Foundations Grade Review, Challenge, and Appeal Process

Summary of Process

Grade Review

Grade Challenge

Grade Appeal

Grade Review

• To initiate a grade review, set up a meeting with the block or course administrator for the block you wish to review. If after the grade review, you are unsatisfied, you may initiate the grade challenge process.
• Students can review their grade at any time, however please be aware that the grade challenge and appeal process must be completed by the end of the following quarter. Please review the grade appeal committee deadlines.
  • All students are permitted under FERPA (Family, Education, Rights and Privacy act) to review educational records (e.g., exams and evaluations) upon request and any time after grade submission.

    Steps to submitting your informal grade review

• Contact the block or course administrator for the course to request a grade review.
• Meet with block or course director to review evaluations (if any), exam scores, and/or final examination score.

Grade Challenge

Challenge form

• Grade challenge must be submitted by week four of the following quarter. This allows the block a minimum of three weeks to meet with the student and process the challenge.
• Within the three week window, the Block or Course Director must contact the student with the grade challenge decision. This allows the student one week to decide whether an appeal is necessary.
  
• Deadlines below.

    Steps to submitting your grade challenge

1. Complete the grade challenge form (click here)
2. Send completed form to Block or Course Director
3. Meet with Block or Course Director

Foundations Grade Appeal

Appeal form

• The grade appeal must be submitted by week eight of the following quarter. This allows the grade appeal committee a minimum of four weeks to meet and decide the student’s grade appeal.
• Grade appeal must be completed by the end of the following quarter.
• Deadlines below.

     Grade appeal committee

• For additional information on the grade appeal committee please refer to the FAQ.

    Steps to submitting your grade appeal

1. Complete the foundations grade appeal form (click here)
2. Send completed form to foundmed@uw.edu