Instructor record · English · Fall 2021 – Spring 2025

Hannah Clay

English · 7 evaluation records across 2 classes

On each class's board

ENGL 101091st of 136 instructorsENGL 2883only instructor on record Provisional

What the overall is made of

83BC evaluations7 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Spring 2025

60RateMyProfessors2 ratings · weight ×2.0 · 50% 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

8thMore challenging than 8% of BC instructorsranked against every one we hold

78BC — “Intellectually Challenging”7 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 30 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

34thMore work than 34% of BC instructorsranked against every one we hold

46BC — “Workload”7 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, 50% would take again, difficulty 30 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 7 records

The Professor4 items

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

8933rd pctl

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

8720th pctl

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

8934th pctl

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

8930th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8526th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8945th pctl

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

8836th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8318th pctl

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

632nd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

778th 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.

4634th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

788th pctl

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

8014th 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

2 classes · 7 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 SeminarOvr84Chal4thWork27th

On this class's board91st of 136 instructors

6 sections on record · course itself rated 78 out of 100. See the full board for ENGL 1010.

Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Fall 2024	23	48	46	40
Spring 2022	12	90	80	40
Spring 2022	26	90	87	40
Fall 2021	16	90	83	40
Fall 2021	27	92	84	40
Fall 2021	50	92	88	60

All 13 items for ENGL 1010

The Professor4 items

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

8821st pctl

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

8820th pctl

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

8925th pctl

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

8817th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8728th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9038th pctl

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

8822nd pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8211th pctl

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

662nd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8112th 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.

4327th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

764th pctl

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

787th pctl

ENGL 2883 Victorian Abnormalities: Disability and Illness in Victorian Literature and CultureOvr81Chal30thWork78th

On this class's boardonly instructor on record Provisional

1 section on record · course itself rated 76 out of 100. See the full board for ENGL 2883.

Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Spring 2025	01	81	76	60

All 13 items for ENGL 2883

The Professor4 items

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

9346th pctl

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

782nd pctl

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

8823rd pctl

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

9127th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

745th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8726th pctl

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

9243rd pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8727th pctl

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

450th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

530th 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.

8730th pctl

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

8935th 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.