B exam review procedure
It's part of the job of the Graduate Committee Rep to make sure
that the B exams are reviewed by senior graduate students. This
procedure should be followed:
- Every April 15 and every December 15 the graduate student
representative on the graduate committee finds out the actual date of
the next round of B-exams and the responsible faculty members by
contacting the chair of the graduate committee. He/she then finds
volunteers among the graduate students for each of the exams offered
who are willing to do the actual reviewing. The graduate student
representative on the graduate committee will then notify the actual
writers and the volunteering reviewers of their match.
- The graduate student volunteering to review a particular exam then
asks the writer of the exam to give him a copy and actually
reviews it. He/she then communicates his suggestions to the exam
writer and finally notifies the graduate student rep on the graduate
committee of the completion of the reviewing.
- If problems occur with the exam writer not handing out a copy of
the exam within a reasonable amount of time etc. then the reviewing
grad student notifies the grad student rep on the graduate committee
of this fact. The grad student rep on the graduate committee then
contacts the chair of the graduate committee and the chair of the
department and solicits their support in having the exam writer
support the reviewing process.
