the prof is very nice, excellent lectures, nice curve for the class. Highly recommend all to take her class.

Her lecture is loud and clear, and some people who took it with other professors found her notes very helpful. She is very nice and cares about people learning the material. Midterms and final are fairly easy (straight from lectures) with exception of application problem.(tricky!) You need to know the experiments very well in order to answer those.

This professor is very helpful. her lectures are clear and detailed. she explaines the material usually before you get to do the experiment which is very helpfull. the mediterms are staight forward. usually there is a trick question, not a big deal. final is sort of hard

Soowal's lectures are very clear. Writes everything on the board. Tests are rep. of the lectures. The class itself can be very fun. Start lab reports early b/c they are very time consuming. Important tip to make your life easier: after every lab section, write down what you did & why you did it. That'll make writing the report muchhhh easier.

Soowal is a good teacher. Her lectures are interesting enough, and she post slides online and on podcast which is really nice. Her test are mostly from lecture and she curves on a 80 percent. It's a easy class to do well. Especially if you go to discussion. Overall a good teacher to have for genetics

Lectures are not very reflective of exams, which often contain many tricks and things not covered. Take another easier professor who already has experience teaching BICD 100 (i.e. Smith)

Lectures were straight from the book. Homework probs were trash after the first midterm. Knowing how to do the problems that were posted online and given out in section are crucial for doing well on tests. Tests were mult-choice, and some questions were weird and tricky. Doable class, though.

Here is an honest rating. It's true that her tests are long and somewhat tricky. But come on..this is an upper division class. Although she doesn't explain everything that she puts on her exams...what she does explain in class...she explains it crystal clear. Stuff she doesn't explain is covered in section. Class, section, Review sessionget youthe

She really wasn't that bad. The tests weren't very representative of lectures and homework but were still manageable. She was nice to me and I never heard her refer to anyone as an "idiot". Also, I'd tap that. You heard me.

Professor Soowal's class is quite difficult, but it is generously curved. It is obvious that she tries very hard to answer all her student's questions, as she spends a lot of time on WebCT. However, she is also quite stubborn when it comes to hiding her tests, as the only way to review your exams is to visit her during crowded office hours.

Dr Soowal is a great professor. Her grading is fair and she has a thorough understanding of the material.

She is an awesome professor. Her exams are very fair, everything from the material covered. She throws a couple of curve balls in her exams but nothing impossible!

she actually isn't that bad. her tests are hard but she does go over the material in class and the curve is pretty decent. i thought i failed the final but i ended up getting my first A+. TA office hours are really helpful. Hers, not so much.

Soowal is a good professor. Lectures are clear and podcasted. You don't have to read the book anymore than what she has talked about in lecture. HOWEVER, her tests are ridiculously hard. Your TA could make or break this class. I had an awesome TA and it made all the difference.

I actually liked Professor Soowal. She was clear in lecture, her tests didn't require you to read the text book - just do the homework questions and attend lecture and section, and you should be fine. I had an awesome TA, too. So that helps. Overall, it was a good class. She curves all the tests so the average is 80%.

She is a pretty difficult teacher. Her exams cover a LOT of material and covers everything she went over in lecture.. You must read to clarify the lectures, and there is a ton of reading that you must do. She seemed very nice in lecture, but when i went to her office hours, she was VERY mean. be prepared to study a lot if you take her

Professor Soowal is an excellent teacher who makes time outside of class for her students. I am a freshman at UCSD and was scared to take this upper division class, but she was such a good teacher that i managed to pull off an A-. i really really enjoyed my fall 08 quarter in genetics with her as my teacher.

Took this in the summer and got an A+. The curve on the final was very decent (20 points) and there was only 1 midterm. Lectures are very clear. Textbook is useless as long as you attend section. Do the practice tests and finals and review lecture notes. Office hours (both TA and prof) are very helpful (TA's basically go over hw answers).

shes pretty easy, just do the hw and the study questions. id for sure take another class from her

dr. soowal is a really easy professor. all you have to do is skim the chapter shes going over prior to class so you have some idea of what she is talking about. do the problems she assigns before the exams, it doesn't take more than a couple of hours to do. also do the practice exams she puts up on webct. if you do those things you'll for sure get

Lectures are pretty clear, and the exams are based on what she covers. Lab is not hard, but with a good/helpful TA, it becomes pretty fun. 2 lab reports, 3 exams. Pretty fair grading, not that hard if you keep up. DON'T WAIT TO START ON THE LAB REPORTS!!!

