This class was interesting and Claire, while rude and always blunt, pretends to care for the students. She is very difficult to deal with personally yet "cares for her students and hopes they do well". I did learn a lot in the class however I still got a poor letter grade and I feel that that was not an accurate description of how I learned.

This is a challenging class. But 75% of that challenge is purely the exams; they're brutal, and the questions seem like they come out of left field no matter how much/what material you study. Do not expect to do well on her exams, but the rest of the class is really not that bad at all. Readings, weekly homework sets (5 questions each), ~biweekly problem sets, and daily pre-class warmups (10 simple graded questions, 10 minutes) felt monotonous at times but really were great at making you feel like you were actually learning something interesting. TAs Adam and Brian were awesome. Cronmiller herself is even pretty cool.

All in all, pretty cool class, you'll learn a lot, just don't expect your grade to reflect that.

This course was actually much more difficult than I gathered from other students' opinions. All I do is study, so I can say that I put in 150% effort, and the exams still seemed to be extremely difficult. Take easy classes when you take this class, as the work is nothing short of overwhelming (IF you care about your grade, of course).

The class is designed for you to get ideas from lots of pre-class assignments and homework in order for you to get the "bigger picture". Professor Cronmiller or M.C. Milla (she raps like Tupac and breaks moves like Michael Jackson) is a great professor and wants you to succeed. Just go to office hours and experience it for yourself, but make sure you are willing to work your ass off for the semester.

Worst class ever. Should be worth way more than 4 credits. Way harder than the material should be but required for bio majors so...

Genetics is a super interesting topic, and I would recommend taking it just to learn about it. Professor Cronmiller was a great lecturer, but overall her homework assignments and tests felt like the questions were wordy and tricky. It often felt like I was trying to interpret what she meant and would want rather than trying to actually solve a genetics problem. So the class ended up being difficult, but I think it was more from the wording rather than the subject material.

Not as hard as everyone made it seem. All the extra homework really does help - make sure you do and understand all of it (the HW more than the tutorials and practice problems). Lectures are boring, learning curves are a nice waste of time, Claire is kind of crazy (she "raps".......). Personally, I don't like Claire. But she tries hard enough to be available to answer student's questions and at least pretends like she cares about her students.
First third of the semester is easy - all DNA/RNA review
Last 2/3 is all probability/pedigree/punnett square stuff that I find really difficult, but other people loved.
DON'T get bogged down on details. Claire like big pic.
Tests are unpredictable and a weird format, but as long as she continues giving partial credit, you'll do fine. There's no real way to prepare for them.. just go over lectures and practice problems. Some questions are super predictable, some will come out of NOWHERE. Literally never mentioned ever.
Discussion sections are super helpful - TA Brittany Sutherland is bomb. She's so great, she should teach. GO TO HER OFFICE HOURS.

All in all, I learned a lot. It wasn't that bad.

I thought there was a lot of busy work for the class, which at times seemed mindless and completely pointless. The tests are just like the mastering genetics homework assignments. Just make sure you understand how to get to the answer and you should do fine on the tests. The final exam was hard af tho but it doesn't make up that much of your grade, which is good.

Do all the mastering genetics, do well on the warm-ups and the homeworks, and prepare for discussion. With those taken care of, half of your grade will already be an A. Test questions are most similar to homework and discussion problems, there are very few questions from the book.
You can get a good grade in this class fairly easily, but it'll require a lot of busy work and repetition with the problems. It's stupid but it's what you have to do.

Professor Cronmiller means well and desires to be a great teacher but seems to lack some of the intangibles. Her lectures are somewhat engaging, but not comparable to those of Wormington or Kittlesen. Simply put, this class is a lot of work with tons of assignments and practice problems that are meant to help you, but only if done in the correct manner. Pay attention to assignment due dates and understand the discussion problems.