Reviews for Raymond J. StLeger
Average Rating:| Anonymous Course: BSCI222 Grade Expected: B January 13, 2012, 6:13 pm | Professor St. Leger is genius. I took BSCI222 with him last spring and I thought he was hilarious. His British accent and commentary/jokes made the material 10x more interesting. This man is incredibly smart. Tests were fair and of appropriate difficulty. Overall, I'm glad I took St. Leger. |
| Anonymous Course: BSCI222 Grade Expected: April 21, 2011, 3:57 pm | I'm not really sure what these other reviewers are smoking but they are all absolutely wrong about this man. He is a nasty piece of work and has an ice cold heart. I would have to say he definitely discriminates against women and thinks they are inferior. St. Leger's favorite past time would be to insult his students and pretty much anyone else. He's going to die a hateful old man. |
| trex Course: BSCI222 Grade Expected: A+ December 11, 2010, 9:36 am | took him a couple of years ago. he is a very effective teacher. pay attention during lecture and review your notes. he is very helpful if you go to his office hours or after class. i think this will be his last semester teaching this course so definitely take his class if you can! |
| PossePrincess Course: BSCI222 Grade Expected: B December 7, 2010, 5:09 pm | Dr. St Leger is one of my favorite professors ever. He's a wonderful lecturer, and was very accommodating about meeting for alternative office hours. He's nice, funny, and almost intimidatingly intelligent. I recorded all his lectures and recopied them later, which proved extremely helpful. There's no room to get behind in this class, because there's a lot of material and he tests you on details. That being said, if you attend lectures and keep up with studying and practice problems, there's no reason not to do well in his class. Discussion was difficult, but they are coordinated by different people than the lecturers. |
| Anonymous Course: BSCI222 Grade Expected: B October 11, 2010, 1:07 pm | I found it hard to pay attention, especially whenever he wore an open collar shirt. Meow. |
| Anonymous Course: BSCI222 Grade Expected: January 29, 2010, 9:30 am | this man is a genius. |
| Anonymous Course: BSCI222 Grade Expected: December 18, 2009, 7:32 am | I'd say if you need to take genetics, you should take it with StLedger. He is Amazing hands down. Knows what he's doing, entertaining, cares, is a little hyper at times, and gets a large volume of material across very easily. He's a fantastic lecturer. I do agree with anonymous that he writes and talked extremely fast, but that's because he's got so much to share. He puts the skeleton of his lecture notes online so if you print or copy that out before class you can take notes on that and save yourself some wrist. Tests weren't so bad once you figured out what exactly he's asking for. Remember case studies. Discussion actually kinda screwed me over. I had a hard TA so wound up with a lower averaging discussion than on my exams, but hey it happens. I actually like how there are weekly quizzes it keeps you on track since 222 is a class that's really easy to fall behind in. Also, I think its fairly safe to say that at least 1/5 of the girls who go into that class had a crush on him by the end of it... |
| Anonymous Course: BSCI222 Grade Expected: June 4, 2009, 9:11 pm | I would recommend not taking st. leger for genetics. If there is another prof teaching the course, take that one. Although a lot of people like his lectures, he talks way too fast and its hard to take notes in class. he does have the lecture outlines online but do not rely only on them. There are quizzes almost every week and something due in discussion every week. The two hour discussions are pretty pointless. Quiz difficulty depends on your TA. Exam difficulty goes up from the first exam and is about equal on the 2nd and 3rd exam. On the exams there are essays, short answers, multiple choice etc. Don't start to study the night before the exam maybe a week or two before and you'll be fine. |
| cninferno Course: BSCI222 Grade Expected: B May 21, 2009, 2:55 pm | Professor StLeger is an excellent professor. He really knows his stuff when it comes to lecturing and he talks about current events that may (or may not) pertain to the topic at hand. He is very witty and funny; he makes a few jokes during lecture that gets the entire class laughing. Out of class, he is a very nice person, though he is a bit insane (in a good and funny way). His tests were rather hard, though. All the material in his exams come STRAIGHT out of his mouth during lecture, so it will behoove you to tape record his lectures and rewrite your notes afterwards since he talks VERY fast. But, if you think you can keep up, then just make sure you write down almost everything he says (including the examples he gives in class - he will ask questions about specific examples in his exams). He usually posts his lecture notes online before lecture, so these will definitely help you take notes. |
| Anonymous Course: BSCI222 Grade Expected: A April 27, 2009, 7:41 pm | Entertaining, goes realllly fast. Exams are from notes over the textbook. No room to get behind; sometimes two hour discussion isn't even helpful. |
| rbterp Course: BSCI222 Grade Expected: A March 7, 2009, 7:37 pm | I loved Dr. St. Leger's class. He was extremely entertaining and clear during lectures, and always included very interesting current events. He is very strict about people attending class so he will purposely include questions from class not originally on the note outlines to reward those who come to class. He recommends using a tape recorder b/c he speaks quickly. The exams are difficult but doable, just study the material well and you'll be fine. |
| vdawg Course: BSCI222 Grade Expected: A+ April 24, 2008, 9:30 pm | He knows everything there is to know about genetics. Extremely well-read in anything remotely scientific and quotes everything from Alice in Wonderland to Proust in class. Every lecture is extremely interesting, but also chockfull of information. You'd best be good at taking notes and a recorder has never been more appropriate. Exams are not ridiculously hard, only one or two questions require any amount of writing, and they are always straight out of his lectures. If he says something is important or spends more than 10 minutes on something, it'll be on the exam for sure. And you drop your lowest grade anyway. The final exam was unbelievably specific. |
| reysa Course: BSCI222 Grade Expected: A- April 16, 2008, 9:26 pm | I loved Dr. StLeger. If you have a choice, TAKE HIM! He is the most engaging professor. He gives plenty of examples and tells lots of jokes. His first exam was an easy freebie, it was 75% stuff we have learned before and I got a 95.5% (my in GPA avg as a Bio major is 2.5). I just studied once a week with a classmate. Second test was harder, I got an 80.5, but he drops one. I take the third test tomorrow, and he is like all teachers and has a ton of material on his exams, but he does honestly make them interesting. He also has LECTURE OUTLINES ready before class, and takes notes on overhead copies so if you are a bad notetaker you have a place to start. Ive never missed a class and dont plan to! |