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BIOL 3000

Cell Biology
Last taught: Spring 2018
4.2 Rating
3.3 Difficulty
2.77 GPA

Instructor
4.1
Enjoyability
4.1
Difficulty
3.3
Recommend
4.4

Reading
1.5
Writing
0.0
Group Work
0.0
Other
0.2

Total Hours / Week

Hours 1.7

Grade Distribution

A+: 178 (2.8%)A: 1046 (16.6%)A-: 305 (4.8%)B+: 448 (7.1%)B: 1639 (26.0%)B-: 354 (5.6%)C+: 252 (4.0%)C: 879 (13.9%)C-: 196 (3.1%)DFW: 1010 (16.0%)
Average GPA 2.77
Students Measured 6,307

144 Reviews

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Anonymous Spring 2010
4.33 Average

This class really wasn't hard if you paid attention in class. After a few weeks I stopped reading the textbook and just studied the slides from class. Got an A. Just make sure you take good notes during lecture.

Instructor 4.0
Enjoyability 4.0
Recommend 5.0
Difficulty 2.0
Hours/Week 0.0
Anonymous Spring 2010
4.67 Average

This class was pretty fun. Wormington tries to add jokes into his slides and the tests are very fair.

Instructor 4.0
Enjoyability 5.0
Recommend 5.0
Difficulty 3.0
Hours/Week 4.0
Anonymous Spring 2010
4.33 Average

Great class! There is a lot of information that can get really detailed at times but Wormington does a good job covering everything. Tests aren't that bad if you go through and memorize the his lecture slides.

Instructor 4.0
Enjoyability 4.0
Recommend 5.0
Difficulty 3.0
Hours/Week 3.0
Anonymous Spring 2010
4.33 Average

Great professor!! Takes a complex subject and makes it understandable and interesting. Also focused on relevant information dealing with the topic, such as cancer.

Instructor 4.0
Enjoyability 4.0
Recommend 5.0
Difficulty 3.0
Hours/Week 3.0
Anonymous Spring 2010
4.33 Average

The best core. However, there is a lot of memorization involved, and the class is not an easy A.

Instructor 4.0
Enjoyability 4.0
Recommend 5.0
Difficulty 4.0
Hours/Week 0.0
Anonymous Spring 2010
4.00 Average

Wormington is a great lecturer. He makes the material fun, accessable, and interesting. The problem, though, comes with his exams. His exams are awful; hands down, some of the hardest questions out there, because he expects you to know the meticulous details of the various processes. Despite his exams, which are ridculously hard, I still suggest this course. Just don't expect to do stellar, and you'll be okay.

Instructor 4.0
Enjoyability 5.0
Recommend 3.0
Difficulty 5.0
Hours/Week 0.0
Anonymous Spring 2010
4.00 Average

lots of material and memorizing, but very do-able. For tests, make sure you go to discussion section and do the practice tests and discussion questions! Wormington is a great teacher and makes complicated processes easy to understand, so go to lectures!

Instructor 4.0
Enjoyability 4.0
Recommend 4.0
Difficulty 4.0
Hours/Week 3.0
Anonymous Spring 2010
5.00 Average

One of the best lecturers at UVA. Makes hard topics easy to understand.

Instructor 5.0
Enjoyability 5.0
Recommend 5.0
Difficulty 4.0
Hours/Week 4.0
Anonymous Spring 2010
2.67 Average

Don't buy the book. Make sure you go to class or get notes somehow before the test. Memorize the stuff he tells you to and it's really not that hard. Definitely not a class to take if you're not a Bio or other science major.

Instructor 4.0
Enjoyability 2.0
Recommend 2.0
Difficulty 2.0
Hours/Week 0.0
Anonymous Spring 2010
4.33 Average

Professor Wormington is a great teacher and tries hard to make sure everyone understands the difficult subject matter.

Instructor 4.0
Enjoyability 4.0
Recommend 5.0
Difficulty 3.0
Hours/Week 0.0