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Excused Absences & Waived Midterms
Every student is allowed to have some low grades dropped if they
submit makeup work described below. We drop the lowest
The three dropped class participation grades are treated as personal days available for example for sick days, religious holidays, out of town varsity competitions, job interviews, or sleeping in. Makeup for one or two further missed classes will be allowed when two or more of the three personal days were for medical or other legitimate reasons beyond the student's control. Makeup for a second pset will be allowed in rare cases when both psets were missed for medical or other legitimate reasons. Note that pset solutions are posted shortly after they are due, and late submissions or due date extensions are not allowed once the solutions are out. Students may choose to do a makeup for more than one midterm (say because a later midterm came out worse), but only the lowestscore will be dropped. Makeup for a second midterm will be allowed in rare cases when both exams were missed for legitimate reasons. Makeup ProceduresThe same makeup procedure (described below) applies for class participation, psets and exams.Students should arrange makeups with their team coaches. Makeups for psets and midterms are expected within about a week of receiving grades. Missed classes should also be made up within a week. Extensions for makeup completion can be approved team coaches, but coaches have been instructed not to allow open ended makeup submission. Writeups that do not reflect reasonable attention to the material being made up will be returned to students for further work. When satisfactory makeup work has been completed, coaches will notify the Gradesmaster to drop the grade.
Makeup Commentary Guidelines
The student should should review the problems and solutions. It is
generally not useful for a student simply
to write up their own attempt at solutions. Instead, they should
indicate, for example, if they:
Lateness PolicyIf a student comes to class 15 to 45 minutes late (without prior warning and excuse), they can expect a participation grade of at most 1. Grade will be 0 for more than 45 min lateness.Repeated lateness of any kind is not consistent with a team-study based class like 6.042. A preceding class being "far away" or running overtime are not acceptable excuses. In these circumstances, students should notify the instructor of the preceding class at the start of that class that they have to leave precisely on time (which by Institute rules, is 5 min before the hour or half-hour) in order to get to 6.042. They can explain that 6.042 has required attendance and penalties for lateness. Students should consult with their coach or an instructor to have a lateness excused.
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