Carney Curve

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

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 2232

Organic Chemistry II · 28 instructors on record · 79 sections

What the course score is made of
76BC evaluations79 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2022 – 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
75thMore challenging than 75% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
94BC — “Intellectually Challenging”79 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
85thMore work than 85% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
70BC — “Workload”79 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 board

28 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. 5 of the 28 rows carry a mark saying so.

RankInstructorOverallWorkloadChallengeRMP overall
1Holly DeakChemistry9513 records95th93rd8834 ratings · all classes
2Mariah TedderChemistry936 records25th72ndno page
3Sarah SiniseChemistry fewer records953 records25th76thno page
4John HolmgrenChemistry934 records85th62ndno page
5Lorenzo BattistoniChemistry905 records95th71stno page
6Matthew ChapmanChemistry Provisional fewer records932 records88thno page
7Masayuki WasaChemistry Provisional931 record78th88th602 ratings · all classes
8Trevor KubenikChemistry Provisional911 record100th65thno page
9Hannah RobichaudChemistry Provisional892 records100th57thno page
10Anthony TristaniChemistry Provisional881 record25th56thno page
11Shoma MukaiChemistry Provisional872 records25th58thno page
12Jennifer LapoffChemistry Provisional872 records78th76thno page
13James MorkenChemistry Provisional871 record100th91st1004 ratings · all classes
14Clare GoldenChemistry Provisional861 record100th84thno page
15Jared PrattChemistry Provisional842 records0th41stno page
16Chenpeng GaoChemistry Provisional842 records39th55thno page
17Daniel FoxProfessor of the Practice · Chemistry Provisional fewer records791 record93rd5847 ratings · all classes
18Paul LeeChemistry834 records39th40thno page
19Marc SnapperChemistry Provisional812 records100th90th6817 ratings · all classes
20Michael BerwangerChemistry Provisional802 records39th69thno page
21Dima YassineChemistry Provisional792 records25th64thno page
22Xiao-Xiang ZhangChemistry Provisional772 records93rd90thno page
23Ling ChengChemistry Provisional fewer records732 records100th70thno page
24Peter DiamandisChemistry796 records78th76thno page
25Chi ChanChemistry Provisional722 records25th43rdno page
26Xieyang ZhangChemistry Provisional702 records85th70thno page
27Richard MichaudChemistry Provisional fewer records692 records25th72ndno page
28Thanh Nhat HoChemistry734 records45th57thno page

All 28 instructors listed.

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. 20 of 28 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 79 records
The Professor4 items
Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.
9136th pctl
Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.
9240th pctl
Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.
9032nd pctl
Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
9025th pctl
The Course3 items
Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.
8937th pctl
Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.
8934th pctl
Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.
8513th pctl
Assignments & Feedback3 items
Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.
8834th pctl
Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
9463rd pctl
Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
9357th 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.
7085th pctl
Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.
9475th pctl
Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.
9043rd 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

79 sections · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Holly DeakSpring 2026019681100
Sarah SiniseSpring 202602978240
Chi ChanSpring 2026037874
Chi ChanSpring 202604677340
Dima YassineSpring 202605827140
Dima YassineSpring 202606776940
Holly DeakSpring 2026079677100
Richard MichaudSpring 202608656740
Richard MichaudSpring 2026117280
Holly DeakSpring 2026129586100
Marc SnapperSpring 2026138373100
John HolmgrenSpring 2026149465
John HolmgrenSpring 202615958880
Matthew ChapmanSpring 2026168883
Matthew ChapmanSpring 2026179889
Holly DeakSpring 2025019676100
Trevor KubenikSpring 2025029179100
Peter DiamandisSpring 2025037375100
Peter DiamandisSpring 202504877520
Sarah SiniseSpring 2025059482
Sarah SiniseSpring 2025069380
James MorkenSpring 2025078772100
Ling ChengSpring 2025087164100
Jared PrattSpring 2025098571
Jared PrattSpring 202510837720

Showing the first 25.

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.