Writing Review Form

Carnegie Mellon University · S3D PhD Programs

As an evaluator of a student's writing skills, please fill out this form after reading the student's paper. If all evaluators are unanimously in favor, the student passes. If the writing is not reaching the level of quality expected, provide feedback instead of filling this form, and the student tries again. Focus your evaluation on the paper's presentation, not on its technical contents. Most questions ask for both a few sentences of comments/suggestions and a grade. Suggestions are important for feedback to the student!

Everyone is identified by their andrewID. Look up an andrewID — or who a student's advisors are — in the CMU directory.

Paper

A copy of this review is sent to you.

The student being evaluated, who also receives a copy.

Review

Be as specific as possible and try to mention at least three positive aspects.

Be as specific as possible and try to mention at least three suggestions for improvement.

4. How are the abstract and introduction at indicating what is coming later in the paper?
5. How clearly are the contributions of the paper identified and supported?
6. Is the presentation of background concepts adequate for the intended audience?
7. How clear is the paper to you (organization, flow, grammar, jargon) and how clear will it be to its intended audience?
8. How well does it use terminology, equations, pseudocode, figures, and citations?
9. Your overall evaluation *

Will be shared with the student.

When you submit, this writing review is emailed to:

  • You, as the reviewer
  • The author — the student whose paper this is
  • The program administrators