<p>what about the professors?
how are they..?</p>
<p>Depends on major, classes, etc. Such a broad question is hard to answer.</p>
<p>ok then let's say sociology department...
I just want to know are they mainly understanding and helpful -
do they get to know students or not??</p>
<p>I'm not sure about sociology since I'm in engineering, but engineering professors are generally helpful. All professors have office hours and there are recitations for a lot of classes that help clarify what you learned in lecture. I know Northeastern's physics department needs a lot of work, but I have nothing bad to say about any of my other professors. Northeastern has a lot of accomplished professors but there are also some who are just mediocre. </p>
<p>As far as professors getting to know students, it really depends on class size. If I were to ask my physics professor a question, he wouldn't even recognize me as being in his class since the lectures are so large. I have had a total of 8 professors for my four credit classes and 6 of the 8 would probably recognize me if I saw them outside of class.</p>
<p>Some of the sociology classes are pretty big, obviously when there are 200+ students in the class, the prof won't get to know anyone unless they come in for office hours.</p>
<p>With the huge lecture classes though, the teachers are always going to be good, or else it would be a disaster. One of my favorite profs taught my Intro to International Affairs, which was 500+. Professor Arluke, who teaches Intro to Sociology is supposed to be really amazing, and I've heard raves about Sociology of Violence.</p>
<p>In the school as a whole, I've had some terrible professors and some great professors... use ratemyprofessor.com and you'll be fine.</p>
<p>Although ratemyprofessor.com can be misleading. All it takes is a small number of people who don't like the professor to bring down his or her ratings. For example, all the ratings of my college writing professor were horrible saying that she is an impossible grader and getting A's are unheard of. I'd say 4 or 5 kids in our class of 18 got As. So from my experience, you can usually expect better than what is posted. Some may disagree, but that is just my experience.</p>