Reviews of professor Tyler Zarubin

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Zarubin is awesome Prof. Seems like he cared for his students and for bio. People that say he's tough or a bad prof prob clearly do not understand. He made bio seems interesting. THATS HARD TO DO.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof Zarubin is super nice and will go over anything you don't understand until you've got it. He's very understanding as long as you're open and honest with him. The tests felt impossible to pass if you didn't study. I recommend going to tutoring and office hours as soon as you start getting lost because it felt like the class progressed quickly.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Tyler Zarubin is hands down the worst teacher I have ever had. Please save your time by not taking his biology classes. I've had science profs from community colleges that are miles ahead of him. He doesn't teach. I don't think he knows how. If you're a serious student who genuinely wants to learn, I'm sorry to say he is not going to be helpful.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Definitely stay on top of work- he is strict about deadlines and attendance. As long as you do what you need to on time and participate in class it will be fine. Zarubin is awesome and genuinely cares about his students- if you have an issue inside or outside of class he is always willing to talk.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
There is no late work accepted so make sure you get your assignments done on time. Keep a keen eye on the assignments bc he will not always tell you when things are due. Lectures are engaging and interesting most of the time. He cares about his students and will be flexible if you try to understand the information he is presenting.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Zarubin is a very kind person. He genuinely cares for his students and wants them to succeed. But unfortunately, he is not a very good professor. He'd spend the first half of class talking about soccer, not biology. His teaching was surface-level and did not explain the topics in-depth. I had to learn a lot of the material on my own.