzes). To really excel in this class, data-interpretation has to be intuitive to most. Her exams and quizzes go pretty quickly, so when presented with data, you have to know what is going on and catch on quickly to answer the questions.

I had Jordan as my TA during this time. Overall, I thought he did a great job on explaining what strategies to use and how to tackle data interpretation questions. Also this man was quite hilarious and made my Monday 8AM discussion so much more enjoyable than it ever could have been.

In all, great professor and teaching staff! Not only will you guys learn a tremendous amount throughout this class, but y'all will actually enjoy it!