First quiz

rubato, ASN, RN · Sep 17, 2012

I'm sure that if you look somewhere in your 1000s of pieces of paper you got that first week, there will be a grading scale somewhere. Ours was never pointed out to us, but is in the syllabus and online. It's a whole new world of grading, that's for sure.

LCinTraining · Sep 17, 2012

You're probably right about it being somewhere. I think I'm more angry with myself than anything. I normally ace quizzes and I thought I knew the material. Watch it be something stupid like reading the questions wrong.

PinkCupcake · Sep 18, 2012

I feel your pain! Most of our tests range from 15 pts to 25 points. There are no quizes so there is very little wiggle room when it comes to missing questions. Anything less than 80% is an F.

shay&lynn, ASN, RN · Sep 18, 2012

It will be ok! Lol,I keep telling my fellow classmates this as we just had our first Med Surg and Path exams (most did not pass)...I luckily passed.

Why wouldn't I have gotten down on myself? Because in the first semester, for Skills, we had 3 exams only, each 20% of our grade...the first one, I BOMBED (the all caps say it all)! I freaked, but I evaluated, put a new plan together and got B's on the two other exams.

Don't be so hard on yourself, I am sure you will have plenty of other things to bring your grade up. :)

shay&lynn, ASN, RN · Sep 18, 2012

It will be ok! Lol,I keep telling my fellow classmates this as we just had our first Med Surg and Path exams (most did not pass)...I luckily passed.
Why wouldn't I have gotten down on myself? Because in the first semester, for Skills, we had 3 exams only, each 20% of our grade...the first one, I BOMBED (the all caps say it all)! I freaked, but I evaluated, put a new plan together and got B's on the two other exams.
Don't be so hard on yourself, I am sure you will have plenty of other things to bring your grade up. :)

Patho :)

WahineMakai · Sep 18, 2012

8/10. This apparently equates to a C. Would have been nice to know the grading rubric before this. I am normally not one to beat myself up over missing two total answers but the fact that this is a C is difficult to deal with.Back to the books.

It's not surprising that 80% = C. At my school, we must earn at least 75% to pass (anything below 75% = F). That can be tough with a 10-question test, but the grading makes sense.

I don't understand how knowing the grading scale would've made a difference. Either you know the material or you don't. And like someone else said, surely the scale is on your syllabus or in another piece of information made available to everyone.

Stephalump · Sep 18, 2012

Oh no! I'm sure that's disappointing. I always give myself leeway for the first quiz/test. You don't really know what to expect until you've already taken one by that particular teacher.

QuarterLife88, MSN, RN, NP · Sep 18, 2012

And I thought my school was harsh. That would be an 80% for me and a pass (just barely, but a pass). Unless it was the med cal test, then it would be an F.

Nursing school: eroding one self-esteem at a time!

I think some of you are being harsh - an 8/10 in normal people land means she does know the material. She only got two wrong for heaven's sake. It's not like she got a 5!

LCinTraining · Sep 18, 2012

It's not surprising that 80% = C. At my school, we must earn at least 75% to pass (anything below 75% = F). That can be tough with a 10-question test, but the grading makes sense.I don't understand how knowing the grading scale would've made a difference. Either you know the material or you don't. And like someone else said, surely the scale is on your syllabus or in another piece of information made available to everyone.

Knowing would not have made any difference, you are correct. It just wouldn't have been such a mental blow. I'm curious to get the actual quiz back to see which ones I did wrong.

LCinTraining · Sep 20, 2012

I was able to view my quiz today. The questions I suspected were wrong were actually the ones I got wrong, but not for the reasons I thought. Not evidence that I didn't study enough, however, definitely evidence that I did not understand the material properly. I was able to discuss it with my professor though, and I think I have a much better understanding of the material now. So, although it wasn't as good as I wanted it to be, I was still able to learn from this experience, and that is the important part.

WahineMakai · Sep 20, 2012

Nursing school: eroding one self-esteem at a time!
I think some of you are being harsh - an 8/10 in normal people land means she does know the material. She only got two wrong for heaven's sake. It's not like she got a 5!

I wasn't trying to be harsh. It's just reality! If the school makes it known that 75% is the lowest score you can get and still pass, then that's the requirement. This has NOTHING to do with self-esteem, and EVERYTHING to do with knowledge and competence (that's a huge problem I have with American education these days at all levels -- everyone wants a freakin' gold star or a trophy for mediocrity.. but that's another topic). Do YOU want a nurse who squeaked by, knowing only 51% of everything she/he was taught, taking care of you or your family members? Get real.