Jim Blankenship - Cornell University

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Jim Blankenship - Cornell University

Professor: Jim Blankenship

Department: Science

College: Cornell University

Rating # 1

Overview:

Course: BIOMG3300
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Professor Blankenship is a great teacher. Biochem is difficult, but there are tons of office hours staffed by multiple TAs. Make sure you thoroughly answer the objectives for each unit by reading the textbook, watching the review videos, and talking over the objectives with a TA. If you do this, you are bound to get a decent grade.

Rating # 2

Overview:

Course: BIOMG3300
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Jim is a nice guy, but his actual tests were 5x harder than the practice tests(actual tests from previous years). It could also be that this course was completely online this semester due to COVID. During the semesters where this class is offered in-person, the class is usually fine. Stay clear of this class until in-person instruction resumes.

Rating # 3

Overview:

Course: BIOMG3300
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This course is great, and the material is very interesting and applicable. The auto-tutorial format is well suited because biochem in general is memorization heavy. Jim is available to answer questions, and he has a great teaching team to help out. His review sessions are great too, and he's a sweet person who loves teaching!

Rating # 4

Overview:

Course: BIOMG3300
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He is very dedicated to all students. Exercises tough love.

Rating # 5

Overview:

Course: BIOMG3300
Grade Received: B-
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Auto tutorial classes substitute genuine educators for student laborers, bulk memorization, and arbitrary weekly assessments. Any student that says that they enjoy this kind of pseudo-learning must, in fact, detest learning and instead be enjoying the mindless parroting of uncontextualized information. BIOMG 3300 is definetly not worth your time

Rating # 6

Overview:

Course: BIOMG3300
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Really enjoyed 3300; one of my favorite courses at Cornell

Rating # 7

Overview:

Course: BIOMG3300
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Makes mud as clear as water. Excellent professor! His review sessions are short and sweet. Material can seem a little heavy, but is actually not that bad, especially with all the tons of help he and his assistants offer. Always wandering the study center asking if students need help with material, and asks for feedback on quizzes and tests.

Rating # 8

Overview:

Course: BIOMG3350
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Awesome class! Jim is really cool.

Rating # 9

Overview:

Course: BIOCH1
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

BEST CLASS I loved biochemistry, and I loved his teaching method. He knows what he's talking about, and wants you to learn!

Rating # 10

Overview:

Course: BIOMG3300
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Doing well on the weekly quizzes will take up hours each week. However, studying for quizzes makes studying for prelims relatively easy and the material you learn in this class come back again and again in many other science classes and especially the MCAT. I've learned more in this class than any other at Cornell, but be prepared to work for it

Rating # 11

Overview:

Course: BIOMG3300
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.5
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Autotutorial biochem was very difficult in terms of material that you must learn. However, there are always TAs on staff to help you out during the day. Prof. Blankenship gives optional lectures, which can be helpful. He was one of my favorite lecturers, which really says something, since this was an autotutorial course.

Rating # 12

Overview:

Course: BIOBM4320
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.5
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

took this molecular cell bio. class during the summer during the 6 week session. if you can, take it! covering something as deep as cell bio in 6 weeks means at least 25+ hours of work per week for each of the 6 weeks, but if you keep up, you will be rewarded with a wealth of knowledge. Also, there were only 4 people in the class- amazing.

Rating # 13

Overview:

Course: BIOBM3300
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.5
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This is a hard course heavy on information. Yet, Jim made it one of the most fair, interesting, and rewarding classes I have taken at Cornell. I did not enjoy "hard" science until I took this class. Key to success is simple: study the objectives (exactly what is on prelims.)It's unfortunate Jim doesn't teach a lecture class, he would be brilliant.

Rating # 14

Overview:

Course: BIOBM3300
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.5
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Autotutorial biochemistry is no cakewalk, but Jim outlines exactly what he wants you to know in the course packet. If you study those objectives and know them by heart, you'll do well. Unlike orgo, you can actually get a good grade if you put in lots of effort.

Rating # 15

Overview:

Course: BIOBM330
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

The autotutorial class is so absurdly hard I bled a little. I still enjoyed the material and learned a lot. The prof constructed a really solid challenging class.

Rating # 16

Overview:

Course: BIOBM330
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

You will remember this class for your entire life. Excellent auto-tutorial course. The optional "review" sessions led by Jim are good refreshers for exams or before Unit tests. Workload=life consuming. Talk to TAs in the center and clear questions up ASAP. Jim is always in the center helping TAs with unit test, grading, tutoring.

Rating # 17

Overview:

Course: BIOBM330
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Best autotutorial class at Cornell. Possibly best Biology class. Jim is clear and organized and WANTS YOU TO DO WELL. Class is organized around this basic motive, so oral tests are not graded, written tests are fair, and prelims are very fair too! No complaints. The material was really interesting too. Workload not too bad.

Rating # 18

Overview:

Course: BIOBM330
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.5
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Like with most auto classes, what you get out is directly correlated to how much time and effort you put into it - you can get a lot of out this class by learning the material thoroughly. Didn't have a lot of contact with the prof, but his review sessions were great and he seemed accessible and helpful. Actually one of my favorite classes here.

Rating # 19

Overview:

Course: BIOBM330
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This class has a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge workload, but in the end you learn alot and it's pretty interesting. The prof was helpful and nice.

Rating # 20

Overview:

Course: BIOBM330
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: N/A
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

In BioBm330, I didnt have too much contact with Jim. The class itself was very intense and rigorous. You dont have to wake up for lecture and you can skip material you already know, but reading text book alone can be depressing sometimes. You dont have to read the text book, just *memorize* the objectives, good way to develop study habits.

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