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 · LAWS · LAW

LAWS 7773

Consumer Financial Protection Seminar · 1 instructor on record · 7 sections

What the course score is made of
96BC evaluations7 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
66thMore challenging than 66% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
93BC — “Intellectually Challenging”7 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
39thMore work than 39% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
50BC — “Workload”7 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 seminar will focus on the developing law of consumer financial protection and the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The only instructor on record

7 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record
InstructorOverallWorkloadChallenge
Patricia MccoyLaw987 records39th66th

There is no ranking to read here: Patricia Mccoy is the only instructor with evaluation records for LAWS 7773, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Patricia Mccoy

4 other classes
ClassInstructorsCourse score
LAWS 7781Legal Scholarship Workshop: Regulation and Business518 records93
LAWS 4435Insurance Law15 records97
LAWS 9971Banking Regulation14 records94
LAWS 7772Topics in Financial Regulation12 records94

Other LAWS classes

All of them
ClassInstructorsCourse score
LAWS 2110Critical Perspectives: Law, Context, and Professional Identity3080 records66
LAWS 8667Legal Practice Externship251 records91
LAWS 2150Law Practice 11032 records84
LAWS 2155Law Practice II1032 records83
LAWS 8130Advanced Legal Research829 records92
LAWS 2190Professional Responsibility926 records74

The line

All 13 items · means across 7 records
The Professor4 items
Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.
9988th pctl
Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.
9988th pctl
Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.
9988th pctl
Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
9985th pctl
The Course3 items
Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.
9887th pctl
Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.
9992nd pctl
Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.
9672nd pctl
Assignments & Feedback3 items
Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.
9684th pctl
Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
9782nd pctl
Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
9781st 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.
5039th pctl
Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.
9366th pctl
Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.
9252nd 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

7 sections · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Patricia MccoyFall 2025019090—
Patricia MccoyFall 2025021009540
Patricia MccoySpring 20240110010060
Patricia MccoySpring 202402939360
Patricia MccoyFall 20220110098—
Patricia MccoyFall 20220210010040
Patricia MccoyFall 20210110093—

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.