Reviews of professor Paul Sumby

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Good professor. Only gripe is his lectures are extremely dry, however his expectations are clear and fair. Very receptive to student feedback and accessible outside of class. His notes are highlighted to emphasize things to focus on for exams. The papers are hard, but he gives a lot of guidance on how to go about them too.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Sumby is an awesome professor! Very open to constructive criticism about the course and modified exam difficulty to meet our level. Lectures are very interesting and he highlights key exam concepts like a built in study guide. Only complaint was lack of guidance on the term paper, but he did offer individual guidance if requested.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Sumby is a very nice person and his class would be somewhat enjoyable if he changed his class structure. He grades you off of only exams and a "Nanoreview". The exams are very wordy and tricky but doable. However, he grades both your Nanoreview rough and final draft as separate entities. He is very picky with these Nanoreviews.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Microbial Genomics with Professor Sumby was a blast! He is very clear about his expectations which was highly appreciated. The Nanoreviews could be tough; but again the expectations were clear and the critique from the first Nanoreview helps push you in the right direction! This class was very intriguing and right to the point!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Sumby was a great professor. Each class was one lecture and each lecture had slides to go with them. The slides were highlighted for things to focus on for the exams. Four exams 50 questions each. The final exam isn't cumulative. Two review papers three pages each. He's very accommodating and listens to student suggestion.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I think his expectations were not attainable in a few aspects. I enjoyed the content but exams were extremely wordy.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He's okay. Funny guy, but first semester teaching undergrads. Difficult tests and your grade is 75% from exams and one paper 25%. He gives absolutely no direction on the paper but grades difficultly. His tests are hard but doable. Lectures are long and there is a ton of material. Not the greatest, but a nice guy.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Sumby has very clear grading expectations on how to get an A in his class. The tests are hard, but watch the lectures and understand all the green and red words and you will be fine. Not the hardest material, but the slides are dense. The nanoreviews are graded very hard, so make sure you start writing those at least a week ahead in time.