“If students want their things to be read carefully, for there to be careful consideration of the quality of their work, they can’t be terribly obsessed with having [their grades] available right away,” Simmons said, adding that she was late to submit her scores because “a class with 110 students is a lot to get done.”

English Professor Leland P. de la Durantaye, who had not yet submitted his grades when he spoke to The Crimson on Wednesday, said that he was surprised by the lack of communication from the Office of the Registrar. He said he received one e-mail on Jan. 1 reminding him of the Jan. 3 deadline, but he has not received any correspondence from the Office of the Registrar since the deadline passed by without his posting his marks.

While he said that he hopes students will continue to fill out their course evaluations in upcoming semesters, Li said he could understand that students who evaluated their courses this year—under the impression that they would receive access to their grades as early as Dec. 22 by doing so—might be less inclined to do so in the future.

“I can certainly understand some students feeling like they’ve been cheated,” Li said. “I’ve definitely been approached by a couple students or been forwarded e-mails expressing discontent that they filled out the course evaluations several weeks before and then haven’t received their grades.”

The Office of the Registrar did not return requests for comment. Barry S. Kane, the former Registrar, departed in July, and the appointed new FAS Registrar, Michael P. Burke, will not assume his responsibilities until the end of January.

—Staff writer Julie M. Zauzmer can be reached at jzauzmer@college.harvard.edu.