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ACCT 8816

Federal Taxation · 1 instructor on record · 6 sections

What the course score is made of

84BC evaluations6 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Fall 2025

—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute

—RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

That is the class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it. Who taught it, and how each of them scored, is the board below — that is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between.

What the challenge rank is made of

84thMore challenging than 84% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

96BC — “Intellectually Challenging”6 records · raw score out of 100

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

86thMore work than 86% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

72BC — “Workload”6 records · raw score out of 100

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 introduces the student to the various elements of taxation and emphasizes interpretation and application of the law. Students are challenged to consider tax implications of various economic events and to think critically about the broad implications of tax policy. The skills to prepare reasonably complex tax returns and to do basic tax research are also developed.

The only instructor on record

6 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
Marcos CarrenoAccounting	876 records	86th	84th	664 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Marcos Carreno is the only instructor with evaluation records for ACCT 8816, so the number is a record, not a position. The RateMyProfessors figure is their overall score across everything they teach, not their score in this class.

Also taught by Marcos Carreno

3 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
ACCT 4405Federal Taxation	217 records	87
ACCT 6615Advanced Federal Taxation	210 records	93
ACCT 6626Taxes and Management Decisions	27 records	79

Other ACCT classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
ACCT 1021Financial Accounting	25157 records	83
ACCT 3307Managerial Cost and Strategic Analysis	220 records	84
ACCT 3321Intermediate Accounting for Finance and Consulting	518 records	70
ACCT 1022Managerial Accounting	717 records	74
ACCT 4405Federal Taxation	217 records	87
ACCT 3302Financial Accounting Standards and Theory II	216 records	88

The line

All 13 items · means across 6 records

The Professor4 items

Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.

9343rd pctl

Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.

9349th pctl

Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.

9136th pctl

Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.

9337th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8831st pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9042nd pctl

Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.

9247th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8832nd pctl

Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.

9253rd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8726th pctl

Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings

WorkloadHow 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.

7286th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9684th pctl

Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.

9361st pctl

Bar length is the rank against every comparable record we hold, not the raw score: BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so a raw-scale bar would be nearly full on every row and would tell you nothing. 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

6 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Marcos Carreno	Fall 2025	01	79	75	100
Marcos Carreno	Fall 2024	01	72	71	80
Marcos Carreno	Fall 2023	01	94	89	—
Marcos Carreno	Fall 2022	01	87	87	40
Marcos Carreno	Spring 2022	01	100	95	60
Marcos Carreno	Fall 2021	01	91	86	80

How to read this boardInstructors 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.