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MCMC 1091

First Year Discovery Seminar · 8 instructors on record · 13 sections

What the course score is made of

83BC evaluations13 records · weight ×1.0 · Summer 2024 – Summer 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

2ndMore challenging than 2% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

73BC — “Intellectually Challenging”13 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

3rdMore work than 3% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

35BC — “Workload”13 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 First Year Discovery Seminar is an interactive and engaging course designed to facilitate the transition to Messina College. Students will be introduced to University resources, engage with the tenets of the Boston College mission, and reflect on their own identities as learners and college students. This course is rooted in concepts of student formation, reflection, and engaging with justice and the common good. Lecture sessions will expand student knowledge through panel discussions and invited speakers. Students will reflect on their own experiences and build skills for success through small group discussions.

The board

8 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

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.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Thomas WesnerProfessor of the Practice · Business Law and Society Provisional	1002 records	25th	33rd	9621 ratings · all classes
2	Chasneika AstacioUniversity and Capstone Provisional	971 record	0th	4th	—no page
3	Brianna DiazMessina College Provisional	942 records	25th	0th	—no page
4	Alicia LapollaMessina College Provisional	912 records	2nd	2nd	—no page
5	Genevieve GreenMessina College Provisional	901 record	—	9th	—no page
6	Gerardo Serrato-CapuchinaMessina College Provisional	891 record	25th	21st	—no page
7	Jill MastrocolaMessina College Provisional	851 record	25th	0th	—no page
8	Mario VerdeMessina College	823 records	2nd	0th	—no page

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. 7 of 8 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 13 records

The Professor4 items

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

9238th pctl

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

9237th pctl

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

9134th pctl

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

9233rd pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8937th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8829th pctl

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

8823rd pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8414th pctl

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

8936th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8936th 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.

353rd pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

732nd pctl

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

8625th 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

13 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Brianna Diaz	Summer 2025	05	94	83	40
Genevieve Green	Summer 2025	06	90	80	—
Mario Verde	Summer 2025	11	80	73	40
Alicia Lapolla	Summer 2025	12	93	86	20
Brianna Diaz	Summer 2025	13	94	76	40
Thomas Wesner	Summer 2025	14	100	100	40
Chasneika Astacio	Summer 2025	15	97	85	20
Mario Verde	Summer 2024	04	89	80	—
Alicia Lapolla	Summer 2024	06	89	80	40
Jill Mastrocola	Summer 2024	07	85	82	40
Thomas Wesner	Summer 2024	10	100	93	40
Mario Verde	Summer 2024	11	76	69	20
Gerardo Serrato-Capuchina	Summer 2024	12	89	85	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.