Passing a test but not the grade you expected.

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How do you deal with it when you take a test and pass it but didn't do as well as you thought? I am a non traditional student in a BSN program and my first semester of nursing classes. I have passed all of my test so far. Took a test last night, studied and really felt I knew the material. I passed it but didn't do as well as I had expected. There were a 2 or 3 questions I was concerned about but missed a few more than that and it really bothers me. I know everyone says passing is passing but it is so frustrating. I keep trying to tell myself it is okay I passed that is all that matters. I wasn't a straight A student before but did get A's and B's and didn't necessarily expect to get A's in nursing school but it still bothers me. Once our grades our posted we can see what the class average was for the test, although I was a little above average there were still people that did better than me and I guess I wonder what they did to do better on the test.

I guess this is just more than a vent than anything and I am looking forward to going over the test next week to see what I missed.

How do you reassure yourself it is okay if you don't get an A on a test????

Specializes in Pediatrics.
Getting over it is tough. I just received a 'B' on my first exam--it was heartbreaking for me as I was an all 'A' student prior to NS. This is a different experience for most who enter NS, which means different learning techniques, too, which I'm still trying to figure out.

Think of it this way: the majority of nursing students were A students before NS (or they wouldn't have gotten into the program). You were the uppercrust of the college beforehand. Now, take all your A students and put them together. There is almost ALWAYS a normal distribution (bell curve) of grades in every nursing course: Some A's, some C's (or whatever your minimum pass grade is), some failures and mostly B's. Don't be so hard on yourself (all of you). This is TOUGH stuff! You can still B an excellent nurse with grades of B :nurse:

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