Reviews of professor Dorset Trapnell

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Co-teaches with Mark Farmer. Prime example of how being a smart, well accomplished scientist doesn't mean you're a good professor. Tests were hard with no curve, lectures were extremely dense and fast paced with seemingly unrelated information, LOTS of weekly work. If you're not extremely passionate about biology, DO NOT take this class!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
DO NOT take this FYO. Extremely difficult grading, lots of homework, and mandatory attendance. While the topic may be interesting, the course is 10 times harder than the FYOs that all my peers take.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I worked my butt off in my FYOS (supposed to be an easy A) and most of my class got Bs and Cs. So many papers. I would not recommend her. I mean she was super sweet and nice and a great person. But very very hard professor for what was supposed to be an easy A.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Trapnell was very understanding when I had a difficult situation arise at home. Grades were always given in a timely manner and she truly cares about what she is teaching.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Simply flew through the notes so fast you can't keep up, even if you're typing. Slides are posted a day or two after class. So much unnecessary busy work every week. Do not take the Trapnell/Farmer combo; too difficult, even for a STEM major who got A- on both gen chems

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Trapnell didn't teach as much, but I still enjoyed her lectures (though they weren't as interesting as Dr.Farmer's). Study the PPTs carefully and you will be fine for the tests. She is more strict than Farmer (called people out for using phones during lectures), but is still nice.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Trapnell was okay for Biology II. While she didnt have much of a role in the class as Dr. Farmer did, she still had lectures to give that contained so much material. She was very nice but wasnt as funny or charismatic as Dr. Farmer was. She also didnt teach a lot so some even forget that shes even there. Still, she is a good choice.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Trapnell co-taught with Dr. Farmer. She is obviously very passionate about what she teaches and she did a great job explaining her lectures to the class. Lots of homework but all to boost your grade at the end.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Dr. Trapnell is a very kind woman who is passionate about what she teaches. She is a hard grader regarding the weekly essays and can tend to be a bit stern when it comes to participation during the group discussion. Come prepared with one topic to discuss for each class period and you should be fine!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She is a sweet person but don't take her FYO class. I spent roughly 4 hours a week reading the assigned papers (which are 7 to 30 pages long) and then summarizing them, just to get a 70. While she claims that we must write about what we learned, she takes off ridiculous points for not including facts that she wanted us to, and for minor fallacies.