e-mail sent to you on Sunday 12/12:

Dear students,

This email contains important updates and information about the final exam. Please read it carefully.

What has not changed is the exam time. It is still as originally scheduled: this Thursday, December 16, between 9–11am.

What has changed is just about everything else:

The exam will be administered online in Gradescope, not on paper. This will allow us the flexibility of offering you location options to take the exam. You may take the exam in person or remotely. If in person, the exam will be in Rockefeller Hall 300, as originally scheduled, but you will need to bring your fully charged laptop with you. If remote, you will be able to take the exam at the same time and in the same format as everyone else. Please let us know whether or not you plan to take the exam remotely by filling out this google form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf5CWBaIK0BQ0CgBdYm9-yxYiVbQ-86RwpoNTEPCPCdM4sivA/viewform?usp=sf_link

In light of the exam being administered online, and some students taking the exam remotely, turning in a sheet of paper with your notes at the end no longer makes logistical sense. We’ve therefore decided to make the exam open book / open notes. We still encourage you to make a note sheet, both as a way to prepare, as well as a way to save time looking things up during the exam.

We will not attempt to prevent you from using a Colab notebook during the exam, but doing so may not be the best use of your time. Remember that the grading will focus on whether you understand the main concepts, not on whether all of your Python syntax is correct.

You will be required to submit a statement agreeing that you will not communicate with anyone other than your professor during the exam.

You may still turn in any outstanding work no later than tonight (Sunday, Dec. 12th) at 11:59pm.

More info on what to expect on the exam will be posted on the course wiki and on campuswire later in the week!

Wishing you the best of luck studying for the final and with the rest of your final work.

If you have any questions, please e-mail or DM me as soon as possible.

Sincerely, Prof Frankl