Reviews of professor John Rachlin

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Rachlin is the best. Although being an online class, he still shows so much respect and care for his students. The course is challenging, more so than DS2000/2500 (obvi) but he is always there to help you out.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Rachlin is only professor you can take for many DS classes, so I had to take multiple classes with him. All classes had boring lectures, were hard to follow & repetitive. Grading is fair & HWs are easy, however, I wish we learned more concepts and there was more clarity on what the class even entails. I feel like he makes up content as he goes.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Rachlin is the best and nicest professor at Northeastern. I took my first DS class with him 3 years ago and this class is my 3rd one with him. He's passionate about Data Science and is so inspiring. His HW are fun and challenging and you can't find it anywhere else. Take him if you can!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Rachlin is very knowledgable but doesn't talk down to his students at all. He's extremely approachable/understanding and makes class fun whenever he has the opportunity. He uses class time effectively and his assignment expectations are very clear. Highly recommend especially if you're new to python.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Took an asynchronous, online course with him over the summer. Stupidly easy and he skipped like half the material because we didn't have time. Seems really passionate about what he does and like a great guy overall, but if you can, take CS1800 over the summer.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Rachlin is simply the best professor I have had at Northeastern. His class is perhaps a bit easy, but maybe a better word is just very fair. He is an understanding guy who wants you to understand and is always willing to help.
I would strongly reccomend taking classes with Rachlin if you have the option.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Rachlin is a really sweet and great teacher. He does a great job at introducing first time students to code. The homework can be a little hard (maybe because I am a first time coder and the class was online), but if ur committed and go to office hours, you can totally do it.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
awesome. could not be better. no clear so good. U need to put in time

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Awesome professor! If you get a chance to take Rachlin, take him. You will have an amazing time and also make sure you go to his office hours. He is incredibly helpful and a nice guy.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Rachlin is literally the nicest professor I've ever had. He lives and breathes data science, and his passion is to spark student passion for data science. There are no exams, and the homeworks and projects are reasonable. He really just wants you to succeed and enjoy data science. Great guy.