Are C's really the new A's in nursing school? - Page 4

Well, the grading scale is different in most nursing schools. In my program an A is 91-100, B is 83-90, and a C is 75-82. Anything less than 75 is failing. It's a lot harder to get A's in nursing school, but it's still possible.

I have also heard this c is the new a thing from an instructor and students. They figure that with the high competitive nature of nursing students, we'd go crazy if we didnt get an A, so we are being prepared somewhat. I will not let this go to my head, its not about not working hard, im going to work very hard but im not going suicidal over a b or a c. ill ensure i get the right anwsers and rational, put it in my back pocket and move on to try and achieve the next possible A. if you are lazy you would not even see a C anyways, im sure!

C's get degrees. Most nursing courses are highly subjective so you can't blame us for thinking like that.

In my ADN program, you had to make 94 or above for an A. An 83 or less was failure. When some of the students petitioned for them to change the grade status, they said they "would not lower their standards." It was a hard program, and out of 66 students, only 22 of us made it to graduation. What was strange, when I went thru the BSN program, it was much, much more lenient, and a 70 was passing! It was a piece of cake compared to my ADN program.

I had 5 years of undergrad before nursing school. my gpa was a 3.8. then nursing school hit. my graduating gpa was 2.7 (i only took nursing classes at that college so my 3.8 before didn't count) my total gpa after nursing school was 3.2. i think in our graduating class of 96 only 2 graduated with honors. my school threw you to the sharks but we all did very well on nclex. my friend went to another community college in the same city and most of her class had a's throughout the entire program but their pass rate for nclex was in the 70% range.

I was an almost A student, until med/surg. When I talked to one of my instructors about how its killing me that I had a C she said I need to let it go and that nursing school is a new ball game. Just because you get a C doesnt mean you dont know the material. The test questions can really throw you off. Anxiety over passing can and will throw you off. Yes, it would be ideal for all of us to get A's but it doesnt mean your a sub par nurse if you get a C. You could be an A student but suck in the real world. You could be a C student and be a great nurse. Dont focus so much on the grade and focus on the material. Sometimes going for the grade will throw you off as well. We were told that in orientation.

My ADN programs claims to accept C's but once you factor in the ATI exam, you really need to have a B.

No, no, no. Folks still get As in nursing school. We can't all be "the best" at something, for whatever reasons you want to believe, but that doesn't mean that we're all performing at the same level.

Our grading scale was c: 78-86, b:87-92, a: 93+. The 78 was pushed up to an 80 for the class after us. We got graded on tests, a lil bit of homework, and ati testing. B's were common but a's were unheard of. 2 ppl/90 some....i think every program is different too. I dont think your lecture is the most important thing. The students who did get very high grades often had trouble correlating it to a patient on a care plan. A lot of "c" nurses excelled in clinical and could take a higher patient load and effectively manage cares while explaing correlation. There are "c" nurses who got there by slacking and that too showed up in clinical. There are also "a" students who are good guessers. Id say most of the kids in my class ended up with a "b"

Grade deflation is a huge problem in my area (imo). I would support a standardized grading scale across the country, especially for high schools. Better yet, I think we should go from a letter grade system to a percentage system. In my nursing school, an A is 94-100, a B is 87-93, and a C is 80-86. Less than 80 is failing. So where I am a C is the new B. I have no problem with a school saying we require 80% to pass. I do have an issue when I will compete with other students for graduate school who went to schools with different grading scales. I could be a straight 93% student and have a 3.0 gpa competing with someone with the same percentage who has a 4.0 gpa. That's why I think we should switch to percentage reporting instead of letter grades.