What is your grading scale in nursing school?

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Where I attend nursing school I think that the grading scale is unfair. There is a shortage of nurses in this county. Why make it so difficult for nursing students to help fill the void. I do agree that nursing school should be hard, we all still have to pass the NCLEX to practice. If you don't know what you are doing most likely you won't be able to pass it. My grading scale is as following 93-100% A 92-86% B 85-76 C.

74% is required to pass any course. Points are not rounded up.

92-100 = A

83-91 = B

74-82 = C

Pretty good NCLEX pass rate at this school too - averages around 98%

92-100%=A

83%-91%=B

and it is weighted 85% comes from our test and only 15% from homework:stone

91-100 A

83-90 B

77-82 C

66-76 D

Below 65 F

Math Comp (Drug Calc.), you have to have at least 90% to pass. If you fail it, you have to take a remedial course before you can attempt to retake it the following semster.

If we receive an "unsatisfactory" for clinical, theory average of "C" or better drops to a "D"; and a theory grade of "D" would drop to an "F"

Our pass rate for NCLEX has been 100% for the past few semesters.

How do the many teachers meet these globally dictated percentages? Certainly each class has unique difficulties, let alone each test, and once a test/assignment is given it's nearly impossible to correct for class wide low scores, aside from:

1) having extra credit assignments and/or

2) many students retake many tests/classes

I'm almost done with my pre-reqs so I have yet to get details of my future BSN program, but I'm thinking that lifting an A to 92% is mainly done because many people already get high scores for these classes. Is that a good assumption?

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