UCLA Department of Asian Languages and Cultures

ALC: 8-year Self Review
APPENDIX A: Graduate Student Review
Graduate Student Review - [enter date here] Student Name: «Name» Faculty Advisor: «Advisor»
(Please note: This form will NOT become part of the student’s permanent academic record)
ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
Please rate student’s time-to-degree progress: ____ Faster than average ____ Average ____ Slower than Average
Judging from the student’s transcript, how is the student’s academic performance
_____ Excellent ____ Average _____ Problematic (please explain)
Any incompletes ____ No ____ Yes Any lapsed incompletes ____ No ____ Yes
(For lapsed incompletes, please explain and indicate whether or not there is a specific timeline for completion)
Has the Ph.D/M.A. (circle one) language requirement been filled ____ No
____ Yes If not when will it be fulflled_________________
Has the 200 course requirement been completed ____ No ____ Yes If not, when will it be completed_____________________
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CAREER PREPARATION:
Please rate the student’s skills as researcher and writer: ____ Excellent ____ Average ____ Problematic
(please explain)
Please rate the student’s participation in seminar discussions: ____ Excellent ____ Average ____ Problematic
(please explain)
Has the student been active in attending professional conferences ____ Yes ____ No
Has the student presented at academic conference(s) ____ Yes ____ No
Has the student organized panel(s) for academic conference(s) ____ Yes ____ No
Has the student submitted articles for publication/been published in refereed academic journals ____ Yes ____ No
Has the student applied for extramural funding ____ Yes ____ No Successfully ____ Yes ____ No
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RANKING
To help us determine allocation of next year’s departmental funding, please give us a sense of how deserving the student is academically and what
special financial considerations she or he might have in the coming year.
Compared to your other advisees, where should this student be ranked in priority for departmental funding
____ Higher priority ____ About average ____ Lower priority
Compared to other students you know in the dept., where should this student be ranked in priority for departmental funding
____ Higher priority ____ About average ____ Lower priority
Has the student already secured funding for the coming year ____ Yes ____ No
If so, what is it
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REPORT
The DGS will send a letter to each student reporting on this faculty review. Please indicate one general message that you would like the
student to receive:
____ Making good progress, no other comment ____ Good progress, but need for improvement in specific areas (explain)
____ Poor progress (explain)
____ Proceed rapidly to completion of dissertation
____ Last chance before departmental recommendation for termination (explain)
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