Reviews of professor David Akey

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Avoid at all costs. I'm a senior and this was the most difficult class I've ever taken (spring 22). Dr. Akey is knowledgable but his lectures lack clarity. From the start, he speaks as if he's lecturing to other professors or students with a good background in biochem. Definitely take another prof if possible.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
What a guy. He wears keens every day and bikes to class (bless him). He cares about your learning and is always available to help. I recommend going to office hours as a lot of content is covered. Exam questions aren't too tricky, and today he told us that a chapter wouldn't be covered on the exam, knowing students were overwhelmed already!!!!!!!!!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
David Akey cares about the material but doesn't know how to explain it well. Grading criteria is confusing and constantly in flux, making it difficult to prepare for assignments and group projects. Same for syllabus, which only covered half the semester. Dry lecture style so hard to pay attention. Overall would not recommend Akey for 411 or 310.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He just made the funniest joke in class OMG. Back-to-back jokes and I am still laughing. Great guy. He is making learning the Citric Acid Cycle so freaking fun.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
MCDB310 is TOUGH, but Akey is a passionate professor who truly cares about his students. While I didn't do as well as I'd hoped, class expectations were always clear. He cares about his students and goes out of his way virtually and in-person to try to help students succeed. Best advice: go to office hours, don't fall behind, and get to know him!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
There's a lot of bad reviews but he's actually good. lectures must be rewatched a 2nd time cuz in person it's hard to get anything out of them. but has great office hours! seriously go to office hours he draws things out and explains at a depth that's not possible in a 400 person lecture. If you put in the time he will too. Also a really nice guy!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He made the final too much to memorize. After doing the practice exam, the exam 1-3, and the problem roulette, I didn't expect there were so many details for the final. If you didn't make a good notes for the exam you won't pass the final.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Akey's a kind professor, but his lectures are some of the worst I've experienced. There wasn't a single lecture that I walked out of feeling ok with the material. I had to rewatch them at 1.5 speed just to make sense of what was going on. His exams were fair, but biochem is a really hard class and a lot of it depends on how good your note sheet is.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Not a very clear lecturer, and hard to follow.
He's incredibly knowledgeable but doesn't
know how to simplify things. He made the
fourth exam VERY difficult. Don't skip details
memorize and stay on top of lecture. Do
many practice problems as you can including
the books P. Roulette. nice guy but not the
best teacher Doable though