Instructor record · English · Fall 2021 – Spring 2023

Gregory Petershack

English · 9 evaluation records across 1 class

On this class's board

What the overall is made of

93BC evaluations9 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Spring 2023

100RateMyProfessors2 ratings · weight ×2.0 · 100% would take again

—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute

Sources are averaged by how much we trust each one and by how many records sit behind it, so a handful of reviews nudges the number rather than replacing it.

What the challenge rank is made of

13thMore challenging than 13% of BC instructorsranked against every one we hold

80BC — “Intellectually Challenging”9 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question — 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. RateMyProfessors separately rates this instructor 40 out of 100 for difficulty — that IS a difficulty measure, but it is about the person across everything they teach, not about any one class, so it is shown here rather than folded into the number above.

What the workload rank is made of

28thMore work than 28% of BC instructorsranked against every one we hold

43BC — “Workload”9 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College reports workload 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.

Ratings from outside BC

Not evaluation data

Collected from RateMyProfessors, not from Boston College: 2 ratings, 100% would take again, difficulty 40 out of 100. Difficulty is not a quality signal in either direction — a harder course is not a worse one.

Anyone can post there — no @bc.edu check and no enrolment check — so it is weighted alongside the evaluation data, never above it.

The line

All 13 items · means across 9 records

The Professor4 items

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

9677th pctl

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

9679th pctl

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

9470th pctl

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

9573rd pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9051st pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9260th pctl

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

9263rd pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9056th pctl

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

704th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8735th 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.

4328th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8013th pctl

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

8635th 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.

Class by class

1 class · 9 sections

How each position is worked outPositions 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.

ENGL 1010 First Year Writing SeminarOvr93Chal9thWork26th

On this class's board8th of 136 instructors

9 sections on record · course itself rated 87 out of 100. See the full board for ENGL 1010.

Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Spring 2023	32	94	88	40
Spring 2023	35	93	88	40
Spring 2023	36	95	90	40
Fall 2022	13	99	97	40
Fall 2022	14	98	93	—
Spring 2022	18	94	78	40
Spring 2022	24	96	82	40
Fall 2021	12	92	90	40
Fall 2021	28	76	76	60

All 13 items for ENGL 1010

The Professor4 items

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

9665th pctl

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

9667th pctl

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

9456th pctl

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

9557th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9043rd pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9252nd pctl

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

9248th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9041st pctl

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

703rd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8728th 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.

4326th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

809th pctl

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

8624th pctl

How to read this pageScores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Almost every class scores high on that scale (the median is about 90), so challenge and workload are shown as a rank against every instructor we hold rather than as a score; the raw figure is in the breakdown above. Neither describes quality, and neither is ever marked better or worse anywhere on this site. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero. The position printed against each class is this instructor's place on that class's own board, computed from the same records the board itself is built from.