Instructor record · English · Spring 2023 – Spring 2026

Sebastian Ivy

English · 13 evaluation records across 1 class

On this class's board

What the overall is made of

57BC evaluations13 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2023 – Spring 2026

36RateMyProfessors13 ratings · weight ×2.0 · 8% 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

24thMore challenging than 24% of BC instructorsranked against every one we hold

84BC — “Intellectually Challenging”13 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 80 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

82ndMore work than 82% of BC instructorsranked against every one we hold

63BC — “Workload”13 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: 13 ratings, 8% would take again, difficulty 80 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 13 records

The Professor4 items

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

734th pctl

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

8310th pctl

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

713rd pctl

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

712nd pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

779th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

755th pctl

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

754th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

713rd 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.

693rd 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.

6382nd pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8424th 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 · 13 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 SeminarOvr57Chal16thWork79th

On this class's board136th of 136 instructors

13 sections on record · course itself rated 56 out of 100. See the full board for ENGL 1010.

Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Spring 2026	38	50	55	—
Fall 2025	41	43	38	60
Fall 2025	51	37	37	60
Spring 2025	18	62	60	80
Spring 2025	21	50	43	—
Fall 2024	50	55	53	60
Fall 2024	60	58	58	80
Spring 2024	37	49	56	60
Fall 2023	20	62	63	—
Fall 2023	21	66	63	—
Fall 2023	22	55	51	—
Spring 2023	39	67	69	40

Showing the first 12.

All 13 items for ENGL 1010

The Professor4 items

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

731st pctl

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

836th pctl

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

711st pctl

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

710th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

777th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

753rd pctl

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

752nd pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

711st pctl

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

631st pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

692nd 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.

6379th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8416th 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.