Grace Ferris is a Chemistry professor at Northeastern University rated 2.91/5 on Rate My Professors by 68 students, with 4.4/5 RMP difficulty and 50% who would take them again (RateMyProfessors + Reddit, updated October 2026).
Grace Ferris professor reviews and ratings: 2.91/5 from 68 RMP ratings at Northeastern (50% would take again). RateMyProfessor + Reddit.
GUYS DONT LISTEN TO THE BAD COMMENTS!!! She is genuinely one of if not the best professor I've had in college. Though her class is difficult you have to understand that the course itself is difficult but she teaches with such passion and wants you to succeed. She is so kind and wants you to do good! She is the best honestly! I had her both semesterCHEM2313 2026-05-08 00:36:33 +0000 UTC
Professor Ferris is great, take her especially if you care about understanding the actual material (like if you need to take the MCAT). She has lots of practice problems and practice tests that are graded on completion to pad your grade a little. No extra credit, curving, or bumping grades. Cumulative final, hw due daily but it's low stakes.CHEM2311 2026-04-03 17:44:43 +0000 UTC
Grace Ferris is a really great orgo 2 professor! The class is definitley hard but she makes it manageable. You are only really graded on HW and 4 exams. She isn't know for having a true curve but did have small extra credit questions on 2 of her exams. She is really accesible outside of class with tons of office hrs slots and review sessions!CHEM2313 2026-05-02 19:53:30 +0000 UTC
All the negative reviews are just from people who did bad in her class. Organic Chemistry is a hard class and is known as a weed out class for a reason. Her practice exams are very similar to the exams and there is a decent amount of practice. Her tests are pretty hard but fair for the content of organic chemistry. She cares and is accessible.CHEM2311 2026-03-13 03:40:33 +0000 UTC
Orgo 2 with Ferris was definitely not easy, but for me it was doable. All the tests are open-response, and she did add extra credit on 2 of the 4 exams, and they were worth about 4 points, which was a decent amount. She also gives you the opportunity to redo an exam for a better grade. Good lecturer, but you need to put the work in to do well.CHEM2313 2026-04-29 16:22:30 +0000 UTC
Lectures are really good and make a lot of sense. Very accessible outside of class with office hours and TA's hosting recitation sessions. Biggest recommendation is finding worksheets online from other teachers and practicing those cause the aktiv PS are not at all like the tests. Orgo is bad no matter who u take it with.CHEM2311 2025-12-25 01:48:50 +0000 UTC
Professor Ferris is exactly what you want from an Orgo Professor. She walks around the room to help her students through problems, takes extra credit, and will go lengths to help you succeed in this class. 1 star reviews are from people who expect easy tests and grade inflation.CHEM2313 2026-04-18 19:48:59 +0000 UTC
Exams are impossible difficulty our averages for them were very low. Everyone who says we didn't dedicate enough be for real we have other classes that are also difficult I studied for week and half earlier and still did bad.Most of the class ended with Cs. Other Ochem profs classes had retakes, extra credit, curves and ended with better grades.CHEM2311 2025-12-17 20:16:45 +0000 UTC
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Grace Ferris is one of the few Orgo professors who actually wants you to learn the material and do well. Is Orgo hard? Yes, it's a weed out class. But she provides extensive resources to understand the material and truly understand the class.CHEM2311 2025-12-17 16:47:34 +0000 UTC
Orgo 1 and 2 are very difficult classes and she covers a lot of subjects super quickly in order to fit them in. If you pay attention in class and do the homework carefully you'll understand the material. She tests very fairly and will explicitly tell you what will be on exams, also her office hours are super helpful.CHEM2313 2026-03-20 00:56:35 +0000 UTC
Very difficult class because she just expects so much compared to the other professors but if you are able to keep up you will leave her course set up so well for further classes. She's very funny/personable and I don't think she deserves the hate she's got on here recently but I will say she isn't super understanding when the class gets hard.CHEM2311 2025-12-17 02:52:34 +0000 UTC
She is an amazing professor. She really wants the best for every student. Yes her class is hard but orgo is hard in general. You need to put the work in, in order to do well in orgo in general. She is super nice and wants every student to succeed. Please take her and enjoy her class.CHEM2313 2026-03-20 00:54:55 +0000 UTC
Professor Ferris was amazing. She made organic chemistry easier than gen chem. Her lecture slides make it so easy to follow and understand the material. All you need to do is read her slides and do the exam exactly how she does in her examples and you'll get an A.CHEM2311 2025-12-17 02:22:47 +0000 UTC
Retaking this class with a different professor and its going so much better AVOIDCHEM2313 2026-01-26 22:43:59 +0000 UTC
Grace Ferris is rated 2.91/5 on Rate My Professors from 68 ratings. 50% of RMP reviewers said they would take them again.
Grace Ferris's classes have a difficulty rating of 4.4/5 on Rate My Professors.
Grace Ferris has taught CHEM2311, CHEM2313 at Northeastern.
Data updated October 2026.