Universal Grade Change Form
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
_____Students _____Chicanos _____People
____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
_____hangover _____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___________________________________________