Schools grading scale

Quota, BSN, RN · Dec 16, 2017

They can grade however they want to. Plus if you can't do better than a 78 average on the exams you aren't properly learning the material. Nothing wrong with this policy.

Isaac_ · Dec 16, 2017

Sorry to say that it is their policy, my school is pretty difficult as well except for the fact that you have to get 78% across all Nursing course exams to even just pass the class in general.

Ibyn26 · Dec 16, 2017

Most of the things we're being tested on aren't covered in the class. The professor just use PowerPoints and don't teach at all. You're pretty much responsible for teaching yourself

Ibyn26 · Dec 16, 2017

Well I spoke to a friend of mine who's a professor at another college and she said she never heard of a grading policy where you have to average a 78 cumulative exam grade before everything else is added. Then if you don't everything you've done is a zero and it's minus frm the grade you get. So if test grades cumulative is a 77 then they'll minus 12 points for everything else that you've done

Editorial Team / Admin · Dec 16, 2017

Most of the things we're being tested on aren't covered in the class. The professor just use PowerPoints and don't teach at all. You're pretty much responsible for teaching yourself

That is the nature of adult learning. You will not be spoonfed information- you have textbooks and other resources to rely on. There is simply no way to cover all of the information that needs to be learned in nursing school during classroom time.

It could also be that PowerPoint presentations are not a match for your learning style- try taking a learning styles inventory and seeing how you learn best. Then you can apply that to how you study outside of class.

Ibyn26 · Dec 16, 2017

So this school can have a grading policy like this that weren't mentioned during the orientation process? I'm sure if myself and so many other students were given this information we wouldn't have committed.

Quota, BSN, RN · Dec 16, 2017

So this school can have a grading policy like this that weren't mentioned during the orientation process? I'm sure if myself and so many other students were given this information we wouldn't have committed.

Why? As I said before if you can't do better than a 78 average on the exams you aren't learning the material. It's not an unreasonable standard.

ItsThatJenGirl, CNA · Dec 16, 2017

So this school can have a grading policy like this that weren't mentioned during the orientation process? I'm sure if myself and so many other students were given this information we wouldn't have committed.

It's not in your handbook? Our grading policy is pretty clearly written out.

Ibyn26 · Dec 16, 2017

Thanks @Quota ...

Ibyn26 · Dec 16, 2017

No it's not in the handbook and we weren't given a handbook during the orientation process. So from I'm gathering this is completely ok for my school have a grading policy like this

203bravo, MSN, APRN · Dec 16, 2017

according the schools policy you have to have a cumulative grade of 78 on your exams before they add your out of class works, projects, and other assignments that you work so hard to get done in order to pass the class.

You say that you were not told about this policy during orientation nor did you receive a handbook that made you aware of the policy... exactly when were you and your classmates made aware of the policy?? 1st day of class, was it on the syllabus, or just the other day when you and your classmates missed the required exam average??

IF you were made aware at the start of the semester (quarter, class, whatever) then you really have no leg to stand on to fight the grade... if you were not made aware (in any form) until after you had failed the course.. then you may have a slim fighting chance.

Best of luck.