Recommendations from a class with initial Incomplete grade

[Francophile1]

I am in an MA program now and will be asking for recommendations in another field (teaching fellowship, teaching certification). I was wondering if you guys think it would be wise to get a recommendation from a Professor that I got an incomplete with and then turned in the work and got a good grade? In my department you can get an incomplete and then it is just changed into a grade when you turn in your work.

Any thoughts?

[Dedi]

It depends on the circumstances. I asked for a rec letter from a professor that I got an Incomplete from and later got an A in the course. The reason I got an Incomplete was because the course was an Independent research project and it took longer than than a semester to finish everything. If you just didn't do the work until the very end, that might say something different.

[bsharpe269]

Do you think this professor thinks highly of you? Would he consider you one his top students?

[hj2012]

Do you think this professor thinks highly of you? Would he consider you one his top students?

 

This is the most important factor. If the professor thinks highly of you, then I don't think the "I" matters quite as much. But if the "I" is a sign that you were not one of the top students in the class, then I'd consider asking someone else.