oh geez

Rena RN 2003, RN · Oct 7, 2002

wow! that's a little tougher scale than mine. i can't imagine if they raised it even more!

will this apply to you if it changes before you finish?

Mkue · Oct 7, 2002

that's a good question Rena, I'm thinking that it will, but maybe I should wait to get upset until I know for sure.. I just don't see how much higher an "A" can go...

I just missed an "A" on a Pharm test.. got a 93.3. :eek:

Love-A-Nurse · Oct 7, 2002

wow! i am waiting to hear more.

ours is, [75-79-c] [80-89-b] [90-100-a] .

Mkue · Oct 7, 2002

originally posted by lpn,future, rn
wow! i am waiting to hear more.

ours is, [75-79-c] [80-89-b] [90-100-a] .

i like yours much better !! :) :chuckle

dianthe1013 · Oct 8, 2002

Ours is in-between. LOL

A - 93-100

B - 84-92

C - 75-83

Anything below that is, of course, failing. Or, as they refer to it, "unacceptable."

Donna :)

CountrifiedRN · Oct 8, 2002

94-100 %- A

87-93 %- B

80-86 %- C

That is the same grading scale my school uses. I can't imagine it being any higher!

kimmicoobug · Oct 8, 2002

Wow! They just raised ours, but not like that. Ours is

94-100=A

91-93=A-

88-90=B+

84-88=B

81-83=B-

75-80=C

Now, why in the world would they want to raise the scale. What if you had a bad semester or quarter and got like a 79.4. But the next quarter you pulled it to a B+. But then again, I guess this would motivate a student to work harder.

globalRN · Oct 8, 2002

In our MS graduate program: 93% would have been an A-, 94% is an A.

Sometimes, even with that grading, they will still grade on a curve. In one course, Pharmacology...the highest overall total coursemark was 87% for 220200 students. No, it wasn't my score but I had the second highest and I got an 'A' for pharmacology.

So, I do think that schools also look at the bell curve and the overall difficulty of the exam.

Another thing, don't agonize over marks too much...life is too short. I have never had any interviewer ask me my GPA for my undergrad or grad degree.

Mkue · Oct 8, 2002

Originally posted by dianthe1013
Ours is in-between. LOL

A - 93-100
B - 84-92
C - 75-83

Anything below that is, of course, failing. Or, as they refer to it, "unacceptable."

Donna :)

I kinda like yours too !:)

Mkue · Oct 8, 2002

Originally posted by kimmicoobug
Wow! They just raised ours, but not like that. Ours is
94-100=A
91-93=A-
88-90=B+
84-88=B
81-83=B-
75-80=C

Now, why in the world would they want to raise the scale. What if you had a bad semester or quarter and got like a 79.4. But the next quarter you pulled it to a B+. But then again, I guess this would motivate a student to work harder.

Your grading scale seems more fair to me.. I'm curious to see how much mine will be raised:eek:

Mkue · Oct 8, 2002

Originally posted by globalRN
I have never had any interviewer ask me my GPA for my undergrad or grad degree.

That is true Global. What bothers me is that I think the school is trying to make money off of the students, allowing them to take courses over if they don't pass the first time.

:eek: