Universal
Grade Change Form:
(A
"must" for all good College Students!)

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
____ Tri County Tech
____ The 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 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.
____ 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
____ 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).
____ 19. Other__________________________________
____ 20. Extra Credit _____________________________