We started with a brief Learn@UW quiz and noticed in the results that a far greater number of students had been working on their projects at home than what we saw in the results from the last session. Also, more students had been in contact with their faculty advisers. It does seem though like some of the ITA instructors have not contacted the student they are advising, which is a bit of a concern; even if the students are responsible for making initial contact and for maintaining contact, it is troublesome to think that their advisers might not respond. If the student can show that they have sent a second email and made progress on their project but they still haven't heard from their adviser, then we will have to step in and sort of push the adviser to respond.
In any case, Chou led a discussion on the results of faculty adviser meetings, how to better prepare for a meeting and what kinds of questions to ask advisers. We stressed asking specific questions and taking responsibility for the meeting. Those students who had met with their advisers reported generally good success.
The rest of the day was spent working on projects and blogging about progress.
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