Universal Grade Change Form

                      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 _____Chiropractice School
              ___Accupuncture 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 peoples

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.