Before taking this class I was extremely afraid because of the reviews and comments about the exams. As these reviews were somewhat right as this class was the hardest class I've taken so far, but it was also one of my favorites. The content is super interesting and Professor Khankan explains everything so thoroughly. She was one of the best professors I have had so if you are taking this class PLEASE try to get her as your professor!! As you have probably seen from other reviews, the tests are absolutely brutal. However, they are online so that takes away a little bit of test anxiety. Additionally, the exams aren't a major part of your grade so if you do poorly there are other things that will help to bring up your grade. I scored an 86% and 80% on the midterms and an 85% on the final exam but still ended with an A because of extra credit and doing launchpad every week. I absolutely loved this class so do not let the bad reviews scare you away!

Every test question is a model given on Canvas or on the slides!!! Then it would ask things like "oh no the gastrowhateveridase amount decreased, what happens to the xyzidase enzyme amount?" and you would have to go through all the feedback loops to find out. The whole class is basically one giant feedback loop with the occasional where-does-the-ventricle-contract-on-this-diagram. So...tests were pretty hard. I heard the average was less than 60% for the first one? and you need to average 88% on all tests to get an A, assuming you get 100% in everything else...personally I thought the tests were hard. But Khankan is such a good lecturer and so understanding! I realized that I, somehow, was in the wrong Launchpad class and was getting 0's on everything (it goes automatically into Canvas from Launchpad) and she was just like "eh whatever we'll fix it later dw about it lmao." Another time I saw her on the Hill (she lived on the Hill) and I was like "heyo u teach my bio class!" and she was all like "yeah! if u ever need help come knock on my door :D" and I really appreciate that she was so open to helping students like that.