<p>I’m taking writing 140 as a freshman and because of a serious family emergency I wasn’t able to complete A5 in time. My instructor understands my situation and told me just now to take an Incomplete. He didn’t know that much info on it, however, and I googled it but it didn’t have too much information. Since I have to decide on this right away, I do have a few questions:</p>
<li>Will anyone see the Incomplete on my transcript after I’ve made up for it?</li>
<li>I’ve had missed absences because of my emergencies, and since attendance is a weighty part of the final grade, I wanted to know if those absences could be made up during my time making up for the Incomplete.</li>
<li>Are there any negative consequences to taking one?</li>
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<p>You & your instructor fill out a form that details why the incomplete was given & what work is needed to finish it. Then he assigns IN as your final letter grade for the class, and you have 1 year to resolve it by finishing the work described in the agreement.</p>
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<li>Short answer: no, no one will know about it if you resolve it in time</li>
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<p>Long answer would be that there is some bookkeeping/record-keeping that the university does every time a grade is changed, which would include when it is changed from IN to your final grade. However, it would almost certainly not reflect on your transcript that it was changed due to an incomplete, or most likely even that it was changed at all (you should verify this with the academic records dept if either of those means that much to you)</p>
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<li><p>This would probably be between you, your instructor, and the writing program, and not the university. If you and your instructor agree that you can make up the classes, <em>make sure</em> that this is reflected on the incomplete form you fill out.</p></li>
<li><p>There aren’t any negative consequences to receiving an incomplete, especially considering that the consequences of not turning in an A5 in writ 140 are pretty dramatic.</p></li>
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