Bryn Mawr College

Incompletes & Deferred Exams Incomplete and Deferred Exams

In the case of serious illness or some other emergency, a student may be entitled to have an examination deferred by her dean. A student who has had an exam deferred must take that exam on the deferred exam date, published each year by the registrar. Deferred exams are usually given the Sunday before classes begin in January for exams deferred from the fall, and the Sunday before classes begin in September for those deferred from the previous spring. For students able to travel to Bryn Mawr, there may also be a deferred exam date in early June. In many cases, a student who is entitled to defer an exam may choose not to, in order to have the peace of mind of knowing that she has completed the semester's work.

 

When written work or exams are extended beyond the end of the semester, students will be assigned Incompletes. Once the work is complete and the professor has submitted a grade, the registrar replaces the Incomplete with the grade. This means that Incomplete is merely a temporary grade and not something that remains permanently on the transcript.

Important note: Students seeking an incomplete in a Haverford course must abide by all Haverford regulations and deadlines.  More information is available here.