Carney Curve

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

Top of the board1.PRTO 3300982.UNAS 3348903.MUSP 1670944.COMM 1060925.MUSP 1660926.ECON 9902887.BSLW 2299918.PHIL 4932939.COMM 19029010.UGMG 10109311.MUSP 26009912.TMPS 803495
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 · CHEM · MCAS

CHEM 1110

General Chemistry II · 33 instructors on record · 131 sections

How the curve score is built
57Teaching65 raw · 3rd percentile of BC classes
+1Easiness adjustmenteasiness 80 · 52 raw workload · lighter than 60% of BC classes
58Curve scorethe teaching curve +1 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 60% of BC classes.

What the course score is made of
65BC evaluations131 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2022 – 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
41stMore challenging than 41% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
89BC — “Intellectually Challenging”131 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
40thMore work than 40% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
52BC — “Workload”131 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.

The board

33 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3
Filters 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. 8 of the 33 rows carry a mark saying so.

RankInstructorCurveEasinessChallengeRMP overall
1Brooke ElanderChemistry8995 raw · 4 records84+2 to the score31st—no page
2Jing WanChemistry Provisional fewer records99100 raw · 2 records84+2 to the score9th—no page
3Nicholas PuglianoChemistry Provisional8793 raw · 2 records84+2 to the score79th—no page
4Kaitlyn SzalayChemistry8089 raw · 4 records84+2 to the score48th—no page
5Malavika Asokan NairChemistry7884 raw · 6 records99+6 to the score41st—no page
6Michael BerwangerChemistry7480 raw · 4 records97+5 to the score14th—no page
7Joseph MorabitoChemistry Provisional fewer records5969 raw · 1 record68−2 to the score91st4830 ratings · all classes
8Shoshana ReichChemistry7377 raw · 6 records99+6 to the score39th—no page
9Junwei BaoChemistry Provisional fewer records4747 raw · 1 record68−2 to the score76th—no page
10Jillian PlattChemistry7385 raw · 8 records78±0 to the score43rd—no page
11Allison YoungAssistant Professor of the Practice · Chemistry7286 raw · 5 records66−3 to the score89th929 ratings · all classes
12Madison RubinoChemistry Provisional6476 raw · 2 records68−2 to the score33rd—no page
13Brayan RondonChemistry Provisional6173 raw · 2 records68−2 to the score25th—no page
14Jin Ook AhnChemistry Provisional6072 raw · 2 records63−3 to the score61st—no page
15Jennifer LapoffChemistry Provisional fewer records5969 raw · 2 records68−2 to the score34th—no page
16Akinwande AkinniyiChemistry6877 raw · 4 records84+2 to the score34th—no page
17Daniel FoxProfessor of the Practice · Chemistry Provisional5663 raw · 2 records68−2 to the score76th5847 ratings · all classes
18Landon TaylorChemistry Provisional5462 raw · 2 records63−3 to the score16th—no page
19Esma UcarChemistry Provisional fewer records5150 raw · 2 records84+2 to the score15th—no page
20Hannah RobichaudChemistry fewer records6777 raw · 4 records81+1 to the score41st—no page
21Sammi WuChemistry7082 raw · 8 records78±0 to the score31st—no page
22Khalil MimouniChemistry6578 raw · 4 records68−2 to the score42nd—no page
23Chloe RoperChemistry6369 raw · 4 records84+2 to the score42nd—no page
24Clarissa KeenAssistant Professor of the Practice · Chemistry fewer records5463 raw · 3 records62−4 to the score74th4435 ratings · all classes
25Devon YuChemistry6269 raw · 4 records82+1 to the score55th—no page
26Konara PamunuwaChemistry6269 raw · 4 records81+1 to the score37th—no page
27Wen LeChemistry6271 raw · 4 records75±0 to the score22nd—no page
28Lihao FengChemistry6064 raw · 4 records84+2 to the score12th—no page
29Juliana MarstonChemistry5863 raw · 4 records76±0 to the score36th—no page
30Caroline RourkeChemistry5667 raw · 4 records66−3 to the score31st—no page
31Donovan McAfeeChemistry fewer records5666 raw · 4 records65−3 to the score40th—no page
32Richard MichaudChemistry6272 raw · 6 records74−1 to the score11th—no page
33Nathaniel HartmannAssistant Professor of the Practice · Chemistry6072 raw · 13 records65−3 to the score79th—no page

All 33 instructors listed.

11 of 33 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 131 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

131 sections · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Nathaniel HartmannSpring 202601726060
Chloe RoperSpring 202602726840
Chloe RoperSpring 202603675740
Landon TaylorSpring 202604605580
Chloe RoperSpring 2026056461—
Landon TaylorSpring 202606645860
Chloe RoperSpring 202607736940
Daniel FoxSpring 202608615360
Caroline RourkeSpring 202609696060
Jillian PlattSpring 202610875860
Donovan McAfeeSpring 202611685580
Donovan McAfeeSpring 2026125550—
Donovan McAfeeSpring 202613716260
Caroline RourkeSpring 202614504960
Allison YoungSpring 202615917480
Juliana MarstonSpring 202616677240
Juliana MarstonSpring 202617626660
Madison RubinoSpring 2026188173—
Madison RubinoSpring 202619715760
Juliana MarstonSpring 202620587160
Juliana MarstonSpring 2026216663—
Nathaniel HartmannSpring 202622726680
Daniel FoxSpring 202623655760
Donovan McAfeeSpring 202624705760
Jillian PlattSpring 202625948040

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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.