Mid-term grades Help

Applying to College
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<p>Okay everyone please help me....</p>

<p>I had heart & lung surgery and I had to miss the week before Winter Break. All my teachers were understanding of this, except for my Calc BC and physics teacher (same person). Now I need another emergency surgery and I can't go to school for the rest of this week. All my teacher have worked with me and wished me well, except for the math/physics teacher. He just sent me an e-mail saying he wants to give me "incompletes" for both of the classes just because I missed two weeks of school.... I'm crying :( I can't do this... I have high hopes for college and there is no way anyone will accept me with this... and there is nothing I could have done about this :( It was an emergency and I would die within a few years without it :( </p>

<p>Is there anything I can do about this? I have an A in all my other classes and I had a B in math and physics, but now he is giving me an "incomplete"... What do I do? It's not my fault I was born with this problem :( He has no compassion...</p>

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<p>An Incomplete is exactly what you should be getting!! </p>

<p>An Incomplete is not a bad grade. It simply indicates that due to your very serious health issues you were not able to complete the classwork before the end of the semester, and that it is expected that you will complete the classwork when you are able. </p>

<p>Dry your tears. Truly, this is a good thing, not a bad one. The colleges and universities will not have a problem with it at all.</p>

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<p>I’m really sorry to hear that your teacher is being so unreasonable :frowning: I’d recommend talking to him more and if he won’t budge on it, let your guidance counselor know, or contact administration or whatever department is higher up from him about it. If worse comes to worse, and even the department can’t do anything about this unfairness, the guidance counselor can validate why it’s incomplete, and let them know your grade in the class or whatever it is you need to make up.</p>

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<p>I don’t know why you think it’s unfair–you were unable to complete the classwork, so an incomplete is the proper grade until you can catch up. The grade isn’t a value judgment, just a statement of fact. Your guidance counselor can fully explain the circumstances in his/her recommendation letter. It won’t have a negative impact on your applications at all. (if you’re a senior and your applications have already been submitted, there’s no reason your guidance counselor can’t submit a supplemental letter explaining your recent health crisis–and you can do the same.) Now dry those tears!</p>

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<p>Thank you everyone… I asked my counselor and she pretty much said exactly what you guys said… Thank you for the information</p>