Jayant Shah is a Mathematics professor at Northeastern University rated 2.3/5 by 23 students, with 3.2/5 difficulty and 50.0% who would take them again (TRACE + RateMyProfessors + Reddit, updated July 2026).
Jayant Shah professor reviews and ratings: 2.3/5 from 23 student reviews at Northeastern (50.0% would take again). TRACE + RateMyProfessor + Reddit.
Took him for first year linear algerba. Hes pretty good and goes through a lot of concepts and theory to make sure you really understand the material. A lot of opportunities to boost your grade through quizzes and the quizzes and exams are so standardized and very similar to homework/past exams. Honestly, you have to avtively try to not do well.MATH2331 2019-08-08 00:27:03 +0000 UTC
By far the worst professor I've ever had at Northeastern, he has no passion for teaching and actively discourages his students from attending office hours. He is hard to hear/follow in lecture, and is not good at answering questions. You are better off watching the videos from the textbook than going to class, or avoiding his class alltogether.MATH1342 2016-07-25 11:58:36 +0000 UTC
In class, he can be very difficult to follow and somewhat frustrating/demeaning. However, if you make the effort to see him outside of class and work hard at it, you can do much better. Slightly inconvenient that I had to go to office hours at least once a week but was able to do well in the class. Make sure you show up to all classes!MTH342 2009-08-16 10:20:21 +0000 UTC
Learned absolutely nothing in lectures. Everything I learned in this class I had to re-teach myself outside of it. Has a bad accent, but the problem is really how he mumbles and talks quietly. Notes are not linear, so don't look away. Hardly partial credit on tests because they are out of 10... so even -1 screws you. I would avoid this professor.MTHU481 2009-08-11 11:59:48 +0000 UTC
This was a great class (Prob/Stat) and Shah was a great teacher. He is very smart and helps you understand the material very well. He does make some mistakes at the board sometimes but its never in method, usually just arithmetic. A good guy with a good attitude.MTH481 2009-03-20 10:29:22 +0000 UTC
You can't understand what he is saying, he doesn't understand what you ask and therefore answers with something completly unrelated... oh, and EVERYONE in his class failed the final... what was up with that?hw seems ike a nice guy tho, just not good at teaching :(MTHU341 2008-04-16 23:25:48 +0000 UTC
No CommentsMTHU342 2007-11-01 19:38:12 +0000 UTC
he's very helpful when you attend his office hours. he's approachable which is tough to find in a math prof; there are a lot of math profs who just aren't approachable AT ALL. he knows what he's doing and he sometimes goes really fast. i used to dread multivariable calc but he makes it doable; he takes away the fear factor.MTH341 2007-04-04 00:14:37 +0000 UTC
This guy is really bad. He has a terrible accent, so understanding him is difficult, then he explains stuff very poorly. Sometimes he rushes through stuff. When you get to sequences and series, good luck -- he's terrible at explaining it even though its the majority of the course. The first week will suck because he does no calc 1 review.CALC2 2006-12-19 15:59:07 +0000 UTC
Worst teacher I've ever had in my entire life. Aweful at explaining things and answering questions. Does not give partial credit. Good luck if you ever have this man for a teacher.MTHU142 2005-04-11 12:07:43 +0000 UTC
If you pay attention in class and do all your hwk, you will do fine because his quizzes are based on most of the examples he give in class. Sometimes the questions on the quiz are the exact questions off the book. Very boring. Hates it when students talk amongst themselves and interrupt the class!MTH141 2005-04-02 21:13:47 +0000 UTC
Sucks. Hard to ask questions because he makes you feel so awkward. Very hard to understand, so you better sit in the front row. If you do the homework his tests arnt hardMTHU141 2004-03-16 19:10:14 +0000 UTC
Repeats the same examples over and over, and is not very clear. His accent gets in the way, and cannot explain concepts well. Not intolerable if you just use the textbook and ignore him.MATH2331 2015-08-19 21:53:10 +0000 UTC
Can be hard to understand and has a hard time understanding questions asked in class. Putting in time outside of class will help you in the end, but it is frustrating trying to understand him as well as having to go out of your way to do better.MATH1342 2012-04-23 17:41:21 +0000 UTC
He may be hard to understand (he basically talks like Milton from Office Space), but he is definitely a good hearted guy and is dedicated to helping people understand the material. He does ramble on needlessly sometimes, but his classes combined with recitation aren't that bad. Sit close to him though, it's hard to hear him a lot.MTH341 2007-04-01 23:34:00 +0000 UTC
Jayant Shah has an average rating of 2.3/5 from 23 student reviews. 50.0% of students said they would take them again.
Jayant Shah's classes have a difficulty rating of 3.2/5 based on student reviews.
Jayant Shah has taught MATH1342, MATH2331, MATH3530 at Northeastern.
Data updated July 2026.