<p>Hey everyone. I'm currently a sophomore at a UC university, and I just received a rejection from my dream college. My extracurricular is considerably outstanding (volunteer and newspaper).</p>
<p>But what bothers me is my GPA (3.0). Question is: is it possible to get professors to change your grades 1 and 2 quarters after taking their course? I have many borderline grades that totally obliterated me, and I want to change it for my appeals. It's my only option left :</p>
<p>College isn’t like high school. Especially at large public schools like the UCs, you can’t get grade changes just because you’re on the borderline and would like to have the higher grade for some application.</p>
<p>You can contest a grade if you believe it was in error. I was told this process could be done up to one year since the original grade was issued. It is not an easy process and takes a lot of documentation and time to accomplish.</p>
<p>However, this is not an option for you if your only issue with the grades was that they were borderline.</p>
<p>It might depend on what type of class it was and what policies the professors have. At my college, some professors will bump up a borderline grade if you participated a lot in class, went to discussion sections, etc. But I think they do this automatically, not if a student comes to them months after the fact asking for a bump. I’ve never heard of anyone going back quarters later and asking for a change after the fact, but if you feel you went the extra mile in the classes, it might be worth a shot. However, as Kender said, if the only thing is that you just aren’t happy with the grades, you shouldn’t bother.</p>
<p>If you have valid proof (old exams,papers etc) that the grade you recieved is not one that you earned then you are suppose to speak to the professor. If the professor does not want to help you then go to the dean.</p>
<p>However, you cannot get a grade change just because you didn’t like it. Just learn from it and move on.</p>
<p>most institutions allow some sort of protest, but it usually has to be made with set period of time and certainly not after a quarter or two.</p>
<p>If there’s a reason for a grade change (calculation error etc), you can usually do it within a short period of time (at my U, it’s six weeks into the next semester), but after that it’s no deal.</p>
<p>Study harder next time.</p>
<p>Hey everyone, thanks a lot for the feedback!</p>