diff --git a/hws/05_online_dating/README.md b/hws/05_online_dating/README.md
index 0e85dc3..717ed8c 100644
--- a/hws/05_online_dating/README.md
+++ b/hws/05_online_dating/README.md
@@ -300,9 +300,9 @@ You must do this assignment on your own, as described in the [Collaboration Poli
    - Overly cramped. (-1)
    - Poor file organization: Puts more than one class in a file (okay for very small helper classes) (-1)
    - Poor choice of variable names: non-descriptive names (e.g. 'vec', 'str', 'var'), single-letter variable names (except single loop counter), etc. (-2)
- - DATA REPRESENTATION (Must create and use homemade linked lists for the implementation.) (7 pts)
-   - No credit (significantly incomplete implementation). (-7)
-   - Uses std::list, or data structures which have not been covered in this class. (-7)
+ - DATA REPRESENTATION (Must create and use homemade linked lists for the implementation.) (6 pts)
+   - No credit (significantly incomplete implementation). (-6)
+   - Uses std::list, or data structures which have not been covered in this class. (-6)
    - Defines/Uses a list class. (-5)
    - Defines/Uses an iterator class (okay to use iterators to iterate through other containers such as vectors). (-5)
    - Does not use homemade linked lists (which consist of a chain of nodes) to store all the users. (-5)