Hilmar Von Strunck is a Psychology professor at Northeastern University rated 3.63/5 by 1289 students, with 3.67/5 difficulty and 58.0% who would take them again (TRACE + RateMyProfessors + Reddit, updated July 2026).
Hilmar Von Strunck professor reviews and ratings: 3.63/5 from 1289 student reviews at Northeastern (58.0% would take again). TRACE + RateMyProfessor + Reddit.
Genuinely I wanted to drop out of this class. Severely disappointed by the lack of care and teaching quality from a class that I had such high hopes for. Do not take this class if you can avoid it.PSYC1101 2026-01-05 04:53:42 +0000 UTC
He is quite boring when lecturing, and often just reads off the powerpoint. There are 5 exams in total, 4 midterms and one final. Your final grade is purely based on how well you do on all the exams, there are no chances for extra credit. Group project was easy to complete. It is a content heavy course and requires lots of memorization!!PSYC3406 2025-12-30 15:15:40 +0000 UTC
He is soooo easy! Yes he goes off-topic in class and makes the same jokes over and over, but his tests are so easy it doesn't even matter. He also gave almost everyone 100% on a group project worth 20% of our grade. He changed the course over the last couple years so only look at the more recent reviews to get a real understanding of the course.PSYC3404 2025-12-11 20:35:53 +0000 UTC
An intro class should not have been this difficult. He always contradicted himself and often let his own personal feelings affect the test answers. If you want to remember random stats in the textbook and his own facts that he made up in class, then take the class. I wanted to drop out everyday.PSYC1101 2026-01-05 04:53:41 +0000 UTC
Very long and unnecessarily detailed exams with fill-in-the-blank questions that could be random adjectives. His lectures would not tell you much, as he would just read from a long note sheet. Office hours were not very helpful, and he would not allow us to view previous exam performance at all. Your grade won't reflect your level of understanding.PSYC3406 2025-12-17 03:08:50 +0000 UTC
one of the best profs. i had at northeastern. highly intelligent and knows his stuff for sure. i just signed up to take another class with him. come to class, do your assignments, and you will do great.PSYC3404 2025-12-09 14:54:23 +0000 UTC
Save yourself. The moment I was done from the final I saw god and I'm not even religious.PSYC1101 2025-12-13 05:49:12 +0000 UTC
I'm sure he's better in other classes, he's a nice guy I enjoyed his lectures, but this course genuinely gave me gray hairs. It was impossible to get even an A-. I poured hours into this course as I love the topic, but it would've never been enough as his exams were unpredictable--completely new info, subjective answers, or just incorrect answersPSYC3406 2025-12-17 02:57:35 +0000 UTC
Finished the final today! Amazing class, and such a great professor. Goes above and beyond to help students. I found him to be available outside of class, and his jokes are great, sarcastic, but makes you laugh every lecture you attend. Test are easy, but some questions that are discussed in class, will show up on the test, so you should attend.PSYC3404 2025-12-09 03:45:32 +0000 UTC
I fought tooth and nail in this class and I'm not dumb. Slides are poorly made. Was a little bit rude in the emails I got from him. Exam questions were crazy specific (random stats or names of people from an event). I didn't even know what to study since his lectures sometimes contradicted the textbook. Refused to round grade.PSYC1101 2025-12-13 05:40:32 +0000 UTC
Genuinely one of the worst professors I have had at NU. Very challenging tests that often don't follow the notes presented in class (which by the way were literally a word document that he would just read off of during lectures). Yes he is funny, but funny doesn't make up for bad teaching. Avoid him unless you want to dedicate yourself to his classPSYC3406 2025-12-10 17:05:55 +0000 UTC
I stopped reading the textbook halfway through and I still did great on tests/final. Easy class if you're willing to take your own practice tests. Group project was graded easily. I would attend class, you're gonna end up doing less work if you do. He has a very specific way of writing tests that make it easy to detect the right answers.PSYC3404 2025-12-09 03:11:01 +0000 UTC
Exams are loosely based on the lectures, even though he says they are entirely based on them. It makes it hard to study for exams, and the questions are crazy specific. Overall, not a horrible professor, but would absolutely not be my first pick.PSYC1101 2025-12-11 21:04:27 +0000 UTC
This class was truly fun. He knows what he is talking about and makes classes really, really funny. I loved going to class as you always have a few laughters here and there, which makes the class much more enjoably. If you want to learn something, take this professor, you will love him.PSYC3406 2025-11-22 19:59:41 +0000 UTC
von Strunck is funny, but very disorganized. He relies heavily on old slides and notes that he doesn't fully understand. He goes off-topic, and exams can be unclear. The textbook ends up being the main guide. He can be hard to approach, and had many issues with my accommodations. This class is graded by only five exams and a group-graded project.PSYC3404 2025-12-05 03:59:01 +0000 UTC
Hilmar Von Strunck has an average rating of 3.63/5 from 1289 student reviews. 58.0% of students said they would take them again.
Hilmar Von Strunck's classes have a difficulty rating of 3.67/5 based on student reviews.
Hilmar Von Strunck has taught PSYC3406, PSYC3404, PSYC1101, PSYC4666 at Northeastern.
Data updated July 2026.