Reviews of professor Michael Grillo

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
There are four tests but they don't make up a large percentage of your grade. He gives opportunities to improve your grade if the class did bad. The multiple choice can get kind of tough, and some tests have short answer. Know the material from the slides and you should be good. I got 100% or above on all the exams.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
If you want to learn genetics, don't take him.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
the work is on you. hw is oddly difficult...

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Doesn't care about teaching at all, on his phone during class. Makes you feel stupid when asking questions. Sometimes when you ask him a question he won't know the answer. The class is flipped so online lecture videos outside of class + do homework in class. Attendence is not required. Only If you're really great a bio would I say to take him

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Class was 80% online. Video lectures were v unhelpful and did not cover most topics he put on tests. Be prepared to teach yourself from the book. Homework is just busy work. Can be condescending when answering questions. Each exam worth 12.5 the rest is hw, so a bad test is not ruinous. Overall not a difficult class, but requires too much work.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
great choice for genetics, no surprises and he's fair. he really teaches you what is significant in the class, puts an emphasis on importance of a certain topic. there weekly hw, preclass learning curve, he recommends you read the ch. b4 class and so do i, it really helps.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Grillo is a really blunt but caring professor. I really liked that he had a flipped classroom and that all the homework was done in class. The exams are pretty challenging but his office hours are always available and the SI sessions are helpful too. My only complaint would be that the homework was more based on the textbook than the exams were