Universal Grade Change Form

To: (professor/teacher/instructor)________________________

From:_____________________

I think my grade in your course,_________________, should be changed from___to___for the following reasons:

1.____The persons who copied my paper made a higher grade than I did.

2.____The person whose paper I copied made a higher grade than I did.

3.____This course will lower my GPA and I won't get into:

__Med School __Dental School __Chiropractic School

__Acupuncture school __Grad School __Mickey Mouse Club

4.____I have to get an A in this course to balance the F in ___________.

5.____I'll lose my scholarship.

6.____I'm on a varsity sports team and my coach couldn't find a copy of

your exam.

7.____I didn't come to class and the person whose notes I used did not

cover the material asked for on the exam.

8.____I studied the basic principles but the exam wanted every little fact.

9.____I studied the facts and definitions but the exam asked about general

principles.

10.____I understood the material; I just couldn't do the problems.

11.____I can work the problems, but your exam expected understanding.

12.____You are prejudiced against:

__Males __Females __Protestants __Chicanos

__Jews __Catholics __Moslems __People

__Blacks __Whites __Minorities __Jocks

__Students __Young people __Old people

13.____If I flunk out of school my father will disinherit me or at least cut

my allowance.

14.____I was unable to do well in this course because of the following:

__mono __acute alcoholism __drug addiction

__VD __broken finger __pregnancy __fatherhood

__I have allergic reaction to brain work __I am intellectually challenged.

15.____You told us to be creative but you didn't tell us exactly how you wanted that done.

16.____I was creative and you said I was just shooting the bull.

17.____The lectures were:

__too detailed to pick out important points

__not explained in sufficient detail

__too boring

__all jokes and no material

__too serious--not enough entertainment to keep me awake.

18.____All my other profs have agreed to raise my grades.

19.____I don't have a reason; I just want a higher grade.

20.____This course was:

__too early, I was not awake.

__too late, I was tired.

__at lunchtime, I was hungry.

21.____My (dog, cat, gerbil) (ate, wet on, threw up on) my (book, notes, term paper) for this course.