Universal Grade Change Form

_______________________ University

To: Professor____________________ 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 Grade Point Average and I won't get into:
____Medical School ____Graduate School
____Dental School ____My Fraternity/Sorority
____The Mickey Mouse Club ____Tri County Tech
____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 tutor 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 and the exam wanted every little fact.
____9. I learned all the facts and definitions but your exams asked about general principles.
____10. You are prejudiced against:
____Males ____Jews ____Blacks
____Females ____Catholics ____Whites
____Protestants ____Moslems ____Minorities
____Chicanos ____People ____Students
____11. If I flunk out of school my father will disinherit me or at least cut my allowance.
____12. I was unable to do well in this course because of the following illness:
____mono ____broken baby finger
____acute alcoholism ____pregnancy
____VD ____fatherhood
____13. You told us to be creative but you didn't tell us exactly how you wanted that done.
____14. I was creative and you said I was just shooting the bull.
____15. I don't have a reason; I just want a higher grade.
____16. The lectures were:
____too detailed to pick out important points
____not explained in sufficient detail
____too boring
____all jokes and not enough material
____all of the above
____17. This course was:
____too early, I was not awake.
____at lunchtime, I was hungry
____too late, I was tired
____18. My (dog, cat, gerbil) (ate, wet on, threw up on) my (book, notes, paper) for this course.
____19. Other___________________________________________________