| | 34 | Take the May and September meetings very seriously since this is essentially the only time the faculty will be formally evaluating your progress on research. This is especially important if your advisor is of the hands-off variety. The presentations in May and September should be more-or-less exhaustive about what you accomplished and how you accomplished it. In particular, do not omit the false-starts, dead-ends, and steep learning curves bested. The faculty seems to be interested in seeing how much progress you made in whatever form it takes. While this could be indicated by a published paper, it need not necessarily be. In general, let the faculty know exactly what you worked on and how research proceeded in your presentations and formal papers. While the faculty will likely not be able or willing to read an enormous paper, it seems from experience that it is better to err on the side of verbosity than being concise. |
