Grade Appeal Form

Subj:   Need Grade Change

To: Professor____________________ 

From:___________________________


I think my grade in your course,___________________, should be
changed from __35%____ to _95%______ 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 GP 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 materisal asked for on the exam.

______9.    I studied the basic principles & 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
            ______Chicanos      ______People        ______Child molesters
            ______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 because of the following illness:
            ______mono              ______broken baby finger  _____VD
            ______acute alcoholism  ______pregnancy           ____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 cellmate had other plans for my time

_____24.    Otherwise (make it good): _______________________________________