Carney Curve

Boston College course evaluations · Fall 2021 through Spring 2026, ranked class by class

Top of the board1.PRTO 3300982.UNAS 3348903.MUSP 1670944.COMM 1060925.MUSP 1660926.ECON 9902887.BSLW 2299918.PHIL 4932939.COMM 19029010.UGMG 10109311.MUSP 26009912.TMPS 803495
How this list is ordered

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 · MATH · MCAS

MATH 2202

Multivariable Calculus · 25 instructors on record · 89 sections

How the curve score is built
63Teaching72 raw · 9th percentile of BC classes
±0Easiness adjustmenteasiness 78 · 55 raw workload · lighter than 55% of BC classes
63Curve scorethe teaching curve ±0 for the workload · at most ±6 either way

Boston College's ratings are bunched at the top — the median instructor averages about 88 out of 100 on the raw scale, and 44% of them clear 90 — so a raw score cannot separate anybody. Every figure here is ranked against BC classes and that rank is re-expressed out of 100, which is what turns a raw 88 — the middle of the university — into a figure that says where somebody actually stands. On this scale 77 is the median, 84 the top quarter and 91 the top tenth. Workload is then an adjustment on top of that, worth nothing at all for an ordinary one. Lighter work than 55% of BC classes.

What the course score is made of
72BC evaluations89 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Spring 2026
—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute
—RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

The class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it — who taught it is the board below.

How is this worked out?

That is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between: the board carries each instructor's own score for this class, and the score above is the class averaged across all of them.

What the challenge rank is made of
55thMore challenging than 55% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
91BC — “Intellectually Challenging”89 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question. It is not a measure of difficulty, grading or workload.

How is this worked out?

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
45thMore work than 45% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
55BC — “Workload”89 records · raw score out of 100

One of Boston College's five workload bands, not a number of hours. Higher means more work, not worse.

How is this worked out?

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 for students majoring in Chemistry, Computer Science B.A. or B.S., Geology, Geophysics, Mathematics and Physics, as well as other students who have completed Calculus II. Topics in this course include vectors in two and three dimensions, analytic geometry of three dimensions, parametric curves, partial derivatives, the gradient, optimization in several variables, multiple integration with change of variables across different coordinate systems, line integrals, and Green's Theorem.

The board

25 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3
Filters 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. 6 of the 25 rows carry a mark saying so.

RankInstructorCurveEasinessChallengeRMP overall
1Juliana BeldingProfessor of the Practice, Assistant Chair for Undergraduates · Mathematics Provisional8394 raw · 2 records68−2 to the score79th9022 ratings · all classes
2Chi-Keung CheungMathematics Provisional8293 raw · 2 records68−2 to the score71st9211 ratings · all classes
3Thomas HameisterMathematics Provisional8293 raw · 2 records63−3 to the score76th746 ratings · all classes
4Ethan WintersMathematics7685 raw · 3 records84+2 to the score69th—no page
5Ellen GoldsteinMathematics Provisional7389 raw · 2 records55−5 to the score89th6026 ratings · all classes
6Gomathy GanapathyMathematics7082 raw · 3 records78±0 to the score62nd—no page
7Yongyi ChenMathematics Provisional6680 raw · 2 records68−2 to the score85th547 ratings · all classes
8Qile ChenProfessor · Mathematics Provisional fewer records6376 raw · 2 records68−2 to the score74th964 ratings · all classes
9August SchmidtMathematics6573 raw · 3 records84+2 to the score34th—no page
10Yaoying FuMathematics6573 raw · 3 records84+2 to the score19th—no page
11Dubi KelmerProfessor · Mathematics Provisional5257 raw · 2 records63−3 to the score62nd—no page
12Patrick LeiMathematics Provisional fewer records5154 raw · 2 records68−2 to the score36th—no page
13Sarah BrownMathematics6474 raw · 3 records76±0 to the score36th—no page
14Haoran WangMathematics6365 raw · 3 records97+5 to the score19th—no page
15Zijian HanMathematics fewer records6068 raw · 3 records76±0 to the score31st—no page
16Kathryn LindseyAssociate Professor · Mathematics fewer records6477 raw · 4 records68−2 to the score74th645 ratings · all classes
17Maksym FedorchukProfessor · Mathematics6680 raw · 6 records68−2 to the score82nd946 ratings · all classes
18Harshul KhannaMathematics6578 raw · 6 records68−2 to the score58th—no page
19Mira WattalMathematics6574 raw · 6 records82+1 to the score60th—no page
20Robert GrossAssociate Professor · Mathematics5865 raw · 4 records75±0 to the score49th3816 ratings · all classes
21Tao LiProfessor · Mathematics fewer records5869 raw · 4 records66−3 to the score87th445 ratings · all classes
22Tingting FangMathematics6472 raw · 6 records82+1 to the score36th—no page
23Xin JinAssociate Professor · Mathematics fewer records5053 raw · 4 records66−3 to the score87th403 ratings · all classes
24Ming Hong TeeMathematics6263 raw · 6 records97+5 to the score31st—no page
25Seyed Naseri SadrMathematics5969 raw · 6 records67−2 to the score30th—no page

