[Montessori Mommy]

My school grades as follows:
A+ 95-100 4.0
A 90-94 3.66
B+ 85-89 3.33
B 80-84 3.0
Anything below an 80 is a failure.

You are allowed to fail and then retake one class during your two years, which includes an intensive 5 week, 24 hour/week summer med surg clinical. If you fail a second class, you are out of the program with no chance to reapply.

Our school has had a 100% NCLEX passing rate for the past two years!

Beth

[slou!]

Mine is--
100-93: A
92-90: A-
89-87: B+
86-83: B
82-80:B
79-77: C+
76-75:C
anything below here not passing
74-70:C-
69-60<-- I could not figure out why was showing up, until I realized a : + a D would make that face, lol. I meant a D, not a !
Below 60:F

My high schools was, A's (I don't remember the range like - or +) 100-92, B's 91-83, C's 82-74, D's 73-65, 64 and under is failing. At first when I got to college I thought the grading system was going to be better because an 80 would could as a B or a 90 would count as an A, but then again a 74 is also failing!

Oh yeah, and you can also get one letter grade less than C, and then after that you are out. That is pretty scary!

[slou!]

Originally Posted by LinZ_956

Ok, getting on soapbox--I don't see how the different grading scale helps that much...if anything, it's a pain in the butt, because the rest of our college is on the 90-100= A; 97-89= B+; 80-86= B, etc...I would rather see tougher admission standards, that way we wouldn't be weeding out people halfway through the semester. I don't see how the one point difference between a 74 and a 75 can make a person that much more capable of being a nurse, but hey, what do I know. BTW, this comes from someone with an extremely high GPA...I just hate seeing people that would make intelligent, well-rounded nurses "weeded out" because of a point. If the curriculum is appropriately challenging, I don't see why there needs to be a tougher grading scale to accompany it.

I agree with that so much! I hate that I could get a 74.56% and that would be FAILING, but if I got a 75 it would suddenly be all OK!

[Ms. Mad]

A + 98-100
A 95-97
A - 90-94
B + 88-89
B 85-87
B - 80-84
C + 78-79
C 75-77
C- 70-74

Anything below a C is failing. Tests = 60% of grade. Final is 40% You can repeat one class if you receive a failing mark. If you fail a second class you are out of the program.

This is for my school in NY. (Kingsborough)

[Britt.MSN2b.Drexel'11]

at drexel U we have a plus/minus system.

A+

97-100

A

93-96

A-

90-92

B+

87-89

B

83-86

B-

80-82

C+

77-79

<76 = Failure

[sweetpea123]

The grading scale in my BSN program is:
95-100 A
91-94 B+
87-90 B
84-86 C+
80-83 C
C is required to pass.
My classmates and I were very concerned with this grade scale as it is more challenging than the other departments on campus. And yes, if I am compared to someone who went to a school where they *only* needed a 90 for an A, then their GPA might look artificially higher than my 90 for a B. We also had issues with state scholarships that require certain GPAs but don't take into account the difference in scores required for grades in the different academic departments. The voicing of our concerns got us nothing but a pat on the shoulder. If you really want to know how graduate schools handle this issue, contact their admissions department. Or you can always work the grade scale into your personal statement i.e. "I met the challenge of the most demanding academic grade scale on campus by...blah blah blah". Of course, you're going to need a decent GPA for them to even look at your personal statement but you get my drift.

[Mommy TeleRN]

You know it's not really fair that some nursing programs use the - system and some don't as far as getting into grad programs.

For instance I might avg a 92.4 and I get a B which is a 3.0 on a 7-10 hr course! Whereas Jane Smith student nurse gets an A- which is a 3.5 on a similar course. Let's say we do that all through school and now she has a 3.5 and I have a 3.0 and we both did the same on exams! definitely an unfair advantage.
It drives me nuts when i'm < .5% from the next letter grade and I get an entire 1pt difference in the GPA scoring. Obviously I have some unresolved feelings lol