Grading Scale For Your Nursing Program........

[MQ Edna]

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Hello, again.

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.

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[soarmls]

I'm looking for a nursing school with a grading scale where 70% is passing? Please give me names... my schools grading scale is killing me!

[soarmls]

90-100 A

80-89 B

69.5-79 C

Anythng below 69.5 is failing. How they came up with the .5 is beyond me.

What is the name of this school?

[~Mi Vida Loca~RN, ASN, RN]

We do not have any + or - Just A,B or C and an A is 93 or 94% (I always confuse this one) to 100% is an A. 85%-92 or 93% is a B and a 77-84% is a C.

Anything under 77% is failing and you have to get the 77% on exams total before you can qualify for points from anything else. Which we rarely get anyway, have only had 2 graded projects in a year that counted for points. Rest were all exams.

[sairin8]

Holy cow!!!

In New Zealand our scales are completely different. My polytech (similar to college in America?) has the standard 50% pass mark for the theory papers and ungraded pass/fail for the clinical. Basically it means that you don't have to write perfect essays to pass.

In saying that, however, when I was a uni there were a number of Americans there doing similar papers to me and they found it hard to get good grades here. My understanding is that the system is just completely different to what they were used to.

I think 50% for theory papers is quite reasonable for our system. It's not getting half of the information wrong, because it may be the writing style or the referencing letting you down. What is important is safety (hence the ungraded pass/fail for clinical) and knowing how to find stuff

[soarmls]

mine is like this

90-100=A

89-80=B

79-70 C

What's the name of this school?

[soarmls]

We also grade on the 10 point system

90-100=A

80-90=B

70-80=C

70 or less=Fail

You have to average a 70 or above to go to clinical and to pass the course.

What school do you go to?

[soarmls]

I am currently under an ADN Program here in Houston, TX. Our grading scale is as follows:

90-100=A

80-90=B

70-80=C

Under a 70 is failing. We have 7 test per semester which count 75% if our final grade. Our Math test (which we took with every test, counts for 10% of our final grade, and of course our comprehensive test counts for 15%. I just finished my third semester! We get three grades per semester. One is for lecture test, the other for lab test, and the other for clinical. If we fail one we would fail all regardless of we would have all A's. In our final semester we have to have a 85% or better in our HESI test in order to graduate.

In the first year of nursing school we had only 4 tries to pass our math test, and we had to get a 90 or above, if we didn't pass, we would of been kicked out of the program. We are also not under a "block" format. Which means we do a little of everything all at once. For example, We don't do one semster all on OB/GYN or pedi. We start doing all of that since the beginning. First semester was Preventive care or routine care. Second a little Med-Surg and a little critical. Third is critical care in all areas. Good luck and any advice would be very helpful on how to survive the last semester!!! Also how do you know what area you should work in the first year of school. I am still clueless about this. I like Pediatrics, NICU, and ER.

What is the name of this school?

[soarmls]

90-100 A

80-89 B

69.5-79 C

Anythng below 69.5 is failing. How they came up with the .5 is beyond me.

What is the name of your school?

[meadowsong, ASN, RN]

Clinical are Pass/Fail

Can't remember the exact break down for our program, but 79% and below = Fail! You have to score 80% or above to stay in the program.

[healthstar, BSN, RN]

A = 93 - 100%

B+ = 90 - 92%

B = 86 - 89%

C+ = 83 - 85%

C = 76 - 82%

D+ = 73 - 75%

D = 70 - 72%

F = Below 70%