Universal Grade Change Request Form
To: (professor/teacher/instructor)______
From:______
I think my grade in your course,______, should be changed from_____to_____for the following reason(s) (check all that apply):
The person who copied my paper made a higher grade than I did. The person whose paper I copied made a higher grade than I did. I don't have a reason; I just want a higher grade. I have to get an A in this course to balance the F in ______. All my other profs have agreed to raise my grades. I'll lose my scholarship. I'm on the sports team and my coach couldn't find a copy of your exam. I didn't come to class and the person whose notes I used did not cover the material asked for on the exam. I studied the basic principles but the exam wanted every little fact. I studied the facts and definitions but the exam asked about general principles. I understood the material; I just couldn't do the problems. I can work the problems, but your exam expected understanding. This course will lower my GPA and I won't get into: ___Med School ___Grad School ___Mickey Mouse Club. You are prejudiced against: ___Males ___Females ___Protestants ___Moslems ___Jews ___Catholics ___Athiests ___Jocks ___Blacks ___Chicanos ___Whites ___Students ___Young people ___Old people. If I flunk out of school my father will disinherit me or at least cut my allowance. I was unable to do well in this course because of the following: ___mono ___alcoholism ___drug addiction ___VD ___broken finger ___pregnancy ___fatherhood ___allergy to brain work ___stupidity. You told us to be creative but you didn't tell us exactly how you wanted that done. The lectures were: ___too detailed ___not sufficiently detailed ___too boring ___all jokes and no material ___too serious--not enough entertainment to keep me awake. This course was: ___too early, I was not awake. ___too late, I was tired. ___at lunchtime, I was hungry. My (dog, cat, gerbil) (ate, wet on, threw up on) my (book, notes, term paper) for this course. (Circle the appropriate term.)