These are a few comments to add to Dave Hendrickson's posting on the subject of incompletes. There is, I hope, a assumption in his comments about flunking students ("so pathetically absurd and mean-spirited it boggles the mind") that the student is passing the course at the time the drop is requested. If the student is not passing the Incomplete should not be provided as a way to allow the student extra time to do the work that s/he cannot accomplish in the semester (see below). The term "job relocation" brings up images of an employed student (such as one taking an evening course at BU) whose employer offers (or requires) in-semester relocation as part of the job. The college hockey player is offered a job that requires relocation. I do not believe they are the same (although they are similar). How many college basketball players drop out after the season (during the school year) to play pro basketball. This is below (see above) We have a problem on our campus with students who request an Incomplete so that they can "retake" the course the next semester, often but not always with the same instructor. Those making this request are essentially asking for a drop without penalty for being in a failing position and retaking without having to pay again for the course. It's cheating the university out of money and falsifying the transcript.