Does my daughter have any chance at all?

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This is a copy of her reddit post:

My dissertation was due today at 12 and the university’s policy is that any work submitted 1 hour after the deadline will not receive any penalties, so I submitted my work at 12:58. After which I went on my email to let the course leader know that I’ve submitted it and saw the email she sent 6 weeks ago that said because this is a resubmission, work must be submitted by the deadline or they won’t be marked and the assignment failed. I don’t know what to do, I’ve not emailed anything to the course leader because I’m panicked, scared, angry, sad and can’t think straight, and I’ve also not received an email form anyone. This was my last piece of work. I don’t know what to do

Does she stand a chance?

I would have said the deadline is 12 plus the hour afterwards, so I would think she'll be ok

The uni will have their rules and will act a accordingly. I hope it is an extra hour. Best of luck.

Okay so notwithstanding why she's only seen the email from six weeks ago and why she submitted with 2 minutes to the late deadline I would suggest she makes contact with the lecturer via email immediately, copy the original which states that she has just looked at the email and needs to check it means the +1 hour deadline and also states her mitigation for it being that close to the final, final deadline. She may be lucky, only the course lead can say for sure and if her mitigating factors are strong then hopefully she'll be okay 🤗

Nobody here or on reddit can answer that she needs to email her tutor and ask.

My uni also had a 'grace period' so hopefully the fact it was submitted within the hour window will mean it is marked.
Fingers crossed for her!🤞🤞

Mature 3rd yr here, part of a group already having to resit because of situations last year. (also involving a very unsympathetic and controlling individual, who gave us lots of incorrect information.)
We range from myself - v.hard worker with 100% attendance to the total opposite.
We resat, only to be badly affected by Covid situations this year.

At the end life's come totally apart for some leaving us desperately scrambling to submit at all (for me regardless of huge amounts of work) and try and get help and support to get us through.
Based on all advice from our supportive academics: she should definitely be emailing a groveling apology and mitigating reason why she's submitted late.

Ultimately even rule bound lecturers and university's are aware issues around Covid have changed everything for those submitting in the middle of it, and most have no-detriment policies in place.
Most want their students to pass (even if not fond of them) It doesn't look good to have students failing generally, and particularly this year!
However students must give those academics and assessors the evidence that allow them to make a case with exam boards, line managers etc, if work isn't at normal level, or late etc.
Strongly advise to email (complete with explanation about being unable to function to email before this afternoon.)

PS, look after her, I can't tell you how horribly miserable it is to have all the learning and work you've done, expectations of how you'd evidence it, and hopes and dreams ending like this.

@AlltheRs

Mature 3rd yr here, part of a group already having to resit because of situations last year. (also involving a very unsympathetic and controlling individual, who gave us lots of incorrect information.) We range from myself - v.hard worker with 100% attendance to the total opposite. We resat, only to be badly affected by Covid situations this year.

At the end life's come totally apart for some leaving us desperately scrambling to submit at all (for me regardless of huge amounts of work) and try and get help and support to get us through.
Based on all advice from our supportive academics: she should definitely be emailing a groveling apology and mitigating reason why she's submitted late.

Ultimately even rule bound lecturers and university's are aware issues around Covid have changed everything for those submitting in the middle of it, and most have no-detriment policies in place.
Most want their students to pass (even if not fond of them) It doesn't look good to have students failing generally, and particularly this year!
However students must give those academics and assessors the evidence that allow them to make a case with exam boards, line managers etc, if work isn't at normal level, or late etc.
Strongly advise to email (complete with explanation about being unable to function to email before this afternoon.)

PS, look after her, I can't tell you how horribly miserable it is to have all the learning and work you've done, expectations of how you'd evidence it, and hopes and dreams ending like this.

Thank you so much for this!