CS173: Discrete Structures
Missed Examlets and Problems Collecting Graded Examlets
If you have a conflict with an examlet, or are too sick to reasonably take it, or miss the examlet for any other reason, contact the instructor AS SOON AS POSSIBLE to arrange a makeup. For routine viruses (the most common situation), we expect to hear from you the day of the exam. For conflicts planned long in advance, tell us a week or two ahead of the examlet date. If you have a major unplanned problem (e.g. serious illness), contact us as soon as you reasonably can.
Unless we tell you otherwise, your makeup will be done in class the following week. That is, you will take the regularly scheduled examlet at 9:30. When you turn that in, ask the proctors for the makeup for the missed examlet. Makeups for examlet 12 will be held on the morning of Reading Day. (A specific schedule will be announced towards the end of the term.)
Similarly, if you normally take your exams at DRES, you should schedule your makeup time for the following week.
Appropriate ad-hoc arrangements will be made when this normal makeup plan can't reasonably work, e.g. recovering from extended illness.
We reserve the right to reduce or cap your examlet score, or refuse to do a makeup (i.e. leave you with a zero on the examlet) if you miss an examlet without a good reason, do not contact us promptly, miss your retake without a good reason, etc.
The examlet collection schedule gives you at least two weeks to collect examlets taken on time, and at least one week to collect makeup examlets. If you have an extended (e.g. multi-week) excuse making this impossible to do, you must contact Margaret to arrange an alternate plan.
Suppose you realize during an exam that you are sick, e.g. you have a sudden need to use the restroom. In this case, give your partial work to the proctors, explaining that you are sick. We will arrange for you to do a makeup, just as if you had missed the examlet.
If you have a minor problem during an exam but feel it is best to keep working, email the instructor promptly after the exam. This can sometimes affect your grade if you end the term right below a grade boundary. However, this must be done promptly, not (for example) at the end of the term.