Your "Magic Excuse" - The Rules

• Every student gets ONE "Magic Excuse". It gives you a 24-hour extension on a program source code deadline. It can be used ONE time only.
• You use it by emailing your TA or Dr. Keen and stating that you want to use it. You must state your intention to use it BEFORE the "5 days after the program source deadline" date. That is the point that we stop accepting program source code assignments at all. After that point it is too late to use your "Magic Excuse" on that program.
• If you do not use your "Magic Excuse" at all during the semester, it will be worth 10 bonus points on the Final Exam. Note that this does NOT say 10% bonus, it says 10 bonus points. Final Exams are typically 240 - 275 points.
• If you use the "Magic Excuse", your program source code is NOT eligible for any bonus part of the assignment. So do not use your "Magic Excuse" to try to get the bonus point part finished.
• The excuse is NOT transferable. You cannot give it to someone else for their use.
• If your program source is more than 1 day late, penalties will accrue as usual after the one-day extension.
• This excuse is good only on the implementation phase, the source code part of the program, not the design.
• This excuse cannot be used on anything but program assignments. It does not work on labs or quizzes or attendance.
• This excuse is NOT a 'free pass' not to do the assignment! It is just a 24-hour extension on the deadline. You are still expected to complete and submit the assignment.
• If you have a UK valid excuse for being late like a documented illness, death in family, academic trip, religious holiday, then you do not have to use this excuse! Let Dr. Keen know about your valid excuse and give her your documentation and deadlines can be adjusted. You don't need a Magic Excuse for this!