Carney Curve

Boston College course evaluations · every published number, ranked class by class

Positions 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.

Instructor record · Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology · Fall 2022 – Summer 2025

Michael O'brien

Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology · 6 evaluation records across 3 classes

On each class's board
APSY 75281st of 8 instructorsAPSY 77431st of 4 instructors ProvisionalAPSY 32435th of 6 instructors Provisional
What the overall is made of
92BC evaluations6 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2022 – Summer 2025
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
BC — “Intellectually Challenging”6 records — does not contribute

Boston College's “intellectually challenging” question was not reported in these records, so there is nothing to show. That is missing data, not an easy class.

What the workload rank is made of
BC — “Workload”6 records — does not contribute

Boston College's workload question was not reported in these records, so there is nothing to show. That is missing data, not a light class.

The line

All 13 items · means across 6 records

Nothing reported

None of the evaluation questions were reported for these records.

Class by class

3 classes · 6 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.

APSY 7528 Multicultural IssuesOvr93ChalWork
On this class's board1st of 8 instructors

3 sections on record · course itself rated 90 out of 100. See the full board for APSY 7528.

TermSecInstrCourseWork
Fall 2024059492
Spring 2023019592
Fall 2022019185
All 13 items for APSY 7528

Nothing reported

None of the evaluation questions were reported for these records.

APSY 7743 Counseling FamiliesOvr93ChalWork
On this class's board1st of 4 instructors Provisional

2 sections on record · course itself rated 93 out of 100. See the full board for APSY 7743.

TermSecInstrCourseWork
Summer 2025018787
Summer 202303100100
All 13 items for APSY 7743

Nothing reported

None of the evaluation questions were reported for these records.

APSY 3243 Counseling TheoriesOvr86ChalWork
On this class's board5th of 6 instructors Provisional

1 section on record · course itself rated 82 out of 100. See the full board for APSY 3243.

TermSecInstrCourseWork
Spring 2025018682
All 13 items for APSY 3243

Nothing reported

None of the evaluation questions were reported for these records.

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.