What's your school's cut-off for passing?

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The Sac City grading scale thread got me wondering what the cut off percentages are for different schools. At my school your exam scores must average 72% or over. 71.9 is a failing grade. What about your program?

Specializes in Oncology.

For my BSN program you must have:

76% exam average

76% overall average

Satisfactory clinical evaluation (score of at least 3 out of 4 on an evaluation sheet)

Almost everyone in my class does better on clinical assignments than exams, but you must have both in order to pass. You can't pass with an exam average of 75% even if your overall average turns out to be 95% or something.

A's start at 92%, B's start at 84%, C's start at 76%. I'm not really sure where D cuts off, I'm assuming 68%, but that doesn't matter because regardless, you will be considered to have failed and have to repeat. We also can only fail two nursing courses total in the program before we are kicked out.

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Specializes in Oncology.
I have no idea what the pass rate is, but we started out with about 70 students and now, one semester from graduating, we are down to about 35 or so. I noticed that several people fail each semester, but the vast majority end up re-taking the class rather than dropping out of the program, so I would say about 10 or so people who are now in my class started out in the class ahead of mine (or even the class ahead of that one). It sucks because tuition is really pricey, so to have to re-take something hits people pretty hard financially. I have no idea why they have the bar set so high; we have the highest cut off point for passing of any school in the area.

I think this is ridiculous, and I don't think it's going to improve their NCLEX pass rates - only a good, comprehensive program will do that. Our school has to have 76% to pass, and we have an NCLEX pass rate of 98-99%.

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I'm in an ADN program and we need an 82% or higher or it's failing.

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ADN, 78 = pass, 77.9 = fail

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Specializes in None Yet.

I'm in an LPN course and it's 75% to pass.

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Specializes in Peds; Cardiac, NICU, PACU.

We have to have a 76% to pass with a C. 84% for a B and 92% for an A. I wish we had the 90-100 A.. I keep scoring 90 on my test!

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Diploma program and 75% is passing. So sad and scary to see those 74.65% cumulative grades posted at the end of a course.

No rounding up below a 75%, either! :(

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I'm in an ADN program and ours is 76% (75.95 = FAIL)

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The Sac City grading scale thread got me wondering what the cut off percentages are for different schools. At my school your exam scores must average 72% or over. 71.9 is a failing grade. What about your program?

I'd love to have 72% be a passing grade! Our ADN program is an 80% to pass!!:uhoh3:

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ADN 78% and above

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