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PHYS 2051

Introductory Physics Laboratory II · 34 instructors on record · 109 sections

What the course score is made of

58BC evaluations109 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2022 – 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

31stMore challenging than 31% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

87BC — “Intellectually Challenging”109 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

78thMore work than 78% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

60BC — “Workload”109 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 board

34 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

Find an instructor among the 34Filters 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 34 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Yifan GuPhysics	914 records	81st	34th	—no page
2	Katherine CanavanPhysics Provisional fewer records	962 records	78th	19th	—no page
3	Jake Scally1st Year · Physics Provisional	962 records	25th	33rd	—no page
4	Daniel O'learyPhysics	874 records	—	—	—no page
5	Siddharth NandanwarTafti Group · Physics Provisional fewer records	942 records	78th	29th	—no page
6	Sonny RappaportPhysics Provisional	942 records	78th	25th	—no page
7	Enrique Gonzalez DelgadoPhysics Provisional	912 records	78th	53rd	—no page
8	Guan Lin LinRan Group · Physics Provisional	892 records	78th	27th	—no page
9	Xuguo ZhouMa Group · Physics Provisional	882 records	78th	42nd	—no page
10	Tianxing TangPhysics Provisional	872 records	78th	41st	—no page
11	April Li1st Year · Physics Provisional	862 records	78th	36th	—no page
12	Mingyang GuoPhysics Provisional	852 records	78th	30th	—no page
13	Christopher CandeloraZeljkovic Group · Physics	823 records	78th	70th	—no page
14	Thomas BarrettPhysics Provisional fewer records	852 records	78th	40th	—no page
15	Cameron Grant1st Year · Physics Provisional	842 records	39th	33rd	—no page
16	Cole Wolfram1st Year · Physics Provisional	832 records	78th	18th	—no page
17	Muxian XuZeljkovic Group · Physics Provisional	831 record	78th	26th	—no page
18	Logan WallPhysics Provisional	792 records	78th	29th	—no page
19	Junqi ChenZeljkovic Group · Physics Provisional	782 records	78th	19th	—no page
20	Pablo Cuadros RomeroMa Group · Physics Provisional	782 records	78th	5th	—no page
21	Xiang ChengPhysics	764 records	78th	58th	—no page
22	Mohamed Al BegaoweKempa Group · Physics	754 records	78th	36th	—no page
23	Rule YiFlebus Group · Physics Provisional	752 records	78th	32nd	—no page
24	Yihao ZhangBurch Group · Physics Provisional	742 records	85th	12th	—no page
25	Boxi SongEngelbrecht Group · Physics Provisional	732 records	78th	62nd	—no page
26	Yashvardhan JainPhysics Provisional	672 records	78th	14th	—no page
27	Rishika KumarPhysics Provisional	672 records	78th	17th	—no page
28	Xiaohan YaoTafti Group · Physics Provisional fewer records	611 record	78th	13th	—no page
29	Malavika ChandraLaboratory Director · Physics	7121 records	80th	36th	—no page
30	Michael SanchezPhysics Provisional	601 record	—	—	—no page
31	Qirui RenPhysics Provisional	592 records	39th	25th	—no page
32	Xinyi ZhaoTafti Group · Physics Provisional	542 records	78th	27th	—no page
33	Xingzhi WangPhysics Provisional fewer records	332 records	78th	24th	—no page
34	Andrzej HerczynskiResearch Professor · Physics	5318 records	48th	29th	605 ratings · all classes

All 34 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. 27 of 34 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 109 records

The Professor4 items

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

816th 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.

794th pctl

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

782nd pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8113th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

796th pctl

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

690th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

753rd pctl

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

8215th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8010th 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.

6078th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8731st pctl

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

9568th 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

109 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Cole Wolfram	Spring 2026	01	80	64	60
Malavika Chandra	Spring 2026	02	—	—	—
Cole Wolfram	Spring 2026	03	86	66	60
Yashvardhan Jain	Spring 2026	04	68	53	60
Jake Scally	Spring 2026	05	94	70	40
Yashvardhan Jain	Spring 2026	06	67	67	60
Cameron Grant	Spring 2026	07	82	78	60
Cameron Grant	Spring 2026	09	87	70	40
Malavika Chandra	Spring 2026	10	—	—	—
Daniel O'leary	Spring 2026	11	96	78	—
Malavika Chandra	Spring 2026	12	—	—	—
Jake Scally	Spring 2026	13	97	60	40
Xiang Cheng	Spring 2026	14	86	73	60
April Li	Spring 2026	15	83	63	60
Daniel O'leary	Spring 2026	17	85	62	—
Xiang Cheng	Spring 2026	18	73	73	60
April Li	Spring 2026	19	89	71	60
Mohamed Al Begaowe	Spring 2026	20	84	56	60
Mohamed Al Begaowe	Spring 2026	21	62	53	60
Malavika Chandra	Spring 2026	22	—	—	—
Xiang Cheng	Spring 2025	01	80	66	60
Xiaohan Yao	Spring 2025	03	61	56	60
Sonny Rappaport	Spring 2025	04	96	61	60
Mingyang Guo	Spring 2025	05	89	65	60
Sonny Rappaport	Spring 2025	06	92	67	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.