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FREN 3393

Life at the Limit: Narratives of Transformation · 1 instructor on record · 5 sections

What the course score is made of

90BC evaluations5 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – 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

5thMore challenging than 5% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

78BC — “Intellectually Challenging”5 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”5 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.

This course is conducted in English.. This course is conducted in English. This course will consider texts that follow the path of a person making a journey from alienation, loss, or hardship through a turning point. We will read stories of people who, caught in a major life crisis, still manage to keep a deep connection with themselves and the world, people who ultimately survive to share their experience with others in writing. Students will read correspondence between Theo and Vincent Van Gogh, a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky, excerpts from Les Misérables, a memoir by Primo Levi, and various texts by Albert Camus and several other authors. Satisfies Core Requirement for: Literature

The only instructor on record

5 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
Anne KearneyRomance Languages and Literatures	905 records	25th	5th	943 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Anne Kearney is the only instructor with evaluation records for FREN 3393, 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 Anne Kearney

3 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
FREN 2210French Conversation, Composition, and Reading II	318 records	85
FREN 2209French Conversation, Composition, and Reading I	417 records	77
FREN 3309Artists and their Writings	24 records	84

Other FREN classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
FREN 1110Intermediate French II	1858 records	79
FREN 1109Intermediate French I	1847 records	79
FREN 1010Elementary French II	1434 records	87
FREN 1009Elementary French I	1123 records	86
FREN 2210French Conversation, Composition, and Reading II	318 records	85
FREN 2209French Conversation, Composition, and Reading I	417 records	77

The line

All 13 items · means across 5 records

The Professor4 items

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

9346th pctl

Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.

8923rd pctl

Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.

9345th pctl

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

9444th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8113th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8622nd pctl

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

9356th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8830th pctl

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

7910th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8111th 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.

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

5 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Anne Kearney	Spring 2026	01	89	87	40
Anne Kearney	Fall 2024	01	93	86	40
Anne Kearney	Fall 2023	01	96	96	—
Anne Kearney	Fall 2022	01	94	97	40
Anne Kearney	Fall 2021	01	80	83	40

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.