[nabs-l] Grade Expunging

Brandon Keith Biggs brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com
Sat Sep 21 03:44:15 UTC 2013


Hello,
It is nearly impossible to get a grade removed on a transcript. The only 
ones who can do it are if the committee that deals with academic affairs 
voats. They are the same ones who deal with cheating and whatnot at my 
school. It is a huge long drawn out process and has very little chance 
of working. The best way to remove that F is to retake that class and if 
it isn't accessible, withdraw. If that doesn't work, appeal to get those 
two letters removed (the w and f). They will only get removed if you 
have a decent GPA though and they can see that you aren't just wanting 
to remove a grade to increase your GPA.
In the future though, wail on the Accessibility office and the teacher 
till that class is accessible enough for you to get an A. I wait till 
the second week and if I don't think I have a fighting chance, I spend 
all my extra time camping out in the accessibility office, filling 
everyone's inbox with emails and making sure my instructor knows what is 
going on. If it is the instructor who is the problem, I camp out in 
their office till we work something out.
I have also on two occasions brought the whole accessibility teem to my 
teacher's office.
The first time the teacher capitulated instantly. The second one was 
complicated, but we worked out a satisfactory arrangement in the end.
I call the accessibility office my Big guns and the chair or head of the 
accessibility department Sasha (Game reference).
If they aren't able to do anything, I get the chair of my department in, 
the deen of my department in, the head of my college in, then if need be 
(Although I have never gone past my chair), the president of the school.
I start with the first one on that list and if they can't help, I go higher.
Just about any class can be made accessible if one is willing to put in 
the effort. One can even go as far as substituting the required class 
from another school for the required class at your current school. I was 
really considering doing that at my last school, but changed majors 
before I went through with it.

When it gets fun is when you know you will get an A, but you don't know 
if you will get anything out of the class. I have one class I am 
required to take every quarter I'm at my school and to say it is boring, 
dumb, worthless to me is giving it a complement to it. But I'm working 
my hardest to make it mean something because I have it for two more years...
Thanks,


Brandon Keith Biggs

On 9/20/2013 2:04 PM, Ashley Bramlett wrote:
> Bobby,
> I'm assuming you are asking this because you have a grade on the 
> transcript which you wish would be removed.
> No, I haven't heard of any grades being removed on the basis of lack 
> of accomodations.
> I do know many students who did not do well or in some cases failed a 
> course due to accomodation issues.
>
> If you already have the grade, the best thing to do is discuss the 
> problem with your advisor. See what options you have now to raise your 
> GPA.
> I really doubt grade expunging is an option but this is a question for 
> your advisor since every school is different.
> As Arielle said, I'm surprised you went through a whole semester 
> without taking action to secure accomodations or withdraw.
> Typically, withdrawing is an option  that does not impact your GPA. 
> Also, if you could not complete the work in time or something like 
> that, discussing with the professor some issues and then taking an 
> incomplete may be optional.
> I would think the best option is to retake the class. Retake it with 
> another professor if possible.
> If this is the only course you have grade issues with, then this 
> should not affect your GPA too much provided that you retake the class 
> and do better. If its an elective or a course you have other options 
> for, then you might pursue those options for that type of credit 
> rather than retaking the class. What I mean is schools have 
> requirements for certain subjects but within that requirement, you can 
> take a number of classes to fulfill that requirement.
> For instance, my school required you to take a two class science 
> class. I chose biology as the lesser of the evils as science is very 
> hard for me.
> I could have picked chemistry or geology though to satisfy this 
> requirement.
>
>
> So, I am suggesting you take another class to satisfy this particular 
> requirement.
> All schools are different, so talking to your advisor or someone 
> higher up like an assistant dean
> is  a good approach to see what your options are.
>
> Also, as Arielle said, do not go through the semester without the 
> textvook and materials.
> You can get volunteer readers or even paid ones if you can afford 
> that. Pay them by the hour as I did.
> Another option if you can study with audio books is Learning Ally. You 
> can download the books and play them on your computer, braille 
> notetaker, or mobile smart phone and other devices. You can also get 
> daisy cds if  you have an accessory such as the victor stratus to play 
> them.
> Their site is www.learningally.org for more info.
>
> For other accomodations, work with your dss office and professors to 
> get those.
> If the professor fails to accommodate you, tell dss and then go up the 
> chain if needed.
> I had a professor refuse to give me his powerpoint slides and got dss 
> involved.
> I also had another professor who refused me extra time on online 
> quizzes which I felt I needed as it takes longer with jaws and 
> blackboard.
> So my dss counselor spoke to the professor about this.
>
>
> I had a few professors who either were not accomodating or just hard 
> to work with.
> In such instances, I either did not take the class, took it with 
> another professor, took a different class  to satisfy that subject 
> requirement, or as a  last resort I took the class and worked as well 
> as I could with the professor.
>
> I hope things work out for you.
> I know how it feels to not be accomodated well or in a timely manner. 
> I've been through that a lot!
> Professors seem to forget to send me accessible handouts and slides 
> and to add to that the professors do not check email enough. So when I 
> keep sending them emails as reminders, I would not get a response. 
> Now, I was not  a pest. I emailed once or twice  a week. But I felt I 
> needed to be persistent when they failed to respond. If that did not 
> work, I would call them if they gave us their number.
> Also, speaking to them in person stressing how important access to 
> material is often helped. I did this during office hours.
> They have five classes to teach as a full time professor plus other 
> duties such as committees. If they are adjunct, they have one to three 
> classes to teach typically. Adjunct professors have another job 
> usually and leave campus after teaching
> So they are very busy and forget or just don't want to give you 
> material in accessible format.
>
> I hope things work out.
>
> Ashley
> -----Original Message----- From: Bobbi Pompey
> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 10:43 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: [nabs-l] Grade Expunging
>
> Hello, I wanted to know if anyone has ever had a grade removed from 
> their college transcript because they were not properly accommodated 
> in the course?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Bobbi A. L. Pompey
> (336) 988-6375
> pompey2010 at yahoo.com
> http://pompey2050
>
> Bobbi A. L. Pompey
> (336) 988-6375
> pompey2010 at yahoo.com
> http://pompey2050.wix.com/bobbi-pompey
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