Carney Curve

Boston College course evaluations · every published number, ranked class by class

Top of the board1.ECON 9902962.LAWS 8856973.PRTO 3300984.BSLW 2299975.PHIL 4932986.LAWS 8308987.SCWK 9960998.EESC 99011009.MUSP 16609610.UGMG 10109811.UNCP 55119712.SCWK 883197

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 1120

Honors Modern Chemistry Laboratory II · 1 instructor on record · 8 sections

What the course score is made of
92BC evaluations8 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2022 – Spring 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
61stMore challenging than 61% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
92BC — “Intellectually Challenging”8 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
47thMore work than 47% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
58BC — “Workload”8 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 only instructor on record

8 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record
InstructorOverallWorkloadChallengeRMP overall
Allison YoungAssistant Professor of the Practice · Chemistry988 records47th61st929 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Allison Young is the only instructor with evaluation records for CHEM 1120, 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 Allison Young

4 other classes
ClassInstructorsCourse score
CHEM 1110General Chemistry II33131 records65
CHEM 2243Honors Organic Chemistry I Laboratory214 records89
CHEM 1119Honors Modern Chemistry Laboratory I110 records89
CHEM 1112General Chemistry Laboratory II22 records44

Other CHEM classes

All of them
ClassInstructorsCourse score
CHEM 1110General Chemistry II33131 records65
CHEM 1109General Chemistry I2494 records67
CHEM 2232Organic Chemistry II2879 records76
CHEM 2231Organic Chemistry I1947 records74
CHEM 1128Gateway: General Chemistry Discussion II518 records76
CHEM 2241Honors Organic Chemistry I1015 records76

The line

All 13 items · means across 8 records
The Professor4 items
Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.
9883rd pctl
Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.
9666th pctl
Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.
9881st pctl
Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
9882nd pctl
The Course3 items
Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.
9783rd pctl
Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.
9571st pctl
Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.
9678th pctl
Assignments & Feedback3 items
Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.
9575th pctl
Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
8936th 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.
5847th pctl
Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.
9261st pctl
Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.
9990th 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

8 sections · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Allison YoungSpring 2025011009360
Allison YoungSpring 2025021009860
Allison YoungSpring 202401938660
Allison YoungSpring 202402968960
Allison YoungSpring 2023011009760
Allison YoungSpring 202302969540
Allison YoungSpring 2022011008760
Allison YoungSpring 202202968860

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.