Graduate Student Self Evaluation Directions
All graduate students MUST complete annual self-evaluations each spring. This year, self-evaluations must be completed between March 25-April 1, 2013. The Graduate Self-Evaluation is only available during this time. To access this form, go to my.cs.illinois.edu and login 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 review the progress of students in their area and will use your self-evaluation as part of their evaluation process.
To access the self-evaluation form, please go to my.cs.illinois.edu and log in with your netID and password. Then 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 "Lack of Progress" warning. If you receive two of these warnings, you risk being removed from the program.
When you first log in, please be sure to indicate your research area group (this in only for MS and PHD students). 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 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 have entered in the current evaluation first before looking at previous ones!
- CV Link: Please upload your latest CV in this section in PDF format.
- Student's Advisors: If you have not secured a thesis advisor, there not be one listed here in this section and you 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. - 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.
- 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 often you meet with either advisor. This is just a guideline to understand how much communication occurs with at least one of your advisors.
- Progress on Ph.D. research - indicate the progress you have made over this last year on your research. If you are changes areas 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.
- Accomplishments: This section allows you to communicate with the Area committee your achievements this last year.
Note: All rank information is defined at http://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. - Publications (MS and PHD students only): This can be papers, journals, articles, or tech reports you have written and published over the last year. 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 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.
- Assistantships: Updated 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.
- Internships: Please list your internship experiences for the past year. Please enter one internship per line.
- General Comments: This is a text field for you to add any additional comments you would like the Area committees to know.
- Be sure to click "Save Student Self Evaluation" before exiting.
If you have any questions about the Self-Evaluation process, please contact Rhonda McElroy at rmcelroy@illinois.edu or at 244-2745.