All 25 instructors listed.

8 of 25 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, not a figure about this class.

How this board is built and ordered

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. 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”. Curve is the instructor's score for THIS class only, ranked against every instructor we hold and printed back out of 100, with the raw BC average underneath it; nothing on this board is an average across the other things they teach. Easiness is an adjustment on top of it, worth up to about ±6 — BC's workload item, ranked and turned over, so a lighter section gains and a heavier one loses, while an ordinary one changes nothing — and each row prints the adjustment, signed. The board is ordered on the same figure it prints, adjusted for how many records back it. Challenge is BC's “intellectually challenging” item shown as a rank against every class we hold; students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it is not a measure of difficulty or grading, and it is never marked better or worse.

That site has no course dimension, so its figure is shown for information and kept out of the ranking.

The line

All 13 items · means across 89 records
Instructor4
Course3
Feedback3
Workload & Challengenot ratings

Bars are ranks, not raw scores. Nothing here is graded good or bad.

What each item asks
Explains Clearly
The instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.
Available
The instructor was available for help outside of class.
Motivating
The instructor motivated me to do my best work.
Sparks Interest
The course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
Organized
The course was well organized.
Clear Goals
The learning objectives for the course were clear.
Useful Later
What I learned is applicable beyond this course.
Assignments
Assignments and exams contributed to my learning.
Fast Feedback
I received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
Useful Feedback
The feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
Workload
How 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.
Challenge
The course was intellectually challenging.
Attendance
Attending class was necessary to do well in this course.
Why these numbers are curved

Both the number and the bar are the rank against every comparable record we hold, printed back out of 100. BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so on the raw scale every cell here would read in the high eighties and every bar would be nearly full — thirteen numbers that tell you nothing. Each cell prints its raw BC figure and its percentile underneath, so nothing is hidden by the transform. 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

89 sections · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Patrick LeiSpring 2026016066—
Patrick LeiSpring 202602475860
Tingting FangSpring 202603787140
Tingting FangSpring 202604696540
Tingting FangSpring 202605645440
Robert GrossSpring 202606928860
Robert GrossSpring 202607767140
Haoran WangSpring 202608608040
Haoran WangSpring 2026097678—
Haoran WangSpring 202610607020
Qile ChenFall 202501747060
Qile ChenFall 202502787260
Harshul KhannaFall 202503867580
Harshul KhannaFall 202504868040
Harshul KhannaFall 202505787540
Xin JinFall 202506586660
Xin JinFall 202507576060
Sarah BrownFall 202508747340
Sarah BrownFall 202509706360
Sarah BrownFall 202510797160
Tao LiSpring 202501676960
Tao LiSpring 202502586680
Harshul KhannaSpring 2025036053—
Harshul KhannaSpring 2025048780—
Harshul KhannaSpring 202505707180

Showing the first 25.

How to read this board

Instructors 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.