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ACCT 1021

Financial Accounting · 25 instructors on record · 157 sections

How the curve score is built

73Teaching83 raw · 35th percentile of BC classes

±0Easiness adjustmenteasiness 78 · 55 raw workload · lighter than 55% of BC classes

73Curve scorethe teaching curve ±0 for the workload · at most ±6 either way

Boston College's ratings are bunched at the top — the median instructor averages about 88 out of 100 on the raw scale, and 44% of them clear 90 — so a raw score cannot separate anybody. Every figure here is ranked against BC classes and that rank is re-expressed out of 100, which is what turns a raw 88 — the middle of the university — into a figure that says where somebody actually stands. On this scale 77 is the median, 84 the top quarter and 91 the top tenth. Workload is then an adjustment on top of that, worth nothing at all for an ordinary one. Lighter work than 55% of BC classes.

What the course score is made of

83BC evaluations157 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Spring 2026

—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute

—RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

The class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it — who taught it is the board below.

How is this worked out?

That is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between: the board carries each instructor's own score for this class, and the score above is the class averaged across all of them.

What the challenge rank is made of

55thMore challenging than 55% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

91BC — “Intellectually Challenging”157 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question. It is not a measure of difficulty, grading or workload.

How is this worked out?

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question for this class only — students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it measures intellectual challenge and NOT grading, workload or quality. Almost every BC class scores high on it, which is why it is shown as a rank rather than a score.

What the workload rank is made of

45thMore work than 45% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

55BC — “Workload”157 records · raw score out of 100

One of Boston College's five workload bands, not a number of hours. Higher means more work, not worse.

How is this worked out?

Boston College reports workload for this class only as one of five bands, not as a number of hours, and it does not publish what the bands mean — so this site will not translate it into hours. Higher means more work, which is not the same as worse.

This course develops an understanding of the basic elements of financial accounting and its role in commerce and capital markets. Accounting helps entities measure and communicate their performance to others. Accounting is primarily a language; the language of business. The understanding of this language allows users from different fields analyze financial transactions, evaluate companies and financial products, and understand financial and macroeconomic events. In this spirit, the course's primary objective is to help students get familiar with this language, and to provide them with a deeper understanding of capital markets and the economic transactions they will encounter both as students and professionals.

The board

25 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

Find an instructor among the 25Filters the rows below. Positions are always against the whole class, so a rank does not change when the list is narrowed.

Scores are real averages. The order also accounts for how many records back each one — the count is under every score — so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. 9 of the 25 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Curve	Easiness	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Edward TaylorSenior Lecturer, Assistant Chairperson, and Dixon Family Provost's Faculty Fellow for Teaching Excellence · Accounting	9096 raw · 12 records	77±0 to the score	61st	9618 ratings · all classes
2	Ki-Soon ChoiAssistant Professor · Accounting	8895 raw · 9 records	76±0 to the score	61st	—no page
3	Benjamin YostAssociate Professor and Clark Family Fellow for the Carroll School of Management · Accounting	8493 raw · 11 records	77±0 to the score	50th	943 ratings · all classes
4	Douglas StockbridgeAccounting fewer records	9297 raw · 3 records	81+1 to the score	62nd	—no page
5	Amy La CombeUndergrad Management Honors/Ethics	8393 raw · 8 records	68−2 to the score	69th	—no page
6	Maggie Geiss-WeiskopfAccounting	8393 raw · 7 records	68−2 to the score	74th	—no page
7	Michael CecereAccounting	8392 raw · 6 records	82+1 to the score	43rd	902 ratings · all classes
8	Miao LiuAssistant Professor · Accounting	8191 raw · 10 records	77±0 to the score	49th	9613 ratings · all classes
9	Mark CrowleyAccounting fewer records	8391 raw · 4 records	84+2 to the score	36th	9611 ratings · all classes
10	Dianne Rossi-FeldmanAccounting	8193 raw · 9 records	64−3 to the score	74th	—no page
11	Cecil AllgoodAccounting	7991 raw · 5 records	74−1 to the score	56th	866 ratings · all classes
12	Sunghyo KimAccounting Provisional fewer records	8092 raw · 2 records	68−2 to the score	75th	—no page
13	Divya KhaitanAccounting Provisional fewer records	7490 raw · 1 record	58−5 to the score	71st	9428 ratings · all classes
14	John DriscollSenior Lecturer · Accounting Provisional fewer records	7588 raw · 2 records	68−2 to the score	62nd	—no page
15	Natalia BerfeldAccounting	7687 raw · 10 records	78±0 to the score	51st	906 ratings · all classes
16	Kin LoAccounting	7487 raw · 7 records	74−1 to the score	58th	—no page
17	Carlo Maria GallimbertiAccounting	7486 raw · 8 records	74−1 to the score	52nd	729 ratings · all classes
18	Elizabeth QuinnAccounting	7488 raw · 9 records	66−3 to the score	52nd	8612 ratings · all classes
19	Shannon SlevinAccounting Provisional fewer records	5356 raw · 1 record	68−2 to the score	17th	401 rating · all classes
20	Mark BradshawJoseph F. Cotter Professor and Chairperson · Accounting fewer records	6980 raw · 3 records	81+1 to the score	62nd	1001 rating · all classes
21	Doris KellyAccounting	7083 raw · 6 records	74−1 to the score	34th	727 ratings · all classes
22	Brad CurleyAccounting Provisional fewer records	5663 raw · 2 records	68−2 to the score	22nd	—no page
23	Frederick HuskAccounting fewer records	6776 raw · 4 records	84+2 to the score	55th	846 ratings · all classes
24	Thomas WhalenAccounting	6882 raw · 10 records	68−2 to the score	49th	6014 ratings · all classes
25	Gil ManzonAssociate Professor · Accounting	6070 raw · 8 records	74−1 to the score	50th	5811 ratings · all classes

