How do I submit my grade appeal?

Before your grade appeal can be reviewed, you must include the following:

• Summary of your grade concerns and the outcome you’re seeking. If you need more space, you may include additional pages with your form.
• Email or other written correspondence with your instructor about your grade concern. If you intend to file an appeal, you must begin the informal process with 20 business days of final grades posting on myUCF (refer to the Academic Calendar for dates). You must provide your instructor with all issues that you are including in your appeal.
• A copy of the full course syllabus. Partial copies, screenshots or excerpts will not be accepted.
• A copy of your final grades from myUCF.

If any of these items are missing, the committee will ask you to provide them before your appeal is reviewed.

Grade appeals alleging a discrepancy between the stated grading policy and the procedures outlined in the course syllabus may be considered if a student can provide evidence of one or more of the following (including but not limited to):

• Grade weight categories were changed from those listed in the syllabus.
• An extra credit assignment listed in the syllabus was not included in the final grade calculation.
• The syllabus explicitly allows late assignment submissions (e.g., up to two days after the due date), but the student was not given the opportunity to submit it within that timeframe.

Grade appeals alleging that grades were lowered for nonacademic reasons may be considered if a student can provide evidence that their final grade was negatively affected by factors other than an error in the final grade calculation.

No. Individual assignment grades cannot be appealed. Assignment, exam and project grades are determined based on the instructor’s professional judgment. If you have questions or concerns about a specific grade, you are encouraged to speak directly with your instructor. You may also contact the department chair or the school director under which the course falls.

Students may submit a grade appeal to request a review of their final grade calculation only if the student can demonstrate that an error was made in the final grade calculation. Following the Student Academic Appeals policy, students must first attempt to resolve the concern directly with the course instructor before submitting a formal grade appeal.  

Requests for grade reconsideration, such as requesting a point increase to reach the next letter grade, or requests for an alternative individual to reevaluate a final course grade, are not eligible circumstances [are not valid grounds] for a grade appeal under the Student Academic Appeals policy.  

A request to review how your final course grade was calculated or a request for reconsideration of your final course grade may be submitted directly to your instructor or the chair of the department/director of the school in which the course is housed.