Too Big July 9, 2006
Posted by thinkphd in : MGT5031 , trackbackDr. Crake returned my paper without grading it. The file exceeded 1MB in size. Barely exceeded, but still, exceeded.
You see, he has this on the student webpage and the syllabus, “Please keep your assignment file submission size to below 1 MB, otherwise it becomes cumbersome to work with.”
I certainly understand this rational.
I had checked the file size when I finished my paper. Then, I copy/pasted the special NCU cover page, saved the file and sent it. What a dummy. My first baby step toward my Ph.D. and my professor thinks I don’t know how to follow directions.
Impressive.
The NCU cover page tipped the file size.
I swallowed whatever pride I had left and the only way I knew how to correct the problem was to change the figures in the paper. I changed them to gif’s instead of bmp’s. This worked and I sent the file again, along with my apologies. I hope Dr. Crake does not hold a grudge against students with files that are too big. I won’t make that mistake again. I will look at the file size including the special NCU cover page.
This little episode won’t be forgotten. I had combed over my paper numerous times looking for missplaced commas or weird grammar. But I missed what was really important to my professor.
Size matters.
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