SUNFEST Exit Questionnaire

I would appreciate it if you could fill out the following evaluation form. Your feedback is very important to us in order to keep improving the SUNFEST Program. This evaluation is also required by the National Science Foundation as a way to assess how successful we have been in achieving the objectives. Your answers will be treated confidentially. Thank you for your time.

Thank you very much,
Jan Van der Spiegel

All Fields are REQUIRED.

Name:
Starting Date:	MM/DD/YYYY
Ending Date:	MM/DD/YYYY

PART A: Program Organization

1.	The organization of the program in terms of timing of sessions was	Optimal	Good	Okay	Poor
2.	The organization of the program in terms of project selection was	Optimal	Good	Okay	Poor
3.	The organization of condusting an individual research project was	Optimal	Good	Okay	Poor
4.	Logistical aspects (access to facilities) of the program organization was	Optimal	Good	Okay	Poor
5.	The SUNFEST homepage was	Very Useful	Useful	Somehwat Useful	Not Useful

6. Please make any suggestions you think would improve the SUNFEST program organization:

7. Please make any suggestions for ways of improving the SUNFEST homepage:

PART B: Research Program/Project

1.	Did you have difficulty finding a suitable SUNFEST project?	Yes	No
2.	Did you have difficulty finding a SUNFEST faculty advisor willing to work with you?	Yes	No
3.	Did you find your project was at the appropriate level for your educational background?	Yes	No
4.	Are you satisfied with the guidance you received from your faculty advisor?	Yes	No
5.	Do you feel you had enough interaction with your faculty advisor?	Yes	No
6.	Did you feel your research project was important to your faculty advisor?	Yes	No
7.	Did you feel a sense of ownership with your research project?	Yes	No
8.	Did you feel part of your overall research group?	Yes	No
9.	Do you expect to publish your work or give a conference presentation?	Yes	No
10.	Do you think it will be logistically possible to continue your research project beyond the summer?	Yes	No
11.	Would you be interested in continuing your research beyond the summer if it were possible?	Yes	No
12.	Are you satisfied with what you accomplished during SUNFEST?	Yes	No

13. Please make any suggestions for how you think your research experience could have been improved:

PART C: Professional Development and other activities

How would you rate the quality of the following:

1.	Workshop on How to do research	Excellent	Good	Okay	Poor
2.	Workshop on giving effective presentations	Excellent	Good	Okay	Poor
3.	Ethics seminars	Excellent	Good	Okay	Poor
4.	Workshop on Effective writing	Excellent	Good	Okay	Poor
5.	Workshop on Applying to Graduate School	Excellent	Good	Okay	Poor

Please make suggestions for how each of the following could be improved:

6. Research Workshop:

7. Presentations Workshop:

8. Ethics Seminar:

9. Writing Workshop:

10. Workshop on Applying to Graduate School:

PART D: Logistics for Non-Penn students

Rate the following items:

1.	Housing	Excellent	Good	Okay	Poor
2.	Access to Penn Facilities	Excellent	Good	Okay	Poor
3.	Social Activities	Excellent	Good	Okay	Poor

4. Please make suggestions for how your summer living and working at Penn could be improved:

PART E: General Evaluation

Rate the following items:

1.	Interaction with faculty advisor	Excellent	Good	Okay	Poor
2.	Interaction with graduate students	Excellent	Good	Okay	Poor
3.	Interaction with other SUNFEST students	Excellent	Good	Okay	Poor
4.	Interaction with administrative staff	Excellent	Good	Okay	Poor
5.	Clarity of SUNFEST objectives	Excellent	Good	Okay	Poor
6.	Development of a sense of how to do research	Excellent	Good	Okay	Poor
7.	Becoming part of an intellectual effort	Excellent	Good	Okay	Poor
8.	Opportunity to learn about other’s research	Excellent	Good	Okay	Poor

9. Please add any suggestions you would like to make about the nature of the research projects:

Rate the usefulness of the following:

10.	Research project	Very Useful	Useful	Somewhat Useful	Not Useful
11.	Social activities	Very Useful	Useful	Somewhat Useful	Not Useful
12.	Effective presentations workshop	Very Useful	Useful	Somewhat Useful	Not Useful
13.	Midsummer presentations	Very Useful	Useful	Somewhat Useful	Not Useful
14.	Final presentations	Very Useful	Useful	Somewhat Useful	Not Useful
15.	How to do research	Very Useful	Useful	Somewhat Useful	Not Useful
16.	Ethics seminars	Very Useful	Useful	Somewhat Useful	Not Useful
17.	Writing workshop	Very Useful	Useful	Somewhat Useful	Not Useful
18.	Applying to Graduate School workshop	Very Useful	Useful	Somewhat Useful	Not Useful
19.	Editing of your reports	Very Useful	Useful	Somewhat Useful	Not Useful
20.	Writing final reports	Very Useful	Useful	Somewhat Useful	Not Useful
21.	Interaction with other SUNFEST students	Very Useful	Useful	Somewhat Useful	Not Useful
22.	Interaction with faculty advisor	Very Useful	Useful	Somewhat Useful	Not Useful
23.	Interaction with graduate students	Very Useful	Useful	Somewhat Useful	Not Useful

24. Do you plan to apply to graduate school?
Yes
No

25. Did your experience with SUNFEST positively influence your decision to go on to graduate school?
Yes
Maybe
No

26. Give one or two suggestions for how to improve the SUNFEST program:

27. What did you find most useful in your SUNFEST experience?

28. What did you find least useful in your SUNFEST experience?

29. Did SUNFEST live up to your expectations?
Definitely
Mostly Yes
Somewhat
No

30. Would you suggest SUNFEST to your friends?
Yes
Most Likely
No

31. On a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being the highest, how would you rate your SUNFEST experience?

1

2

3

4

5

32. Please provide any other comments or suggestions that will help us improve the program: