Steven Lopez is a Chemistry professor at Northeastern University rated 2.77/5 on Rate My Professors by 30 students, with 4.1/5 RMP difficulty and 37% who would take them again (RateMyProfessors + Reddit, updated October 2026).
Steven Lopez professor reviews and ratings: 2.77/5 from 30 RMP ratings at Northeastern (37% would take again). RateMyProfessor + Reddit.
He is incredibly organized, understanding, and willing to answer all your questions and enthusiastically encourages them. He truly cares that you learn. Those rating him poorly did not put in the work (seriously). Organic is hard, but if you go to office hours, read the textbook, and practice until you are bored...you can well! My fav Prof!CHEM2311 2026-04-15 13:32:53 +0000 UTC
Overall, I would never take a class with him again. All he grades is homework, quizzes, and exams, with no study guides for the exams. When people were struggling, he said, "just do the work" and "watch my videos." When everyone was failing the exams, he wouldn't give us any extra credit besides attendance on random days near the end of the course.CHEM2311 2026-04-02 18:40:34 +0000 UTC
Try not to take his if you're not SMART smart. Exams and Quizzes were hard af at the start but he gave lotta compensating extra credits towards the end.CHEM2311 2026-03-29 03:07:14 +0000 UTC
Homework problems were harder than the quizzes or exams. Half the exam questions are the same as the practice he gives. If half the class stops showing up to class, he'll randomly give extra credit for showing up. Really nice but hard to learn in his class since he seems confused about what he's teaching sometimes, better off self-studying.CHEM2311 2025-12-11 03:58:21 +0000 UTC
Great professor who makes O-Chem manageable. I studied the day of most exams and still did well. He's kind, gives extra credit, tons of practice, and note cards on exams. Tests and quizzes EXACTLY match practice exams given. Very helpful and approachable, willing to talk research as well. highly recommend over other any other neu ochem professors!!CHEM2311 2025-12-03 19:38:15 +0000 UTC
If you're struggling in his class it's genuinely because you aren't trying hard enough. It's orgo. Do better.CHEM2311 2025-10-16 18:59:16 +0000 UTC
SO unhelpful. Genuinely just teaches to keep his lab at neu.CHEM2311 2025-10-05 02:34:16 +0000 UTC
Do not take orgo with him. You will not learn anything unless you spend hours teaching yourself. Exams are impossible, with 4 25 MCQ exams determining your entire grade. Many many people dropped his class the semester I took it. When I asked him for help or to see if I should drop, he asked if I was pre-med and when I said yes, he laughed.CHEM2311 2024-07-09 18:43:48 +0000 UTC
DO NOT TAKE ORGO WITH LOPEZ IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR GRADES!CHEM2311 2023-12-19 02:34:45 +0000 UTC
Take anyone else. Average on one of our quizzes was a 54%. Everyone seemed like they were in survival mode. Everything after ch.5 is completely self taught, and everything significantly increases in difficulty. No one should be relying on a curve to save their grade/gpa. Cool guy, but save yourself. Take Matthews or Danahy.CHEM2311 2023-12-17 17:20:36 +0000 UTC
i dropped this class and am retaking it with jude matthews, best decision ever. it seems like professor lopez has gotten worse since i last had him, which was already quite bad. i can't wait to take my orgo final where i now have the confidence + knowledge to ace it. i highly recommend you all to get a different professor, do not rely on the curve!CHEM2311 2023-11-28 21:12:45 +0000 UTC
I can only say that taking his class is worse than self-study, becausestart from chapter 6 is all recored class, we watched his vedio recored and answered questions freely in class, Our average score on exam2 was 96 /150, as you can imagine. You need to do a lot of pre-study work to keep up with his courses.CHEM2311 2023-11-07 20:51:29 +0000 UTC
DO NOT TAKE HIM IF YOU WANT TO LIVE IN PEACE. The entire grade is based on quizzes and exams. The grading doesn't help the students score better as every MCQ is 6 points. The FLIPPED classroom in the latter part of the semester will eat 2 hours before every class and he would expect you to understand everything to solve questions in class.CHEM2311 2023-10-25 19:24:28 +0000 UTC
DO NOT TAKE ORGO WITH HIM. I am currently in Orgo 2, and according to my current professor, he failed to teach us the most important chapter for Orgo 2, meaning I now have to spend extra time learning what I should already know (Chapter 11). Also, do not rely on the curve, it doesn't help anything.CHEM2311 2023-09-10 19:02:22 +0000 UTC
One thing I really appreciated about Prof. Lopez is that he was always willing to take feedback. He changed things up (test dates, etc) based on student feedback. He started giving quizzes with partial credit when he got a TA so that the overall grade wasn't dependent on just four tests. Go to his office hours for the types of questions he asks!!CHEM2311 2023-09-07 01:04:59 +0000 UTC
Steven Lopez is rated 2.77/5 on Rate My Professors from 30 ratings. 37% of RMP reviewers said they would take them again.
Steven Lopez's classes have a difficulty rating of 4.1/5 on Rate My Professors.
Steven Lopez has taught CHEM7710, CHEM1151, CHEM2311 at Northeastern.
Data updated October 2026.