Passing grade for your nursing school

Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN · Dec 16, 2003

A hard one.

BUT it's only hard if you peece away the time, which a few people did last year (a few this year).

2005grad · Dec 19, 2003

You have to make a 78 on all test including an 78 for the semeter. Anything below that is felling. Our class is set up on 5 weeks. Each 5 weeks you have a new class and a new teacher. If you make anything below 78 on a test you have to do remediation. Which includes outlining SEVERAL chapters and answering different qestions. On the math test you must make 100% only given 3 chances to pass. For clinical you get a pass/fail. So far we are in our 4 th 5 weeks. Total of 15 (5) weeks class in order to graduate. All nusing students are placed together. When you finish the first year, the ADN students have the option of taking the LPN boards while continuing the nusing program. The LPN"s will exit out. If the LPN'S wish to continue another year in order to receive there ADN, they can if space permitted. ALL students must pass a hessie test(sp?) before moving on after the first year. If you fell you have to take that 5 weeks class over. Anyone taken the hessie test before? If i'm spelling it right, the HESSIE test iS to let the college know if the students are ready to pass the LPN boards. This also let them know if the ADN students are ready to be introduce to the ADN part of the nursing program. Boards are successfully passed with an 90% for each nursing class. WOW!!

ANY INFO ABOUT THE HESSIE TEST WOULD BE WONDEFUL.

FAITH:)

twarlik · Dec 19, 2003

Originally posted by 2005grad
ANY INFO ABOUT THE HESSIE TEST WOULD BE WONDEFUL.

It's spelled HESI, and here's a recent thread about it: https://allnurses.com/t51988.html

:)

Mandylpn · Dec 19, 2003

80% © is passing at my school, below that is a fail. 80% is a B in other majors.

Ruylupez · Dec 20, 2003

My school just announced a change in our grading scale for next semester.

The scale has been a straight A=90-100, B= 80-89, C = 70-79 with a B being the lowest passing grade.

The new scale is A=93-100, B=86-92, C=80-85 with C being the lowest passing grade.

How bad the grading scale is has a lot to do with how difficult they make the tests. A requirement of 86% with a larger number of easier questions is no worse than a requirement of 70% with many hard questions.

jdm33351 · Dec 20, 2003

At my school passing is 73% and above, and you SERIOUSLY have to work your butt off even to get a 'C'. Students who fail the first couple nursing theory and math classes usually get booted out of the program. They have to do remedial coursework plus a 16-week class on how to succeed in college. If they successfully complete the remedial stuff they become eligible to re-apply for admission.

jschut, BSN, RN · Dec 20, 2003

We have to pass with a 75%. That was LPN, I don't know what RN is going to be. :eek:

NYCRN16 · Dec 21, 2003

The grading scale at my school sucks. It seems that you get penalized for having an A- by taking off some points, but if you got an A+ than it was the same as getting an A. Go figure! You had to get at least a 78 to pass, but I hear this year its going up to 80. You were only allowed to fail 2 courses and then you were out of the program.

A+ 97-100 4.0

A 93-96 4.0

A- 90-92 3.7

B+ 87-89 3.5

B 84-86 3.0

B- 81-83 2.7

C+ 78-80 2.5

RNIAM, BSN, RN · Dec 23, 2003

In my school a pass is a 75. The letter grade is a C