Grading scales and number of questions on your exams

Witty3RN · Nov 10, 2012

I'm in my next to last semster and currently in my OB rotation and we have three test and a final. 65 pt test, 55 pt test, 65 pt test, and 70 pt final. Must have a 78% to pass, if you fail one class your out of the program. We started with 200 and are now around 80 - we will probably graduate around 70. I can't wait to be done with nursing school!!!!!

DawnJ · Nov 10, 2012

Quiz is 10-15 questions

Exam is 25 questions

Midterm/Final is 50 questions

100%-93% A

92%-86% B

85%-77% C

Below 77% Fail

MrsCuoco · Nov 10, 2012

93 and up = A

85 to 92 = B

76 to 84 = C

Below 76 is a failing grade.

We never know how many questions we will get on various exams. Our pharmacology exam last week was 100 questions. The fundamentals exam from the week before that was 63. Last med-surg exam...a mere 41 questions. And there IS no curve for us.

hodgieRN · Nov 10, 2012

94-100 - A

87-93 - B

80-86 - C

(this was 10 years ago)

We had to get an 80 to pass. It was rough. Most of our exams were 50 questions. 3-4 exams and a final per class.

jt43 · Nov 10, 2012

A 94-10 B 87-93 C 80-86 Below 80 is failing. The number of questions varies. Usually around 50-60. I prefer and do better on exams with 50 questions than exams with 100+ questions. Most classes have 3 exams and a final. A few classes have a paper or group project in addition to the exams.

annietart · Nov 10, 2012

Our terms are broken up into six units, each ending with an exam. Exams are dependent on the number of hours of material presented per subject. It's three questions per hour of material taught. A three hour lecture would have nine questions on that unit exam. There is also a cumulative final exam. Grading is pretty standard at 75% is a C, and you must have a 75% average across the six unit exams and the final to pass. All projects, and clinical work are pass/fail.

CT Pixie, BSN, RN · Nov 10, 2012

Each teacher has a different number of questions for their exams and/or quizzes. But in general quizzes are 25 questions and exams are 50. Finals tend to be 100 questions. Most classes had 4 quizzes and 2-3 exams as well as the final exam, and a paper. The total quiz average is weighted as one test grade.

Grades are based on the grade you received..no curving. For your final grade average anything under an 80 and you have not 'passed' the class and cannot move onto the next one.

Letter grades are based on:

A 93-100

A- 90-92

B+ 87-89

B 83-86

B- 80-82 (**you need @ least an 80 to move on)

Below that 80 is a failing.

smatrang001 · Nov 10, 2012

94+ is an A

80-87=C

We have 50 question exams and 100 question final. However, our questions aren't questions that have obvious answers, it's very specific and you must understand the subject to be successful on the exams. Also, half of the questions are "select all that apply" questions, which I hate because if you don't get it correct, you don't get partial point, you either got it correct or incorrect.

Our program graduates have a 99% passing on their first NCLEX attempt and many graduates said that the way our instructors tested was so hard it made the NCLEX look easy.

Joe1984 · Nov 10, 2012

I would LOVE it if our grading scale gave an A for a 90% or above!!! At Sinclair Community college in Dayton, it's 93-100 - A, 86-92 - B, 80-85 - C, and anything below 80 is failing... It's definitely a tough grading scale, but I guess that's why our board pass rate is always above 95%...

Also, our exams are usually 50 questions each and most of my previous courses had a 100 question cumulative final

Katie71275 · Nov 11, 2012

50 questions. 93-100=A, 86-92-B, 80-85-C, Less than an 80 is failing.

Racer15, BSN, RN · Nov 11, 2012

50 questions.

91-100 is an A

83-90 is a B

77-82 is a C

Anything below a 77 is failing

hodgieRN · Nov 11, 2012

I would LOVE it if our grading scale gave an A for a 90% or above!!! At Sinclair Community college in Dayton, it's 93-100 - A, 86-92 - B, 80-85 - C, and anything below 80 is failing... It's definitely a tough grading scale, but I guess that's why our board pass rate is always above 95%...
Also, our exams are usually 50 questions each and most of my previous courses had a 100 question cumulative final

I know, right! If 90 was an A, I would have been a straight A student. It sucked explaining that I got a B with a 93% (which happened in two freakin classes). For graduate school, it's makes me mad knowing that my GPA is lower than other people who got lower test percentages.