Reviews of professor Yael Machtinger

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I believed the positive reviews, but in my opinion she is just an unfair professor - respectful, but unfair. The workload did not bother me, nor did the lectures. However, I had received a low grade on an assessment with no explanation. I dropped her class. If there are other options, take those professors instead. I would not take her again.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This prof was so good and really helped me do my best. Sad she isn't teaching 225 research methods in the fall. She makes things easy to understand and is available to go over things if you don't get them. Wish more profs would be like her. Always answered emails too

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Am loving Dr. M! So far she is one of the best profs I'm taking at JJ, learning so much. This is not a bird course but I know Ill leave learning a toonnnn.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Great prof. Too bad that she doesn't teach other courses. wanted to take her again. She is so clear in her guidelines and expectations

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
An RRR every week. One presentation for the semester. A couple of homework assignments. The midterm and the final and poetry slam that's mandatory. Weird and a harsh grader. The RRRs don't count towards your grade, but you have to do them reading the readings isn't enough. However, she is excellent at answering questions and explaining well.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
If you want to have a good experience taking LWS 225. Don't take her. She grades very harshly. She expects you to know how to do everything without mistakes. You're practically alone teaching yourself for the final. She just tells you to look at the syl. She expects perfection and thinks this is a master's class. IF you want a great GPA avoid her.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. M is so much clearer then any prof I've ever had. She gives feedback on EVERYTHING. all rubrics are posted. She uses Blackboard so ppl who have trouble, saying there's no feedback,they just don't use BB properly. It's all right on there because prof is so organized. Wish she taught capstone. Don't know my grade yet but wanna take more w/ Dr. M

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
this is my first year at John Jay and I am a transfer student. I can say my first semester went really well and LWS challenged me in many ways but it wasn't impossible! and now I view the world through a different lense.


Overall, class was great.