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ENGL 1009

First Year Writing Seminar for Multilingual Students · 12 instructors on record · 27 sections

What the course score is made of

88BC evaluations27 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

25thMore challenging than 25% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

86BC — “Intellectually Challenging”27 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

46thMore work than 46% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

56BC — “Workload”27 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.

Limited to 15 students; Satisfies core requirement for writing;Department Permission RequiredThis course, the first half of a year-long sequence of core English courses, is designed for students whose first language is something other than English. In this workshop, students will develop a portfolio of personal and academic writing and provide ongoing feedback to one another as part of a writing community. They will write and rewrite essays throughout the semester, discuss their works-in-progress, and receive feedback during individual conferences with the instructor. Students read a wide range of texts and consider the structure and organization of English rhetoric as they work to develop their own prose. Seats are prioritized for students who have been recommended for targeted language support. This course may be taken in place of ENGL 1010. Students place into this course based on BC's English Writing Assessment taken during the summer prior to freshmen year or in consultation with the director of the program, lynne.anderson@bc.edu

The board

12 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

Find an instructor among the 12Filters 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. 3 of the 12 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Amanda LabriolaEnglish	995 records	78th	57th	1009 ratings · all classes
2	Lorenzo PuenteEnglish	975 records	45th	32nd	9817 ratings · all classes
3	Megan Bowman ArndtEnglish Provisional fewer records	992 records	39th	18th	—no page
4	Deanna DanforthEnglish Provisional fewer records	1001 record	25th	48th	—no page
5	Megan HollyEnglish	924 records	39th	13th	—no page
6	Adam AgostinelliTeacher Education and Currriculum and Instruction Provisional fewer records	931 record	—	69th	—no page
7	Lauren WilwerdingAssistant Professor of the Practice · English Provisional	931 record	—	—	863 ratings · all classes
8	Kara MccabeEnglish Provisional	891 record	78th	5th	1001 rating · all classes
9	Simon ShankoEnglish Provisional	881 record	78th	25th	—no page
10	Brian ZimmermanEnglish Provisional	821 record	78th	60th	7214 ratings · all classes
11	Pyunghwa LeeEnglish	793 records	78th	2nd	—no page
12	Kristin ImreEnglish Provisional	712 records	78th	34th	—no page

All 12 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. 8 of 12 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 27 records

The Professor4 items

Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.

9451st 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.

9455th pctl

Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.

9449th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9359th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9464th pctl

Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.

9351st pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9255th pctl

Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.

9465th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9568th 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.

5646th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8625th pctl

Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.

9249th 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

27 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Megan Bowman Arndt	Fall 2025	04	100	100	40
Simon Shanko	Fall 2025	06	88	86	60
Amanda Labriola	Fall 2025	07	98	92	60
Megan Bowman Arndt	Fall 2025	08	97	95	60
Amanda Labriola	Fall 2025	09	98	100	60
Amanda Labriola	Fall 2025	10	100	84	60
Kara Mccabe	Fall 2024	01	89	86	60
Lorenzo Puente	Fall 2024	03	100	90	60
Lorenzo Puente	Fall 2024	04	91	91	40
Amanda Labriola	Fall 2024	07	97	95	60
Pyunghwa Lee	Fall 2024	08	69	67	60
Pyunghwa Lee	Fall 2024	09	80	80	60
Lauren Wilwerding	Fall 2023	01	93	93	—
Lorenzo Puente	Fall 2023	02	98	89	—
Pyunghwa Lee	Fall 2023	05	89	87	—
Amanda Labriola	Fall 2023	06	100	100	—
Brian Zimmerman	Fall 2022	01	82	78	60
Lorenzo Puente	Fall 2022	02	94	92	60
Megan Holly	Fall 2022	03	91	77	—
Megan Holly	Fall 2022	04	92	91	60
Kristin Imre	Fall 2022	05	77	75	60
Kristin Imre	Fall 2021	01	64	60	60
Lorenzo Puente	Fall 2021	02	100	100	60
Megan Holly	Fall 2021	03	85	78	—
Deanna Danforth	Fall 2021	05	100	95	40

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.