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 · COMM · MCAS

COMM 1902

Digital Storytelling · 1 instructor on record · 15 sections

What the course score is made of
93BC evaluations15 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Fall 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
11thMore challenging than 11% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
82BC — “Intellectually Challenging”15 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
2ndMore work than 2% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
29BC — “Workload”15 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

15 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record
InstructorOverallWorkloadChallengeRMP overall
Paul ReynoldsCommunication9815 records2nd11th801 rating · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Paul Reynolds is the only instructor with evaluation records for COMM 1902, 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 Paul Reynolds

4 other classes
ClassInstructorsCourse score
COMM 1065Fundamentals of Creative Communication746 records79
COMM 2222Studio Television Production210 records96
COMM 2243Mobilizing for Mobile Media Storytelling World15 records96
COMM 1080AI Storytelling for Good12 records95

Other COMM classes

All of them
ClassInstructorsCourse score
COMM 1030Public Speaking1166 records83
COMM 1065Fundamentals of Creative Communication746 records79
COMM 1010The Rhetorical Tradition320 records83
COMM 1020Introduction to Media Studies220 records83
COMM 2213Fundamentals of Audio I120 records85
COMM 1060Anti-Social Media217 records95

The line

All 13 items · means across 15 records
The Professor4 items
Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.
9880th pctl
Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.
9774th pctl
Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.
9883rd pctl
Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
9983rd pctl
The Course3 items
Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.
9359th pctl
Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.
9571st pctl
Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.
9571st pctl
Assignments & Feedback3 items
Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.
9259th pctl
Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
9569th pctl
Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
9466th 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.
292nd pctl
Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.
8211th pctl
Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.
8417th 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

15 sections · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Paul ReynoldsFall 20250110097—
Paul ReynoldsFall 202502919140
Paul ReynoldsSpring 202501989020
Paul ReynoldsSpring 202502989320
Paul ReynoldsFall 202401989640
Paul ReynoldsFall 20240210097—
Paul ReynoldsFall 2023029783—
Paul ReynoldsSpring 202301989040
Paul ReynoldsSpring 202302958520
Paul ReynoldsFall 2022011009840
Paul ReynoldsFall 202202979120
Paul ReynoldsSpring 202201100100—
Paul ReynoldsSpring 2022021009520
Paul ReynoldsFall 2021011009420
Paul ReynoldsFall 202102939040

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.