6.102: Software Construction

Thu May 14: Exam 2 tomorrow

Exam 2 will be tomorrow, Friday, 1:30-3:30pm, in 26-100.

Please visit the Exam 2 page now to preview the exam instructions.

You must go to your assigned room as shown on the exam page. Bring your laptop with a fully-charged battery.

As announced previously, the exam is closed-book, but you may bring a single 8.5×11″ double-sided page of notes, handwritten directly on paper (not created with a computer or tablet, not printed out or photocopied). Blank scratch paper is also allowed. You may not access any other materials, sites, tools, etc. during the exam.

Fri May 8: Project reflection and last class

The group project is due this evening at 9pm. Also due at 9pm is your individual reflection about the project, so please don’t forget to write and submit that reflection. It’s OK to submit the reflection a bit late if you’re wrapping up project work close to the deadline.

Tuesday will be the last 6.102 class of the semester. There is no reading or nanoquiz or classwork grade for Tuesday’s class. Instead, we will have a brief wrap-up and summary of the course.

Fri May 8: Practice quizzes during lab hours

Exam 2 is next Friday afternoon during the finals period. See the previous announcement about exam content and essential details.

To help review for the exam, we invite you to use the upcoming lab hours as an opportunity to practice past 50-75-minute quizzes (shorter than Friday’s 120-minute exam) and ask questions about them. All of these past quizzes are found in the exam archive:

• Sunday lab hours: spring 2021 quiz 2
• Monday: fall 2021 quiz 2
• Tuesday: spring 2022 quiz 2
• Wednesday: spring 2023 quiz 2

Thu May 7: Problem Set 4 beta reports

Please fill out the Problem Set 4 reflection, which asks a few questions about how you worked on ps4. It should take only a minute or two to complete.

After that, your beta grade report and overall ps4 grade will become available on Omnivore, including your beta autograde and beta manual grading feedback.

If you have questions, please see the FAQ about grading questions.

Fri May 1: Exam 2 during final exam period

Exam 2 will be on Friday, May 15, 1:30-3:30pm, in 26-100. This is during the scheduled final exam period for 6.102, but the exam is 2 hours long, so we will not use the entire scheduled final exam slot.

Exam 2 will have a similar format to Exam 1 and will be in the same online system as Exam 1 and the nanoquizzes. You will need your laptop, and it must be charged so that you can take the exam on battery power.

The exam will cover readings 1-19. Any concepts from any of those readings may appear on the exam, but you can expect a greater focus on readings 11-19, since those were not covered by Exam 1. Exams from previous semesters can be found in the exam archive, although their content and length may differ from this semester’s exam.

The exam is closed-book, closed-notes, and you may not use anything on your laptop other than the exam site, but you may bring a single 8.5×11″ double-sided page of notes. This page must be handwritten directly on the paper (not created with a computer or tablet, not printed out or photocopied), must be readable without a magnifying glass, and must be created by you. Since the process of creating a crib sheet conveys most of its learning benefit, you may not share these notes or use someone else’s.