Yearly Check-in Preparation

The yearly check in is a time for us to review, reflect on, and communicate about your progress through the PhD.

Slide Deck

In preparation, please prepare a slide deck using the outline below and send it to me at least 48 hours before our meeting so that I can review it.

Note that you can just paste this into slides.com here and it will automagically generate the slides so that you can fill them in.

## Accomplishments in the last year
- Do you feel you made good progress in your PhD program this year?
- Summarize the following accomplishments
  - Research discoveries/conclusions
  - Papers submitted and published
  - Conferences and workshops attended
  - Courses taken
  - Internships
  - TA/TF positions
  - Other activities such as mentoring, reviewing, and outreach

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## Challenges/disappointments in the last year
- Any challenges that have made it difficult to progress in your PhD that you would like to discuss with me
- Any aspects of your PhD that you feel negative about and would like to discuss with me

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## Planning for the next year
- What projects do you expect to be working on in the Spring, Summer, and Fall?
- What publications do you expect to submit and when?
- How many classes will you take?
- Do you expect to take on any other significant responsibilities? (Make sure to indicate the relative priorities of this and the items above)
- How do you plan to address any challenges or disappointments you faced in the past year?
- If you could work on any project at all, what would it be like? (is it hardware/computational/theoretical, etc.) (note: it is probably not possible to do this, but I want to optimize as much as possible)

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## Timeline, requirements, and the future
- List of the major PhD requirements from the handbook with indications of which ones you have satisfied
  - Course Credits
  - [Preliminary Exam](https://www.colorado.edu/aerospace/academics/graduates/phd-advising#expand-98405)
  - [Doctoral Practicum](https://www.colorado.edu/aerospace/academics/graduates/phd-advising#expand-15640)
  - [Comprehensive Exam](https://www.colorado.edu/aerospace/academics/graduates/phd-advising#expand-61455)
  - [Defense](https://www.colorado.edu/aerospace/academics/graduates/phd-advising#expand-58994)
- For the requirements you have not satisfied, when do you intend to satisfy them? (month/year)
- What do you plan to do after your PhD?

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## Advising relationship
- In what ways are our interactions most/least helpful?
- Would you like me to do anything differently going forward?
- Are there specific ways that I can push you to help you achieve your goals next year?

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## Anything else that you'd like to talk about