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Graduate Student Self Evaluation Directions

All graduate students, including students planning to graduate in Spring '15 or Summer '15, MUST complete annual self-evaluations each spring.  This year, self-evaluations must be completed between March 25between March 11-April 16, 20132015.  The Graduate Self-Evaluation is available to students only available during this time.  To access this form, go to my.cs.illinois.edu and login with log in with your NetID and password.  The form is located in the "CS Grad Student Toolbox".  Remember, spring 2013 self-evaluations must be completed no later than April 1, 2013.  Area committees will be meeting April 8 - 30, 2013 to Research Area committees will review the progress of students in their area and will use your during April 8 - 30, 2015.  Your self-evaluation as consists of part of their evaluation process. Therefore, it is extremely important to complete your self-evaluation by the April 6, 2015 deadline.

To access the self-evaluation form, please go to my.cs.illinois.edu and log in with your netID and password.  Then   In the Grad Tool Box, click the "MS-PHD self-evaluation" for MS and PHD students and the "MCS self-evaluation" for the Professional MCS students in the Grad Tool Box.

Self-Evaluation Directions

Note:  Failure to complete your self-evaluation will result in a "Lack of Progress" warning.  If you receive two of these warnings, you risk Two "Lack of Progress" warnings put you at risk of being removed from the program.   

When you first log inIf you are a MS or PhD student, please be sure to indicate your research area group (this in only for MS and PHD students) when you first log in.  You will be prompted for this information before you can enter the form.

When entering the information below, we are looking for you to enter in what you have done completing the self-evaluation, the goal is for you to provide full information about your academic progress made since your last evaluation.  To see what you have entered for your previous evaluation, click on the arrow in the box in the upper left hand corner.  Please SAVE any information that you may have entered in the current evaluation first before looking at previous ones!evaluations.

  1. CV Link:  Please upload your latest CV in this section in PDF format.
  2. Student's Advisors:  If you have not secured a thesis advisor yet, there not be one listed here there will not be an advisor listed in this section and you . You will need to indicate which faculty you have been interacting with and how close you are to securing your thesis advisor in "Progress on Ph.D. research this last year" section.
    Note:  Ph.D. students on the Program of Study coursework plan will have their Program of Study committee members displayed here as well.
  3. Ph.D. Milestone Checklist (Only for PhD students):  This section is automatically updated by the system and is a quick checklist to inform you which steps you have completed.
    • Checkmark = complete
    • No checkmark = incomplete
    • Program of Study complete means that you have completed all the required courses on your Program of Study form.  
  4. Research:  This section allows you the opportunity to update the Area committee on your research progress.
    • Meeting with thesis and co/thesis advisor - indicate how Indicate how often you meet with either you advisor(s).  This is just only a guideline to understand how much communication occurs with at least one of your advisors.
    • Progress on Ph.D. research - indicate Indicate the progress you have made over this last the past year on your research.  If you are changes areas have changed the area of research, indicate the reason for this change.  If you are a 1st year student, indicate what you have done so far to investigate different research opportunities and to secure your thesis advisor.
    • Thesis Abstract Title is where you indicate either the title of your thesis or the subject of your thesis research.
  5. Accomplishments:  This section allows you to communicate with to the Area committee your achievements this last year.
    Note:  All rank information is defined athttp://www.core.edu.au/for the different publications, conferences, and talks.  In addition, you must complete all fields in this section in order for your achievement to be added.  If you do not, then it will not add and will refresh to blank fields. 
  6. Publications (MS and PHD students only):  This can be papers, journals, articles, or tech reports you have written and published over the last year.  after your previous self-evaluation.
    • Publications: Please enter one publication per line indicating the rank of the publication, your author position (example 2nd author), and the title of the publication.  Click "Add Publication" for each publication
    you had this year
    • .  Any publication in progress or under review should go in the general comments section.
    • Conferences/Workshop:  Please enter one conference/workshop per line indicating the rank of the conference, your author position (example 3rd author), and the name of the conference/workshop.  Click "Add Conference" for each conference/workshop attended.
    • Talks:  Please enter in one talk per line with the rank of the talk, your presenter position (example - 1st presenter, 2nd presenter, etc.), and the name and location of the talk. Click "Add Talk" for each talk you gave this last year.
    • Scholarships/Fellowships:  This section is a free text section to allow you to list all the scholarships, fellowships, or other types of funding outside of other than a research or teaching assistantship you received this last year.
    • Awards and Honors:  This section is a free text section to allow you to list all awards or honors received this last year.
    • Course Plan:  This allows you to communicate with the Area committee what courses you plan to take.  If all courses are completed, you may indicate your research plans for the next year.
  7. Assistantships:  Updated either   Update either the TA or RA section based on your assistantships for this past year.  If you have been both a TA and an RA, please complete both sections.
  8. Internships:  Please list your internship experiences, one per line for the past year.  Please enter one internship per line.
  9. General Comments:  This is a text field for you to add any additional comments you would like the Area committees to know.
  10. Be sure to click "Save Student Self Evaluation" before exiting the form.

 Remember, spring 2015 self-evaluations must be completed no later than April 6, 2015.

If you have any questions about the Self-Evaluation process, please contact Rhonda McElroy Viveka Kudaligama at rmcelroy@illinoiskudaliga@illinois.edu or at 244-2745at 217-300-2276.