Please I am asking everyone that comes by, to please please please respond to this message and not just read it and then go on by. Please do respond to it. Thank you so much.
What is your grading scale for the nursing program that you are attending right now, or will be attending in the future, or already attended [if it has been 1 yr or 30 yrs or more, does not matter]. I want to know and need to know. Thank you.
The reason why I am wanting this information is because the nursing program that I am attending right now, the grading scale is as follow: 93 to 100 = A
86 to 92 = B
80 to 85 = C
74 to 79 = D
73 or below = F
Yes, I want to compare our grading scale and yes I am getting up a petition to take to the President of my college to have the grading scale changed for the nursing program.
I have talked to several nursing students who goes to several other colleges and their grading scale is on a 10 point grading scale...meaning, 90 to 100 = A; 70 - 79 = C -- Passing.
So please, don't just read this message and not respond to it. I would love to hear from you thank you.
And also, the nursing program that I am going through is an ADN program, 2 years.
We have 4 levels that we have to proceed through.
And believe me, none of them [the Levels], prepares you for the following level(s). But each instructors in the following level(s) expects you to come in there knowing it all.
Also, thank you for stopping by and reading the other message I have posted ["Will I ever become a Nurse..."]. Your encouaging words and support means so much to me during this time of my life. Thank you.
I'm trying to wrap my brain around the OP's predicament here, and the only advice I'm coming up with, is to contact an attorney.
If the school hands out points and passes people who didn't make it on their own merit, and then expects those upcoming who do, in fact, pass, to not complete the program because of a faculty crunch created in this situation, then I'd say that's a reason to call an attorney. What I'd be asking for is a guaranteed spot, or a full refund of every dime I'd paid to that school, up to that point in time. The reason for a refund would be, it's hard to transfer credits, etc. On top of that I'd be asking for some exorbitant amount to compensate for the heck of nursing school and the setback in salary that would happen for not graduating on time.
Seriously. Schools do this kind of moronic, sadistic stuff because we let them. We pay people to do this. Stop allowing it and see what happens.
hey chelsue b--where do you go to school? I'm in NC, too. Our school's grading scale is as follows:
94-100 A
87-93 B
80-86 C
If you have a 79.5, they'll round up and you pass, but 79.4 would still fail. I'm in my second year of an ADN program and we just lost one last week because she got below a 79.5 in one of our classes. I hate to see that happen, especially with only 5 months left. The other classes on our campus usually use the 10 point scale, and are not as difficult as the nursing courses. Many even let you throw out one test score. Wouldn't that be nice in nursing school? Our grades are based strictly on test scores. We have many clinical papers and such, but they are only satisfactory/unsatisfactory, and you are expected to put great effort into them.
Some of the hospitals require that you send in your transcripts when you apply, so it's not really fair when the grading scales are different and they compare you. Supposedly they are just looking for consistency and making sure you are going to make it all the way through, and looking at the big picture. Many people in my class have gotten C's all along, and are worried they won't get hired at these places. I think there's such a nursing shortage, that grades won't matter.
The nursing school that I attended, the student must maintain a 77 average to pass the course. I remember during nursing school, several times I sweated out the course and would have enjoyed a 70 to pass.
I just had to comment. My school is also set up as follow:
93-100 A
85-92 B
77-84 C
Lower than 77-you are out!!!!
Clinical/labs are pass/fail.
I don't disagree so much with the school's grading scale, but that they weight the grades. Care plans, homework, quizzes, presentations, etc. account for 10%; the comprehensive final is 10% (thankful for this); but the 5exams in a semester account for 80% of your grade. So, even though on the grading scale I should have an A, I don't because of the weighted averages of the grades. Because I average a 92 on exams, that is what my final grade reveals a 92. This sucks because I work so hard to get an A, and can't ever seem to achieve it. I eventually want to go into a Master's program, and know they are going to look at my nursing school grades. I would love to have an A to show, but don't think that will be happening.
You have to have a 75 in the class to pass. You also must have a 75 in both the lecture portion and the clinical portion of the class. If you have less than a 75 in either portion you fail the class.
We also take the ATI test for each core course and you must pass it in the 50th percentile. You can take it until you pass.
Below this seems irrlevant BECAUSE to be considered passing in the nursing program you had to maintain a 75 (that's a C) average.
The policy was You had to average a 75 on all your exams. If you did then they would calculate in all you quizes, homework, projects, care plans, etc., which would then raise you grade.
If you did not have a 75 average on your exams then it did not matter what you got on these other things your final grade would then be what ever your average on your exams was.
Yep, this was pretty much it for me. I graduated 2 years ago this month.
chelsue_b
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For some of you please consider yourselves lucky! My program requires an 80 or higher is passing! :)