Professor Esdin has hands down been my favorite professor of the LS7 series. I did not do as well as I had hoped in 7A and 7B, but I was able to do well in 7C because Esdin was such an engaging and interesting lecturer. The tests were difficult (as all 7 series tests are), but I found the material very interesting. 7C probably had the most launchpad out of all the other classes, but I found it to be way more helpful than for any other 7 series class. As long as you understand the cycles that Esdin goes over, you will do great in the class. Also, after each of the midterms, he offered an "exam wrapper" which is basically a mini quiz you can take to get upwards of 8 extra credit points added to your midterm score. This really helped me be less stressed about the grades I received. Overall, I highly recommend taking 7C with Esdin.

I have learned so much from Dr.Esdin this quarter. He can be really funny sometimes, which makes lectures even more fun and engaging. LS7C was definitely more content heavy than the other classes in the LS7 series. However; the material is more interesting and applicable. The exams were multiple choice and true/false. Exams are hard as expected and in order to do well, you need to go back to the learning objectives and make sure you can understand/do them after each lecture. I also rewatched all the lectures and went over clicker questions. The last 3 weeks were not as fun as the first weeks, but it is definitely doable. Overall, Dr. Esdin was an awesome professor and you should definitely take LS7C with him if you have the chance.

Esdin is a great professor! Most of you know what the 7 series is like now, and 7C is no different. I did find the content much more interesting than 7A and 7B, and Esdin is also super engaging (and sarcastically funny), even in remote lectures. I actually found Launchpad to be quite useful for this class as it is important to know the basics of all the human body systems before attending the lectures and doing the exams. Definitely take advantage of the pre-class reading worksheets and the CLC worksheets because it helps you center in on what the important takeaways are (the Launchpad can be a bit dense). Midterms and final were all multiple choice and most questions were true/false. It seems they took away the free response that Spring students had. I would definitely take Esdin for 7C. If you would like a condensed and cheap study guide of the class, contact *************

Only gripe with this class that I took during the online quarter was that I believe all of the 7 series exams added a written portion to compensate for the online format of exams by adding an unnecessary component to an already tough exam. The final 7 series course was otherwise pretty much what I expected from the 7 series. Launchpad is tedious but necessary. Discussions were tedious but necessary. No clicker questions during lecture though- participation was graded on a couple simple questions per lecture.

I took 7C online during quarantine. Personally I would say 7C is the hardest of the LS series so be prepared to study and give yourself a lot of time to do the Launchpad thoroughly. Also I did not watch the videos in 7A or 7B that are embedded in Launchpad but you definitely should for this class. I would recommend studying at least a week in advance for each midterm. Professor Esdin is a good lecturer and goes at a nice pace so every clicker is explained well. He gave everyone 100% on the final due to covid-19 and the protests too so he is very understanding. I do wish he did better review sessions because they were only 30 minute long pre-recorded videos that just went over the topics briefly so you definitely need to do the studying on your own.

Summary
- Esdin is a good professor (if you get him don't be worried)
- This class takes a lot of time to study for (most content heavy out of the LS series)
- GO TO CLC SESSIONS (I only went to one and I really wish I went to them all it would've
helped a lot!!!)

He is a good professor, like most of the professors in the LS series. One thing about him I don't particularly enjoy is that he talks sooooooo sloowww. Good thing his lectures are pre-recorded so I can put it on 1.5 or 2x speed. He is clear, but I wish he would have in person Zoom lectures so we can ask questions in person.

My remote learning experience with Professor Esdin was great. This quarter, we were given full points for the final. I absolutely hated how I performed during 7A and 7B, but 7C was so much more interesting and useful. And I did well!

Launchpad was unavoidable. However, it seemed like the workload shrank in comparison to 7B and 7C. Also, we had to complete Lecture Participation quizzes each time a lecture was held. They were due the same night they were posted. We were only allowed to miss 4 points, which was equal to 2 quizzes. If you have an issue with timezone differences, make sure you are on top of it.

There were 3 extra credit opportunities: LA survey, mid-quarter survey, and GradeScope.

My only complaint this quarter was the structure of the first exam, but I do not blame the professor. I thought the time allotted was inadequate. The format was not the best in that there were time-consuming parts that were not the actual questions of the exam. If Professor Esdin were to teach 7C another quarter, I would ask him to ensure that the exam is fair before releasing it.

If you want to do well, you honestly should switch to taking notes on your laptop. Download the PDF and annotate directly as you watch his lectures... Pen and paper notes are ineffective in the LS7 series! This is because all of the content is saturated in the slides themselves. You can also go back later and add in clicker question slides to make your notes more complete.

Professor Esdin was the highlight of this class. His straightforward, engaging lectures made the material so much more interesting. He does a great job of answering questions in lecture, and I would highly recommend going to his office hours.

Overall, Dr. Esdin was very accommodating with the transition to remote learning. LS7C is so much more interesting and genuinely applicable than LS7B and I definitely enjoyed learning about the content so much more. We covered topics like body systems, cell communication, CRISPR, etc.

Although LaunchPad as usual is annoying, I found it to be much less of a chore compared to 7B. The last few weeks were mainly video lectures (which you honestly don't need to watch because they don't relate to what's covered in the actual lecture). Since classes were entirely online for this quarter, we still had 2 midterms, each of them with a FRQ portion and a MCQ portion. All are open-note. I feel that they made the MCQ portion easier than you would expect for typical LS7C exams, but the FRQ portion could be challenging (the answer key is very specific and the TAs could grade hard). Discussions are mandatory as usual and submitted on GradeScope.

For studying, I would definitely recommend going to CLC sessions – the LAs are all incredibly helpful! Take advantage of your LA's knowledge in discussion section as well, they're often more willing to guide you through the answers :) Also take advantage of CampusWire, it's a great resource and other students' explanations are always really helpful!

Coming into LS7C, I had some interest in the material - I wasn't particularly excited to learn about physiology, but also not opposed to it either. Dr. Esdin co-taught this course with Dr. Cooper during Winter 2020. Dr. Esdin taught weeks 1 and 7-10, and Dr. Cooper taught weeks 2-6. Like the rest of the 7 series, the material is more based on applying concepts rather than pure memorization (though I must say, 7C does require some more memorization than the other 7 series classes). Even though I came out of the class with not the greatest interest in the material, Esdin really made the class bearable and sometimes even enjoyable. His explanations to the clicker questions were generally pretty good, and he was always so encouraging. At the end of week 1, he told us that he'd miss us as he wouldn't be seeing us for 5 weeks until the start of week 7; you could tell that he really cared about students' well-being and was not merely teaching to get the job done. I enjoyed Dr. Esdin's portion of the course more, which focused on cell junctions, immune system, and human bio (DNA, CRISPR, etc).
In regards to exams, I really dreaded taking them. I didn't do very well on the first one (scored slightly below average) and also performed equally as bad on the second one. By the time the final rolled around, I felt kind of done with the class and just indifferent towards the material/my grade. In light of the COVID-19 crisis this quarter, the final was online and made optional. I took the final though because I wanted to improve my grade in the class and it was definitely very doable, better than expected.
When grades came out, I was surprised that I had gotten the grade I got; I punched in the numbers and I figured that Esdin must have curved/scaled people up. Bottom line is, don't give up in studying! Even with mediocre/sub-par midterm scores, I was still able to perform decently well in the class.

tl;dr - I definitely recommend taking this class with Esdin if you can!