She teaches the class in a clear way. Her tests are a little tricky, but definitely not that hard. The recommended problems weren't useful. The difficulty of her tests doesn't require too much reading or studying. Overall, she makes this one of the easiest upperdiv classes.

Dr. Soowal is clear and competent. Her lectures are easy to follow and really help you understand the material. Her tests are tricky, read the questions very carefully.

Professor Soowal is great! Her lectures are interesting and keep one awake :) She bases her tests primarily on concepts covered in lecture. The book is an extra help when concepts are unclear in lecture. She can get challenging but as she said you will walk out of her class knowing genetics.

Dr. Soowal is a really nice professor and is very helpful during office hours but her tests are really tricky and time consuming for 50 min tests. You run out of time and the questions are difficult and all are MC. Doing book problems and practice tests are useless. If u dnt do well under time constraints and pressure DONT TAKE THE CLASS.

in this class i'm just hoping i pass. Subj is easy. Tests are impossible under time constraints & super tricky. She lectures great, you think you get it, but when it comes to the pressure of the exams, u'd be lucky to get a C- (avg). Hw's are time consuming but helpful however if you want to keep your gpa, take a different class!

I've never heard her be rude when students ask questions. Her lectures prepare you for the test fairly well (although, the HW is very different from tests). Yes, the averages for the tests were low but she curves the class, although I think she curves to a C+ after I calculated the numbers (although she claimed it was a B-). She's nice though.

I went to her office hours to ask for help and she is VERY kind--not rude at all! She has a very friendly disposition during lecture as well. As for her exams, they kinda HAVE to be tricky--genetics would be way too easy if it was just memorization & regurgitating facts. And her final is completely doable--90 MC for 3hrs = very reasonable!

Her class was so hard compared to the other professor's class during the quarter. The homework are not graded based upon completion but what you got write. Her lectures made the course sound really easy but she tests you on concepts much deeper than what she teaches.

She really shouldn't be teaching. Honestly, the midterms were only fair if we had TIME to do them, absolutely not enough time for any exams. This is the second time taking this course and I did better the FIRST time (with a diff teacher of course, she's a great lecturer and yes u learn, but ur grade suffers anyway...STAY AWAY!

I took this lab class hearing bad things about Soowal, but it was just the opposite. Soowal is very clear in what she wants you to know and her tests are representative. Plus, only TWO lab reports instead of 3 for the other professors. Take this class, do the work, and it's not bad at all. Your grade depends on your TA more than the professor

easy class if you go to lecture and lab. TA's are all pretty cool. Lectures rarely lasted the full time, and labs were usually three hours at most. Two big lab reports (15-20 pages), but you have lots of time to do them. Overall an easy class with Soowal

good professor. she was really clear and her tests were pretty fair. it was representative of the hw she assigned.

Professor Soowal is extremely clear as to what she expects from her students. During labs she is always available for students to approach her about class material or just fun discussion. Take her class is you actually want to enjoy a lab class at UCSD. Relatable and knowledgeable :)

She genuinely cares for her students and her tests are straight forward. Only 1 lab formal lab write up, and 1-2 pop quizzes a week on lab manual. DONT BE LATE FOR CLASS or you will miss attendance points/ quiz points. She is approachable and doesn't do research so her passion really is teaching. Don't be afraid of the bad reviews, I liked her.

Awesome and clear professor. Tests (3 total) are very straightforward if you study her lecture slides and go to class. Does clicker participation the first 5 min of class, so BE ON TIME. Easy in-class pop quizzes if you have read the lab manual. You have 2 mini-lab reports and 1 major lab report, which was a pain to do. She's really chill!

This lab is super reasonable. Minimal lab reports, manageable exams, generally not hard to do well. Definitely go to lecture. The tests aren't difficult as some people say, just study professor's lecture slides and you will do great (they're online too!). Really pretty easy for a lab and I always got done early :)

She actually cares about her students and has pretty good attitude if you try to ask questions. Even though she doesn't have OH, she's always in the lab! Tests/pop quizzes are tough because you have to pay attention to even some really small things on the slides/in the lab manual. Lab report is reasonable. Avoid her if you want to get easy A.

Although you do not really gain hands-on experience due to the online format, Professor Soowal was the reason why I (a mostly Bs student) got an A after a long time. She kindly received our feedback about lab reports/quizzes grade criteria and (as long as you ask her) gave you hints on what she expected from us in our work, which was pure theory.