Carney Curve

Boston College course evaluations · Fall 2021 through Spring 2026, ranked class by class

How this list is 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.

Class record · ADSA · ADV

ADSA 9001

Sports Administration Internship · 1 instructor on record · 15 sections

How the curve score is built
73Teaching84 raw · 37th percentile of BC classes
−3Easiness adjustmenteasiness 66 · 70 raw workload · lighter than 15% of BC classes
70Curve scorethe teaching curve −3 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 15% of BC classes.

What the course score is made of
84BC evaluations15 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
19thMore challenging than 19% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
84BC — “Intellectually Challenging”15 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
85thMore work than 85% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
70BC — “Workload”15 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 is designed to immerse students within a work setting at a institution, private high school, or professional sport organization to enhance their experience and put their classroom knowledge to work in a practical setting. This experience should be fitted to the student's career development and interests. The student works with course instructors to find an opportunity to observe and work in an athletic administrative capacity under the guidance of a professional athletic administrator.

The only instructor on record

15 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record
InstructorCurveEasinessChallenge
Jade MorrisAdvancing Studies7387 raw · 15 records63−3 to the score19th

There is no ranking to read here: Jade Morris is the only instructor with evaluation records for ADSA 9001, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Jade Morris

2 other classes
ClassInstructorsCourse score
ADSA 8005Health and Wellness in Athletics and Sports Administration27 records85
ADSA 8020Athletic Facilities and Operations55 records82

Other ADSA classes

All of them
ClassInstructorsCourse score
ADSA 7502Sports Marketing and Communication119 records90
ADSA 7504Sports Law and Compliance518 records83
ADSA 7501Survey of Sports Administration317 records90
ADSA 8007Revenue Generation in Sports417 records77
ADSA 7503Sports Finance216 records80
ADSA 7585Sports Leadership and Ignatian-based Ethics215 records88

The line

All 13 items · means across 15 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

15 sections · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Jade MorrisSpring 2026018586100
Jade MorrisFall 2025019296100
Jade MorrisFall 202502807440
Jade MorrisSpring 2025019286100
Jade MorrisFall 202401737840
Jade MorrisFall 202402100100—
Jade MorrisSummer 2024017380—
Jade MorrisSpring 202401857540
Jade MorrisFall 2023019597—
Jade MorrisSummer 2023019086—
Jade MorrisSpring 2023019890100
Jade MorrisFall 2022019698100
Jade MorrisSummer 2022016040—
Jade MorrisSpring 202201928440
Jade MorrisFall 202101989040
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.