Friends failing class :(

sammag · Mar 8, 2006

0.5 of a point? can she make up time? can she do extra credit? I can't imagine they will fail her by that little of an amount, esp when she is sooo close!

I do have a couple of friend who are on the edge....here if you fail one class you are out of the program...

hollya5334, LPN · Mar 8, 2006

Unfortantly, you have to get an 80%. They will only pass a 79.5% at the LOWEST. She was at an 79%. It sucks. Major. No extra credit, no nothing.

Lurksalot, BSN, RN · Mar 8, 2006

Yeah, it sucks. We lost 14 last semester. This semester, our last one, we just took the HESI, and 40% of the class did not pass. They have one more opportunity to pass or they will also fail. I'm very sad, three of my good buddies didn't pass it, I'm praying they will make it this time. It is hard to watch your friends who have worked so hard fail, but I guess that's part of getting through nursing school.

Tweety, BSN, RN · Mar 8, 2006

There has to be a cutoff somewhere, but it must be devasting for your friend. I know you're going to hate to leave her behind.

We were the oddball class when I went to school and we all made it through.

mom2michael, MSN, RN, NP · Mar 9, 2006

Our 1st semester we lost 10 or so - not all due to grades some just didn't like the program and left. Our 2nd semester we lost 3 and they were due to grades.

I had a really good friend of mine kicked out the program for a 81.9%, we are required to have an 82% and they DO NOT round up for passing grades, no exceptions made and they are very clear on that as it's stated about 200 times in our handbook and every other piece of paper we get from them. We thought that was a myth or a scare tactic during our 1st year, we now know it's not..........

hollya5334, LPN · Mar 9, 2006

Wow. Nursing school REALLY is Hell isn't it?! This blows. I know they hated to have to kick her out. We had already ordered diplomas. Blah!!

Megs7617 · Mar 9, 2006

WoW! :uhoh3: :uhoh3:

You guys have it tough....we only have to pass by a 75%

MIA-RN1, RN · Mar 9, 2006

I'm in my final semester and we have around about 90 in our class, maybe a little less. 17 people failed the last exam we took. One of my friends was one of them. It doesn't mean anyone is out of the program....yet. There are a few more exams to go and its possible to pull up to passing. But its scary. It could be anyone.

Nemhain · Mar 9, 2006

Sorry to hear about your friend. My school was the same way. I had a few friends not make it through by less than 1 point. One of them got into a car accident the day before our test and was in a little pain and ended up failing the semester by less than .2 points. We need a 75 to pass and she got a 74.83 It was our last test of our very last semester. Another friend was shaken up by a family member's recent cancer complications and did poorly on just one test too and she got a 74.9 and failed as well. Both students had never been endanger of failing and were exceptional clinical students. It's too bad. I do realize that there has to be a cut-off somewhere, but given it was the last semester I think they should've been able to do some extra work so they could get a 75.

I swear my University's Nursing Dept.'s motto was "Mercy For No One".

RNsRWe, ASN, RN · Mar 10, 2006

So sorry to hear about your friend. Unfortunately, there's gotta be a cutoff at some point, and someone will always just miss it. We've lost I don't know how many over the last almost-two years (graduate in nine weeks). I'd have to do some interesting math, since each semester new students come back in (previously failed or dropped, or challenged in--LPNs).

I always find the minimum grading thing kind of silly to compare between schools, since each school's standard for testing/grading is different. What I mean is, in my school you need a 70% overall to pass a course, and at another school it's 75%. But then, achieving a 75% in my school is more like an 80 at the other school; students who get struggled for high B's here would get easy A's there.

Point is, if she's good in clinical and it's just a fraction of an academic point she's short on, what about checking into another school in the area instead of returning to the same school? I've seen students fail out of my school for academics and go on to do quite well at the other school. All you have to look for is how well you'll be prepared for the Boards.

hollya5334, LPN · Mar 10, 2006

So sorry to hear about your friend. Unfortunately, there's gotta be a cutoff at some point, and someone will always just miss it. We've lost I don't know how many over the last almost-two years (graduate in nine weeks). I'd have to do some interesting math, since each semester new students come back in (previously failed or dropped, or challenged in--LPNs).
I always find the minimum grading thing kind of silly to compare between schools, since each school's standard for testing/grading is different. What I mean is, in my school you need a 70% overall to pass a course, and at another school it's 75%. But then, achieving a 75% in my school is more like an 80 at the other school; students who get struggled for high B's here would get easy A's there.
Point is, if she's good in clinical and it's just a fraction of an academic point she's short on, what about checking into another school in the area instead of returning to the same school? I've seen students fail out of my school for academics and go on to do quite well at the other school. All you have to look for is how well you'll be prepared for the Boards.

See, that would be a good idea, but the closest LPN school out there is like an hour away, and it would still be the same wait to get into next years program.