<div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;text-align:center"></span><img src="cid:ii_i8126f360_14c7d6b7994e15c5" width="562" height="153" class="" tabindex="0" style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px; text-align: center;"><br></div><div><br></div><span style="font-size:13px">Dear undergrads,</span><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font><div style="font-size:13px">Believe it or not, MIT believes in some work-life balance. There are <b>rules governing</b> when and how <b>tests and assignments</b> are given <b>near the end of the semester</b>. </div><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px">We're right at the end of the of the semester<b>. P</b><b style="background-color:transparent">lease check if your classes comply with MIT's rules</b> for end-of-term tests and assignments. Your professors might not be aware of these rules! You can find a <b>summary of the rules at the end of this e-mail</b>, but here are a few examples:</div><blockquote style="font-size:13px;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:medium none;padding:0px"><ul><li style="margin-left:15px">No tests are allowed after May 8th</li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif">For classes with finals, no assignments can be due after May 8th</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif">Take-home finals must be open-book and open-note</font></li></ul></blockquote><div style="font-size:13px"><b>Your professors should have given you a</b> <b>final</b><b> schedule of all exams and major assignments by now!</b></div><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px"><b>If you think one of your classes is breaking a rule</b>, there are several steps that you can take. If you are comfortable doing so, you can talk to the professor directly. <br>You can also <b>report the violation </b>anonymously to the UA or to the Chair of the Faculty. Please reach out <b>as</b> <b>soon as possible</b>.<br><br>Most violations are unintentional and easily resolved at the beginning of the semester. Later in the semester, violations become increasingly difficult to resolve in a matter that is fair to everyone.<br><br>To report a violation to the UA, email <b><a href="mailto:violations@mit.edu" target="_blank">violations@mit.edu</a> </b>with the following information: </div><div style="font-size:13px">-Class number</div><div style="font-size:13px">-Professor name</div><div style="font-size:13px">-Details on violation</div><div style="font-size:13px">-Urgency of violation</div><div style="font-size:13px">-Your name and email (which will be kept confidential)</div><div style="font-size:13px"><b><br></b></div><div style="font-size:13px">To report a violation to the Chair of the Faculty, please email <a href="mailto:exam-termregs@mit.edu" target="_blank">exam-termregs@mit.edu</a><br></div><br style="font-size:12.7272720336914px"><div style="font-size:13px">If you have any questions, please email <a href="mailto:violations@mit.edu" target="_blank"></a><b><a href="mailto:violations@mit.edu" target="_blank">violations@mit.edu</a></b>.</div><div style="font-size:13px"><br>Thanks for taking the time to check your syllabi. Hopefully, we can help if there are any issues.<br><br>Best,<br></div><div style="font-size:13px">Trevor Mulchay & Jennie Zheng</div><div style="font-size:13px">Chairs, UA Committee on Education</div><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px">---<font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif">----</font><br><b>A Brief Summary of the Rules for Undergraduate Classes:</b></div><div style="font-size:13px"><b><br></b></div><div style="font-size:13px"><b>Classes with Final Exams:</b><br>- No test given after May 8th.<br>- No assignment due after May 8th.<br>- Optional Self-Study assignments can be assigned after May 8th. However, these cannot count for a grade in any way, not even as extra credit or as substitutes for earlier assignments.<br><br><b>Classes without Final Exams:</b><br>- No test given after May 8th.<br>- Only one assignment due between May 8th and the last day of the class (which may be before May 14th!)<br>- This one assignment may be both an oral and a written report if derived from the same project.<br><br><b>Take-home (ex camera) Finals:</b><br>- Must be scheduled through the Registrar.<br>- Offered over one afternoon — beginning no earlier than 1:30 P.M. and ending before 7:30 P.M.<br>- Students are allowed unrestricted use of resources.<br><br><b>Excused Absences from Finals:</b><br>A student may be excused from a scheduled final examination for reasons of illness or significant personal problems. Undergraduates should contact a dean in S^3<br>(<a href="http://web.mit.edu/uaap/s3/" target="_blank">http://web.mit.edu/uaap/s3/</a>) if they wish to seek an excused absence.<br><br>A more comprehensive listings of regulations available at: <a href="http://web.mit.edu/faculty/teaching/termend.html" target="_blank">http://web.mit.edu/faculty/teaching/termend.html</a><br><br> <br>For more information, feel free to email: <a href="mailto:violations@mit.edu" target="_blank">violations@mit.edu</a>.</div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><span><font color="#888888"><span><font color="#888888">Jennie Zheng<br>Department of Materials Science and Engineering<br>Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>Class of 2015</font></span></font></span></div>
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