I unfortunately got really sick the week before finals and didn’t get better in time for finals. I had a doctor’s note and my professor is willing to work with me to makeup the final. He is offering to give me an incomplete with the goal of me making up the final in late January. I was thrilled because I’m still sick, but then I realized that by the time I take the final, I’ll have sent off my college applications.
Considering this class is in my intended major and I was doing really well before I got sick, I’m worried how this will look to admission officers.
Would it be better to basically take the final while still sick (perform poorly) or take the incomplete and make up the final sometime in January?
Take the Incomplete now. Send a revised transcript after you have taken the final in January.
Take the incomplete. Ask your guidance counselor to include a not with the transcript explaining your illness as the reason for the incomplete. Send an updated transcript after you clear up the incomplete.
Feel better soon.