<p>Has anyone here successfully petitioned for a grade change? If so, what process did you undergo?</p>
<p>Yes, I did it for a sport! I received a F in a sport for a really stupid reason. I was able to petition with help from the assistant coach and get it changed to a P just prior to my transcript being sent to Michigan and the other schools I was applying to.</p>
<p>I think I am going to have to petition one of my grades this semester, though I'm debating if I should go for the grade change or to have the credit taken off of my transcript and get my tutition for that class back. My school has a really structured appeal process, I had to go to the Dean of Student Services to find out about it.</p>
<p>To answer your question though, I know one person who has petitioned a grade (a C) and they had it changed to an A. For them it was a pretty rough and long process, but worth it in the end. </p>
<p>I do suggest starting your appeal as soon as possible though so that if you need to apply this spring you'll have the changed grade on your transcript.</p>
<p>Doesn't the process involve convincing the professor? Or maybe that is just CA law? I know that it is VERY HARD to change a grade here if your professor doesn't want it changed.</p>
<p>At least for here, the first thing you have to do is talk to the professor about the problem. Then when that doesn't work we get a trial with a jury (5 faculty members, 5 students -numbers might be different depending on circumstances) and the president of the college. At this point the professor does not have to agree with the change. It is probably different for every school.</p>
<p>It is very hard to do, but mostly because it is so time consuming. I'm not looking forward to having to appeal, I think it's going to be awful, but the class was just not run well so I'm going to have to appeal.</p>
<p>in CA--If you have a grievance with the way a professor runs a class you are supposed to go through a separate process--it's not supposed to just be related to your grade.</p>
<p>I'm in CA, and I petitioned a D to an A. I had to go /around/ the professor, not through him. It was a bit of a special circumstance in that I was supposed to receive an IP for a very valid reason, was not given one for no reason other than that the professor forgot (since he had to be the one to file it), and because my TA spoke English so poorly she misunderstood half of what I said in lab.</p>
<p>I had to go to the department chair, which is the policy at my college.</p>
<p>I assume the department chair then went and spoke with the professor, which is the policy.</p>
<p>It's true though that the department heads have clout, although in the case of stubborn professors, it may not work. This semester at my college someone went to the department chair because he had been dropped from a class after only missing two meetings. The chair told the professor to reinstate him; the professor did, but told him he had to take two finals and couldn't miss any more class time.</p>
<p>I am in the middle of having some grades changed to a W. I thought I had sucessfuly withdrawn from the course but apparently did not, I am awaiting the decision.</p>
<p>i'm ****ed because i'm almost positive i had over a 90% average but i received a B instead. I'm going to try and speak with the professor this week</p>
<p>sigh</p>
<p>Yes, check with him/her. There could have been an error.</p>
<p>Yeah Jaek...things may never be the same for you...You are totally screwed.</p>