Sarah Finn is an English professor at Northeastern University rated 4.13/5 by 566 students, with 2.66/5 difficulty and 93.0% who would take them again (TRACE + RateMyProfessors + Reddit, updated July 2026).
Sarah Finn professor reviews and ratings: 4.13/5 from 566 student reviews at Northeastern (93.0% would take again). TRACE + RateMyProfessor + Reddit.
She is a wonderful teacher who gives great feedback on the projects/papers you complete throughout the semester. The papers require a fair amount of work, but they are usually very rewarding and about a topic you enjoy learning about.ENGW3315 2025-03-11 01:58:36 +0000 UTC
Dr Finn is so sweet! She heavily encouraged group work in class and sometimes we got to do some fun activities. She is also very kind, and will respond to emails outside the classroom. Her feedback was insightful, and helped me grow as a writer. Take her if you can!ENGW1111 2024-12-08 19:55:32 +0000 UTC
I took ENGW3315 (Interdisciplinary Adv writing) with Prof Finn and she really helped me improve my writing skills. She is easily approachable and really wants you to do well.ENGW1102 2022-04-24 20:03:52 +0000 UTC
She is very nice and always trying to help. Her classes can be boring but when comes to write your essay the lectures help a lot. she understands any situation you are going through.ENGLISH111 2015-01-13 11:57:36 +0000 UTC
Professor Finn is very kind and gives good feedback on assignments. Decent amount of work, but graded fairly lightly. Would recommend this class.ENGW3315 2023-12-03 02:15:40 +0000 UTC
Dr. Sarah is one of the kindest, most caring humans I have ever met. If you can take any of her classes, do it!! I promise you will succeed, because thats what she wants from her students. It is an easy class, and she makes it really hard to do badly. Besides that, she really does care about her students, and their wellbeing. Amazing prof.ENGW1111 2024-11-13 14:47:04 +0000 UTC
She's very helpful. The class is pretty boring but if you do your homework, it's an easy A.ENGW1102 2015-11-19 17:31:50 +0000 UTC
Took 3307 with Professor Finn. Amazing instructor! Great class. Easy if you put in the work. It's graded by a few assignments, but easy to do well in them. The course is organized well and will be a breeze if you're participating and doing the assignments properly. Highly recommend!ENGW3315 2023-06-23 15:39:49 +0000 UTC
She is so nice and caring. Very easy grader and clear. Does not give out a lot of work and wants all students to do well.ENGW1111 2021-12-12 18:46:34 +0000 UTC
I enjoy having 3315 with professor Finn. She's very helpful and encourages strong participation outside the classroom with student groups. Her activities were also fun and helpful to destress ourselves or improve on our writing.ENGW3315 2023-03-23 18:58:15 +0000 UTC
Prof Finn is the BEST writing professor!!!! She truly cares about her students and gave very helpful feedback on the projects. In an online setting, Professor Finn did whatever she could to keep the class engaged and organized fun community-building exercises for breakout rooms. I also liked the themes and genres that she picked for our 4 projects!ENGW1111 2020-11-24 18:34:04 +0000 UTC
Best professor at NEU. A sweetheart.ENGW1111 2020-05-19 22:22:21 +0000 UTC
Shes a bit boring and a 1 hour 40 min class really drags sometimes. But, shes super nice and wants to help even if the assignments seem contrived sometimes. Show up, look interested and put some effort into papers and youll get an A. A good break of a class, but dont take it looking to be inspired or really improve your writing.ENGW1111 2020-04-29 00:47:57 +0000 UTC
The course is super easy you only have 4 projects along the semester and they're pretty easy. It tends to get kind of boring for 1 hour and 40 minutes but it's a pretty chill class that you can take as a breather in between a packed schedule. There's a lot of readings assigned but they're not really necessary. I didn't ready any and got an A.ENGW1111 2020-04-11 02:37:16 +0000 UTC
Dr Sarah Finn is one of Northeastern's best professors for the first year writing course. Her choice of project topics along with her supportive and detailed personalized feedback really set her apart from other professors. WOULD definetly reccomend her to other students.ENGW1111 2018-12-18 05:06:38 +0000 UTC
Sarah Finn has an average rating of 4.13/5 from 566 student reviews. 93.0% of students said they would take them again.
Sarah Finn's classes have a difficulty rating of 2.66/5 based on student reviews.
Sarah Finn has taught ENGW3307, ENGW3315, ENGW1111, ENGL3375, ENGL2740, ENGW1102 at Northeastern.
Data updated July 2026.