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ADEX 1150

The Examined Life · 6 instructors on record · 27 sections

What the course score is made of

86BC evaluations27 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Spring 2026

—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

36thMore challenging than 36% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

88BC — “Intellectually Challenging”27 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

87thMore work than 87% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

73BC — “Workload”27 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.

The Examined Life is an interdisciplinary course that addresses perennial questions by linking them to contemporary issues of significant ethical import that have bearing on daily living and social life. It is meant to bring multiple lenses to bear on topics related to our shared condition and deepen our understanding of the complex realities of human existence. Through thoughtful engagement with these topics and in community with others, students will attend to and reflect upon their personal experiences with the end goal to form ideas and opinions on how we are called to respond to the challenges confronting our world today. This course is restricted to Woods College BA students.

The board

6 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

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.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Mary MylroieTheology Provisional	962 records	93rd	49th	928 ratings · all classes
2	Matthew ClementeAdvancing Studies	926 records	39th	41st	—no page
3	Christopher WelchAdvancing Studies	9113 records	93rd	53rd	—no page
4	Jeanmarie GribaudoAdjunct Faculty · Theology Provisional	912 records	93rd	41st	687 ratings · all classes
5	Lindy DesciakAdvancing Studies	893 records	81st	3rd	—no page
6	David GoodmanCounseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology Provisional	771 record	78th	14th	902 ratings · all classes

How this board is orderedPositions 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”. Overall is the instructor's blended score for THIS class only, and its one contributing source is Boston College's evaluations for the sections in the row's record count — nothing on this board is an average across the other things they teach. Workload and Challenge are RANKS against every class we hold, not scores: BC's questions all sit near the top of the 1-5 scale, so a raw number would put almost every row in the high eighties and tell you nothing. Challenge is BC's “intellectually challenging” item, which students answer positively about courses that stretched them — it is not a measure of difficulty or grading. Neither column is ever marked better or worse. 3 of 6 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; that site has no course dimension, so it is shown for information and kept out of the ranking.

The line

All 13 items · means across 27 records

The Professor4 items

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

9450th pctl

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

9347th pctl

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

9240th pctl

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

9448th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9358th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9252nd pctl

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

9243rd pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9152nd pctl

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

9464th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9358th 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.

7387th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8836th pctl

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

8726th 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

27 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Mary Mylroie	Spring 2026	01	95	88	60
Jeanmarie Gribaudo	Spring 2026	11	—	—	—
Matthew Clemente	Fall 2025	01	100	96	40
Christopher Welch	Fall 2025	02	97	91	80
Lindy Desciak	Fall 2025	03	89	75	60
Christopher Welch	Summer 2025	01	86	83	80
Christopher Welch	Spring 2025	01	90	90	80
Lindy Desciak	Spring 2025	04	90	81	60
Matthew Clemente	Fall 2024	01	92	89	60
Christopher Welch	Fall 2024	02	98	90	—
Mary Mylroie	Fall 2024	03	97	90	100
Lindy Desciak	Fall 2024	04	89	84	80
Christopher Welch	Summer 2024	01	87	87	—
Matthew Clemente	Spring 2024	01	88	82	—
Christopher Welch	Spring 2024	02	89	84	100
Matthew Clemente	Fall 2023	01	97	93	—
Christopher Welch	Fall 2023	02	78	73	—
Christopher Welch	Summer 2023	01	100	100	—
Matthew Clemente	Spring 2023	01	80	67	—
Christopher Welch	Spring 2023	02	89	89	80
Christopher Welch	Fall 2022	01	88	83	80
Jeanmarie Gribaudo	Fall 2022	02	91	87	80
Christopher Welch	Summer 2022	01	100	93	60
Matthew Clemente	Spring 2022	01	98	93	—
Christopher Welch	Spring 2022	02	90	84	80

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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.