Instructor record · Physics · Spring 2023 – Spring 2026

Malavika Chandra

Laboratory Director · Physics · 21 evaluation records across 1 class

On this class's board

PHYS 205129th of 34 instructors

What the overall is made of

71BC evaluations21 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2023 – Spring 2026

—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute

—RateMyProfessorsno ratings — 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

50thMore challenging than 50% of BC instructorsranked against every one we hold

88BC — “Intellectually Challenging”21 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.

What the workload rank is made of

84thMore work than 84% of BC instructorsranked against every one we hold

64BC — “Workload”21 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.

The line

All 13 items · means across 21 records

The Professor4 items

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

8212th pctl

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

817th pctl

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

798th pctl

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

776th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8218th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8011th pctl

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

691st pctl

Assignments & Feedback2 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

755th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8114th 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.

6484th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8850th pctl

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

9586th 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. 1 of 13 questions were not reported and are left out rather than shown as zero.

Class by class

1 class · 21 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.

PHYS 2051 Introductory Physics Laboratory IIOvr71Chal36thWork80th

On this class's board29th of 34 instructors

21 sections on record · course itself rated 58 out of 100. See the full board for PHYS 2051.

Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Spring 2026	02	—	—	—
Spring 2026	10	—	—	—
Spring 2026	12	—	—	—
Spring 2026	22	—	—	—
Spring 2023	01	71	62	60
Spring 2023	03	80	58	60
Spring 2023	04	66	51	80
Spring 2023	05	70	48	60
Spring 2023	06	68	69	60
Spring 2023	07	60	46	80
Spring 2023	08	70	45	—
Spring 2023	09	67	54	60

Showing the first 12.

All 13 items for PHYS 2051

The Professor4 items

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

827th pctl

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

814th 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.

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.

690th pctl

Assignments & Feedback2 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

753rd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8111th 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.

6480th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8836th pctl

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

9571st 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.