<p>At my school it is the professors that give the incompletes, though they do have guidelines. For instance the student must have already completed >50% of the classwork and must have greater than a D grade in the work they have done so far. The I does not affect the GPA, but at some later date it reverts to the grade you would have got based on your points to that date. At our school they also put on the transcript what your grade would be if you fail to complete the work within the allotted time (1 year). For instance I have 3 IBs on my current semester transcript due to having to be in Houston with my husband at M D Anderson during finals week. If I don’t ever do the finals, I will end up with Bs in those classes. If I do the finals I will hopefully change those IBs into As. But if I had not already completed a good part of the classwork, I would not be eligible to get the Is in the first place.</p>
<p>It is possible that the student is not eligible for incompletes in some classes if the school has similar guidelines.</p>