Late policy

Hofstadter's Law: "It always takes longer than you think, even when you take Hofstadter's Law into account."

The assignment deadline policy this quarter has been designed with built-in flexibility in mind, given that the circumstances of online learning may sometimes be unpredictable. With that being said, here are the details of the assignment deadline and late policy this quarter:

• All assignments this quarter will have a single published deadline, which will be enforced as 11:59pm in one's local time zone. For example, an assignment with a submission deadline of July 10, means that you have until 11:59pm on July 10, as displayed on your computer/phone/home clock to submit the assignment. Submission by this deadline will result in a 5% added bonus to your final grade on that particular assignment. These bonuses will be added at the end of the quarter and will not be reflected in your individual bucket grades.
• All students will be granted a penalty-free 24-hour "grace period" for submission on all assignments (except the final one). The grace period allows you to submit the assignment after the original deadline, with no impact on your final grade. Following our prior example, for an assignment with a July 10 submission deadline and a 24-hour grace period, all students have the opportunity to submit until 11:59pm in their local time on July 11 and still be eligible to submit their work for full credit. This grace period is meant to give built-in flexibility for any unexpected snags – however, we strongly recommend that students submit by the original deadline if possible, in order to avoid falling behind on the class cadence.
• Late submissions are not accepted after the grace period expires, unless there is an exceptional situation that the teaching team has been made aware of, as described below.

Note that the deadline of the last assignment will be the last day of classes (Wednesday, August 12) with no grace period, and therefore, we cannot accept any late submissions for this assignment.

You should think of the grace period following the deadline as an extension you have been granted ahead of time. As a result, a penalty-free extension beyond the expiration of the grace period will generally not be granted. In special circumstances (primarily extended medical problems, emergencies, or previously established OAE accommodations), the grace period may be extended for individual students on a case-by-case basis. All extension requests must be directed to the lecturers (Kylie and Nick) no later than 24 hours before the program is due. Only the lecturers will be able to approve extensions. In particular, do not ask your section leader.