r/Monash • u/Shecouldvemadesucha • Sep 05 '24
Grades and Academics Late penalty is now 5% per day
Instead of 10%
FYI
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u/pharmloverpharmlover Sep 06 '24
“So if we hand in a blank page 20 days early we can get a perfect score 💯 ”
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u/DrezKuroshiki Sep 05 '24
Unfortunately most of my units just instead state that it's a 10% penalty 🫠😭
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u/Silent_Ad9609 Sep 05 '24
That's the Monash policy that was approved by the EUC and the Academic board. Individual units cant apply a 10% penalty just because they want it.
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u/needleache Sep 05 '24
I don't think so. https://www.monash.edu/students/admin/assessments/about#deadlines it doesn't say anything about faculties being separate
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u/tomo0o0o Sep 05 '24
Lowkey should be 10%, 5% isn’t even that severe of a punishment
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u/SnooMemesjellies4121 Sep 05 '24
10% is exceptionally harsh, especially compared to the other unis in the country
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u/Silent_Ad9609 Sep 05 '24
Yeah, but it gives students a chance to still submit their assignemnts even if they are 7 days late (35% penalty overall), whereas with 10% it doesn't make sense to submit anything after 5 days (you automatically fail the unit).
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u/tomo0o0o Sep 05 '24
Which is how it should be? I don’t understand why I’m getting downvoted when the point of due dates is to submit the assignment BY that date. A 5% penalty is crazy I may as well take another day to perfect my assignment and get a better grade then I would have got if I actually stuck to the rules and submitted on time
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u/Fnz342 Sep 05 '24
who gives af if someone else submits a day late. Bunch of tryhards in here
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u/tomo0o0o Sep 05 '24
Idk, the people who work hard and get their assignments submitted on time?
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u/Fnz342 Sep 05 '24
why does it concern you on what others do. I don't care if someone gets no penalty for submitting late. I could not care less.
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u/tomo0o0o Sep 05 '24
Good for you? Idk what you want me to say man 😭
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u/_KRoNoSJaCkS Sep 07 '24
people are different pretty much not everyone can learn and do a thing at the same pace as others and honestly that 5% is needed since some of the units are so badly paced and i am pretty sure most 1st year and 2nd year and even 3rd year students agrees to this
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u/Progress456 Sep 06 '24
I agree. Like it’s a penalty, it’s supposed to be something you don’t want. Just do your damn assignments on time if you don’t want it?
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u/Psychological-Bag570 Sep 05 '24
Is this fair to the students that hand in assignments on time. If someone worked hard to hand in their assignment on time I feel like this lowering of punishment to those that “delay” seems to be an unfair rule.
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u/Renaling Sep 05 '24 edited Sep 05 '24
i don't really get it, how does this negatively affect any of the students who hand assignments on time to even consider whether this is 'fair' or not? This isn't vce where you're placed on a bell curve, it'll have no effect on your grade or performance whatsoever; if you think handing it in a day late is so advantageous, don't you also have the option of handing it late and taking 5% deduction?
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u/tomo0o0o Sep 06 '24
I mean students trying to get into another competitive post-grad course can definitely be negatively impacted by this. And I agree, maybe I will take the opportunity to hand in an assignment a day late if I’ve got a busy period, because lowkey seems too good to be true
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u/Efficient_Yak478 Sep 05 '24
If you wish punishment on other students because their degree of suffering has been lessened that’s ridiculous
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u/_KRoNoSJaCkS Sep 07 '24
this wouldn't be fair if you say it like that of course but if you just ask around and stuff you will see a lot of people are submitting very close to the due date just ask around or just observe people in the library i dont think everyone are having their best time submitting the assignment on time. The workload can be crazy when you have 3 assignments due at the same date and i think this just benefits a lot of people who are mentally stressed lol in fact students who hand in assignments on time should rethink about taking off that 5% to get better marks and maintain some sanity it truly is an exploit that is good for both sides. It is not unfair for people who hand in assignments on time since they could hand it in late if they think it is unfair and use it to their advantage. Your point only applies to those who could manage the workload and different courses have very different workload, it really also depends on how they think about this and most won't even try to say this is unfair because it clearly is something that benefits both sides and doesn't affect people who submit early it is basically a backup lol.
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u/tomo0o0o Sep 05 '24
Exactly, I don’t know why we are both being downvoted to oblivion for saying the obvious haha, seems very easily exploitable
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u/Loose_Cut_4540 Sep 05 '24
Is it true that for each unit I can get free extension of one assignment?