This survey will take no more than 3 minutes.

You were chosen for this survey because Caltech has identified you as a Ph.D. alumnus who graduated in the past ten years. The Graduate Student Council is conducting this survey in an effort to improve the advising system. We need your input to help incoming students deciding which lab is a good match for him/her.

Remember that your responses will be kept anonymous and used only to generate aggregate statistics (we will wait for at least 3 surveys from different individuals before making the data available to the public). You may rank more than one Principal Investigator if appropriate.

A. Are you a...?

	Graduate Student
	Alumnus/a

B. Principal Investigator:

C. How long were you this P.I.'s advisee?
D. Gender (Optional) ? Male Female

Please click to rank your advisor/lab from 1 to 5 on each of the following items (note: 5 is not necessarily better or worse than 1; rather, the ratings are intended to provide descriptions of an advisor/lab that can help a student pick the best match for him/her). You may answer any question for which you do not have an answer -or do not want to answer- with N/A.

Unless otherwise specified,
1 means little or not much and 5 means a lot or much.

1. How available was your advisor when you wanted to meet with him/her?

1	2	3	4	5	N/A

2. Was your advisor hands off (1) or hands on (5)?

1	2	3	4	5	N/A

3. Was your advisor more inclined to support experimental work (1), theory and modeling (5) or both (3)?

1	2	3	4	5	N/A

4. How much freedom did students have to choose their own research project?

1	2	3	4	5	N/A

5. Did you have a thesis committee?

Yes	No

6. How much freedom did your supervisor give students to select faculty members for their thesis committee?

1	2	3	4	5	N/A

7. How effective was your advisor at laying out a plan of what needed to be done for you to get your thesis done?

1	2	3	4	5	N/A

8. How much did you value the advice of your advisor (e.g. has great ideas, is a great troubleshooter…)?

1	2	3	4	5	N/A

9. How much mentorship did senior students and postdocs provide in this lab?

1	2	3	4	5	N/A

10. How willing was your advisor to support you, advocate for you and push for your advancement?

1	2	3	4	5	N/A

11. How encouraging was your advisor about sending his/her students to conferences?

1	2	3	4	5	N/A

12. How hard (1) or easy (5) was it for you to get the financial support for purchases you needed to pursue your thesis work?

1	2	3	4	5	N/A

13. How effective and fair was your advisor at resolving conflicts?

1	2	3	4	5	N/A

14. How highly do you regard the personal ethic of your advisor?

1	2	3	4	5	N/A

15. How warm was the advisor/advisee relationship in this lab?

1	2	3	4	5	N/A

16. How collaborative was the atmosphere of this lab?

1	2	3	4	5	N/A

17. Did you graduate with a degree from this lab?

Yes	No

18. How many years did it take to graduate?

2	3	4	5	6	7	8+	N/A