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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 · ENGL · MCAS

ENGL 7701

English Language Training for Graduate Level Students: Focus on Writing · 1 instructor on record · 2 sections

What the course score is made of
95BC evaluations2 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2022 – Spring 2023
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
5thMore challenging than 5% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
78BC — “Intellectually Challenging”2 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
25thMore work than 25% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
40BC — “Workload”2 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

2 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record
InstructorOverallWorkloadChallenge
Lynne AndersonDirector, Program for Multilingual Learners · English Provisional982 records25th5th

There is no ranking to read here: Lynne Anderson is the only instructor with evaluation records for ENGL 7701, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 2 records, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Lynne Anderson

6 other classes
ClassInstructorsCourse score
ENGL 1079Literature Core for Multilingual Students1340 records89
ENGL 2222Introduction to Creative Writing for Multilingual Students15 records95
ENGL 3011The Art of Tutoring Writing35 records91
ENGL 1713Roots and Routes: Writing Identity, Migration, and Culture13 records83
ENGL 4439Topics in Creative Nonfiction: Food, Hunger, and Identity11 record97
ENGL 7700English Language Training for Graduate Level Students: Focus on Speech and Presentation Skills11 record94

Other ENGL classes

All of them
ClassInstructorsCourse score
ENGL 1010First Year Writing Seminar136442 records80
ENGL 1080Literature Core90257 records80
ENGL 1079Literature Core for Multilingual Students1340 records89
ENGL 2221Introduction to Creative Writing936 records90
ENGL 2133Studies in Narrative1634 records87
ENGL 2131Studies in Poetry1333 records84

The line

All 13 items · means across 2 records
The Professor4 items
Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.
100100th pctl
Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.
100100th pctl
Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.
100100th pctl
Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
100100th pctl
The Course3 items
Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.
100100th pctl
Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.
9888th pctl
Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.
9885th pctl
Assignments & Feedback3 items
Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.
9889th pctl
Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
100100th pctl
Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
100100th 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.
4025th pctl
Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.
785th pctl
Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.
100100th 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

2 sections · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Lynne AndersonSpring 20230110010040
Lynne AndersonSpring 202201959040

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.