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Gregory Grether
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Fall 2021 - I am writing this review of Gregory Grether's portion of the class, after taking the final. The class average was 78 (like 10 points lower than the midterm with Lipman). Test questions were definitely ambiguous in this section (animal behavior), as there is more memorization of concepts and hypotheticals. I got an A on the final, but that's only because I studied my ass off and looked over the lectures at least a dozen times right before and during my time taking the test (the exam was open-note and open-book). Since this class was on a straight scale, a lot of people didn't feel like it was achievable to get an A in this class. I feel like most of my classmates were B+/A- range. I personally feel like I underestimated this class and the rigor that it actually has, because the ecology section was fairly easy. If you take this class with him, my advice would be to ask questions like "what do you mean by that?" or "What are examples of this?" when he gives hypotheses or theories, because holy shit, that would have helped a TON if someone asked that in class/if he touched on it. There were a lot of things on the exam that fried my brain to a crisp, because I feel like we didn't touch on certain concepts as much as we could have, so I wound up throwing shit on the wall and seeing what stuck. The test was only 30 questions too, so if you missed one question you'll drop about half a letter grade. Also... DO THE FUCKING EXTRA CREDIT!!! That shit saved me from an A-. The class was 430 points total, as follows: Ecology Exam (Midterm): 100 points Behavior Exam (Final): 100 points Discussion: 150 points Quizzes: 80 points Total: 430 points Extra Credit: 10 points Good luck Bruins and don't take this class thinking it'll be an easy A.... it whooped my ass
Fall 2021 - I am writing this review of Gregory Grether's portion of the class, after taking the final. The class average was 78 (like 10 points lower than the midterm with Lipman). Test questions were definitely ambiguous in this section (animal behavior), as there is more memorization of concepts and hypotheticals. I got an A on the final, but that's only because I studied my ass off and looked over the lectures at least a dozen times right before and during my time taking the test (the exam was open-note and open-book). Since this class was on a straight scale, a lot of people didn't feel like it was achievable to get an A in this class. I feel like most of my classmates were B+/A- range. I personally feel like I underestimated this class and the rigor that it actually has, because the ecology section was fairly easy. If you take this class with him, my advice would be to ask questions like "what do you mean by that?" or "What are examples of this?" when he gives hypotheses or theories, because holy shit, that would have helped a TON if someone asked that in class/if he touched on it. There were a lot of things on the exam that fried my brain to a crisp, because I feel like we didn't touch on certain concepts as much as we could have, so I wound up throwing shit on the wall and seeing what stuck. The test was only 30 questions too, so if you missed one question you'll drop about half a letter grade. Also... DO THE FUCKING EXTRA CREDIT!!! That shit saved me from an A-. The class was 430 points total, as follows: Ecology Exam (Midterm): 100 points Behavior Exam (Final): 100 points Discussion: 150 points Quizzes: 80 points Total: 430 points Extra Credit: 10 points Good luck Bruins and don't take this class thinking it'll be an easy A.... it whooped my ass
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Fall 2025 - Although the content of this class itself is quite boring, Prof Grether does a good job of teaching it and trying to keep it engaging. He only taught the first half of the quarter, and I wish he would have taught both honestly. His tests are easy if you actually study the material, but they do have quite specific questions so you definitely need to pay attention and understand what is being taught to do well. Overall, a decent class at least for the first half.
Fall 2025 - Although the content of this class itself is quite boring, Prof Grether does a good job of teaching it and trying to keep it engaging. He only taught the first half of the quarter, and I wish he would have taught both honestly. His tests are easy if you actually study the material, but they do have quite specific questions so you definitely need to pay attention and understand what is being taught to do well. Overall, a decent class at least for the first half.
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Fall 2016 - For all Pre-Meds I'm selling custom made MCAT Full-Lengths which are custom designed with AAMC style questions. These questions mimim question packs and section bank. If you don't want to purchase the AAMC question banks separately you can get it in Full-length format to enable most important practice in your study schedule to gauge where you're at and how to improve. Contact **********
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