Reviews of professor David Parichy

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Parichy is a great lecturer and makes a lot of references to his own research during his lectures. I really enjoyed having him as a professor this semester. He was very detail oriented in lectures and on exams, but studying hard and paying close attention will ensure success!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He won't respond to emails. His exams include answer choices that are ambiguous like "some of the above". Some of his questions don't correlate to what he taught in lecture. Doesn't give you anything to study from besides some useless study questions. He'll email you during the exam and tell you there are problems with questions. Honestly the worst

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Parichy is extremely knowledgeable in genetics but his lectures are difficult to follow, and his exams often require specific details from examples in class. The textbook barely followed the course material and was not much help. The study questions he provided as exam prep were not very useful either. Avoid unless your major requires his class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The worst professor I've ever had. Orgo was easier than taking one of his exams. I honestly recommend not taking this class if you can avoid it. I honestly hope they kick him out because his exams were poorly designed and seemed like he made them last minute because he would always have problems with it and email us about it.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Pretty confused by the negative reviews, Dave was very organized and clear with all of his lectures. The class wasn't easy by any means, but as a non-bio major I was able to come away with an A- by keeping detailed notes and rewatching lectures before each exam. Everything you need to know is in lecture and on the slides -don't bother with the book