[brittney140]

At my school you have to have a 77% to be passing. I believe you have to have an 85% to get a "B", and a 92 or 93% to have an "A".

The grading scale at our school was just brought up yesterday when the DON was talking to us. She said that they could make the grading scale better, if they made the test questions harder. I'd take the current grading scale anyday over harder test questions.

[anurse2be09]

At my school you need a 78% or higher to pass. I am guessing nursing schools have different grading scales to keep students on their toes, and to keep the standards high. It sucks having a narrower margin for errors, but I also appreciate that it means SMART nurses are graduating.

[thekingandhislady]

90-100A
80-89 B

And thats all folks. B=RN 79=failing

[eccentricRN]

I attended an ADN program and we had to get at least an 80% (C) in order to pass.
Also in our program if you failed the same class twice you were kicked out of the program. But, on the other hand, our school has a very high NCLEX pass rate.

[Logos]

ADN program
92-100 A
85-91 B
75-84 C
I think that is right.

No rounding
I would LOVE a 10 point scale!

My 84% last semester was a c. Blew my GPA since it was an 8 credit class!

Damn Final.

[AnnaN5]

I would love if our program rounded. Twice now I have got a 90.9% which isn't round up to a 4.0 instead I was stuck with my 3.5. It isn't the end of the world but it would be nice to get that extra 0.01 added to your grade! Their theory is that they will not round up someone who has a 75.9% so they can pass so they don't round anyone else up either.

[annal]

In My School Anything Less Than A 80 Is Failing.

So B- Or Bust

If You're Nursing Program Lets You Pass With A 75 Consider Yourself Lucky--75 In My Program Is A Boot Out

[newnursehc]

Our school requires 85% and calls that a C. What that means is that an 84% will post to my transcript as a 1.9 I wish I had known this before I started here. I would have gone elsewhere as I would like to go to graduate school after this. This students at my school are EXTREMELY upset about this situation. It's fine if they want to require 85% to pass, just don't post it as a 2.0 on the transcript.

[mysterious_one]

Originally Posted by newnursehc

Our school requires 85% and calls that a C. What that means is that an 84% will post to my transcript as a 1.9 I wish I had known this before I started here. I would have gone elsewhere as I would like to go to graduate school after this. This students at my school are EXTREMELY upset about this situation. It's fine if they want to require 85% to pass, just don't post it as a 2.0 on the transcript.

I agree with you, it is not only important for future graduate school acceptance , but even employment. We had an employer come to give us a lunch at our school and told us that they require a 3.0 minimum for employment. I am in an ADN program where our passing is 78% = C, a B is 83, but from what I have heard the BSN programs passing rates are 70 only ( in our area). So actually they all have an advantage when applying even to this particular job.

[mixy]

Originally Posted by 2bNurse McDreamy

BSN program:

A: 100-90
B: 89-80
C: 79-75
below 75 = failing

we need to have a test average of at least 75% to pass the course

ditto at my school, ADN program