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PHYS 2050

Introductory Physics Laboratory I · 37 instructors on record · 96 sections

What the course score is made of

59BC evaluations96 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

29thMore challenging than 29% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

87BC — “Intellectually Challenging”96 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

48thMore work than 48% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

60BC — “Workload”96 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.

A laboratory course that provides an opportunity to perform experiments on topics in mechanics and acoustics. This lab is intended for students in PHYS2100-2101 or PHYS2200-2201.

The board

37 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

Find an instructor among the 37Filters 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. 5 of the 37 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Katherine CanavanPhysics	954 records	43rd	62nd	—no page
2	Siddharth NandanwarTafti Group · Physics	944 records	25th	22nd	—no page
3	Jake Scally1st Year · Physics Provisional	922 records	78th	25th	—no page
4	Michael SanchezPhysics Provisional fewer records	1001 record	—	—	—no page
5	Paige RicheyPhysics Provisional	892 records	—	—	—no page
6	Daniel O'learyPhysics Provisional	892 records	—	—	—no page
7	Guan Lin LinRan Group · Physics Provisional	882 records	—	—	—no page
8	Sonny RappaportPhysics Provisional	882 records	78th	34th	—no page
9	Cameron Grant1st Year · Physics Provisional	872 records	78th	33rd	—no page
10	Cole Wolfram1st Year · Physics Provisional	872 records	78th	26th	—no page
11	Thomas BarrettPhysics Provisional	872 records	—	—	—no page
12	Yifan GuPhysics Provisional	852 records	78th	30th	—no page
13	Enrique Gonzalez DelgadoPhysics Provisional	842 records	85th	34th	—no page
14	Yashvardhan JainPhysics Provisional	822 records	39th	14th	—no page
15	Keyu ZengPhysics Provisional	822 records	78th	22nd	—no page
16	Tianxing TangPhysics Provisional	812 records	39th	29th	—no page
17	Xuguo ZhouMa Group · Physics Provisional	812 records	—	—	—no page
18	Christopher CandeloraZeljkovic Group · Physics	783 records	85th	48th	—no page
19	Christian KahnPhysics Provisional fewer records	821 record	78th	41st	—no page
20	Junqi ChenZeljkovic Group · Physics Provisional	782 records	78th	41st	—no page
21	April Li1st Year · Physics Provisional	762 records	78th	61st	—no page
22	Yihao ZhangBurch Group · Physics Provisional fewer records	771 record	—	—	—no page
23	Logan WallPhysics Provisional	752 records	78th	36th	—no page
24	Mohamed Al BegaoweKempa Group · Physics Provisional	752 records	85th	22nd	—no page
25	Qucheng GaoChen Group · Physics Provisional	752 records	78th	5th	—no page
26	Pablo Cuadros RomeroMa Group · Physics Provisional	742 records	—	—	—no page
27	Sudhaman BalguriPhysics Provisional	742 records	78th	17th	—no page
28	Mingyang GuoPhysics Provisional fewer records	712 records	78th	26th	—no page
29	Xiang ChengPhysics	724 records	78th	41st	—no page
30	Boxi SongEngelbrecht Group · Physics Provisional	702 records	78th	51st	—no page
31	Kyung Mo KimBurch Group · Physics Provisional	682 records	—	—	—no page
32	Rule YiFlebus Group · Physics Provisional	652 records	78th	19th	—no page
33	Qirui RenPhysics Provisional	582 records	78th	22nd	—no page
34	Xinyi ZhaoTafti Group · Physics Provisional	532 records	—	—	—no page
35	Jianda LiPhysics Provisional fewer records	472 records	78th	24th	—no page
36	Andrzej HerczynskiResearch Professor · Physics	6020 records	78th	19th	605 ratings · all classes
37	Xingzhi WangPhysics Provisional	322 records	78th	48th	—no page

All 37 instructors listed.

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. 32 of 37 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 96 records

The Professor4 items

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

794th pctl

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

815th pctl

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

784th pctl

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

772nd pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8215th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

809th pctl

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

721st pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

774th pctl

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

8318th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

797th 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.

6048th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8729th pctl

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

9674th 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

96 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Jake Scally	Fall 2025	01	89	63	60
Jake Scally	Fall 2025	03	94	73	60
Sudhaman Balguri	Fall 2025	04	74	58	60
April Li	Fall 2025	05	69	57	60
Sudhaman Balguri	Fall 2025	06	73	69	60
April Li	Fall 2025	07	84	75	60
Cameron Grant	Fall 2025	09	89	77	60
Cameron Grant	Fall 2025	11	85	64	60
Cole Wolfram	Fall 2025	12	85	73	60
Katherine Canavan	Fall 2025	13	100	80	40
Siddharth Nandanwar	Fall 2025	14	93	66	40
Katherine Canavan	Fall 2025	15	85	67	60
Siddharth Nandanwar	Fall 2025	16	98	73	40
Yashvardhan Jain	Fall 2025	17	79	74	60
Xiang Cheng	Fall 2025	18	80	65	60
Xiang Cheng	Fall 2025	19	72	63	60
Yashvardhan Jain	Fall 2025	21	85	65	40
Cole Wolfram	Fall 2025	22	88	68	60
Logan Wall	Fall 2024	01	69	77	60
Logan Wall	Fall 2024	03	82	58	60
Sonny Rappaport	Fall 2024	04	97	69	60
Xingzhi Wang	Fall 2024	05	24	45	60
Sonny Rappaport	Fall 2024	06	78	67	60
Xingzhi Wang	Fall 2024	07	40	56	60
Katherine Canavan	Fall 2024	08	94	76	60

Showing the first 25.

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.