Ken Chung is a Chemistry professor at Northeastern University rated 3.59/5 on Rate My Professors by 120 students, with 3.1/5 RMP difficulty and 63% who would take them again (RateMyProfessors + Reddit, updated October 2026).
Ken Chung professor reviews and ratings: 3.59/5 from 120 RMP ratings at Northeastern (63% would take again). RateMyProfessor + Reddit.
He made organic chemistry easy by making our tests only 20 multiple choice questions each. However, homework and extra credit was not graded so the entire grade was based on the three midterms. He didn't teach really during lectures but you can self teach by using the textbook, and exam questions were always similar to practice problems he gave.CHEM2313 2026-09-01 18:02:35 +0000 UTC
Professor Chung is very funny and dedicated, but his lectures were hard to follow. Lots of studying and self-teaching is needed, but the quizzes were very easy. Homework problems were difficult but graded on completion. If you are not willing to study or teach yourself things, don't take his class. However he is very nice and the class was easy.CHEM1161 2026-01-04 23:46:19 +0000 UTC
funny but highly unorganized. Didn't have a syllabus the first day of class. Grades were just the 3 tests, but I don't think he follows them when giving letter grades. I learn things, but not sure if it was everything we were supposed to learn. Gets really into the math and derivations. People who were always in class + participated saw grade bumpsCHEM3401 2024-12-17 01:46:48 +0000 UTC
Chung may come off as a bad professor at first--his life is a little over the place. But he tries his best and in the end everything works out he is very nice with grading (good scale and takes off some questions in the final to give us more time). Give him a chance, but I would not take a class you actually really need to learn something with him.CHEM1101 2024-12-13 17:47:48 +0000 UTC
He did not have slides and often went on tangents. Very interesting guy and funny, but I did not learn anything. His practice exams are the actual exams with maybe one or two questions changed. Good GPA boost, but if you plan on taking more chem classes with a different professor you will struggle.CHEM2311 2024-12-06 16:57:16 +0000 UTC
He seems to be a nice guy and can be funny but it seems like he goes on tangents. You are graded on 3 exams and there's no finals so if you're a bad test taker like me, don't take his class. He has no office hours and provides minimal feedback. They say if you do the practice problems, you'll be fine but that's not always trueCHEM101 2021-11-18 23:19:33 +0000 UTC
Ken is a funny guy, but cannot teach. He expects you to come in knowing a lot of material. The majority of class is him doing problem examples and racing through content. 3 tests (no final), curved but hard. Even though it is not required, get and read the textbook, it will help for studying the material that is on the test but not covered.CHEM1102 2021-11-16 00:23:39 +0000 UTC
Ken Chung was an amazing professor. He taught in a way that was understandable to people who hadn't ever taken Orgo. He also was always able to make us laugh. By far one of my favorite professors ever.CHEM104 2019-01-04 05:22:13 +0000 UTC
If you come to Chung's classes, pay attention, and do the homework you'll do well. He's an enjoyable and funny professor.CHEM1104 2017-04-17 11:00:17 +0000 UTC
Very good prof. To get a good grade in his class you need : 1. Have taken IB or AP (then it's super easy) If you haven't taken APIB , then : 2. Read the book 3. DO THE HOMEWORK!!! - all the questions on tests are from the homework In other words, he isn't a hard teacher, pretty good at lectures . If you do the HW , you will get an A .1101 2014-10-29 02:07:40 +0000 UTC
Wicked easy class. Lectures are so good, take down all notes. Its so easy to follow. I didnt read a single page of the text book, fell asleep in class (but still got all his notes) and got an A in the class. His lectures show step by step how to solve problems. Great guy, with funny jokes.CHEM1151 2009-10-08 12:45:35 +0000 UTC
I had Ken Chung for CHM 101 and CHM 104. 101 was a complete joke, and if you put in a little effort you got an A. Chem 104 was a lot harder and you actually had to go to class. He isn't that great of a teacher as he jumps all over the place, but if you do the problems in the book, you will do fineCHM104 2009-04-19 17:49:43 +0000 UTC
He is very silly, nice, and helpful but is horrible at teaching. Just kind of goofs around during class time and a lot of the material in class doesn't really show up in the exams. The homework is somewhat helpful.CHM101 2009-01-05 13:54:05 +0000 UTC
Professor Chung is great. His class is always interesting, though he may get sidetracked sometimes it's nothing too distracting and he usually always get side tracked by something really interesting. He's also kinda funny sometimes. Chung's class is always a good time.CHMU101 2008-12-15 12:48:10 +0000 UTC
Took this class in the summer. It was a lot of material crammed into a short amount of time but chung made it pretty easy to understand. His tests were not very hard. If you study the book you will get an A.CHM313 2008-11-18 12:19:19 +0000 UTC
Ken Chung is rated 3.59/5 on Rate My Professors from 120 ratings. 63% of RMP reviewers said they would take them again.
Ken Chung's classes have a difficulty rating of 3.1/5 on Rate My Professors.
Ken Chung has taught CHEM5636, CHEM1161, CHEM3401, CHEM2313, CHEM5655, CHEM2311, CHEM1101, CHEM1102 and 1 more at Northeastern.
Data updated October 2026.