The School of Life Sciences is not a school, strictly a research institution, and the students ultimately get shafted. - Graduate Student Arizona State University Employee Review

The School of Life Sciences is fraught with terrific egos, resultant power and fame struggles, and an emerging good 'ole boys network accessible only by those that speak Spanish. The undergraduate students attend classes of 300+ and have practically zero access to their professors because teaching is about #55 on their priority list, seeing as how they have to devote the majority of their time to research or climbing administrative ladders. Only a handful of professors stand out as genuine, balanced people that are effective in their teaching responsibilities and mentoring responsibilities in regard to their graduate students. Many professors have extremely unprofessional personalities and approaches to dealing with their students, both inside the classroom and laboratory settings. Mistreatment of graduate students is not uncommon and there is virtually zero accountability on the part of the tenured faculty--the stories are mind-bending. If you are considering attending this particular school within ASU, you may want to reconsider a smaller school if you like professors that are engaged, balanced, and have more time to devote to being an ACTUAL professor.