Comprehensive cheat sheet of change grade request from a student to a teacher.
To: Professor____________________
From: __________________
I think my grade in your course, ___________________, should be changed from ____ to ____ for the following reasons:
- ____ The person who copied my paper made a higher grade than I did.
- ____ The person whose paper I copied made a higher grade than I did.
- ____ This course will lower my Grade Point Average and I won’t get into:
- ____ Law School
- ____ Medical School
- ____ Graduate School
- ____ Dental School
- ____ My Fraternity/Sorority
- ____ Tri County Tech
- ____ I have to get an A in this course to balance the F in _________.
- ____ I’ll lose my scholarship.
- ____ I’m on a varsity sports team and my tutor couldn’t find a copy of your exam.
- ____ I didn’t come to class and the person whose notes I used did not cover the material asked for on the exam.
- ____ I studied the basic principles and the exam wanted every little fact.
- ____ I learned all the facts and definitions but your exams asked about general principles.
- ____ You are prejudiced against:
- ____ Males
- ____ Jews
- ____ Blacks
- ____ Females
- ____ Catholics
- ____ Whites
- ____ Protestants
- ____ Muslims
- ____ Minorities
- ____ Chicanos
- ____ People
- ____ Students
- ____ If I flunk out of school my father will disinherit me or at least cut my allowance.
- ____ I was unable to do well in this course because of the following illness:
- ____ mono
- ____ broken baby finger
- ____ acute alcoholism
- ____ pregnancy
- ____ VD
- ____ fatherhood
- ____ You told us to be creative but you didn’t tell us exactly how you wanted that done.
- ____ I was creative and you said I was just shooting the bull.
- ____ I don’t have a reason; I just want a higher grade.
- ____ 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
- ____ This course was:
- ____ too early, I was not awake.
- ____ at lunchtime, I was hungry
- ____ too late, I was tired
- ____ My (dog, cat, gerbil) (ate, wet on, threw up on) my (book, notes, paper) for this course.
- ____ Other