As noted in the previous announcement, if you have any questions about your marks, please follow the instructions in the result email and attend one of the scheduled consultations (today, Dec 2, or Dec 4). Please avoid emailing unless absolutely necessary, as response times will be delayed.
Despite this, we have received a significant number of emails requesting post-submission code updates, resubmitting and retesting, relaxed memory/runtime requirements, and other adjustments unrelated to the assignment specification. We have also received questions asking which tests or files were failed. While we have responded to many of these, we are no longer able to continue doing so, as our priority must now shift to exam setup, post-marking review, finalizing late penalties, and entering marks into the system.
To clarify:
For example, some students have written: “I believe my output was correct, but I overlooked the space complexity requirement.” As stated in the specification: “Any solution that violates this memory requirement will receive zero points for any relevant tests.” To ensure fairness, we must follow the published specification. Allowing exceptions would be unfair to students who adhered to the requirements and completed extensive testing.
More generally, we cannot make individual adjustments based on post-submission corrections, even if the change appears minor. Some other students might encounter similar issues, and evaluating the impact of each individual correction would introduce inconsistency and subjectivity into the marking process.
As mentioned in the final live lecture, assignment code may be manually reviewed and marks adjusted if a student performs well in the final exam -- particularly on the programming question. This process provides an objective way to distinguish between genuine minor oversights in the assignment and more fundamental issues, based on demonstrated understanding in the final exam.
If you have further questions regarding the marking tests or your assignment results, as advised, please attend one of the scheduled consultations.
We have sent your Assignment 2 result to your UNSW zID email. If you have any questions about your marks, please follow the instructions in the email and attend one of the scheduled consultations (today, Dec 2, or Dec 4). Please avoid emailing unless absolutely necessary, as response times may be delayed.
FYI, the top 30 total timings (i.e., total usr+sys time in ms) for completing all the tests and scoring full marks are:
1480
1907
1917
3334
3438
3555
4034
4253
5734
8522
12869
15226
17788
20531
21387
21677
24097
32602
33917
34277
35418
37333
37894
40108
41063
42876
44634
47353
48997
49031
As noted in the last live lecture, in addition to the consultation session this afternoon, two special consultation sessions on Dec 2 & 4 have been arranged for any final clarifications before the exam. Please see
the Timetable
for details.
We encourage you to make use of these sessions, as they will be the final chance to discuss questions related to the course materials.