All 25 instructors listed.

5 of 25 rows are marked provisional: fewer than 3 records stand behind the number. That is thin evidence, not a bad instructor — the record count is in every row. The RateMyProfessors column is an instructor's overall figure across everything they teach, not a figure about this class.

How this board is built and ordered

Positions account for how many records stand behind each number, so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. Every score shown is the real average — only the ordering is adjusted. The comparison here is the class itself: a thin record is read against how this class was rated overall, not against the university.

Every instructor with an evaluation record for this class is on this board — it is not a top ten, and nothing is hidden behind a “show more”. Curve is the instructor's score for THIS class only, ranked against every instructor we hold and printed back out of 100, with the raw BC average underneath it; nothing on this board is an average across the other things they teach. Easiness is an adjustment on top of it, worth up to about ±6 — BC's workload item, ranked and turned over, so a lighter section gains and a heavier one loses, while an ordinary one changes nothing — and each row prints the adjustment, signed. The board is ordered on the same figure it prints, adjusted for how many records back it. Challenge is BC's “intellectually challenging” item shown as a rank against every class we hold; students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it is not a measure of difficulty or grading, and it is never marked better or worse.

That site has no course dimension, so its figure is shown for information and kept out of the ranking.

The line

All 13 items · means across 157 records

Instructor4

Course3

Feedback3

Workload & Challengenot ratings

Bars are ranks, not raw scores. Nothing here is graded good or bad.

What each item asks

Explains Clearly: The instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.
Available: The instructor was available for help outside of class.
Motivating: The instructor motivated me to do my best work.
Sparks Interest: The course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
Organized: The course was well organized.
Clear Goals: The learning objectives for the course were clear.
Useful Later: What I learned is applicable beyond this course.
Assignments: Assignments and exams contributed to my learning.
Fast Feedback: I received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
Useful Feedback: The feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
Workload: How much work the course took outside class, on Boston College's five-band scale — the band boundaries are not published, so this is not a number of hours.
Challenge: The course was intellectually challenging.
Attendance: Attending class was necessary to do well in this course.

Why these numbers are curved

Both the number and the bar are the rank against every comparable record we hold, printed back out of 100. BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so on the raw scale every cell here would read in the high eighties and every bar would be nearly full — thirteen numbers that tell you nothing. Each cell prints its raw BC figure and its percentile underneath, so nothing is hidden by the transform. Every bar is one ink colour — nothing here is graded green or red. The hatched bars are not ratings at all: a higher number on either describes a different course, not a better one.

Game log

157 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Maggie Geiss-Weiskopf	Spring 2026	01	91	83	60
Maggie Geiss-Weiskopf	Spring 2026	02	96	89	60
Kin Lo	Spring 2026	03	90	83	—
Kin Lo	Spring 2026	04	91	86	60
Amy La Combe	Spring 2026	05	92	82	60
Amy La Combe	Spring 2026	06	88	79	60
Sunghyo Kim	Spring 2026	07	91	83	60
Sunghyo Kim	Spring 2026	08	92	89	60
John Driscoll	Spring 2026	09	85	83	60
John Driscoll	Spring 2026	10	91	84	60
Cecil Allgood	Spring 2026	11	90	85	60
Cecil Allgood	Spring 2026	12	92	85	60
Michael Cecere	Spring 2026	13	95	88	40
Michael Cecere	Spring 2026	14	96	89	60
Thomas Whalen	Spring 2026	15	66	71	60
Thomas Whalen	Spring 2026	16	72	70	60
Ki-Soon Choi	Fall 2025	01	98	92	40
Ki-Soon Choi	Fall 2025	02	91	84	60
Ki-Soon Choi	Fall 2025	03	95	86	60
Edward Taylor	Fall 2025	04	98	97	60
Edward Taylor	Fall 2025	05	99	97	60
Dianne Rossi-Feldman	Fall 2025	06	93	88	60
Dianne Rossi-Feldman	Fall 2025	07	98	90	60
Maggie Geiss-Weiskopf	Fall 2025	08	95	89	60
Cecil Allgood	Fall 2025	09	87	80	40

Showing the first 25.

How to read this board

Instructors are ranked on their record in this class only, never on their average across everything they teach. Scores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Workload is BC's own five-band figure, not a number of hours, and is shown as a rank. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero.