Jonathan Esole is a Mathematics professor at Northeastern University rated 2.42/5 on Rate My Professors by 26 students, with 3.5/5 RMP difficulty and 31% who would take them again (RateMyProfessors + Reddit, updated October 2026).
Jonathan Esole professor reviews and ratings: 2.42/5 from 26 RMP ratings at Northeastern (31% would take again). RateMyProfessor + Reddit.
Hard class and sometimes he forgets to teach, but really does care about his students. Offers test retakes which is nice. However, his additional office hour he treats as a fourth class, which is very disadvantageous for those with other conflicts at that time.MATH2331 2026-04-07 18:10:15 +0000 UTC
Very clear lectures. He recommended reading the book, but you can just survive following the lectures. He talks about the history of the subject and gives a lot of examples. He wants his students to be successful and will do the extra mile to make you are ready for the exam. On top of his work in math, he does a lot of inspiring nonprofit work.MATH1341 2023-08-07 17:51:37 +0000 UTC
Very very smart guy. Sometimes his lectures can be a bit confusing and he moves very fast. However, he genuinely cares about each of his students and will allow test retakes/replacements. Gives good tips and shortcuts at office hours, and rewards effort with grades. Smart, caring guy that made me enjoy math a lot more.MATH2331 2026-02-09 19:39:12 +0000 UTC
I had him for calc1 during my first semester at Northeastern. If you find math difficult this professor really helps you to improve and always makes you feel that you have someone to turn to if you have any problems with the material covered! I would definitely recommend taking his class and any other classes with him! His chats are the best!MATH1341 2019-12-12 22:01:36 +0000 UTC
I genuinely do understand some of the negative reviews here, grading of this class is a little bit of a black box. However, he truly goes above and beyond to help you succeed if you put in a tiny bit of effort. I also found his lectures engaging and very helpful, which is not easy to do for linear algebra. Take his class if you are going to show upMATH2331 2025-07-17 11:58:32 +0000 UTC
During the first classes, the professor went straight to the point but as we advanced through the semester he became closer to us and more understanding. He has helped me to achieve things that I would have never expected even If I wasn't always being the best part of myself.MATH1341 2019-11-07 19:37:13 +0000 UTC
He was a tough grader, but he cares about students and offers extra credit a lot. Go to class, but you will have to teach yourself everything. Impossible to reach him outside of class. Holds review sessions before exams. Just choose another prof, he tries to give extra points where he can so everyone can succeed, but really not worth the troubleMATH2331 2025-05-04 19:56:14 +0000 UTC
Prof. Esole is a good guy, but he isn't a great professor. He's a touch grader, and never updates Canvas. He forgets to hold office hours that he mentions in class and is really hard to get in touch with, but he will hold additional review sessions before an exam. DON'T MISS CLASS, even though you'll have to teach yourself everything anyways.MATH2331 2025-04-24 23:30:57 +0000 UTC
He takes off an unreasonable amount of points on tests, but give extra credit opportunities throughout the semester. However, it's basically impossible to reach him and he always says he will post stuff on canvas and never does. One good thing is he gives a lot of practice material for the exams, but just won't post answers.MATH2331 2025-02-16 22:06:44 +0000 UTC
Takes off an absurd amount of points on tests. He just looks at the answer and marks it wrong if it's wrong. There is no partial credit. For a question with multiple parts, if you get the first part wrong then you get the entire question wrong. Prof Esole also cannot teach, his teaching is very scattered and it's hard to follow along.MATH2331 2025-02-14 21:17:19 +0000 UTC
Prof Esole is a nice guy and gives extra credit and allows you to retake quizzes. Your grade will improve if he sees progress and improvement. However, he's such a bad lecturer and takes an unreasonable amount off points off on tests. He's also very careless and always makes mistakes, including calculating test grades.MATH2331 2025-02-14 04:45:26 +0000 UTC
Super disorganized and hard to understand. Constantly making mistakes and doesn't provide answers to practice tests on Canvas because he claims that "it would be unfair to students actually showing up to class". Hard to contact outside of class. He's just all over the place and literally the worst professor I've ever had. DO NOT TAKE HIM.MATH2331 2025-01-30 14:53:58 +0000 UTC
Prof Esole is very disorganized and forgets to teach us many topics. He posts practice exams but I don't even know how to approach half the questions because he hasn't given us such examples. He doesn't even give answers so it's very hard to study. He doesn't respond to emails, is hard to get ahold of, and doesn't show up to his own office hours.MATH2331 2025-01-03 20:20:13 +0000 UTC
Esole is one of the kindest professors out there. While his teaching is incredibly disorganized and his scheduling is unpredictable, he is very lenient with grades and gives many opportunities to raise your grade/redo an exam. Fair warning he forgets to teach some topics but if you go to office hours and ask him about it he will go over it.MATH2331 2024-12-20 14:55:40 +0000 UTC
Professor does not use Canvas at all. He repetitively says he will post material but will not until right before the exam. He was kind and helpful if you went to office hours. However he completely mislead the class about what would be the content of the final exam. Do not take this class if you don't want to go to office hours at 7pm.MATH2331 2024-12-15 04:30:21 +0000 UTC
Jonathan Esole is rated 2.42/5 on Rate My Professors from 26 ratings. 31% of RMP reviewers said they would take them again.
Jonathan Esole's classes have a difficulty rating of 3.5/5 on Rate My Professors.
Jonathan Esole has taught MATH2331, MATH4576, MATH1341 at Northeastern.
Data updated October 2026.