Reviews of professor Matthew Mahavongtrakul

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
VERY easy Bio 99 professor because of how clear and thorough he is about what he wants you to know for exams. He teaches the subject SO well and actually cares about his students. Showing up to class is a must since you have in class assignments that are worth 3% of your grade each.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Prof Maha is respected and supposedly knows how to give good lectures, because he gives a class to professors on how to teach properly. However, in my opinion, he is not the best. I had a hard time learning in his class and had to do my own research 95% of the time. He also wants very specific answers to his in-class assignment. I did get an though

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Bio 99 with Prof M was an easy A and he is such a great lecturer who doesn't expect you to memorize the textbook. There was an exam every week though (since it was SS2) and in class assignments that were each worth 3% of your grade. The ICAs are pretty easy to get full credit on as long as you ask the TA's for help in class while you're doing it.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The best bio professor I've ever had. He's really passionate about what he teaches and actually cares about what you're learning and your grade. Just listen, participate in class, and pay attention to the practice exams to get an A. I was never into molecular bio until his class, truly inspirational.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He was pretty solid. The exams are lecture based. Only downside is that the In class assignments were graded harshly.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Loved this class, loved the professor. I took him during the pandemic during a summer session, he was really caring when it came to grades quizzes specifically. There was class assignments which were graded pretty tuff. I do recommend taking the class with Matthew, very charismatic which was nice.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Textbook readings, lecture content, and in-class assignments did not connect very well. Assignments were graded way too harshly and I got points taken off even when my answer lined up exactly with the answer key. Feedback was just "post on discussion board". Everything I learned came from outside resources. I had a bad time