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. I got a better grade with this paper last year.

______4. 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

______5. I have to get an A in this course to balance the F in _______________.

______6. I'll lose my scholarship.

______7. I'm on a varsity sports team and my tutor couldn't find a copy of your exam.

______8. I didn't come to class and the person whose notes I used did not cover the materials asked for on the exam.

______9. I studied the basic principles and the exam wanted every little fact.

_____10. I learned all the facts and definitions but your exams asked about general principles.

_____11. You are prejudiced against:

______Males ______Jews ______Blacks ______Females ______Catholics ______Whites ______Protestants ______Moslems ______Minorities ______Idiots ______Students ______Snorers

_____12. If I flunk out of school my father will disinherit me or at least cut my allowance.

_____13. I was unable to do well in this course because of the following illness:

______mono ______broken baby finger

______acute alcoholism ______pregnancy

______VD ______fatherhood

_____14. You told us to be creative but you didn't tell us exactly how you wanted that done.

_____15. I was creative and you said I was just shooting the bull.

_____16. I don't have a reason; I just want a higher grade.

_____17. 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

_____18. This course was:

______too early, I was not awake.

______at lunchtime, I was hungry

______too late, I was tired

_____19. My (dog, cat, gerbil) (ate, wet on, threw up on) my (book, notes, paper) for this course.

_____20. I ALWAYS got A's before... honest!

_____21. I can't understand your funny accent.

_____22. You can't understand my funny accent.

_____23. I didn't have time to do the assignments because:

______I'm working on my Nobel prize in another subject

______I was helping the police bust drug kingpins

______my medication makes me very sleepy

______our band had to practice every night for our big gig

______my cell-mate had other plans for my time

_____24. Other (make it good): _________________________________