Xiaotao Liu is an Accounting professor at Northeastern University rated 3.61/5 on Rate My Professors by 28 students, with 2.9/5 RMP difficulty and 62% who would take them again (RateMyProfessors + Reddit, updated October 2026).
Xiaotao Liu professor reviews and ratings: 3.61/5 from 28 RMP ratings at Northeastern (62% would take again). RateMyProfessor + Reddit.
One of the best professors I've had at Northeastern so far! He was really passionate about teaching and wanted all students to succeed. Pay attention in class, participate, and review the class practice problems for the test, and you will get a good grade.ACCT2301 2026-08-31 13:42:31 +0000 UTC
He's a pretty good professor and FR2 with him was pretty easy honestly. Just pay attention and most of the tests are identical to the homework.ACCT3401 2021-11-15 21:45:40 +0000 UTC
he is your typical lecturer, though he doesn't even lecture by PowerPoint presentations. He lectures by Word Documents. Very dry course regardless of the professor, but he will make it much worse.ACCT4501 2020-12-19 15:03:42 +0000 UTC
His accent really gets in the way of understanding Good guy bad at teaaching so your grade suffers try to avoid him if you canACCT2201 2014-03-19 11:13:21 +0000 UTC
Awesome professor. I had no problem with his accent, gives a lot of examples in class so there is no excuse for not doing well. Cool guy.ACCT204 2010-04-17 16:34:25 +0000 UTC
This guy is the MAN. He's awesome, super clear and gives a million examples in class, plus time to do them in class. Don't listen to the rest of the comments, his accent is fine (by no means the worst at NU) and you really have to put NO effort in to not get at least a B. It was an amazing class, I'd recommend it to everyone for Managerial.ACCT2302 2010-03-21 14:28:38 +0000 UTC
The accent was so hard to understand and was also hard to understand the answers when you asked him a question.ACCT203 2009-12-14 15:02:45 +0000 UTC
Started out the year on a great foot. Really enjoyed the class and Kelvin. As the semester progressed, the class became much more tedious and Kelvin didn't seem he had a great handle of the material. Cases are annoying, but he provides ALOT of practice for tests, which are pretty easy. Overall, nice guy and easy class!ACCU301 2009-04-21 16:19:38 +0000 UTC
Good professor--really nice, I felt sufficiently prepared for the tests, and he didn't make the subject hard to understand. Managerial is generally easier than Financial Acct. so that probably helped too. Would recommend! :)ACCTU301 2009-04-11 10:43:43 +0000 UTC
Never take him for ACCT 2301, very boring and only read off his slides. His voice is so small sometimes I cannot hear anything he said in the class. Tests are weighted evenly, do the homework and be ready to study on your ownACCT2301 2026-06-24 21:14:20 +0000 UTC
He's your most basic lecturer professor out there. If you can do well in class where the professor just reads notes at you and you have to teach yourself, then he's not bad. Doesn't seem to really care about the class or students very much, seems like he's more of a research guy. Exams questions aren't from the notes and he doesn't give enough timeACCT4501 2020-12-14 05:08:09 +0000 UTC
Prof liu isn't a bad teacher but his lectures are so boring I feel like I'm going to fall asleep. His tests are not too bad if you study but he made the final impossible and everyone I know bombed it, but he gave a fat curve. Overall it isn't hard to get a good grade since the hws/assignments are easy.ACCT2301 2025-12-16 22:20:40 +0000 UTC
Don't agree with previous reviews. Prof Liu is actually really efficient and effective with his lectures. Sure, they're a bit heavy in content but not a minute is wasted in class. He's thorough with the concepts and his in class handouts really set you up for success as long as you supplement it with the textbook questions as practice. Amazing guy!ACCT4501 2020-12-01 17:42:27 +0000 UTC
Professor Liu cares a lot about his students! It is important to attend lectures (attendance is worth 10% of your grade). Tests were overall very reasonable (final more difficult than midterms). Easy weekly homework points and one short project at the end of the semester. I would definitely recommend and would take another one of his courses!ACCT2301 2025-12-13 02:35:38 +0000 UTC
He puts the most minimal effort into class. He takes all lecture directly from the textbook and does not directly teach us half of what we are tested on. He also says that the textbook is not required but if you do not do the homework from the textbook you don't have enough practice problems to succeed. I'd avoid him at least in the hybrid format.ACCT4501 2020-11-29 02:34:49 +0000 UTC
Xiaotao Liu is rated 3.61/5 on Rate My Professors from 28 ratings. 62% of RMP reviewers said they would take them again.
Xiaotao Liu's classes have a difficulty rating of 2.9/5 on Rate My Professors.
Xiaotao Liu has taught ACCT2301, ACCT4501, ACCT3401 at Northeastern.
Data updated October 2026.